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The Ending of Defilements · Āsavakkhayasutta

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This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

“Mendicants, I say that the ending of defilements is for one who knows and sees, not for one who does not know or see. For one who knows and sees what? The ending of defilements is for one who knows and sees suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. The ending of the defilements is for one who knows and sees this.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

“Jānatohaṁ, bhikkhave, passato āsavānaṁ khayaṁ vadāmi, no ajānato no apassato. Kiñca, bhikkhave, jānato, kiṁ passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti? Idaṁ dukkhanti, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti. Ayaṁ dukkhasamudayoti, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti. Ayaṁ dukkhanirodhoti, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti. Ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadāti, bhikkhave, jānato passato āsavānaṁ khayo hoti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, jānato evaṁ passato āsavānaṁ khayo hotī”ti. Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“As a trainee trains, following the straight road, first they know about ending; enlightenment follows in the same lifetime.

“Sekhassa sikkhamānassa, ujumaggānusārino; Khayasmiṁ paṭhamaṁ ñāṇaṁ, tato aññā anantarā.

Then to one freed through enlightenment the knowledge of ending arises, the supreme knowledge of freedom, with the ending of the fetters.

Tato aññāvimuttassa, vimuttiñāṇamuttamaṁ; Uppajjati khaye ñāṇaṁ, khīṇā saṁyojanā iti.

Not by the lazy, or by fools who don’t understand may this be realized—extinguishment, the release from all ties.”

Na tvevidaṁ kusītena, bālenamavijānatā; Nibbānaṁ adhigantabbaṁ, sabbaganthappamocanan”ti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti. Tatiyaṁ.