Samaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 94

[94] He was dwelling at Sāvatthī. … There … "Bhikkhus, whatever ascetics or brahmins do not fully understand aging-and-death (jarāmaraṇa), do not fully understand the origin of aging-and-death, do not fully understand the cessation of aging-and-death, do not fully understand the way of practice leading to the cessation of aging-and-death; do not fully understand birth …; existence (bhava) …; clinging (upādāna) …; craving (taṇhā) …; feeling (vedanā) …; contact (phassa) …; the six sense bases (saḷāyatana) …; name-and-form (nāmarūpa) …; consciousness …; do not fully understand volitional formations, do not fully understand the origin of volitional formations, do not fully understand the cessation of volitional formations, do not fully understand the way of practice leading to the cessation of volitional formations — these, bhikkhus, are not for me reckoned as ascetics among ascetics or as brahmins among brahmins; nor do these venerable ones, having realized it for themselves with direct knowledge in this very life, enter upon and dwell in the goal of asceticism or the goal of brahminhood."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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