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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses with Devatas: SN1:2 Emancipation

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: 

2 "Jānāsi no tvaṃ, mārisa, sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ vivekan"ti?

3 "Jānāmi khvāhaṃ, āvuso, sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ vivekan"ti.

4 "Yathākathaṃ pana tvaṃ, mārisa, jānāsi sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ vivekan"ti?

5 "Nandībhavaparikkhayā,
Saññāviññāṇasankhayā;
Vedanānaṃ nirodhā upasamā,
Evaṃ khvāhaṃ āvuso jānāmi;
Sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ vivekan"ti.