The Benefits of TrainingSikkhānisaṁsasutta

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

“Mendicants, live with training as benefit, with wisdom as overseer, with freedom as core, and with mindfulness as ruler.“Sikkhānisaṁsā, bhikkhave, viharatha paññuttarā vimuttisārā satādhipateyyā. A mendicant who lives in this way can expect one of two results:Sikkhānisaṁsānaṁ, bhikkhave, viharataṁ paññuttarānaṁ vimuttisārānaṁ satādhipateyyānaṁ dvinnaṁ phalānaṁ aññataraṁ phalaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ— enlightenment in this very life, or if there’s residue left behind, non-return.”diṭṭheva dhamme aññā, sati vā upādisese anāgāmitā”ti.

The Buddha spoke this matter.Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. On this it is said:Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“The training fulfilled, not liable to decline,“Paripuṇṇasikkhaṁ apahānadhammaṁ, overseen by wisdom, seer of rebirth’s end;Paññuttaraṁ jātikhayantadassiṁ; that sage bears their final body;Taṁ ve muniṁ antimadehadhāriṁ, they have disposed of Māra, I declare, <j>and gone beyond old age.Mārañjahaṁ brūmi jarāya pāraguṁ.

Therefore be always enjoying absorption, <j>immersed in samādhi,Tasmā sadā jhānaratā samāhitā, energetic, seers of rebirth’s end.Ātāpino jātikhayantadassino; Having overcome Māra and his armies, mendicants,Māraṁ sasenaṁ abhibhuyya bhikkhavo, go beyond birth and death.”Bhavatha jātimaraṇassa pāragā”ti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.