[227] 12. This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:
"Bhikkhus, obsessed by two views (diṭṭhigata), devas and humans — some hold back, some overreach; but those with eyes see.
"And how, bhikkhus, do some hold back? Bhikkhus, devas and humans delight in existence (bhava), are devoted to existence, rejoice in existence. When the Dhamma is being taught to them for the cessation (nirodha) of existence, their mind (citta) does not leap forward, does not become confident, does not become settled, does not resolve upon it. Thus, bhikkhus, do some hold back.
"And how, bhikkhus, do some overreach? Some, being distressed, ashamed, and disgusted by that very same existence, delight in non-existence (vibhava): 'Inasmuch, sirs — so it is said — as this self (attā), with the breaking up of the body, after death, is annihilated and perishes and does not exist after death: this is peaceful, this is sublime, this is the exact truth!' Thus, bhikkhus, do some overreach.
"And how, bhikkhus, do those with eyes see? Here a bhikkhu sees what has come to be (bhūta) as having come to be; having seen what has come to be as having come to be, he is practising for disenchantment with what has come to be, for dispassion toward it, and for its cessation. Thus, bhikkhus, do those with eyes see."
The Blessed One spoke this meaning. In that connection, this is said:
"Those who have seen what has come to be as having come to be,
and have seen the passing beyond of what has come to be,
are liberated in accordance with what really is (yathābhūta),
through the utter destruction of craving for existence (bhavataṇhā).
"If one has fully understood what has come to be,
rid of craving (taṇhā) for existence and for non-existence,
then, with the ceasing to be of what has come to be,
bhikkhus come no more to renewed existence (punabbhava)."
This meaning too was spoken by the Blessed One; so I have heard.
The Twelfth [Sutta].
The Second Vagga.
Its summary (uddāna):
Two on the faculties (indriya), two on the tormenting (tapanīya),
with virtue (sīla) another two;
the one without moral dread (anottappī), and two on deceit (kuhanā),
and with what should stir urgency (saṃvejanīya) — those are ten.
Thought (vitakka), teaching (desanā), true knowledge (vijjā),
wisdom (paññā), with the Dhamma as fifth;
the unborn (ajāta), the element (dhātu), seclusion (sallāna),
the training (sikkhā), and with wakefulness (jāgariya);
the state of loss (apāya), and view (diṭṭhi) itself —
twenty-two are proclaimed.
The Duka Nipāta is concluded.
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In the Itivuttaka: the First Vagga of the Tika Nipāta.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.