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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 14.37 Linked Discourses 14.37
4. Catutthavagga 4. Chapter Four
Samaį¹abrÄhmaį¹asutta Ascetics and Brahmins
SÄvatthiyaį¹ viharati. At SÄvatthÄ«.
āCatasso imÄ, bhikkhave, dhÄtuyo. āMendicants, there are these four elements.
KatamÄ catasso? What four?
PathavÄ«dhÄtu, ÄpodhÄtu, tejodhÄtu, vÄyodhÄtu. The elements of earth, water, fire, and air.
Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaį¹Ä vÄ brÄhmaį¹Ä vÄ imÄsaį¹ catunnaį¹ dhÄtÅ«naį¹ assÄdaƱca ÄdÄ«navaƱca nissaraį¹aƱca yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ nappajÄnanti, There are ascetics and brahmins who donāt truly understand these four elementsā gratification, drawback, and escape.
na me te, bhikkhave, samaį¹Ä vÄ brÄhmaį¹Ä vÄ samaį¹esu vÄ samaį¹asammatÄ brÄhmaį¹esu vÄ brÄhmaį¹asammatÄ; na ca pana te Äyasmanto sÄmaƱƱatthaį¹ vÄ brahmaƱƱatthaį¹ vÄ diį¹į¹heva dhamme sayaį¹ abhiĆ±Ć±Ä sacchikatvÄ upasampajja viharanti. I donāt deem them as true ascetics and brahmins. Those venerables donāt realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin, and donāt live having realized it with their own insight.
Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaį¹Ä vÄ brÄhmaį¹Ä vÄ imÄsaį¹ catunnaį¹ dhÄtÅ«naį¹ assÄdaƱca ÄdÄ«navaƱca nissaraį¹aƱca yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ pajÄnanti, There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand these four elementsā gratification, drawback, and escape.
te ca kho me, bhikkhave, samaį¹Ä vÄ brÄhmaį¹Ä vÄ samaį¹esu ceva samaį¹asammatÄ brÄhmaį¹esu ca brÄhmaį¹asammatÄ; te ca panÄyasmanto sÄmaƱƱatthaƱca brahmaƱƱatthaƱca diį¹į¹heva dhamme sayaį¹ abhiĆ±Ć±Ä sacchikatvÄ upasampajja viharantÄ«āti. I deem them as true ascetics and brahmins. Those venerables realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin, and live having realized it with their own insight.ā
Aį¹į¹hamaį¹.