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Paññāvimuttasutta

Freed by Wisdom

“‘Paññāvimutto, paññāvimutto’ti, āvuso, vuccati.
“Reverend, they speak of a person called ‘freed by wisdom’.

Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, paññāvimutto vutto bhagavatā”ti?
What is the one freed by wisdom that the Buddha spoke of?”

“Idhāvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi …pe… paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati,
“First, take a mendicant who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and remains in the first absorption.

paññāya ca naṁ pajānāti.
And they understand that with wisdom.

Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, paññāvimutto vutto bhagavatā pariyāyena …pe….
To this extent the Buddha spoke of the one freed by wisdom in a qualified sense. …

Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti,
Furthermore, take a mendicant who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end.

paññāya ca naṁ pajānāti.
And they understand that with wisdom.

Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, paññāvimutto vutto bhagavatā nippariyāyenā”ti.
To this extent the Buddha spoke of the one freed by wisdom in a definitive sense.”

Tatiyaṁ.