{"id":"sn47.22","title":"Long Lasting","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn47.22","title":"Long Lasting","units":[{"id":"sn47.22:0","sourceIds":["sn47.22:0.1","sn47.22:0.2","sn47.22:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.22\n3. Sīlaṭṭhitivagga\nCiraṭṭhitisutta","en":"Linked Discourses 47.22\n3. Ethics and Duration\nLong Lasting"}},{"id":"sn47.22:1","sourceIds":["sn47.22:1.1","sn47.22:1.2","sn47.22:1.3","sn47.22:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁyeva nidānaṁ.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā bhaddo āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ etadavoca:\n“ko nu kho, āvuso ānanda, hetu, ko paccayo yena tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo na ciraṭṭhitiko hoti?\nKo panāvuso ānanda, hetu, ko paccayo yena tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo ciraṭṭhitiko hotī”ti?","en":"The same setting.\nVenerable Bhadda said to Venerable Ānanda:\n“What is the cause, Reverend Ānanda, what is the reason why the true teaching does not last long after the final quenching of the Realized One?\nWhat is the cause, what is the reason why the true teaching does last long after the final quenching of the Realized One?”"}},{"id":"sn47.22:2","sourceIds":["sn47.22:2.1","sn47.22:2.2","sn47.22:2.3","sn47.22:2.4","sn47.22:2.5","sn47.22:2.6","sn47.22:2.7","sn47.22:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda.\nBhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā.\nEvañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi:\n‘ko nu kho, āvuso ānanda, hetu, ko paccayo yena tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo na ciraṭṭhitiko hoti?\nKo panāvuso ānanda, hetu, ko paccayo yena tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo ciraṭṭhitiko hotī’”ti?\n“Evamāvuso”ti.\n“Catunnaṁ kho, āvuso, satipaṭṭhānānaṁ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo na ciraṭṭhitiko hoti.\nCatunnañca kho, āvuso, satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo ciraṭṭhitiko hoti.","en":"“Good, good, Reverend Bhadda!\nYour approach and eloquence are excellent, and it’s a good question.\nFor you asked:\n‘What is the cause, Reverend Ānanda, what is the reason why the true teaching does not last long after the final quenching of the Realized One?\nWhat is the cause, what is the reason why the true teaching does last long after the final quenching of the Realized One?’”\n“Yes, reverend.”\n“It’s because of not developing and cultivating the four kinds of mindfulness meditation that the true teaching doesn’t last long after the final quenching of the Realized One.\nIt’s because of developing and cultivating the four kinds of mindfulness meditation that the true teaching does last long after the final quenching of the Realized One."}},{"id":"sn47.22:3","sourceIds":["sn47.22:3.1","sn47.22:3.2","sn47.22:3.3","sn47.22:3.4","sn47.22:3.5","sn47.22:3.6","sn47.22:3.7","sn47.22:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?\nIdhāvuso, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;\nvedanāsu …pe…\ncitte …pe…\ndhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.\nImesaṁ kho, āvuso, catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ abhāvitattā abahulīkatattā tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo na ciraṭṭhitiko hoti.\nImesañca kho, āvuso, catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā tathāgate parinibbute saddhammo ciraṭṭhitiko hotī”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"What four?\nIt’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nThey meditate observing an aspect of feelings …\nmind …\nprinciples—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nIt’s because of not developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation that the true teaching doesn’t last long after the final quenching of the Realized One.\nIt’s because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation that the true teaching does last long after the final quenching of the Realized One.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.22/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."}