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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 56.35 Linked Discourses 56.35
4. SÄ«sapÄvanavagga 4. In a Rosewood Forest
Sattisatasutta A Hundred Spears
āSeyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, puriso vassasatÄyuko vassasatajÄ«vÄ«. āMendicants, suppose there was a man with a lifespan of a hundred years.
Tamenaį¹ evaį¹ vadeyya: And someone might say to him:
āehambho purisa, pubbaį¹hasamayaį¹ taį¹ sattisatena hanissanti, majjhanhikasamayaį¹ sattisatena hanissanti, sÄyanhasamayaį¹ sattisatena hanissanti. āCome now, my good man, theyāll strike you with a hundred spears in the morning, at midday, and in the late afternoon.
So kho tvaį¹, ambho purisa, divase divase tÄ«hi tÄ«hi sattisatehi haƱƱamÄno vassasatÄyuko vassasatajÄ«vÄ« vassasatassa accayena anabhisametÄni cattÄri ariyasaccÄni abhisamessasÄ«āti. And youāll live for a hundred years being struck with three hundred spears every day. But when a hundred years have passed, you will comprehend the four noble truths for the first time.ā
Atthavasikena, bhikkhave, kulaputtena alaį¹ upagantuį¹. For an earnest gentleman this is sufficient reason to submit.
Taį¹ kissa hetu? Why is that?
Anamataggoyaį¹, bhikkhave, saį¹sÄro; Transmigration has no known beginning.
pubbÄ koį¹i nappaƱƱÄyati sattippahÄrÄnaį¹ asippahÄrÄnaį¹ usuppahÄrÄnaį¹ pharasuppahÄrÄnaį¹. No first point is found of blows by spears, swords, arrows, and axes.
EvaƱcetaį¹, bhikkhave, assa. Now this may be so.
Na kho panÄhaį¹, bhikkhave, saha dukkhena, saha domanassena catunnaį¹ ariyasaccÄnaį¹ abhisamayaį¹ vadÄmi; But the comprehension of the four noble truths doesnāt come with pain or sadness, I say.
api cÄhaį¹, bhikkhave, sahÄva sukhena, sahÄva somanassena catunnaį¹ ariyasaccÄnaį¹ abhisamayaį¹ vadÄmi. Rather, the comprehension of the four noble truths comes only with pleasure and happiness, I say.
Katamesaį¹ catunnaį¹? What four?
Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa ā¦peā¦ dukkhanirodhagÄminiyÄ paį¹ipadÄya ariyasaccassa. The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.
TasmÄtiha, bhikkhave, āidaį¹ dukkhanāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yo ā¦peā¦ āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhagÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yoāti. Thatās why you should practice meditation ā¦ā
PaƱcamaį¹.