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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 35.154 Linked Discourses 35.154
15. NavapurÄį¹avagga 15. The Old and the New
Indriyasampannasutta Endowed With Faculties
Atha kho aƱƱataro bhikkhu yena bhagavÄ tenupasaį¹
kami ā¦peā¦ ekamantaį¹ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaį¹ etadavoca: Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha ā¦ and asked him,
āāindriyasampanno, indriyasampannoāti, bhante, vuccati. āSir, they speak of someone who is āaccomplished regarding the facultiesā.
KittÄvatÄ nu kho, bhante, indriyasampanno hotÄ«āti? How is someone accomplished regarding the faculties defined?ā
āCakkhundriye ce, bhikkhu, udayabbayÄnupassÄ« viharanto cakkhundriye nibbindati ā¦peā¦ āMendicant, if someone meditates observing rise and fall in the eye faculty, they grow disillusioned with the eye faculty.
jivhindriye ce, bhikkhu, udayabbayÄnupassÄ« viharanto jivhindriye nibbindati ā¦peā¦ If they meditate observing rise and fall in the ear faculty ā¦ nose faculty ā¦ tongue faculty ā¦ body faculty ā¦
manindriye ce, bhikkhu, udayabbayÄnupassÄ« viharanto manindriye nibbindati. mind faculty, they grow disillusioned with the mind faculty.
Nibbindaį¹ virajjati ā¦peā¦ vimuttasmiį¹ vimuttamiti ƱÄį¹aį¹ hoti. Being disillusioned, desire fades away. ā¦ When theyāre freed, they know theyāre freed.
āKhÄ«į¹Ä jÄti, vusitaį¹ brahmacariyaį¹, kataį¹ karaį¹Ä«yaį¹, nÄparaį¹ itthattÄyÄāti pajÄnÄti. They understand: āRebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.ā
EttÄvatÄ kho, bhikkhu, indriyasampanno hotÄ«āti. This is how someone who is accomplished regarding the faculties is defined.ā
Navamaį¹.