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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 45.154 Linked Discourses 45.154
12. Balakaraį¹Ä«yavagga 12. Hard Work
SÅ«kasutta A Spike
āSeyyathÄpi, bhikkhave, sÄlisÅ«kaį¹ vÄ yavasÅ«kaį¹ vÄ sammÄpaį¹ihitaį¹ hatthena vÄ pÄdena vÄ akkantaį¹ hatthaį¹ vÄ pÄdaį¹ vÄ bhindissati lohitaį¹ vÄ uppÄdessatÄ«tiāį¹hÄnametaį¹ vijjati. āMendicants, suppose a spike of rice or barley was pointing the right way. If you trod on it with hand or foot, itās possible it may break the skin and produce blood.
Taį¹ kissa hetu? Why is that?
SammÄpaį¹ihitattÄ, bhikkhave, sÅ«kassa. Because the spike is pointing the right way.
Evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammÄpaį¹ihitÄya diį¹į¹hiyÄ sammÄpaį¹ihitÄya maggabhÄvanÄya avijjaį¹ bhindissati, vijjaį¹ uppÄdessati, nibbÄnaį¹ sacchikarissatÄ«tiāį¹hÄnametaį¹ vijjati. In the same way, a mendicant whose view and development of the path is pointing the right way may well break ignorance, produce knowledge, and realize extinguishment.
Taį¹ kissa hetu? Why is that?
SammÄpaį¹ihitattÄ, bhikkhave, diį¹į¹hiyÄ. Because their view is pointing the right way.
KathaƱca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammÄpaį¹ihitÄya diį¹į¹hiyÄ sammÄpaį¹ihitÄya maggabhÄvanÄya avijjaį¹ bhindati, vijjaį¹ uppÄdeti, nibbÄnaį¹ sacchikaroti? And how does a mendicant whose view and development of the path is pointing the right way break ignorance, give rise to knowledge, and realize extinguishment?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammÄdiį¹į¹hiį¹ bhÄveti vivekanissitaį¹ ā¦peā¦ sammÄsamÄdhiį¹ bhÄveti vivekanissitaį¹ virÄganissitaį¹ nirodhanissitaį¹ vossaggapariį¹Ämiį¹ ā¦ Itās when a mendicant develops right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.
evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammÄpaį¹ihitÄya diį¹į¹hiyÄ sammÄpaį¹ihitÄya maggabhÄvanÄya avijjaį¹ bhindati, vijjaį¹ uppÄdeti, nibbÄnaį¹ sacchikarotÄ«āti. Thatās how a mendicant whose view and development of the path is pointing the right way breaks ignorance, gives rise to knowledge, and realizes extinguishment.ā
Chaį¹į¹haį¹.