Vajjīsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 193

[193] On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling among the Vajjis, at Hatthigāma. Then Ugga the householder of Hatthigāma approached the Blessed One … Sitting to one side, Ugga the householder of Hatthigāma said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, what is the cause, what is the condition, whereby some beings here do not attain final Nibbāna (parinibbāna) in this very life? And what, venerable sir, is the cause, what is the condition, whereby some beings here do attain final Nibbāna in this very life?" (To be expanded in full just as in the preceding sutta.) "This, householder, is the cause, this is the condition, whereby some beings here attain final Nibbāna in this very life." The second [sutta].

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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