{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.95/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.95","id":"suttacentral_sn35.95","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.95/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then Venerable M\u0101lu\u1e45kyaputta went up to the Buddha \u2026 and asked him, \u201cSir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I\u2019ve heard it, I\u2019ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.\u201d \u201cWell now, M\u0101lu\u1e45kyaputta, what are we to say to the young monks, when even an old man like you, elderly and senior, advanced in years, having reached the final stage of life, asks for brief advice?\u201d \u201cSir, even though I\u2019m an old man, elderly and senior, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief! May the Holy One please teach me in brief! Hopefully I can understand the meaning of what the Buddha says. Hopefully I can be an heir of the Buddha\u2019s teaching!\u201d \u201cWhat do you think, M\u0101lu\u1e45kyaputta? Do you have any desire or greed or fondness for sights known by the eye that are unseen, unseen before, and which you neither see nor think might be seen?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cDo you have any desire or greed or affection for sounds known by the ear \u2026 smells known by the nose \u2026 tastes known by the tongue \u2026 touches known by the body \u2026 ideas known by the mind that are unknown, unknown before, and which you neither know nor think might be known?\u201d \u201cNo, sir.\u201d \u201cIn that case, when it comes to things that ought be seen, heard, thought, and known: in the seen will be merely the seen; in the heard will be merely the heard; in the thought will be merely the thought; in the known will be merely the known. When this is the case, you won\u2019t be \u2018by that\u2019. When you\u2019re not \u2018by that\u2019, you won\u2019t be \u2018in that\u2019. When you\u2019re not \u2018in that\u2019, you won\u2019t be in this life or the next or in between the two. Just this is the end of suffering.\u201d \u201cThis is how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement: \u2018When you see a sight, mindfulness is lost as you focus on a pleasant feature. Experiencing it with a mind full of desire, you keep clinging to it. Many feelings grow arising from sights. The mind is damaged by covetousness and cruelty. Heaping up suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be far from extinguishment. When you hear a sound, mindfulness is lost as you focus on a pleasant feature. Experiencing it with a mind full of desire, you keep clinging to it. Many feelings grow arising from sounds. The mind is damaged by covetousness and cruelty. Heaping up suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be far from extinguishment. When you smell an odor, mindfulness is lost as you focus on a pleasant feature. Experiencing it with a mind full of desire, you keep clinging to it. Many feelings grow arising from smells. The mind is damaged by covetousness and cruelty. Heaping up suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be far from extinguishment. When you enjoy a taste, mindfulness is lost as you focus on a pleasant feature. Experiencing it with a mind full of desire, you keep clinging to it. Many feelings grow arising from tastes. The mind is damaged by covetousness and cruelty. Heaping up suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be far from extinguishment. When you sense a touch, mindfulness is lost as you focus on a pleasant feature. Experiencing it with a mind full of desire, you keep clinging to it. Many feelings grow arising from touches. The mind is damaged by covetousness and cruelty. Heaping up suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be far from extinguishment. When you know an idea, mindfulness is lost as you focus on a pleasant feature. Experiencing it with a mind full of desire, you keep clinging to it. Many feelings grow arising from ideas. The mind is damaged by covetousness and cruelty. Heaping up suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be far from extinguishment. There\u2019s no desire for sights when you see a sight with mindfulness. Experiencing it with a mind free of desire, you don\u2019t keep clinging to it. Even as you see a sight and get familiar with how it feels, you wear away, you don\u2019t heap up: that\u2019s how to live mindfully. Eroding suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be in the presence of extinguishment. There\u2019s no desire for sounds when you hear a sound with mindfulness. Experiencing it with a mind free of desire, you don\u2019t keep clinging to it. Even as you hear a sound and get familiar with how it feels, you wear away, you don\u2019t heap up: that\u2019s how to live mindfully. Eroding suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be in the presence of extinguishment. There\u2019s no desire for odors when you smell an odor with mindfulness. Experiencing it with a mind free of desire, you don\u2019t keep clinging to it. Even as you smell an odor and get familiar with how it feels, you wear away, you don\u2019t heap up: that\u2019s how to live mindfully. Eroding suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be in the presence of extinguishment. There\u2019s no desire for tastes when you enjoy a taste with mindfulness. Experiencing it with a mind free of desire, you don\u2019t keep clinging to it. Even as you savor a taste and get familiar with how it feels, you wear away, you don\u2019t heap up: that\u2019s how to live mindfully. Eroding suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be in the presence of extinguishment. There\u2019s no desire for touches when you sense a touch with mindfulness. Experiencing it with a mind free of desire, you don\u2019t keep clinging to it. Even as you sense a touch and get familiar with how it feels, you wear away, you don\u2019t heap up: that\u2019s how to live mindfully. Eroding suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be in the presence of extinguishment. There\u2019s no desire for ideas when you know an idea with mindfulness. Experiencing it with a mind free of desire, you don\u2019t keep clinging to it. Even as you know an idea and get familiar with how it feels, you wear away, you don\u2019t heap up: that\u2019s how to live mindfully. Eroding suffering like this, you\u2019re said to be in the presence of extinguishment.\u2019 That\u2019s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha\u2019s brief statement.\u201d \u201cGood, good, M\u0101lu\u1e45kyaputta! It\u2019s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I\u2019ve said in brief like this.\u201d And he repeated the verses in full. \u201cThis is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.\u201d And then Venerable M\u0101lu\u1e45kyaputta approved and agreed with what the Buddha said. He got up from his seat, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving. Then M\u0101lu\u1e45kyaputta, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness. He understood: \u201cRebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.\u201d And Venerable M\u0101lu\u1e45kyaputta became one of the perfected.","title":"M\u0101lu\u1e45kyaputta","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":1188}