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SN 1.2 Liberation – Nimokkhasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,

Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Good sir, do you understand liberation, emancipation, and seclusion for sentient beings?”

“Jānāsi no tvaṁ, mārisa, sattānaṁ nimokkhaṁ pamokkhaṁ vivekan”ti?

“I do, sir.”

“Jānāmi khvāhaṁ, āvuso, sattānaṁ nimokkhaṁ pamokkhaṁ vivekan”ti.

“But how is it that you understand liberation, emancipation, and seclusion for sentient beings?”

“Yathākathaṁ pana tvaṁ, mārisa, jānāsi sattānaṁ nimokkhaṁ pamokkhaṁ vivekan”ti?

“With the ending of relish for rebirth,

“Nandībhavaparikkhayā,

the finishing of perception and consciousness,

Saññāviññāṇasaṅkhayā;

and the cessation and stilling of feelings:

Vedanānaṁ nirodhā upasamā,

that, sir, is how I understand liberation,

Evaṁ khvāhaṁ āvuso jānāmi;

emancipation, and seclusion for sentient beings.”

Sattānaṁ nimokkhaṁ pamokkhaṁ vivekan”ti.