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Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

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III. <strong>The</strong> Miracles at Uruvelā - 153<br />

sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā, tasmiṁ pi nibbindati.<br />

whether pleasant, unpleasant, or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant, he also grows weary<br />

of that.<br />

Kāyasmiṁ pi nibbindati, phoṭṭhabbesu pi nibbindati,<br />

He grows weary of the body, grows weary of tangibles,<br />

kāyaviññāṇe pi nibbindati, kāyasamphasse pi nibbindati,<br />

grows weary of body-consciousness, grows weary of body-contact,<br />

yam-pidaṁ kāyasamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ,<br />

and whatever feeling that arises dependent on body-contact,<br />

sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā, tasmiṁ pi nibbindati.<br />

whether pleasant, unpleasant, or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant, he also grows weary<br />

of that.<br />

Manasmiṁ pi nibbindati, dhammesu pi nibbindati,<br />

He grows weary of the mind, grows weary of thoughts,<br />

manoviññāṇe pi nibbindati, manosamphasse pi nibbindati,<br />

grows weary of mind-consciousness, grows weary of mind-contact,<br />

yam-pidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ,<br />

and whatever feeling that arises dependent on mind-contact,<br />

sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā, tasmiṁ pi nibbindati,<br />

whether pleasant, unpleasant, or neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant, he also grows weary<br />

of that,<br />

nibbindaṁ virajjati, virāgā vimuccati,<br />

through weariness he becomes dispassionate, through dispassion he is liberated,<br />

vimuttasmiṁ vimuttam-iti ñāṇaṁ hoti:<br />

in liberation, there is the knowledge that such is liberation:<br />

‘Khīṇā jāti<br />

‘Destroyed is (re)birth<br />

vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ<br />

accomplished is the spiritual life<br />

kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ<br />

done is what ought to be done<br />

nāparaṁ itthattāyā ti pajānātī’ ti.<br />

there is no more of this mundane state - this he knows.’

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