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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 1.2 Linked Discourses 1.2
1. Naįø·avagga 1. A Reed
Nimokkhasutta Liberation Emancipation
SÄvatthinidÄnaį¹. At SÄvatthÄ«. At Savatthi.
Atha kho aƱƱatarÄ devatÄ abhikkantÄya rattiyÄ abhikkantavaį¹į¹Ä kevalakappaį¹ jetavanaį¹ obhÄsetvÄ yena bhagavÄ tenupasaį¹
kami; upasaį¹
kamitvÄ bhagavantaį¹ abhivÄdetvÄ ekamantaį¹ aį¹į¹hÄsi. Ekamantaį¹ į¹hitÄ kho sÄ devatÄ bhagavantaį¹ etadavoca: Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire Jetaās Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him, Then, when the night had advanced, a certain devatÄ of stunning beauty, illuminating the entire Jetaās Grove, approached the Blessed One. Having approached, he paid homage to the Blessed One, stood to one side, and said to him:
āJÄnÄsi no tvaį¹, mÄrisa, sattÄnaį¹ nimokkhaį¹ pamokkhaį¹ vivekanāti? āGood fellow, do you know the liberation, emancipation, and seclusion of sentient beings?ā āDo you know, dear sir, emancipation, release, seclusion for beings?ā
āJÄnÄmi khvÄhaį¹, Ävuso, sattÄnaį¹ nimokkhaį¹ pamokkhaį¹ vivekanāti. āI do, good sir.ā āI know, friend, emancipation, release, seclusion for beings. ā
āYathÄkathaį¹ pana tvaį¹, mÄrisa, jÄnÄsi sattÄnaį¹ nimokkhaį¹ pamokkhaį¹ vivekanāti? āBut how is it that you know the liberation, emancipation, and seclusion of sentient beings?ā āBut in what way, dear sir, do you know emancipation, release, seclusion for beings?ā
āNandÄ«bhavaparikkhayÄ, āDue to the ending of relish for rebirth; āBy the utter destruction of delight in existence,
SaƱƱÄviƱƱÄį¹asaį¹
khayÄ; due to the finishing of perception and consciousness; By the extinction of perception and consciousness,
VedanÄnaį¹ nirodhÄ upasamÄ, due to the cessation and stilling of feelingsāBy the cessation and appeasement of feelings:
Evaį¹ khvÄhaį¹ Ävuso jÄnÄmi; that, good sir, is how I know the liberation, It is thus, friend, that I know for beingsā
SattÄnaį¹ nimokkhaį¹ pamokkhaį¹ vivekanāti. emancipation, and seclusion of sentient beings.ā Emancipation, release, seclusion.