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Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
47. Sati-Paṭṭhāna Saṃyutta
2. Nālandā Vagga

Sutta 18

Brahmā Suttaṃ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 


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[1][pts][bodh] Evam me sutaṃ:|| ||

Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Uruvelāyaṃ viharati najjā Nerañjarāya tīre Ajapālanigrodhe paṭham-ā-bhisambuddho.|| ||

Atha kho Bhagavato raho-gatassa patisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:|| ||

"Ekāyano'yaṃ Maggo sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā||
soka-pari-d-davānaṃ||
samatikkamāya||
dukkha-domanassānaṃ attha-gamāya||
ñāyassa adhigamāya||
Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāya||
yad idaṃ cattāro sati-paṭṭhānā.|| ||

Katame cattāro?|| ||

Kāye vā bhikkhu kāye kāy'ānupassī vihareyya||
ātāpī||
sampajāno||
satimā||
vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṃ.|| ||

Vedanāsu vā bhikkhu vedan'ānupassī vihareyya||
ātāpī||
sampajāno||
satimā||
vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṃ.|| ||

Citte vā bhikkhu citt'ānupassī vihareyya||
ātāpī||
sampajāno||
satimā||
vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṃ.|| ||

Dhammesu vā bhikkhu Dhamm'ānupassī vihareyya||
ātāpī||
sampajāno||
satimā||
vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṃ.|| ||

"Ekāyano'yaṃ Maggo sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā||
soka-pari-d-davānaṃ||
samatikkamāya||
dukkha-domanassānaṃ attha-gamāya||
ñāyassa adhigamāya||
Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāya||
yad idaṃ cattāro sati-paṭṭhānā" ti.|| ||

 


 

Atha kho Brahmā Sahampati Bhagavato cetasā ceto parivitakkam aññāya seyyathā pi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṃ vā bāhaṃ pasāreyya pasāritaṃ vā bāhaṃ sammiñjeyya,||
evam eva kho Brahma-loke antara-hito Bhagavato purato pātur ahosi.|| ||

Atha kho Brahmā Sahampati ekaṃsaṇ uttarā-saṇgaṃ karitvā yena Bhagavā ten añjaliṃ paṇāmetvā Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||

"Evam etaṃ Bhagavā!|| ||

Evam etaṃ Sugata!|| ||

Ekāyano'yaṃ bhante, Maggo sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā||
soka-pari-d-davānaṃ||
samatikkamāya||
dukkha-domanassānaṃ attha-gamāya||
ñāyassa adhigamāya||
Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāya||
yad idaṃ cattāro [168] sati-paṭṭhānā.|| ||

Katame cattāro?|| ||

Kāye vā bhikkhu kāye kāy'ānupassī vihareyya||
ātāpī||
sampajāno||
satimā||
vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṃ.|| ||

Vedanāsu vā bhikkhu vedan'ānupassī vihareyya||
ātāpī||
sampajāno||
satimā||
vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṃ.|| ||

Citte vā bhikkhu citt'ānupassī vihareyya||
ātāpī||
sampajāno||
satimā||
vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṃ.|| ||

Dhammesu vā bhikkhu Dhamm'ānupassī vihareyya||
ātāpī||
sampajāno||
satimā||
vineyya loke abhijjhā-domanassaṃ.|| ||

"Ekāyano'yaṃ Maggo sattāṇaṃ visuddhiyā||
soka-pari-d-davānaṃ||
samatikkamāya||
dukkha-domanassānaṃ attha-gamāya||
ñāyassa adhigamāya||
Nibbānassa sacchi-kiriyāya||
yad idaṃ cattāro sati-paṭṭhānā" ti.|| ||

Idam avoca Brahmā Sahampati,||
idaṃ vatvā Brahmā Sahampati athāparaṃ etad avoca:|| ||

"Ekāyanaṃ jātikhayantadassī||
Maggaṃ pajānāti hit-ā-nukampī||
Etena maggena atariṃsu pubbe||
tarissanti ye ca taranti ca oghan" ti.|| ||

 


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