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Linked Discourses 45.19 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.19

2. Meditation – 2. Vihāravagga

SN 45.19 At the Chicken Monastery (2nd) – Dutiyakukkuṭārāmasutta

At Pāṭaliputta.

Pāṭaliputtanidānaṁ.

“Reverend, they speak of this thing called the ‘spiritual path’.

“‘Brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyan’ti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati.

What is the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?”

Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti?

“Good, good, Reverend Bhadda!

“Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda.

Your approach and articulation are excellent, and it’s a good question.

Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā.

For you asked:

Evañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi:

‘They speak of this thing called “the spiritual path”.

‘brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyanti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati.

What is the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?’”

Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan’”ti?

“Yes, reverend.”

“Evamāvuso”ti.

“The spiritual path is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:

“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo brahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—

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

sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.

The ending of greed, hate, and delusion:

Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo—

this is the culmination of the spiritual path.”

idaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti.