SN 22.136 Burning Chaff – Kukkuḷasutta

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SN 22.136 Burning Chaff – Kukkuḷasutta

Linked Discourses 22.136 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.136

14. Burning Chaff – 14. Kukkuḷavagga

SN 22.136 Burning Chaff – Kukkuḷasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Bhikkhū, form, feeling, perception, saṅkhāra, and consciousness are burning chaff.

“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, kukkuḷaṁ, vedanā kukkuḷā, saññā kukkuḷā, saṅkhārā kukkuḷā, viññāṇaṁ kukkuḷaṁ.

Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with form, feeling, perception, saṅkhāra, and consciousness.

Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpasmimpi nibbindati, vedanāyapi nibbindati, saññāyapi nibbindati, saṅkhāresupi nibbindati, viññāṇasmimpi nibbindati.

Being disillusioned, desire fades away. When desire fades away they’re freed. When they’re freed, they know they’re freed.

Nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati. Vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.

They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is no return to any state of existence.’”

‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.