Sīvakasutta
When the wanderer Moḷiyasīvaka asks if all feelings are caused by karma in past lives. The Buddha denies this, asserting that feelings have many different causes.
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Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.21
Linked Discourses 36.21
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3. Aṭṭhasatapariyāyavagga
3. The Explanation of the Hundred and Eight
Sīvakasutta
With Sīvaka
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Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.
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Atha kho moḷiyasīvako paribbājako yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.
Then the wanderer Moḷiyasīvaka went up to the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him.
- 1.3
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho moḷiyasīvako paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:
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“santi, bho gotama, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṁvādino evaṁdiṭṭhino:
“Worthy Gotama, there are some ascetics and brahmins who have this doctrine and view:
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‘yaṁ kiñcāyaṁ purisapuggalo paṭisaṁvedeti sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā sabbaṁ taṁ pubbekatahetū’ti.
‘Everything this individual person experiences—pleasurable, painful, or neutral—is because of past deeds.’
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Idha bhavaṁ gotamo kimāhā”ti?
What does the worthy Gotama say about this?”
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“Pittasamuṭṭhānānipi kho, sīvaka, idhekaccāni vedayitāni uppajjanti.
“Sīvaka, some feelings stem from bile disorders.
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Sāmampi kho etaṁ, sīvaka, veditabbaṁ yathā pittasamuṭṭhānānipi idhekaccāni vedayitāni uppajjanti.
You can know this from your own personal experience,
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Lokassapi kho etaṁ, sīvaka, saccasammataṁ yathā pittasamuṭṭhānānipi idhekaccāni vedayitāni uppajjanti.
and it is generally deemed to be true.
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Tatra, sīvaka, ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṁvādino evaṁdiṭṭhino:
Since this is so, the ascetics and brahmins whose view is that
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‘yaṁ kiñcāyaṁ purisapuggalo paṭisaṁvedeti sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā sabbaṁ taṁ pubbekatahetū’ti.
everything an individual person experiences is because of past deeds
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Yañca sāmaṁ ñātaṁ tañca atidhāvanti, yañca loke saccasammataṁ tañca atidhāvanti.
go beyond personal experience and beyond what is generally deemed to be true.
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Tasmā tesaṁ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ micchāti vadāmi.
So those ascetics and brahmins are wrong, I say.
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Semhasamuṭṭhānānipi kho, sīvaka …pe…
Some feelings stem from phlegm disorders …
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vātasamuṭṭhānānipi kho, sīvaka …pe…
wind disorders …
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sannipātikānipi kho, sīvaka …pe…
their conjunction …
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utupariṇāmajānipi kho, sīvaka …pe…
change in weather …
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visamaparihārajānipi kho, sīvaka …pe…
not taking care of yourself …
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opakkamikānipi kho, sīvaka …pe…
exertion …
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kammavipākajānipi kho, sīvaka, idhekaccāni vedayitāni uppajjanti.
Some feelings are the result of past deeds.
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Sāmampi kho etaṁ, sīvaka, veditabbaṁ.
You can know this from your own personal experience,
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Yathā kammavipākajānipi idhekaccāni vedayitāni uppajjanti;
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lokassapi kho etaṁ, sīvaka, saccasammataṁ.
and it is generally deemed to be true.
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Yathā kammavipākajānipi idhekaccāni vedayitāni uppajjanti;
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tatra, sīvaka, ye te samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṁvādino evaṁdiṭṭhino:
Since this is so, the ascetics and brahmins whose view is that
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‘yaṁ kiñcāyaṁ purisapuggalo paṭisaṁvedeti sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā sabbaṁ taṁ pubbekatahetū’ti.
everything an individual person experiences is because of past deeds
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Yañca sāmaṁ ñātaṁ tañca atidhāvanti yañca loke saccasammataṁ tañca atidhāvanti.
go beyond personal experience and beyond what is generally deemed to be true.
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Tasmā ‘tesaṁ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṁ micchā’ti vadāmī”ti.
So those ascetics and brahmins are wrong, I say.”
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Evaṁ vutte, moḷiyasīvako paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
When he said this, the wanderer Moḷiyasīvaka said to the Buddha,
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“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…
“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …
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upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.
From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”
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“Pittaṁ semhañca vāto ca,
“Bile, phlegm, and wind,
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Sannipātā utūni ca;
their conjunction, and the weather,
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Visamaṁ opakkamikaṁ,
not taking care of yourself, exertion,
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Kammavipākena aṭṭhamī”ti.
and the result of deeds is the eighth.”
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Paṭhamaṁ.
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