{"id":"sn12.46","title":"A Certain Brahmin","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn12.46","title":"A Certain Brahmin","units":[{"id":"sn12.46:0","sourceIds":["sn12.46:0.1","sn12.46:0.2","sn12.46:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 12.46\n5. Gahapativagga\nAññatarabrāhmaṇasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 12.46\n5. Householders\nA Certain Brahmin"}},{"id":"sn12.46:1","sourceIds":["sn12.46:1.1","sn12.46:1.2","sn12.46:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\nAtha kho aññataro brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen a certain brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:"}},{"id":"sn12.46:2","sourceIds":["sn12.46:2.1","sn12.46:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ nu kho, bho gotama, so karoti so paṭisaṁvedayatī”ti?\n“‘So karoti so paṭisaṁvedayatī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, ayameko anto”.","en":"“Worthy Gotama, are he who does the deed and he who experiences the result one and the same?”\n“‘He who does the deed and he who experiences the result are one and the same’: this is one extreme, brahmin.”"}},{"id":"sn12.46:3","sourceIds":["sn12.46:3.1","sn12.46:3.2","sn12.46:3.3","sn12.46:3.4","sn12.46:3.5","sn12.46:3.6","sn12.46:3.7","sn12.46:3.8","sn12.46:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ pana, bho gotama, añño karoti, añño paṭisaṁvedayatī”ti?\n“‘Añño karoti, añño paṭisaṁvedayatī’ti kho, brāhmaṇa, ayaṁ dutiyo anto.\nEte te, brāhmaṇa, ubho ante anupagamma majjhena tathāgato dhammaṁ deseti:\n‘avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā;\nsaṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṁ …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.\nAvijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā saṅkhāranirodho;\nsaṅkhāranirodhā …pe…\nevametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī’”ti.","en":"“Then is he who does the deed one and he who experiences the result another?”\n“‘He who does the deed is one and he who experiences the result is another’: this is the second extreme.\nAvoiding these two extremes, the Realized One teaches by the middle way:\n‘Ignorance is a requirement for choices.\nChoices are a requirement for consciousness. …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering originates.\nWhen ignorance fades away and ceases no residue left behind, choices cease.\nWhen choices cease …\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.’”"}},{"id":"sn12.46:4","sourceIds":["sn12.46:4.1","sn12.46:4.2","sn12.46:4.3","sn12.46:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\nupāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"When he said this, the brahmin said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …\nFrom this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn12.46/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}