SN 45-56 The Group of Connected Discourses on the Path – Mahāvaggasaṁyutta > SN 55 Linked Discourses on Stream-Entry – Sotāpattisaṁyutta > SN 55.9 At the Brick Hall (2nd)

Linked Discourses 55.9 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.9

1. At Bamboo Gate – 1. Veḷudvāravagga

SN 55.9 At the Brick Hall (2nd) – Dutiyagiñjakāvasathasutta

Ānanda said to the Buddha:

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, the monk named Asoka has passed away.

“asoko nāma, bhante, bhikkhu kālaṅkato;

Where has he been reborn in his next life?

tassa kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo?

The nun named Asokā,

Asokā nāma, bhante, bhikkhunī kālaṅkatā …pe…

the layman named Asoka,

asoko nāma, bhante, upāsako kālaṅkato …pe…

and the laywoman named Asokā have passed away.

asokā nāma, bhante, upāsikā kālaṅkatā;

Where have they been reborn in the next life?”

tassā kā gati, ko abhisamparāyo”ti?

“Ānanda, the monk Asoka passed away having realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life …

“Asoko, ānanda, bhikkhu kālaṅkato āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi …pe…

(And all is explained as in SN 55.8)

(purimaveyyākaraṇena ekanidānaṁ.)

This is that mirror of the teaching.

Ayaṁ kho so, ānanda, dhammādāso dhammapariyāyo;

A noble disciple who has this may declare of themselves:

yena samannāgato ariyasāvako ākaṅkhamāno attanāva attānaṁ byākareyya:

‘I’ve finished with rebirth in hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. I’ve finished with all places of loss, bad places, the underworld. I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am bound for awakening.’”

‘khīṇanirayomhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇāpāyaduggativinipāto, sotāpannohamasmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’”ti.