Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.31
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 35.31
3. Sabbavagga
3. All
Paṭhamasamugghātasappāyasutta
The Practice Conducive to Uprooting (1st)
“Sabbamaññitasamugghātasappāyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, paṭipadaṁ desessāmi.
“Mendicants, I will teach you the practice that’s conducive to uprooting all conceiving.
Taṁ suṇātha.
Listen …
Katamā ca sā, bhikkhave, sabbamaññitasamugghātasappāyā paṭipadā?
And what is the practice that’s conducive to uprooting all conceiving?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhuṁ na maññati, cakkhusmiṁ na maññati, cakkhuto na maññati, cakkhuṁ meti na maññati.
It’s when a mendicant does not conceive anything to be the eye, does not conceive it in the eye, does not conceive it as the eye, and does not conceive that ‘the eye is mine.’
Rūpe na maññati …pe…
They don’t conceive anything to be sights …
cakkhuviññāṇaṁ na maññati, cakkhusamphassaṁ na maññati, yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññati, tasmimpi na maññati, tatopi na maññati, taṁ meti na maññati.
eye consciousness … eye contact. And they don’t conceive anything to be the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact. They don’t conceive it in that, they don’t conceive it as that, and they don’t conceive that ‘that is mine.’
Yañhi, bhikkhave, maññati, yasmiṁ maññati, yato maññati, yaṁ meti maññati, tato taṁ hoti aññathā.
For whatever you conceive it to be, whatever you conceive it in, whatever you conceive it as, and whatever you conceive to be ‘mine’: that becomes something else.
Aññathābhāvī bhavasatto loko bhavamevābhinandati …pe…
The world is attached to being, taking pleasure only in being, yet it becomes something else.
jivhaṁ na maññati, jivhāya na maññati, jivhāto na maññati, jivhā meti na maññati.
They don’t conceive anything to be the ear … nose … tongue …
Rase na maññati …pe…
jivhāviññāṇaṁ na maññati, jivhāsamphassaṁ na maññati.
Yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññati, tasmimpi na maññati, tatopi na maññati, taṁ meti na maññati.
Yañhi, bhikkhave, maññati, yasmiṁ maññati, yato maññati, yaṁ meti maññati, tato taṁ hoti aññathā.
Aññathābhāvī bhavasatto loko bhavamevābhinandati …pe…
body …
manaṁ na maññati, manasmiṁ na maññati, manato na maññati, mano meti na maññati.
mind …
Dhamme na maññati …pe…
manoviññāṇaṁ na maññati, manosamphassaṁ na maññati.
Yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na maññati, tasmimpi na maññati, tatopi na maññati, taṁ meti na maññati.
They don’t conceive anything to be the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact. They don’t conceive it in that, they don’t conceive it as that, and they don’t conceive that ‘that is mine.’
Yañhi, bhikkhave, maññati, yasmiṁ maññati, yato maññati, yaṁ meti maññati, tato taṁ hoti aññathā.
For whatever you conceive it to be, whatever you conceive it in, whatever you conceive it as, and whatever you conceive to be ‘mine’: that becomes something else.
Aññathābhāvī bhavasatto loko bhavamevābhinandati.
The world is attached to being, taking pleasure only in being, yet it becomes something else.
Yāvatā, bhikkhave, khandhadhātuāyatanaṁ tampi na maññati, tasmimpi na maññati, tatopi na maññati, taṁ meti na maññati.
As far as the aggregates, elements, and sense fields extend, they don’t conceive anything to be that, they don’t conceive it in that, they don’t conceive it as that, and they don’t conceive that ‘that is mine.’
So evaṁ amaññamāno na ca kiñci loke upādiyati.
Not conceiving, they don’t grasp at anything in the world.
Anupādiyaṁ na paritassati. Aparitassaṁ paccattaññeva parinibbāyati.
Not grasping, they’re not anxious. Not being anxious, they personally become extinguished.
‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti.
They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’
Ayaṁ kho sā, bhikkhave, sabbamaññitasamugghātasappāyā paṭipadā”ti.
This is the practice that’s conducive to uprooting all conceiving.”
Navamaṁ.