Paṭhamaaññatarabhikkhusutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.6

Linked Discourses 45.6

1. Avijjāvagga

1. Ignorance

Paṭhamaaññatarabhikkhusutta

A Mendicant (1st)

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,

“‘brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyan’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of this thing called the ‘spiritual path’.

Katamaṁ nu kho, bhante, brahmacariyaṁ, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti?

What is the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?”

“Ayameva kho, bhikkhu, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo brahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—

“Mendicant, the spiritual path is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.

right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

Yo kho, bhikkhu, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo—

The ending of greed, hate, and delusion.

idaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti.

This is the culmination of the spiritual path.”

Chaṭṭhaṁ.