Other Translations: Deutsch
From:
Saį¹yutta NikÄya 45.19 Linked Discourses 45.19
2. VihÄravagga 2. Meditation
Dutiyakukkuį¹ÄrÄmasutta At the Chicken Monastery (2nd)
PÄį¹aliputtanidÄnaį¹. At PÄį¹aliputta.
āāBrahmacariyaį¹, brahmacariyanāti, Ävuso Änanda, vuccati. āReverend, they speak of this thing called the āspiritual pathā.
Katamaį¹ nu kho, Ävuso, brahmacariyaį¹, katamaį¹ brahmacariyapariyosÄnanāti? What is the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?ā
āSÄdhu sÄdhu, Ävuso bhadda. āGood, good, Reverend Bhadda!
Bhaddako kho te, Ävuso bhadda, ummaį¹
go, bhaddakaį¹ paį¹ibhÄnaį¹, kalyÄį¹Ä« paripucchÄ. Your approach and articulation are excellent, and itās a good question.
EvaƱhi tvaį¹, Ävuso bhadda, pucchasi: For you asked:
ābrahmacariyaį¹, brahmacariyanti, Ävuso Änanda, vuccati. āThey speak of this thing called āthe spiritual pathā.
Katamaį¹ nu kho, Ävuso, brahmacariyaį¹, katamaį¹ brahmacariyapariyosÄnanāāti? What is the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?āā
āEvamÄvusoāti. āYes, reverend.ā
āAyameva kho, Ävuso, ariyo aį¹į¹haį¹
giko maggo brahmacariyaį¹, seyyathidaį¹āāThe spiritual path is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
sammÄdiį¹į¹hi ā¦peā¦ sammÄsamÄdhi. right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
Yo kho, Ävuso, rÄgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayoāThe ending of greed, hate, and delusion:
idaį¹ brahmacariyapariyosÄnanāti. this is the culmination of the spiritual path.ā
Navamaį¹.