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Linked Discourses · SN 23.8

  • Linked Discourses 23.8Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.8
  • 1. About Māra1. Paṭhamamāravagga

A Perfected OneArahantasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him:Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho āyasmantaṁ rādhaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

“Rādha, there are these five grasping aggregates.“pañcime, rādha, upādānakkhandhā. What five?Katame pañca? The grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.Rūpupādānakkhandho …pe… viññāṇupādānakkhandho. A mendicant comes to be freed by not grasping after truly understanding these five grasping aggregates’ origin, disappearance, gratification, drawback, and escape.Yato kho, rādha, bhikkhu imesaṁ pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ viditvā anupādāvimutto hoti— Such a mendicant is called a perfected one, with defilements ended, who has completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and is rightly freed through enlightenment.”ayaṁ vuccati, rādha, bhikkhu arahaṁ khīṇāsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anuppattasadattho parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano sammadaññāvimutto”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 22.110 A Perfected One 0.78near 0.1Linked Discourses 22.110 11. Ends A Perfected One At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, there are these five grasping aggregates. What five? That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.…
  2. SN 23.7 A Stream-Enterer 0.64near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.7 1. About Māra A Stream-Enterer At Sāvatthī. When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him: “Rādha, there are these five grasping aggregates. What five? The grasping aggregates…
  3. SN 23.6 Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd) 0.57near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.6 1. About Māra Ascetics and Brahmins (2nd) At Sāvatthī. When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him: “Rādha, there are these five grasping aggregates. What five? The grasping…
  4. SN 48.4 A Perfected One (1st) 0.53near 0.1Linked Discourses 48.4 1. Plain Version A Perfected One (1st) “Mendicants, there are these five faculties. What five? The faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom. A noble disciple comes to be freed…
  5. SN 23.5 Ascetics and Brahmins 0.51near 0.1Linked Discourses 23.5 1. About Māra Ascetics and Brahmins At Sāvatthī. When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him: “Rādha, there are these five grasping aggregates. What five? The grasping aggre…