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Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Linked Discourses

Vol 1:
Verses
SN1-11
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Causation
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Sense Bases
SN35-44
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Great Book
SN45-56

45. Maggasaṁyutta: On the Path

V. Abbreviated Texts on Followers of Other Paths — SN45.42-47: Six Discourses on Giving Up Fetters, Etc.

“Mendicants, if wanderers who follow another path were to ask you: ‘Reverends, what’s the purpose of living the spiritual life with the ascetic Gotama?’ You should answer them like this:


‘The purpose of living the spiritual life under the Buddha is to give up the fetters.’ …

‘… to uproot the underlying tendencies.’ …

‘… to completely understand the course of time.’ …


‘… to end the defilements.’ …

‘… to realize the fruit of knowledge and freedom.’ …


‘… for knowledge and vision.’ …”

“Sace vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṁ puccheyyuṁ: ‘kimatthiyaṁ, āvuso, samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti, evaṁ puṭṭhā tumhe, bhikkhave, tesaṁ aññatitthiyānaṁ paribbājakānaṁ evaṁ byākareyyātha:


‘saṁyojanappahānatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti … pe …

‘anusayasamugghātanatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti … pe …

‘addhānapariññatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti … pe …


‘āsavānaṁ khayatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti … pe …

‘vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti … pe …


‘ñāṇadassanatthaṁ kho, āvuso, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ vussatī’ti … pe ….

Sattamaṁ.