Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.16
Translators: sujato and bodhi
Linked Discourses 12.16
2. Āhāravagga
2. Fuel
Dhammakathikasutta
A Speaker on the Dhamma A Dhamma Speaker
Sāvatthiyaṁ …
At Sāvatthı̄.
At Sāvatthī.
Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Then a certain bhikkhu approached the Blessed One, paid homage to him, sat down to one side, and said to him:
Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
“‘dhammakathiko dhammakathiko’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Venerable sir, it is said, ‘a speaker on the Dhamma, a speaker on the Dhamma.’
“Sir, they speak of a ‘Dhamma speaker’.
Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, dhammakathiko hotī”ti?
In what way, venerable sir, is one a speaker on the Dhamma?”
How is a Dhamma speaker defined?”
“Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
“Bhikkhu, if one teaches the Dhamma for the purpose of revulsion towards aging-and-death, for its fading away and cessation, one is fit to be called a bhikkhu who is a speaker on the Dhamma.
“If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding old age and death, they’re qualified to be called a ‘mendicant who speaks on Dhamma’.
Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
If one is practising for the purpose of revulsion towards aging-and-death, for its fading away and cessation, one is fit to be called a bhikkhu who is practising in accordance with the Dhamma.
If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding old age and death, they’re qualified to be called a ‘mendicant who practices in line with the teaching’.
Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭhadhammanibbānappatto bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
If, through revulsion towards aging-and-death, through its fading away and cessation, one is liberated by nonclinging, one is fit to be called a bhikkhu who has attained Nibbāna in this very life.
If they’re freed by not grasping, by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding old age and death, they’re qualified to be called a ‘mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.
Jātiyā ce bhikkhu …pe…
Bhikkhu, if one teaches the Dhamma for the purpose of revulsion towards birth …
If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment regarding rebirth …
bhavassa ce bhikkhu …
existence …
continued existence …
upādānassa ce bhikkhu …
clinging …
grasping …
taṇhāya ce bhikkhu …
craving …
craving …
vedanāya ce bhikkhu …
feeling …
feeling …
phassassa ce bhikkhu …
contact …
contact …
saḷāyatanassa ce bhikkhu …
the six sense bases …
the six sense fields …
nāmarūpassa ce bhikkhu …
name-and-form …
name and form …
viññāṇassa ce bhikkhu …
consciousness …
consciousness …
saṅkhārānañce bhikkhu …
volitional formations…
choices …
avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
If one is practising for the purpose of revulsion towards ignorance, for its fading away and cessation, one is fit to be called a bhikkhu who is a speaker on the Dhamma.
If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding ignorance, they’re qualified to be called a ‘mendicant who speaks on Dhamma’.
Avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
If one is practising for the purpose of revulsion towards ignorance, for its fading away and cessation, one is fit to be called a bhikkhu who is practising in accordance with the Dhamma.
If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding ignorance, they’re qualified to be called a ‘mendicant who practices in line with the teaching’.
Avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭhadhammanibbānappatto bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāyā”ti.
If, through revulsion towards ignorance, through its fading away and cessation, one is liberated by nonclinging, one is fit to be called a bhikkhu who has attained Nibbāna in this very life.”
If they’re freed by not grasping, by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding ignorance, they’re qualified to be called a ‘mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.”
Chaṭṭhaṁ.