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Linked Discourses 56.25 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.25

3. At the Village of Koṭi – 3. Koṭigāmavagga

SN 56.25 The Ending of Defilements – Āsavakkhayasutta

 

“Bhikkhū, I say that the ending of defilements is for one who knows and sees, not for one who does not know or see.

“Jānatohaṁ, bhikkhave, passato āsavānaṁ khayaṁ vadāmi, no ajānato apassato.

For one who knows and sees what?

Kiñca, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti?

The ending of defilements is for one who knows and sees suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

‘Idaṁ dukkhan’ti, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti.

The ending of the defilements is for one who knows and sees this.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, jānato evaṁ passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.