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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 45.42ā47 Linked Discourses 45.42ā47
5. AƱƱatitthiyapeyyÄlavagga 5. Abbreviated Texts on Followers of Other Religions
Saį¹yojanappahÄnÄdisuttachakka Six Discourses on Giving Up Fetters, Etc.
āSace vo, bhikkhave, aƱƱatitthiyÄ paribbÄjakÄ evaį¹ puccheyyuį¹: āMendicants, if wanderers who follow another religion were to ask you:
ākimatthiyaį¹, Ävuso, samaį¹e gotame brahmacariyaį¹ vussatÄ«āti, evaį¹ puį¹į¹hÄ tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaį¹ aƱƱatitthiyÄnaį¹ paribbÄjakÄnaį¹ evaį¹ byÄkareyyÄtha: āReverends, whatās the purpose of leading the spiritual life under the ascetic Gotama?ā You should answer them like this:
āsaį¹yojanappahÄnatthaį¹ kho, Ävuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaį¹ vussatÄ«āti ā¦peā¦ āThe purpose of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is to give up the fetters.ā ā¦
āanusayasamugghÄtanatthaį¹ kho, Ävuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaį¹ vussatÄ«āti ā¦peā¦ āā¦ to uproot the underlying tendencies.ā ā¦
āaddhÄnapariƱƱatthaį¹ kho, Ävuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaį¹ vussatÄ«āti ā¦peā¦ āā¦ to completely understand the course of time.ā ā¦
āÄsavÄnaį¹ khayatthaį¹ kho, Ävuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaį¹ vussatÄ«āti ā¦peā¦ āā¦ to end the defilements.ā ā¦
āvijjÄvimuttiphalasacchikiriyatthaį¹ kho, Ävuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaį¹ vussatÄ«āti ā¦peā¦ āā¦ to realize the fruit of knowledge and freedom.ā ā¦
āƱÄį¹adassanatthaį¹ kho, Ävuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaį¹ vussatÄ«āti ā¦peā¦. āā¦ for knowledge and vision.ā ā¦ā
Sattamaį¹.