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guttara NikÄya 3.77 Numbered Discourses 3.77
8. Änandavagga 8. Änanda
Dutiyabhavasutta Continued Existence (2nd)
Atha kho ÄyasmÄ Änando yena bhagavÄ tenupasaį¹
kami ā¦peā¦ ÄyasmÄ Änando bhagavantaį¹ etadavoca: Then Venerable Änanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
ābhavo, bhavoti, bhante, vuccati. āSir, they speak of this thing called ācontinued existenceā.
KittÄvatÄ nu kho, bhante, bhavo hotÄ«āti? How is continued existence defined?ā
āKÄmadhÄtuvepakkaƱca, Änanda, kammaį¹ nÄbhavissa, api nu kho kÄmabhavo paƱƱÄyethÄāti? āIf, Änanda, there were no deeds to result in the sensual realm, would continued existence in the sensual realm still come about?ā
āNo hetaį¹, bhanteā. āNo, sir.ā
āIti kho, Änanda, kammaį¹ khettaį¹, viƱƱÄį¹aį¹ bÄ«jaį¹, taį¹hÄ sneho. āSo, Änanda, deeds are the field, consciousness is the seed, and craving is the moisture.
AvijjÄnÄ«varaį¹Änaį¹ sattÄnaį¹ taį¹hÄsaį¹yojanÄnaį¹ hÄ«nÄya dhÄtuyÄ cetanÄ patiį¹į¹hitÄ patthanÄ patiį¹į¹hitÄ evaį¹ Äyatiį¹ punabbhavÄbhinibbatti hoti. The intention and aim of sentient beingsāshrouded by ignorance and fettered by cravingāis established in a lower realm. Thatās how there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future.
RÅ«padhÄtuvepakkaƱca, Änanda, kammaį¹ nÄbhavissa, api nu kho rÅ«pabhavo paƱƱÄyethÄāti? 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
āNo hetaį¹, bhanteā. āNo, sir.ā
āIti kho, Änanda, kammaį¹ khettaį¹, viƱƱÄį¹aį¹ bÄ«jaį¹, taį¹hÄ sneho. āSo, Änanda, deeds are the field, consciousness is the seed, and craving is the moisture.
AvijjÄnÄ«varaį¹Änaį¹ sattÄnaį¹ taį¹hÄsaį¹yojanÄnaį¹ majjhimÄya dhÄtuyÄ cetanÄ patiį¹į¹hitÄ patthanÄ patiį¹į¹hitÄ evaį¹ Äyatiį¹ punabbhavÄbhinibbatti hoti. The intention and aim of sentient beingsāshrouded by ignorance and fettered by cravingāis established in a middle realm. Thatās how there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future.
ArÅ«padhÄtuvepakkaƱca, Änanda, kammaį¹ nÄbhavissa, api nu kho arÅ«pabhavo paƱƱÄyethÄāti? If there were no deeds to result in the formless realm, would continued existence in the formless realm still come about?ā
āNo hetaį¹, bhanteā. āNo, sir.ā
āIti kho, Änanda, kammaį¹ khettaį¹, viƱƱÄį¹aį¹ bÄ«jaį¹, taį¹hÄ sneho. āSo, deeds are the field, consciousness is the seed, and craving is the moisture.
AvijjÄnÄ«varaį¹Änaį¹ sattÄnaį¹ taį¹hÄsaį¹yojanÄnaį¹ paį¹Ä«tÄya dhÄtuyÄ cetanÄ patiį¹į¹hitÄ patthanÄ patiį¹į¹hitÄ evaį¹ Äyatiį¹ punabbhavÄbhinibbatti hoti. The intention and aim of sentient beingsāshrouded by ignorance and fettered by cravingāis established in a higher realm. Thatās how there is rebirth into a new state of existence in the future.
Evaį¹ kho, Änanda, bhavo hotÄ«āti. Thatās how continued existence is defined.ā
Sattamaį¹.