Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saṃyutta
4. Siṃsapā Vagga
Sutta 33
Daṇḍa Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][bodh] Evam me sutaṃ:|| ||
Ekaṃ samayam Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Seyyathā pi bhikkhave, daṇḍo upari vehesaṇ khitto||
sakim pi mulena nipatati,||
sakim pi majjhena nipatati,||
sakim pi aggena nipatati.|| ||
Evam eva kho bhikkhave,||
avijjā-nīvaraṇā sattā taṇhā-saṃyojanā sandhāvannā||
sakim pi asmā lokā paraṃ lokaṃ gacchanti,||
sakim pi parasmā lokā imaṃ lokaṃ āga-c-chanti.|| ||
Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||
Adiṭṭhattā bhikkhave,||
catunnaṃ ariya-saccānaṃ.|| ||
Katamesaṇ catunnaṃ?|| ||
Dukkhassa ariya-saccassa,||
dukkha-samudayassa ariya-saccassa,||
dukkha-nirodhassa ariya-saccassa,||
dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadāya ariya-saccassa.|| ||
[440] Tasmātiha bhikkhave,||
'idaṃ dukkhan' ti yogo karaṇīyo,||
'ayaṃ dukkha-samudayo' ti yogo karaṇīyo,||
'ayaṃ dukkha-nirodho' ti yogo karaṇīyo,||
'ayaṃ dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā' ti yogo karaṇīyo" ti.|| ||