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Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 3.76 Numbered Discourses 3.76

8. Ānandavagga 8. Ānanda

Paį¹­hamabhavasutta Continued Existence (1st)

Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaį¹…kami; upasaį¹…kamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisÄ«di. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

ā€œbhavo, bhavoti, bhante, vuccati. ā€œSir, they speak of this thing called ā€˜continued existence’.

Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, bhavo hotÄ«ā€ti? How is continued existence defined?ā€

ā€œKāmadhātuvepakkaƱca, ānanda, kammaṁ nābhavissa, api nu kho kāmabhavo paƱƱāyethÄā€ti? ā€œIf, Ānanda, there were no deeds to result in the sensual realm, would continued existence in the sensual realm still come about?ā€

ā€œNo hetaṁ, bhanteā€. ā€œNo, sir.ā€

ā€œIti kho, ānanda, kammaṁ khettaṁ, viññāṇaṁ bÄ«jaṁ, taṇhā sneho. ā€œSo, Ānanda, deeds are the field, consciousness is the seed, and craving is the moisture.

AvijjānÄ«varaṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ hÄ«nāya dhātuyā viññāṇaṁ patiį¹­į¹­hitaṁ evaṁ āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti. (…) The consciousness of sentient beings—shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving—is established in a lower realm. That’s how there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future.

RÅ«padhātuvepakkaƱca, ānanda, kammaṁ nābhavissa, api nu kho rÅ«pabhavo paƱƱāyethÄā€ti? If there were no deeds to result in the realm of luminous form, would continued existence in the realm of luminous form still come about?ā€

ā€œNo hetaṁ, bhanteā€. ā€œNo, sir.ā€

ā€œIti kho, ānanda, kammaṁ khettaṁ, viññāṇaṁ bÄ«jaṁ, taṇhā sneho. ā€œSo, Ānanda, deeds are the field, consciousness is the seed, and craving is the moisture.

AvijjānÄ«varaṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ majjhimāya dhātuyā viññāṇaṁ patiį¹­į¹­hitaṁ evaṁ āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti. (…) The consciousness of sentient beings—shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving—is established in a middle realm. That’s how there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future.

ArÅ«padhātuvepakkaƱca, ānanda, kammaṁ nābhavissa, api nu kho arÅ«pabhavo paƱƱāyethÄā€ti? If there were no deeds to result in the formless realm, would continued existence in the formless realm still come about?ā€

ā€œNo hetaṁ, bhanteā€. ā€œNo, sir.ā€

ā€œIti kho, ānanda, kammaṁ khettaṁ, viññāṇaṁ bÄ«jaṁ, taṇhā sneho. ā€œSo, Ānanda, deeds are the field, consciousness is the seed, and craving is the moisture.

AvijjānÄ«varaṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ paṇītāya dhātuyā viññāṇaṁ patiį¹­į¹­hitaṁ evaṁ āyatiṁ punabbhavābhinibbatti hoti. The consciousness of sentient beings—shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving—is established in a higher realm. That’s how there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future.

Evaṁ kho, ānanda, bhavo hotÄ«ā€ti. That’s how continued existence is defined.ā€

Chaṭṭhaṁ.
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