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Sakkāyasutta

Substantial Reality

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.

“Sakkāyañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sakkāyasamudayañca sakkāyanirodhañca sakkāyanirodhagāminiñca paṭipadaṁ.
“Mendicants, I will teach you substantial reality, the origin of substantial reality, the cessation of substantial reality, and the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.

Taṁ suṇātha.
Listen …

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyo?
And what is substantial reality?

Pañcupādānakkhandhātissa vacanīyaṁ.
It should be said: the five grasping aggregates.

Katame pañca?
What five?

Seyyathidaṁ—rūpupādānakkhandho, vedanupādānakkhandho, saññupādānakkhandho, saṅkhārupādānakkhandho, viññāṇupādānakkhandho.
That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sakkāyo.
This is called substantial reality.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyasamudayo?
And what is the origin of substantial reality?

Yāyaṁ taṇhā ponobhavikā …pe…
It’s the craving that leads to future lives, mixed up with relishing and greed, taking pleasure wherever it lands. That is, craving for sensual pleasures, craving to continue existence, and craving to end existence.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sakkāyasamudayo.
This is called the origin of substantial reality.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyanirodho?
And what is the cessation of substantial reality?

Yo tassāyeva taṇhāya …pe…
It’s the fading away and cessation of that very same craving with nothing left over; giving it away, letting it go, releasing it, and not clinging to it.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sakkāyanirodho.
This is called the cessation of substantial reality.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā?
And what is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality?

Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo.
It is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:

Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā”ti.
This is called the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.”

Tatiyaṁ.