Saṁyutta Nikāya:
III. Khandhā Vagga:
22: Khandhāsaṁyutta

III.4. Suttas 136-148

Kukkula Suttaṁ

Sutta 136

Glowing Embers¹

 

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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:

"Body, brethren, is (a mass of) glowing embers.

Feeling is a mass of glowing embers.

Perception is a mass of glowing embers.

The activities is a mass of glowing embers.

Consciousness is a mass of glowing embers.

So seeing, brethren, the well-taught Ariyan disciple feels aversion^ed1 from body,
from feeling,
from perception,
from the activities,
from consciousness.

Being averse
he is disgusted by them;
by that disgust he is released;
by that release he is set free;
knowledge arises:
in the freed man is the freed thing,
so that he knows:

"Destroyed is rebirth;
lived is the righteous life;
done is the task;
for life in these conditions
there is no hereafter."

 

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¹ Kukkuḷa. Cf. K.S. i, 268, n.: K.V. ii, 8: Pts. of Contr. 127.

 

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^ed1 Note differences from his version of this at SN 3.22.100 and elsewhere.