Aṇguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
VIII. Ānanda Vagga
The Book of the Threes
Sutta 76
Paṭhama Bhava Suttaṃ
Existence 1
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
[76.1][pts][than] I Hear Tell:
Once upon a time the Ancient, Ānanda, Vesali-town revisiting, Great Woods,
The Chamber of the Pinicaled Ceiling.
There then, he drew near to The Lucky Man.
Drawing near, giving greeting, he took a seat to one side.
Seated to one side the Ancient, Ānanda, said this to the Lucky Man:
"'Existence! Existence!' bhante, it is said.
How far, bhante, can it be said that there is existence?"
"Result characterized by pleasure, Ānanda, and,
intentional action not existing,
could there then be any knowing of pleasurable existence?"
"Not in this case, bhante."
"Thus it is then, Ānanda, with
intentional action the site,
consciousness the seed,
thirst the moisture,
blindness-obstructed beings yoked to thirst
become established in consciousness characterized as 'low'.
Thus there is further existence-production going forward.
This then, Ānanda, is how existence is had.
3. Result characterized by form, Ānanda, and,
intentional action not existing,
could there then be any knowing of existence as form?"
"Not in this case, bhante."
"Thus it is then, Ānanda, with
intentional action the site,
consciousness the seed,
thirst the moisture,
blindness-obstructed beings yoked to thirst
become established in consciousness characterized as 'middling'.
Thus there is further existence-production going forward.
This then, Ānanda, is how existence is had.
4. Result characterized by formlessness, Ānanda, and,
intentional action not existing,
could there then be any knowing of formless existence?"
"Not in this case, bhante."
"Thus it is then, Ānanda, with
intentional action the site,
consciousness the seed,
thirst the moisture,
blindness-obstructed beings yoked to thirst
become established in consciousness characterized as 'high'.
Thus there is further existence-production going forward.
This then, Ānanda, is how existence is had."
Sutta 77
Dutiya Bhava Suttaṃ
Existence 2
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
[77.1][pts][than] I Hear Tell:
Once upon a time the Ancient, Ānanda, Vesali-town revisiting, Great Woods, The Chamber of the Pinicaled Ceiling.
There then, he drew near to The Lucky Man.
Drawing near, giving greeting, he took a seat to one side.
Seated to one side the Ancient, Ānanda, said this to the Lucky Man:
"'Existence! Existence!' bhante, it is said.
How far, bhante, can it be said that there is existence?"
"Result characterized by pleasure, Ānanda, and,
intentional action not existing,
could there then be any knowing of pleasurable existence?"
"Not in this case, bhante."
"Thus it is then, Ānanda, with
intentional action the site,
consciousness the seed,
thirst the moisture,
blindness-obstructed beings yoked to thirst
become established in a heart,
become established in a wish
characterized as 'low'.
Thus there is further existence-production going forward.
This then, Ānanda, is how existence is had.
3. Result characterized by form, Ānanda, and,
intentional action not existing,
could there then be any knowing of existence as form?"
"Not in this case, bhante."
"Thus it is then, Ānanda, with
intentional action the site,
consciousness the seed,
thirst the moisture,
blindness-obstructed beings yoked to thirst
become established in a heart,
become established in a wish
characterized as 'middling'.
Thus there is further existence-production going forward.
This then, Ānanda, is how existence is had.
4. Result characterized by formlessness, Ānanda, and,
intentional action not existing,
could there then be any knowing of formless existence?"
"Not in this case, bhante."
"Thus it is then, Ānanda, with
intentional action the site,
consciousness the seed,
thirst the moisture,
blindness-obstructed beings yoked to thirst
become established in a heart,
become established in a wish
characterized as 'high'.
Thus there is further existence-production going forward.
This then, Ānanda, is how existence is had."
