{"id":"sn22.63","title":"When You Grasp","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn22.63","title":"When You Grasp","units":[{"id":"sn22.63:0","sourceIds":["sn22.63:0.1","sn22.63:0.2","sn22.63:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.63\n7. Arahantavagga\nUpādiyamānasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 22.63\n7. The Perfected Ones\nWhen You Grasp"}},{"id":"sn22.63:1","sourceIds":["sn22.63:1.1","sn22.63:1.2","sn22.63:1.3","sn22.63:1.4","sn22.63:1.5","sn22.63:1.6","sn22.63:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti.\n“Upādiyamāno kho, bhikkhu, baddho mārassa;\nanupādiyamāno mutto pāpimato”ti.\n“Aññātaṁ bhagavā, aññātaṁ sugatā”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,\n“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”\n“When you grasp, mendicant, you’re bound by Māra.\nNot grasping, you’re free from the Wicked One.”\n“Understood, Blessed One! Understood, Holy One!”"}},{"id":"sn22.63:2","sourceIds":["sn22.63:2.1","sn22.63:2.2","sn22.63:2.3","sn22.63:2.4","sn22.63:2.5","sn22.63:2.6","sn22.63:2.7","sn22.63:2.8","sn22.63:2.9","sn22.63:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yathā kathaṁ pana tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsī”ti?\n“Rūpaṁ kho, bhante, upādiyamāno baddho mārassa;\nanupādiyamāno mutto pāpimato.\nVedanaṁ upādiyamāno baddho mārassa;\nanupādiyamāno mutto pāpimato.\nSaññaṁ …\nsaṅkhāre …\nviññāṇaṁ upādiyamāno baddho mārassa;\nanupādiyamāno mutto pāpimato.\nImassa khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāmī”ti.","en":"“But how do you see the detailed meaning of my brief statement?”\n“Sir, when you grasp form you’re bound by Māra.\nNot grasping, you’re free from the Wicked One.\nWhen you grasp feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness, you’re bound by Māra.\nNot grasping, you’re free from the Wicked One.\nThat’s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement.”"}},{"id":"sn22.63:3","sourceIds":["sn22.63:3.1","sn22.63:3.2","sn22.63:3.3","sn22.63:3.4","sn22.63:3.5","sn22.63:3.6","sn22.63:3.7","sn22.63:3.8","sn22.63:3.9","sn22.63:3.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhu.\nSādhu kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsi.\nRūpaṁ kho, bhikkhu, upādiyamāno baddho mārassa;\nanupādiyamāno mutto pāpimato.\nVedanaṁ …\nsaññaṁ …\nsaṅkhāre …\nviññāṇaṁ upādiyamāno baddho mārassa;\nanupādiyamāno mutto pāpimato.\nImassa kho, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena attho daṭṭhabbo”ti.","en":"“Good, good, mendicant!\nIt’s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I’ve said in brief like this.\nWhen you grasp form you’re bound by Māra.\nNot grasping, you’re free from the Wicked One.\nWhen you grasp feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness, you’re bound by Māra.\nNot grasping, you’re free from the Wicked One.\nThis is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.”"}},{"id":"sn22.63:4","sourceIds":["sn22.63:4.1","sn22.63:4.2","sn22.63:4.3","sn22.63:4.4","sn22.63:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho so bhikkhu bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.\nAtha kho so bhikkhu eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.\n“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.\nAññataro ca pana so bhikkhu arahataṁ ahosīti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"And then that mendicant approved and agreed with what the Buddha said. He got up from his seat, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving.\nThen that mendicant, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.\nHe understood: “Rebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.”\nAnd that mendicant became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.63/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."}