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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Path: SN45:156 The Rain Cloud (1)

  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

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1 "Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gimhānaṃ pacchime māse ūhataṃ rajojallaṃ, tamenaṃ mahāakālamegho ṭhānaso antaradhāpeti vūpasameti; evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaronto uppannuppanne pāpake akusale dhamme ṭhānaso antaradhāpeti vūpasameti. Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaronto uppannuppanne pāpake akusale dhamme ṭhānaso antaradhāpeti vūpasameti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṃ bhāveti … pe … sammāsamādhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ … evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvento ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaronto uppannuppanne pāpake akusale dhamme ṭhānaso antaradhāpeti vūpasametī"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṃ.