Saṃyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
38. Jambukhādaka Saṃyutta
Sutta 16
Dukkara Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā Sāriputto Magadhesu viharati Nālagāmake.|| ||
Atha kho Jambukhādako paribbājako yen'āyasmā Sāriputto ten'upasaṇkami.|| ||
Upasaṇkamitvā āyasmatā Sāriputtena saddhiṃ sammodi.|| ||
Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sārāṇīyaṃ vīti-sāretvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho Jambukhādako paribbājako āyasmantaṃ Sāriputtaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Kin nu kho āvuso Sāriputta imasmiṃ Dhamma-Vinaye dukkaran" ti?|| ||
"Pabbajjā kho āvuso imasmiṃ Dhamma-Vinaye dukkarā" ti.|| ||
"Pabbajitena pan'āvuso kiṃ dukkaran" ti?|| ||
"Pabbajitena kho āvuso abhirati dukkarā" ti.|| ||
"Abhiratena pana āvuso kiṃ dukkaran" ti?|| ||
"Abhiratena kho āvuso Dhamm-ā-nu-Dhamma-paṭipatti dukkarā" ti.|| ||
"Kiṃ va ciraṃ pan'āvuso Dhamm-ā-nu-Dhamma-paṭipanno bhikkhu arahaṃ assā" ti?|| ||
"Na ciraṃ āvuso" ti.|| ||
