The Question of PañcasikhaPañcasikhasutta

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate. And then the centaur Pañcasikha went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him:Atha kho pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life?“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme no parinibbāyanti? What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life?”Ko pana, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme parinibbāyantī”ti?

“Pañcasikha, there are sights known by the eye …“Santi kho, pañcasikha, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā …pe…

ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.santi kho, pañcasikha, manoviññeyyā dhammā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā. If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,Tañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati. their consciousness has that as support and fuel for grasping.Tassa taṁ abhinandato abhivadato ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti tadupādānaṁ. A mendicant with fuel for grasping does not become extinguished.Saupādāno, pañcasikha, bhikkhu no parinibbāyati. That’s the cause, that’s the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life.Ayaṁ kho, pañcasikha, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme no parinibbāyanti.

There are sights known by the eye …Santi ca kho, pañcasikha, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā …pe…

ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.santi kho, pañcasikha, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā. If a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, their consciousness doesn’t have that as support and fuel for grasping.Tañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati, tassa taṁ anabhinandato anabhivadato anajjhosāya tiṭṭhato na tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti, na tadupādānaṁ. A mendicant free of grasping becomes extinguished.Anupādāno, pañcasikha, bhikkhu parinibbāyati. That’s the cause, that’s the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life.”Ayaṁ kho, pañcasikha, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme parinibbāyantī”ti.