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Staying at Savatthi.[the Blessed One said,] From ignorance as a requisite condition come fabrications. |
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When this was said, a certain monk said to the Blessed One: -"Which is the aging & death, lord, and whose is the aging & death?" |
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"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said. "If one were to ask, 'Which is the aging & death, and whose is the aging-&-death?' and if one were to say, 'Aging & death are one thing, and the aging & death are something/someone else's,' both of them would have the same meaning, even though their words would differ. When one is of the view that the life-principle is the same as the body, there is no leading the holy life. And when one is of the view that the life-principle is one thing and the body another, there is no leading the holy life. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle: From birth as a requisite condition comes aging & death." |
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-"Which is the birth, lord, and whose is the birth?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said. "If one were to ask, 'Which is the birth, and whose is the birth?' and if one were to say, the birth is one thing, and the birth is something/someone else's,' both of them would have the same meaning, even though their words would differ. When one is of the view that the life-principle is the same as the body, there is no leading the holy life. And when one is of the view that the life-principle is one thing and the body another, there is no leading the holy life. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle: "From becoming as a requisite condition comes birth." |
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-"Which is the becoming, lord, and whose is the becoming?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said. "If one were to ask, 'Which is the becoming, and whose is the becoming?' and if one were to say, the becoming is one thing, and the becoming is something/someone else's,' both of them would have the same meaning, even though their words would differ. When one is of the view that the life-principle is the same as the body, there is no leading the holy life. And when one is of the view that the life-principle is one thing and the body another, there is no leading the holy life. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle: "From clinging as a requisite condition comes becoming." |
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-"Which is the clinging, lord, and whose is the clinging?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said... "From craving as a requisite condition comes clinging." |
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-"Which is the craving, lord, and whose is the craving?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said... "From feeling as a requisite condition comes craving." |
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-"Which is the feeling, lord, and whose is the feeling?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said... "From contact as a requisite condition comes feeling." |
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-"Which is the contact, lord, and whose is the contact?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said... "From the six sense media as a requisite condition comes contact." |
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-"Which are the six sense media, lord, and whose are the six sense media?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said... "From name-&-form as a requisite condition come the six sense media." |
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-"Which is the name-&-form, lord, and whose is the name-&-form?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said... "From consciousness as a requisite condition comes name-&-form." |
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-"Which is the consciousness, lord, and whose is the consciousness?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said... "From fabrications as a requisite condition comes consciousness." |
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-"Which are the fabrications, lord, and whose are the fabrications?" -"Not a valid question," the Blessed One said. "If one were to ask, 'Which are the fabrications, and whose are the fabrications?' and if one were to say, 'Fabrications are one thing, and these fabrications are something/someone else's,' both of them would have the same meaning, even though their words would differ. When one is of the view that the life-principle is the same as the body, there is no leading the holy life. And when one is of the view that the life-principle is one thing and the body another, there is no leading the holy life. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle: From ignorance as a requisite condition come fabrications. |
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Now from the remainderless fading & cessation of that very ignorance, every one of these writhings & wrigglings & wigglings — -"Which aging & death, and whose aging & death?' or 'Aging & death are one thing, and this aging & death are something/someone else's' or 'The life-principle is the same as the body,' or 'The life-principle is one thing and the body another' — are abandoned, their root destroyed, like an uprooted palm tree, deprived of the conditions of existence, not destined for future arising." |
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From the remainderless fading & cessation of that very ignorance, every one of these writhings & wrigglings & wigglings —
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See also: SN 12.17 |
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Cập nhập ngày: Thứ Sáu 08-11-2006 Kỹ thuật tŕnh bày: Minh Hạnh & Thiện Pháp |