Saɱyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saɱyutta
1. Pathama Nakula-Pita Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
Part II.
The Book of the Aggregates Khandha-Vagga
22. Connected Discourses on the Aggregates
I. Nakulapitā
Sutta 4
Dutiya Hāliddikāni Suttaɱ
Hāliddakāni 2
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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On one occasion the Venerable Mahā Kaccāna was dwelling among the people of Avantī on Mount Papāta at Kuraraghara.
[13] Then the householder Hāliddakāni approached the Venerable Mahā Kaccāna, paid homage to him, sat down to one side, and said to him:
"Venerable sir, this was said by the Blessed One in 'The Questions of Sakka':
'Those ascetics and brahmins who are liberated in the extinction of craving are those who have reached the ultimate end, the ultimate security from bondage, the ultimate holy life, the ultimate goal, and are best among devas and humans.'
How, venerable sir, should the meaning of this, stated in brief by the Blessed One, be understood in detail?"
"Householder, through the destruction, fading away, cessation, giving up, and relinquishment of desire, lust, delight, craving, engagement and clinging, mental standpoints, adherences, and underlying tendencies towards the form element, the mind is said to be well liberated.
"Through the destruction, fading away, cessation, giving up, and relinquishment of desire, lust, delight, craving, engagement and clinging, mental standpoints, adherences, and underlying tendencies towards the feeling element ...
the perception element ...
the volitional formations element ...
the consciousness element, the mind is said to be well liberated.
"Thus, householder, when it was said by the Blessed One in 'The Questions of Sakka':
'Those ascetics and brahmins who are liberated in the extinction of craving are those who have reached the ultimate end, the ultimate security from bondage, the ultimate holy life, the ultimate goal, and are best among devas and humans' —
it is in such a way that the meaning of this, stated in brief by the Blessed One, should be understood in detail."
