Saṁyutta Nikāya,
V: Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saṁyutta
III. Koṭigāma Vagga

Part V: The Great Chapter
56: Kindred Sayings about the Truths
III. Koṭigāma

Sutta 25

Āsavakkhayo Suttaṁ

Destruction of the Āsavas¹

 

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THUS have I heard:

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

Then the Exalted One addressed the monks saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"Monks, in him who knows,
in him who sees,
do I declare the āsavas to be destroyed:
not in him who knows not,
who sees not.

And what, monks, is the destruction of the āsavas
in him who knows,
who sees?

In him who knows, who sees:

'This is Ill',

there is destruction of the āsavas.

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In him who knows, who sees:

'This is the arising of Ill',

there is destruction of the āsavas.

In him who knows, who sees:

'This is the ceasing of Ill',

there is destruction of the āsavas.

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In him who knows, who sees:

'This the practice that leads to the ceasing of Ill',

there is destruction of the āsavas.

Wherefore, monks, an effort must be made to realize:

This is Ill.

This is the arising of Ill.

This is the ceasing of Ill.

This is the practice that leads to the ceasing of Ill."

 

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¹ Cf. S. ii, 29; Pts. of Ccntr., 116.