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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 56.8 Linked Discourses 56.8
1. SamÄdhivagga 1. Immersion
Cintasutta Thought
āMÄ, bhikkhave, pÄpakaį¹ akusalaį¹ cittaį¹ cinteyyÄtha: āMendicants, donāt think up a bad, unskillful idea.
āsassato lokoāti vÄ āasassato lokoāti vÄ, āantavÄ lokoāti vÄ āanantavÄ lokoāti vÄ, ātaį¹ jÄ«vaį¹ taį¹ sarÄ«ranāti vÄ āaƱƱaį¹ jÄ«vaį¹ aƱƱaį¹ sarÄ«ranāti vÄ, āhoti tathÄgato paraį¹ maraį¹Äāti vÄ āna hoti tathÄgato paraį¹ maraį¹Äāti vÄ, āhoti ca na ca hoti tathÄgato paraį¹ maraį¹Äāti vÄ, āneva hoti na na hoti tathÄgato paraį¹ maraį¹Äāti vÄ. For example: the cosmos is eternal, or not eternal, or finite, or infinite; the soul and the body are the same thing, or they are different things; after death, a realized one still exists, or no longer exists, or both still exists and no longer exists, or neither still exists nor no longer exists.
Taį¹ kissa hetu? Why is that?
NesÄ, bhikkhave, cintÄ atthasaį¹hitÄ nÄdibrahmacariyakÄ na nibbidÄya na virÄgÄya na nirodhÄya na upasamÄya na abhiƱƱÄya na sambodhÄya na nibbÄnÄya saį¹vattati. Because those thoughts arenāt beneficial or relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. They donāt lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.
CintentÄ ca kho tumhe, bhikkhave, āidaį¹ dukkhanāti cinteyyÄtha, āayaį¹ dukkhasamudayoāti cinteyyÄtha, āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhoāti cinteyyÄtha, āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhagÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti cinteyyÄtha. When you think something up, you should think: āThis is sufferingā ā¦ āThis is the origin of sufferingā ā¦ āThis is the cessation of sufferingā ā¦ āThis is the practice that leads to the cessation of sufferingā.
Taį¹ kissa hetu? Why is that?
EsÄ, bhikkhave, cintÄ atthasaį¹hitÄ, esÄ ÄdibrahmacariyakÄ, esÄ nibbidÄya virÄgÄya nirodhÄya upasamÄya abhiƱƱÄya sambodhÄya nibbÄnÄya saį¹vattati. Because those thoughts are beneficial and relevant to the fundamentals of the spiritual life. They lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.
TasmÄtiha, bhikkhave, āidaį¹ dukkhanāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yo ā¦peā¦ āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhagÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yoāti. Thatās why you should practice meditation ā¦ā
Aį¹į¹hamaį¹.