Samaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Nidānavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 16 · Section 96

[96] He was dwelling at Sāvatthī. ... There ... [elided in the Pali] "Bhikkhus, whatever ascetics or brahmins do not understand aging and death, do not understand the origin of aging and death, do not understand the cessation of aging and death, do not understand the way of practice leading to the cessation of aging and death — that these will remain having transcended aging and death: such a thing is impossible. They do not understand birth ... existence ... clinging ... craving (taṇhā) ... feeling (vedanā) ... contact ... the six sense bases (āyatana) ... name-and-form ... consciousness ... they do not understand volitional formations, do not understand the origin of volitional formations, do not understand the cessation of volitional formations, do not understand the way of practice leading to the cessation of volitional formations — that these will remain having transcended volitional formations: such a thing is impossible."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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