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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Path: SN45:41 The Fading Away of Lust

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. "Sace vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:  ‘kimatthiyaṃ, āvuso, samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṃ vussatī’ti, evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyātha:  ‘rāgavirāgatthaṃ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṃ vussatī’ti. Sace pana vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:  ‘atthi panāvuso, maggo, atthi paṭipadā rāgavirāgāyā’ti, evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyātha:  ‘atthi kho, āvuso, maggo, atthi paṭipadā rāgavirāgāyā’ti. Katamo ca, bhikkhave, maggo, katamā ca paṭipadā rāgavirāgāya? Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhangiko maggo, seyyathidaṃ – sammādiṭṭhi … pe … sammāsamādhi. Ayaṃ, bhikkhave, maggo, ayaṃ paṭipadā rāgavirāgāyāti. Evaṃ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ evaṃ byākareyyāthā"ti.

Paṭhamaṃ.