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Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Truths: SN56:40 Seeking an Argument

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1 "Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti, puratthimāya cepi disāya āgaccheyya samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā vādatthiko vādagavesī:  ‘vādamassa āropessāmī’ti, taṃ vata sahadhammena sankampessati vā sampakampessati vā sampacālessati vāti – netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati. Pacchimāya cepi disāya … pe … uttarāya cepi disāya … pe … dakkhiṇāya cepi disāya āgaccheyya samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā vādatthiko vādagavesī:  ‘vādamassa āropessāmī’ti, taṃ vata sahadhammena sankampessati vā sampakampessati vā sampacālessati vāti – netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.

2 Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, silāyūpo soḷasa kukkuko. Tassassu aṭṭha kukku heṭṭhā nemangamā, aṭṭha kukku uparinemassa. Puratthimāya cepi disāya āgaccheyya bhusā vātavuṭṭhi, neva sankampeyya na sampakampeyya na sampacāleyya; pacchimāya cepi disāya … pe … uttarāya cepi disāya … pe … dakkhiṇāya cepi disāya āgaccheyya bhusā vātavuṭṭhi, neva sankampeyya na sampakampeyya na sampacāleyya. Taṃ kissa hetu? Gambhīrattā, bhikkhave, nemassa sunikhātattā silāyūpassa. Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yo hi koci bhikkhu ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti; puratthimāya cepi disāya āgaccheyya samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā vādatthiko vādagavesī ‘vādamassa āropessāmī’ti, taṃ vata sahadhammena sankampessati vā sampakampessati vā sampacālessati vāti – netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati. Pacchimāya cepi disāya … pe … uttarāya cepi disāya … pe … dakkhiṇāya cepi disāya āgaccheyya samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā vādatthiko vādagavesī:  ‘vādamassa āropessāmī’ti, taṃ vata sahadhammena sankampessati vā sampakampessati vā sampacālessati vāti – netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati. Taṃ kissa hetu? Sudiṭṭhattā, bhikkhave, catunnaṃ ariyasaccānaṃ. Katamesaṃ catunnaṃ? Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa … pe … dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.

3 Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo"ti.

Dasamaṃ.

Sīsapāvanavaggo catuttho.

4 Sīsapā khadiro daṇḍo,
celā sattisatena ca;
Pāṇā sūriyūpamā dvedhā,
indakhīlo ca vādinoti.