1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: "bhikkhavo"ti. "Bhadante"ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca: "bhaddekarattassa vo, bhikkhave, uddesañca vibhangañca desessāmi. Taṃ suṇātha, sādhukaṃ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī"ti. "Evaṃ, bhante"ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca: 

2 "Atītaṃ nānvāgameyya,
nappaṭikankhe anāgataṃ;
Yadatītaṃ pahīnaṃ taṃ,
appattañca anāgataṃ.

3 Paccuppannañca yo dhammaṃ,
Tattha tattha vipassati;
Asaṃhīraṃ asaṃkuppaṃ,
Taṃ vidvā manubrūhaye.

4 Ajjeva kiccamātappaṃ,
ko jaññā maraṇaṃ suve;
Na hi no sangaraṃ tena,
mahāsenena maccunā.

5 Evaṃvihāriṃ ātāpiṃ,
ahorattamatanditaṃ;
Taṃ ve bhaddekarattoti,
santo ācikkhate muni.

6 Kathañca, bhikkhave, atītaṃ anvāgameti? ‘Evaṃrūpo ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ samanvāneti, ‘evaṃvedano ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ samanvāneti, ‘evaṃsañño ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ samanvāneti, ‘evaṃsankhāro ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ samanvāneti, ‘evaṃviññāṇo ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ samanvāneti—evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, atītaṃ anvāgameti.

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7 Kathañca, bhikkhave, atītaṃ nānvāgameti? ‘Evaṃrūpo ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ na samanvāneti, ‘evaṃvedano ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ na samanvāneti, ‘evaṃsañño ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ na samanvāneti, ‘evaṃsankhāro ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ na samanvāneti, ‘evaṃviññāṇo ahosiṃ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ na samanvāneti—evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, atītaṃ nānvāgameti.

8 Kathañca, bhikkhave, anāgataṃ paṭikankhati? ‘Evaṃrūpo siyaṃ anāgatamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ samanvāneti, evaṃvedano siyaṃ … pe … evaṃsañño siyaṃ … evaṃsankhāro siyaṃ … evaṃviññāṇo siyaṃ anāgatamaddhānanti tattha nandiṃ samanvāneti—evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, anāgataṃ paṭikankhati.

9 Kathañca, bhikkhave, anāgataṃ nappaṭikankhati? ‘Evaṃrūpo siyaṃ anāgatamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ na samanvāneti, evaṃvedano siyaṃ … evaṃsañño siyaṃ … evaṃsankhāro siyaṃ … ‘evaṃviññāṇo siyaṃ anāgatamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṃ na samanvāneti—evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, anāgataṃ nappaṭikankhati.

10 Kathañca, bhikkhave, paccuppannesu dhammesu saṃhīrati? Idha, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṃ adassāvī ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto sappurisānaṃ adassāvī sappurisadhammassa akovido sappurisadhamme avinīto rūpaṃ attato samanupassati, rūpavantaṃ vā attānaṃ, attani vā rūpaṃ, rūpasmiṃ vā attānaṃ; vedanaṃ … pe … saññaṃ … sankhāre … viññāṇaṃ attato samanupassati, viññāṇavantaṃ vā attānaṃ attani vā viññāṇaṃ, viññāṇasmiṃ vā attānaṃ—evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannesu dhammesu saṃhīrati.

11 Kathañca, bhikkhave, paccuppannesu dhammesu na saṃhīrati? Idha, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako ariyānaṃ dassāvī ariyadhammassa kovido ariyadhamme suvinīto sappurisānaṃ dassāvī sappurisadhammassa kovido sappurisadhamme suvinīto na rūpaṃ attato samanupassati, na rūpavantaṃ vā attānaṃ, na attani vā rūpaṃ, na rūpasmiṃ vā attānaṃ; na vedanaṃ … na saññaṃ … na sankhāre … na viññāṇaṃ attato samanupassati, na viññāṇavantaṃ vā attānaṃ, na attani vā viññāṇaṃ, na viññāṇasmiṃ vā attānaṃ—evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannesu dhammesu na saṃhīrati.

12 Atītaṃ nānvāgameyya,
nappaṭikankhe anāgataṃ;
Yadatītaṃ pahīnaṃ taṃ,
appattañca anāgataṃ.

13 Paccuppannañca yo dhammaṃ,
tattha tattha vipassati;
Asaṃhīraṃ asankuppaṃ,
taṃ vidvā manubrūhaye.

14 Ajjeva kiccamātappaṃ,
ko jaññā maraṇaṃ suve;
Na hi no sangaraṃ tena,
mahāsenena maccunā.

15 Evaṃvihāriṃ ātāpiṃ,
ahorattamatanditaṃ;
Taṃ ve bhaddekarattoti,
santo ācikkhate munīti.

16 ‘Bhaddekarattassa vo, bhikkhave, uddesañca vibhangañca desessāmī’ti—iti yaṃ taṃ vuttaṃ idametaṃ paṭicca vuttan"ti.

17 Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti.

Bhaddekarattasuttaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ paṭhamaṃ.