Saṃyutta Nikāya,
V: Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṃyutta
IV. Nīvaraṇa-Vagga
Sayings Related to
The Dimensions of Awakening
Sutta 35-36
Yoniso Suttaṃ
To the Place of Conception (1)[1]
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Once upon a time The Lucky Man said this to the beggars:
"Beggars!"
And the beggars responding, "Bhante!"
the Lucky Man said:
"Not tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
sensual desire arises,
and arisen,
sensual desire tends to increase and proliferate.
Not tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
deviance arises,
and arisen,
deviance tends to increase and proliferate.
Not tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
lazy ways and inertia arise,
and arisen,
lazy ways and inertia tend to increase and proliferate.
Not tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
fear and anxiety arise,
and arisen,
fear and anxiety tend to increase and proliferate.
Not tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
doubt and vacillation arise,
and arisen,
doubt and vacillation tend to increase and proliferate.
[2][pts][bodh] Tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
the mind-dimension of awakening arises,
and arisen,
the mind-dimension of awakening goes on to complete development.
Tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
the investigation-of-things-dimension of awakening arises,
and arisen,
the investigation-of=things-dimension of awakening goes on to complete development.
Tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
the energy-dimension of awakening arises,
and arisen,
the energy-dimension of awakening goes on to complete development.
Tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
the enthusiasm-dimension of awakening arises,
and arisen,
the enthusiasm-dimension of awakening goes on to complete development.
Tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
the impassivity-dimension of awakening arises,
and arisen,
the impassivity-dimension of awakening goes on to complete development.
Tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
the serenity-dimension of awakening arises,
and arisen,
the serenity-dimension of awakening goes on to complete development.
Tracking things in mind back to their place of conception, beggars,
the detachment-dimension of awakening arises,
and arisen,
the detachment-dimension of awakening goes on to complete development."
[1] Yoniso mana-sikaro. 'to-the-womb mind-study'. Tracing things back to their place of conception. Both for the knowledge of how they began, but also of how they develop. When applied to unskillful things, to uproot them without possibility of reappearance; when applied to skillful things to understand the best way to develop them. 'Studious etiologiical examination.'
