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SN 12.46 A Certain Brahmin – Aññatarabrāhmaṇasutta
At Sāvatthī.
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
Then a certain brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.
Atha kho aññataro brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.
When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“Master Gotama, does the person who does the deed experience the result?”
“Kiṁ nu kho, bho gotama, so karoti so paṭisaṁvedayatī”ti?
“‘The person who does the deed experiences the result’: this is one extreme, brahmin.”
“‘So karoti so paṭisaṁvedayatī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, ayameko anto”.
“Then does one person do the deed and another experience the result?”
“Kiṁ pana, bho gotama, añño karoti, añño paṭisaṁvedayatī”ti?
“‘One person does the deed and another experiences the result’: this is the second extreme.
“‘Añño karoti, añño paṭisaṁvedayatī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, ayaṁ dutiyo anto.
Avoiding these two extremes, the Realized One teaches by the middle way:
Ete te, brāhmaṇa, ubho ante anupagamma majjhena tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti:
‘Ignorance is a condition for saṅkhāra.
‘avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā;
Saṅkhāra are a condition for consciousness. …
saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṁ …pe…
That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.
evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.
When ignorance fades away and ceases with nothing left over, saṅkhāra cease.
Avijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā saṅkhāranirodho;
When saṅkhāra cease …
saṅkhāranirodhā …pe…
That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.’”
evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī’”ti.
When he said this, the brahmin said to the Buddha,
Evaṁ vutte, so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“Excellent, Master Gotama! Excellent! …
“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…
From this day forth, may Master Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”
upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.