{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.81/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.81","id":"suttacentral_sn22.81","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.81/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Kosamb\u012b in Ghosita\u2019s monastery. Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Kosamb\u012b for alms. After the meal, on his return from almsround, he set his lodgings in order himself. Taking his bowl and robe, without informing his supporters or taking leave of the mendicant Sa\u1e45gha, he set out to go wandering alone, with no companion. Then, not long after the Buddha had left, one of the mendicants went to Venerable \u0100nanda and told him what had happened. \u0100nanda said, \u201cReverend, when the Buddha leaves like this it means he wants to stay alone. At this time no one should follow him.\u201d Then the Buddha, traveling stage by stage, arrived at P\u0101rileyyaka, where he stayed at the root of a sacred sal tree. Then several mendicants went up to Venerable \u0100nanda and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, they sat down to one side and said to him, \u201cReverend, it\u2019s been a long time since we\u2019ve heard a Dhamma talk from the Buddha. We wish to hear a Dhamma talk from the Buddha.\u201d Then Venerable \u0100nanda together with those mendicants went to P\u0101rileyyaka to see the Buddha. They bowed and sat down to one side, and the Buddha educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk. Now at that time one of the monks had the thought, \u201cHow do you know and see in order to end the defilements without delay?\u201d Then the Buddha, knowing that monk\u2019s train of thought, addressed the mendicants: \u201cMendicants, I\u2019ve taught the Dhamma analytically. I\u2019ve analytically taught the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, the four right efforts, the four bases of psychic power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven awakening factors, and the noble eightfold path. That\u2019s how I\u2019ve taught the Dhamma analytically. Though I\u2019ve taught the Dhamma analytically, still a certain mendicant present here has this thought: \u2018How do you know and see in order to end the defilements without delay?\u2019 And how, mendicants, do you know and see in order to end the defilements without delay? Take an unlearned ordinary person who has not seen the noble ones, and is neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They\u2019ve not seen true persons, and are neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the true persons. They regard form as self. But that regarding is just a conditioned phenomenon. And what\u2019s the source, origin, birthplace, and inception of that conditioned phenomenon? When an unlearned ordinary person is struck by feelings born of contact with ignorance, craving arises. That conditioned phenomenon is born from that. So that conditioned phenomenon is impermanent, conditioned, and dependently originated. And that craving, that feeling, that contact, and that ignorance are also impermanent, conditioned, and dependently originated. That\u2019s how you should know and see in order to end the defilements without delay. Perhaps they don\u2019t regard form as self, but they still regard self as possessing form. But that regarding is just a conditioned phenomenon. \u2026 Perhaps they don\u2019t regard form as self, or self as possessing form, but they still regard form in self. But that regarding is just a conditioned phenomenon. \u2026 Perhaps they don\u2019t regard form as self, or self as possessing form, or form in self, but they still regard self in form. But that regarding is just a conditioned phenomenon. \u2026 Perhaps they don\u2019t regard form as self, or self as possessing form, or form in self, or self in form. But they regard feeling as self \u2026 perception as self \u2026 choices as self \u2026 consciousness as self \u2026 But that regarding is just a conditioned phenomenon. And what\u2019s the source of that conditioned phenomenon? When an unlearned ordinary person is struck by feelings born of contact with ignorance, craving arises. That conditioned phenomenon is born from that. So that conditioned phenomenon is impermanent, conditioned, and dependently originated. And that craving, that feeling, that contact, and that ignorance are also impermanent, conditioned, and dependently originated. That\u2019s how you should know and see in order to end the defilements without delay. Perhaps they don\u2019t regard form or feeling or perception or choices or consciousness as self. Still, they have such a view: \u2018The self and the cosmos are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, and imperishable.\u2019 But that eternalist view is just a conditioned phenomenon. And what\u2019s the source of that conditioned phenomenon? \u2026 That\u2019s how you should know and see in order to end the defilements without delay. Perhaps they don\u2019t regard form or feeling or perception or choices or consciousness as self. Nor do they have such a view: \u2018The self and the cosmos are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, and imperishable.\u2019 Still, they have such a view: \u2018I might not be, and it might not be mine. I will not be, and it will not be mine.\u2019 But that annihilationist view is just a conditioned phenomenon. And what\u2019s the source of that conditioned phenomenon? \u2026 That\u2019s how you should know and see in order to end the defilements without delay. Perhaps they don\u2019t regard form or feeling or perception or choices or consciousness as self. Nor do they have such a view: \u2018The self and the cosmos are one and the same. After death I will be that, permanent, everlasting, eternal, and imperishable.\u2019 Nor do they have such a view: \u2018I might not be, and it might not be mine. I will not be, and it will not be mine.\u2019 Still, they have doubts and uncertainties. They\u2019re undecided about the true teaching. That doubt and uncertainty, the indecision about the true teaching, is just a conditioned phenomenon. And what\u2019s the source of that conditioned phenomenon? When an unlearned ordinary person is struck by feelings born of contact with ignorance, craving arises. That conditioned phenomenon is born from that. So that conditioned phenomenon is impermanent, conditioned, and dependently originated. And that craving, that feeling, that contact, and that ignorance are also impermanent, conditioned, and dependently originated. That\u2019s how you should know and see in order to end the defilements without delay.\u201d","title":"At P\u0101rileyyaka","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1043}