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Linked Discourses · SN 55.9

  • Linked Discourses 55.9Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.9
  • 1. At Bamboo Gate1. Veḷudvāravagga

At the Brick Hall (2nd)Dutiyagiñjakāvasathasutta

Ānanda said to the Buddha:Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, the monk named Asoka has passed away.“asoko nāma, bhante, bhikkhu kālaṅkato; Where has he been reborn in his next life?tassa kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo? The nun named Asokā,Asokā nāma, bhante, bhikkhunī kālaṅkatā …pe… the layman named Asoka,asoko nāma, bhante, upāsako kālaṅkato …pe… and the laywoman named Asokā have passed away.asokā nāma, bhante, upāsikā kālaṅkatā; Where have they been reborn in the next life?”tassā kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo”ti?

“Ānanda, the monk Asoka passed away having realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom … in this very life …“Asoko, ānanda, bhikkhu kālaṅkato āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi …pe…

(And all is explained as in SN 55.8.)(purimaveyyākaraṇena ekanidānaṁ.)

This is that mirror of the teaching.Ayaṁ kho so, ānanda, dhammādāso dhammapariyāyo; A noble disciple who has this may declare of themselves:yena samannāgato ariyasāvako ākaṅkhamāno attanāva attānaṁ byākareyya: ‘I’ve finished with rebirth in hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. I’ve finished with all places of loss, bad places, the underworld. I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am assured, destined for awakening.’”‘khīṇanirayomhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇāpāyaduggativinipāto, sotāpannohamasmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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

  1. SN 55.8 In the Brick Hall (1st) 0.73near 0.1Linked Discourses 55.8 1. At Bamboo Gate In the Brick Hall (1st) So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying at Ñātika in the brick house. Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side,…
  2. SN 55.10 At the Brick Hall (3rd) 0.68near 0.1Linked Discourses 55.10 1. At Bamboo Gate At the Brick Hall (3rd) Ānanda said to the Buddha: “Sir, the layman named Kakkaṭa has passed away in Ñātika. Where has he been reborn in his next life? The laymen named Kaḷibha,…
  3. DN 16 The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment 0.63near 0.1Then the Buddha together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants arrived in the land of the Ñātikas, where he stayed in the brick house at Ñātika. Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and s…
  4. SN 55.13 With the Senior Monk Ānanda 0.52near 0.1Linked Discourses 55.13 2. The Royal Monastery With the Senior Monk Ānanda At one time the venerables Ānanda and Sāriputta were staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then in the late afternoon…