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Numbered Discourses 9.51 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.51

5. Similarity – 5. Sāmaññavagga

AN 9.51 Extinguishment in the Present Life – Diṭṭhadhammanibbānasutta

 

1.1

“Reverend, they speak of ‘extinguishment in the present life’.

“‘Diṭṭhadhammanibbānaṁ diṭṭhadhammanibbānan’ti, āvuso, vuccati.

1.2

In what way did the Buddha speak of extinguishment in the present life?”

Kittāvatā nu kho, āvuso, diṭṭhadhammanibbānaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā”ti?

2.1

“First, take a bhikkhu who, quite secluded from sensual pleasures … enters and remains in the first absorption.

“Idhāvuso, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi …pe… paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.

2.2

To this extent the Buddha spoke of extinguishment in the present life in a qualified sense. …

Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, diṭṭhadhammanibbānaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā pariyāyena …pe….

3.1

Furthermore, take a bhikkhu who, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end.

Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti.

3.2

To this extent the Buddha spoke of extinguishment in the present life in a definitive sense.”

Ettāvatāpi kho, āvuso, diṭṭhadhammanibbānaṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā nippariyāyenā”ti.

3.3

 

Dasamaṁ.

3.4

 

Sāmaññavaggo pañcamo.

4.0

 

Tassuddānaṁ

4.1

 

Sambādho kāyasakkhī paññā,

4.2

 

Ubhatobhāgo sandiṭṭhikā dve;

4.3

 

Nibbānaṁ parinibbānaṁ,

4.4

 

Tadaṅgadiṭṭhadhammikena cāti.

4.5

 

Paṭhamo paṇṇāsako samatto.