Itivuttaka 103

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Adapted From the Translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu(Geoffrey DeGraff)

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103. Samanabrahmanasuttam ( Monks & Priests)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Monks, any ascetics(monks) or brahmans(priests) who do not discern, as it has come to be, that ‘This is suffering,’ … that ‘This is the origination of suffering,’ … that ‘This is the cessation of suffering,’ who do not discern, as it has come to be, that ‘This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of suffering’: to me these ascetics(monks) & brahmans do not count as ascetics(monks) among ascetics(monks) or as brahmans among brahmans. Furthermore, they do not enter & remain in the goal of the ascetic's(monk's) life or the goal of brahmanly life, having directly known & realized it for themselves right in the here-&-now.

“But any ascetics(monks) or brahmans who discern, as it has come to be, that ‘This is suffering,’ … that ‘This is the origination of suffering,’ … that ‘This is the cessation of suffering,’ who discern, as it has come to be, that ‘This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of suffering’: to me these ascetics(monks) & brahmans count as ascetics(monks) among ascetics(monks) and as brahmans among brahmans. Furthermore, they enter & remain in the goal of the ascetics(monks) life & the goal of the brahmanly life, having directly known & realized it for themselves right in the here-&-now.”

Those who don’t discern suffering, suffering’s coming into play, & where it totally stops, without trace, who don’t know the path, the way to the stilling of suffering: lowly in their freed mind & freedom in understanding(panna), incapable of making an end, they’re headed to birth & aging. But those who discern suffering, suffering’s coming into play, & where it totally stops, <p style="text-align:center;">without trace, <p style="text-align:center;">who discern the path, <p style="text-align:center;">the way to the stilling of suffering: <p style="text-align:center;">consummate <p style="text-align:center;">in their awareness-release <p style="text-align:center;">& freedom in direct understanding(panna), <p style="text-align:center;">capable <p style="text-align:center;">of making an end, <p style="text-align:center;">they are not headed <p style="text-align:center;">to rebirth & aging.

See also: SN 56:22; Sn 3:12