Saṃyutta Nikāya:
III. Khandhā Vagga:
22: Khandhāsaṃyutta
4. Natumhāka Vagga

Sutta 39

Paṭhama Anu-Dhamma Suttaṃ

Following Dhamma (1)

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts][than][bodh] I Hear Tell:

Once upon a time The Lucky Man,
Sāvatthī-town revisiting.

There he addressed the beggars:

"Beggars!"

"Bhante!" they responded.

The Lucky Man said this to them:

"Following upon those things
which follow Dhamma, beggars,
a beggar follows this Dhamma:

Whatever the form,
he lives disenchanted therewith,
whatever the sense-experience,
he lives disenchanted therewith,
whatever the perception,
he lives disenchanted therewith,
whatever is own-made,
he lives disenchanted therewith,
whatever the consciousness,
he lives disenchanted therewith.

He, whatever the form,
living disenchanted therewith,
whatever the sense-experience,
living disenchanted therewith,
whatever the perception,
living disenchanted therewith,
whatever is own-made,
living disenchanted therewith,
whatever the consciousness,
living disenchanted therewith;
understands form,
understands sense-experience,
understands perception,
understands own-making,
understands consciousness.

He understanding form,
understanding sense-experience,
understanding perception,
understanding own-making,
understanding consciousness;
is rid of form,
is rid of sense-experience,
is rid of perception,
is rid of own-making,
is rid of consciousness,
is rid of birth,
aging and death
grief and lamentation,
pain and misery,
and despair,
say I."