Saṁyutta Nikāya
IV. Saḷāyatana Vagga
35: Saḷāyatana Saṁyutta
Paññāsaka Dutiya
3. Gilāna Vagga

IV. Kindred Sayings on the 'Six-Fold Sphere' of Sense and Other Subjects
35: Kindred Sayings the Sixfold Sphere of Sense The 'Second Fifty' Suttas
3. The Chapter on the Sick Man

Sutta 83

Phagguna Suttaṁ

Phagguna

 

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At Sāvatthī was the occasion (for this discourse)

Then the venerable Phagguna¹ came to see the Exalted One,
and on coming to him
saluted him
and sat down at one side.

As he sat at one side the venerable Phagguna said to the Exalted One: -

"Is there, lord, an eye,
by which seeing
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,²
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill?

Is there, lord, an ear,
by which hearing
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill?

Is there, lord, a nose,
by which smelling
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill?

Is there, lord, a tongue,
by which tasting
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill?

Is there, lord, a body,
by which touching
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill?

Is there, lord, a mind,
by which cognizing
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill?"

 

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"There is no such eye, Phagguna,
by which seeing
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill.

There is no such ear, Phagguna,
by which hearing
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill.

There is no such nose, Phagguna,
by which smelling
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill.

There is no such tongue, Phagguna,
by which tasting
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill.

There is no such body, Phagguna,
by which touching
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill.

There is no such mind, Phagguna,
by which cognizing
one could recognize and proclaim the past Buddhas,
those who have passed away,
who have broken down the hindrances,
cut off the road (of craving),
ended the round of rebirth,
escaped from all ill.

 

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¹ Cf. K.S. ii, 9 for another of this name.

² Chinna-papañca. Vaṭuma = taṇhā-vaṭuma. Comy.