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Linked Discourses 45.7 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.7

1. Ignorance – 1. Avijjāvagga

SN 45.7 A Bhikkhu (2nd) – Dutiyaaññatarabhikkhusutta

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Then a bhikkhu went up to the Buddha … and said to him:

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of ‘the removal of greed, hate, and delusion’.

“‘Rāgavinayo dosavinayo mohavinayo’ti, bhante, vuccati.

What is this a term for?”

Kissa nu kho etaṁ, bhante, adhivacanaṁ:

‘rāgavinayo dosavinayo mohavinayo’”ti?

“Bhikkhu, the removal of greed, hate, and delusion is a term for the element of extinguishment.

“Nibbānadhātuyā kho etaṁ, bhikkhu, adhivacanaṁ:

‘rāgavinayo dosavinayo mohavinayo’ti.

It’s used to speak of the ending of defilements.”

Āsavānaṁ khayo tena vuccatī”ti.

When he said this, the bhikkhu said to the Buddha:

Evaṁ vutte, so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of ‘the deathless’.

“‘amataṁ, amatan’ti, bhante, vuccati.

What is the deathless? And what is the path that leads to the deathless?”

Katamaṁ nu kho, bhante, amataṁ, katamo amatagāmimaggo”ti?

“The ending of greed, hate, and delusion.

“Yo kho, bhikkhu, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo—

This is called the deathless.

idaṁ vuccati amataṁ.

The path that leads to the deathless is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:

Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo amatagāmimaggo, seyyathidaṁ—

right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi.”

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhī”ti.