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Puggalasutta

A Single Person

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:
There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,

“bhikkhavo”ti.
“Mendicants!”

“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.
“Venerable sir,” they replied.

Bhagavā etadavoca:
The Buddha said this:

“Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe…
“Mendicants, transmigration has no known beginning. …

ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, kappaṁ sandhāvato saṁsarato siyā evaṁ mahā aṭṭhikaṅkalo aṭṭhipuñjo aṭṭhirāsi yathāyaṁ vepullo pabbato, sace saṁhārako assa, sambhatañca na vinasseyya.
One person roaming and transmigrating for an eon would amass a heap of bones the size of this Mount Vepulla, if they were gathered together and not lost.

Taṁ kissa hetu?
Why is that?

Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe…
Transmigration has no known beginning. …

alaṁ vimuccitun”ti.
This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”

Idamavoca bhagavā.
That is what the Buddha said.

Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:
Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

“Ekassekena kappena,
“If the bones of a single person

puggalassaṭṭhisañcayo;
for a single eon were gathered up,

Siyā pabbatasamo rāsi,
they’d make a pile the size of a mountain:

iti vuttaṁ mahesinā.
so said the great seer.

So kho panāyaṁ akkhāto,
And this is declared to be

vepullo pabbato mahā;
as huge as Mount Vepulla,

Uttaro gijjhakūṭassa,
higher than the Vulture’s Peak

magadhānaṁ giribbaje.
in the Magadhan mountain range.

Yato ca ariyasaccāni,
But then, with right understanding,

sammappaññāya passati;
a person sees the noble truths—

Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ,
suffering, suffering’s origin,

dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ;
suffering’s transcendence,

Ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,
and the noble eightfold path

dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.
that leads to the stilling of suffering.

Sa sattakkhattuṁparamaṁ,
After roaming on seven times at most,

sandhāvitvāna puggalo;
that person

Dukkhassantakaro hoti,
makes an end of suffering,

sabbasaṁyojanakkhayā”ti.
with the ending of all fetters.”

Dasamaṁ.

Paṭhamo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Tiṇakaṭṭhañca pathavī,

assu khīrañca pabbataṁ;

Sāsapā sāvakā gaṅgā,

daṇḍo ca puggalena cāti.