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Linked Discourses · SN 45.42–47

  • Linked Discourses 45.42–47Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.42–47
  • 5. Abbreviated Texts on Followers of Other Religions5. Aññatitthiyapeyyālavagga

Six Discourses on Giving Up Fetters, Etc.Saṁyojanappahānādisuttachakka

“Mendicants, if wanderers who follow another religion were to ask you:“Sace vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṁ puccheyyuṁ: ‘Reverends, what’s the goal of leading the spiritual life under the ascetic Gotama?’ You should answer them like this:‘kimatthiyaṁ, āvuso, samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti, evaṁ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṁ aññatitthiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ evaṁ byākareyyātha:

‘The goal of leading the spiritual life under the Buddha is to give up the fetters.’ …‘saṁyojanappahānatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti …pe…

‘… to uproot the underlying tendencies.’ …‘anusayasamugghātanatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti …pe…

‘… to completely understand the course of time.’ …‘addhānapariññatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti …pe…

‘… to end the defilements.’ …‘āsavānaṁ khayatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti …pe…

‘… to realize the fruit of knowledge and freedom.’ …‘vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti …pe…

‘… for knowledge and vision.’ …”‘ñāṇadassanatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti …pe….

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. SN 45.5 What’s the Goal? 0.53near 0.1Linked Discourses 45.5 1. Ignorance What’s the Goal? At Sāvatthī. Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha … and said to him: “Sir, sometimes wanderers of other religions ask us: ‘Reverends, what’s the goal of leadi…
  2. SN 45.48 Extinguishment With No Fuel For Grasping 0.52near 0.1Linked Discourses 45.48 5. Abbreviated Texts on Followers of Other Religions Extinguishment With No Fuel For Grasping At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, if wanderers who follow another religion were to ask you: ‘Reverends, what’s…
  3. SN 45.41 The Fading Away of Greed 0.52near 0.1Linked Discourses 45.41 5. Abbreviated Texts on Followers of Other Religions The Fading Away of Greed At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, if wanderers who follow another religion were to ask you: ‘Reverends, what’s the goal of lea…