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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Path: SN45:7 A Certain Bhikkhu (2)

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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasankami … pe … ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: 

2 "‘Rāgavinayo dosavinayo mohavinayo’ti, bhante, vuccati. Kissa nu kho etaṃ, bhante, adhivacanaṃ:  ‘rāgavinayo dosavinayo mohavinayo’"ti? "Nibbānadhātuyā kho etaṃ, bhikkhu, adhivacanaṃ:  ‘rāgavinayo dosavinayo mohavinayo’ti. Āsavānaṃ khayo tena vuccatī"ti.

3 Evaṃ vutte, so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "‘amataṃ, amatan’ti, bhante, vuccati. Katamaṃ nu kho, bhante, amataṃ, katamo amatagāmimaggo"ti? "Yo kho, bhikkhu, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo – idaṃ vuccati amataṃ. Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhangiko maggo amatagāmimaggo, seyyathidaṃ – sammādiṭṭhi … pe … sammāsamādhī"ti.

Sattamaṃ.