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Numbered Discourses · AN 3.106

  • Numbered Discourses 3.106Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.106
  • 11. Awakening11. Sambodhavagga

Ascetics and BrahminsSamaṇabrāhmaṇasutta

“Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand the world’s gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are.“Ye keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā lokassa assādañca assādato ādīnavañca ādīnavato nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti, I don’t deem them as true ascetics and brahmins. Those venerables don’t realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin, and don’t live having realized it with their own insight in this very life.na me te, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu vā samaṇasammatā brāhmaṇesu vā brāhmaṇasammatā, na ca pana te āyasmanto sāmaññatthaṁ vā brahmaññatthaṁ vā diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharanti.

There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand the world’s gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are.Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā lokassa assādañca assādato ādīnavañca ādīnavato nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti, I deem them as true ascetics and brahmins. Those venerables realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin, and live having realized it with their own insight.”te kho, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu vā samaṇasammatā brāhmaṇesu vā brāhmaṇasammatā, te ca panāyasmanto sāmaññatthañca brahmaññatthañca diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.

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  1. SN 17.25 Ascetics and Brahmins 0.82near 0.1Linked Discourses 17.25 Chapter Three Ascetics and Brahmins At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand the gratification, drawback, and escape when it comes to possessions, honor…
  2. SN 48.6 Ascetics and Brahmins (1st) 0.71near 0.1Linked Discourses 48.6 1. Plain Version Ascetics and Brahmins (1st) “Mendicants, there are these five faculties. What five? The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. There are ascetics and brahm…
  3. SN 48.7 Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd) 0.70near 0.1Linked Discourses 48.7 1. Plain Version Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd) “Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t understand the faculty of faith, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its ce…
  4. SN 36.27 Ascetics and Brahmins (1st) 0.69near 0.1Linked Discourses 36.27 3. The Explanation of the Hundred and Eight Ascetics and Brahmins (1st) “Mendicants, there are these three feelings. What three? Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling. There are ascetics and brah…
  5. SN 12.13 Ascetics and Brahmins 0.65near 0.1Linked Discourses 12.13 2. Fuel Ascetics and Brahmins At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t understand old age and death, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their…