Saṁyutta Nikāya:
III. Khandhā Vagga:
22: Khandhāsaṁyutta

Paṭhama Samaṇa Suttaṁ

Sutta 107

Recluses (1)

 

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Thus have I heard:

The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthī
at the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

And there the Exalted One addressed the brethren, saying:

"Brethren!"

"Master!" responded those brethren.

The Exalted One said:

"Brethren, there are these five grasping-groups.

What five?

The body-grasping group,
the feeling-grasping-group,
the perception-grasping-group,
the activities-grasping-group,
the consciousness-grasping-group.

Whatsoever recluses or brahmins, brethren,
understand not as they really are
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from the five grasping-groups¹
they, for me, are not approved of among recluses as recluses
nor among brahmins as brahmins,
nor have those venerable ones come
even in this life
fully to know of themselves,
to realize,
to live
in the attainment of,
the good of
being recluse or brahmin.

But whatsoever recluses or brahmins, brethren,
understand as they really are
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from the five grasping-groups
they, for me, are approved of among recluses as recluses
and among brahmins as brahmins,
and those venerable ones have come
even in this life
fully to know of themselves,
to realize,
to live
in the attainment of,
the good of
being recluse or brahmin.

 

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¹ Cf. S. ii, § 37 (8): K.S. ii, 117; above, pp. 108, 127.