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Art. XX.—Buddhist Nirvāna, and the Noble Eightfold Path

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

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The following three Pāli suttas strictly bear on the much-diputed question of the Buddist Nirvāna, and I trust they will, as far as Southern Buddhism is concered, help to finally settle the question.

The suttas are taken from the Saṁyutta Nikāya, and form respectively the 4th, 5th, and 9th part of the SaỊāyatanavagg0, which itself forms the fourth part of the Saṁyutta Nikāya.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1880

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page 548 note 1 See Westergaard, Cat. 27b. In the enumeration of the suttas of this part, W. omits the Samaṇḍakasaṃyuttam and the Mogallanasaṃyuttam, which both mmediately follow the Jambukhadakasaṃyuttaṃ.

page 553 note 1 These italics are mine.

page 553 note 2 The translation is taken from Rhys Davids's ‘Buddhist Birth Stories,’ p. 80.Google Scholar

page 555 note 1 Katamāca sammādiṭṭhi bhikkhave?

Dukkhe-ñānaŃ, dukkha-samudaye-ñāṇaṁ, dukkha-nirodhe-ñāṇaṁ, dukkha-nirodha-gāminiyā-patipadāya-ñāṇaṁ—ayan kho bhikkhave sammādiṭṭhi vuccati.

page 555 note 2 It is perhaps worth attention that in answer to the question, katame cattaro dhammā uppādetabbā, the Das. S. has cattāri ñāṇāni. These are, however, dhamme ñāṇaṁ, anvaye ñāṇaṁ, parricohede ñāṇaṁ, samuttiya ñāṇaṁ. The comm. explains the first as knowledge of the four paths, the second as knowledge of the four truths, the third as knowledge of the nature of the heart of others, the fourth as general knowledge.

page 556 note 1 Katamo ca sammāsankappo? nekkhammasankappo, avyāpādasahkappo, avihimsāsankappo. ayaṁ bhikkhave sammāsankappo vuccati.

page 556 note 2 Katamāca sammavācā ? musāvādā veramanî, pisunāvācāya°, pharusāvācāya°, samphappalāpāya°. Ayaṁ bhikkhave sammāvācā vuccati.

page 556 note 3 Katamo ca sammakammanto? Pānātipātā veramaṇī, adinnādānā°, kammesumicchācārā°. Ayaṁ bhikkhave sammākammanto vuccati.

page 556 note 4 Katamo ca sammā ājivo? Idha ariya sāvako bhikkhu micchā ājīvam pahāya, sammā, ājivena jīvikam kappeti. Ayaṁ bhikkhave sammā, ājivo.

page 556 note 5 Katamo ca bhikkhave sammā vāyāmo? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānam dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandam janeti vāyamati viriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati, uppannānaṃ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānā chandaṁ janeti-pe-padahati, anuppaunānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti-pe-padahati, kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ thitiyā asammosāya bhīyyo bhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā. chandaṁ janeti pe padahati. Ayaṁ vuccati bhikkhave sammā vāyamo.

page 556 note 6 Katamāca bhikkhave sammā sati? Idha, bhikkave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ, vedanasuvedanānupassi viharati ātāpl pe abhijjhadomanassam, citte cittānupassi viharati ātāpī pe abhijjhadomanassam, dhammeaudhammānupassi viharati ātāpī pe abhijjādomanassaṁ. Ayaṁ vuccati bhikkhave sammāsati.

page 557 note 1 Katamāca bhikkhave sammasamādhi? Idha bhikkhave bhikkhu vivicc' eva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ pathamajjhānaṁ upasaṁpajja viharati; vitakka vicārānaṁ vupasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṇ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyajjhānaṁ upasampajja viharati, pītiyā, ca virāgā upekhako ca viharati sato sampajāno sukhaṁ ca kāyena paṭisaṁvedeti yaṁ taṁ ariyā acikkhanti upekkhako satimā sukhaviliārī ti tatiyajjhānam upasaṇpajja viharati; sukhassa ea pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbe ca somanassadomanassānaṁ atthagamā addukkhaṁ asukhaṁ upekhāsatipārisuddhiṁ catutthajjhānam upasampajja viharati.

page 557 note 2 Cf. Childers, 467; also Dhammpadaṇ, 299.

page 558 note 1 Rhys Davids, Book of the Great Decease, 62.

page 559 note 1 I may remark here, that a Tumour MS. in the India Office Lihrary, which bears on the outside the title Samyutta Nikāya atthakathā, contains the commentary on the Anguttara Nikāya.

page 560 note 1 S. Nālagāmake.

page 560 note 2 S. sammodiniyaṁ.

page 560 note 3 S. sacchikiriyāya, and throughout. Ph. reads sometimes saccha° instead of sacchi; hut that being only the exception, I haye adopted the reading sacchi° throughout.

page 561 note 1 S. repeats by mistake patipadā etassa.

page 561 note 2 S. omits bhaddikā patipadā.

page 561 note 3 S. kho.

page 561 note 4 S. lokesugatāti.

page 561 note 5 S. construes pajahatiti throughout with the genitive thus: dosassa pahānāya, mohassa°.

page 561 note 6 Ph. acchinna.

page 561 note 7 S. anabhāva.

page 561 note 8 Ph. never writes the ace. of nouns in i° iṁ.

page 561 note 9 Ph., by mistake, anupuppāda.

page 561 note 10 S. lokesugatāti.

page 561 note 11 S. adds pana.

page 562 note 1 S. Samano Gotamo, Ph. samane Gotamo.

page 562 note 2 S. pariññatha.

page 562 note 3 S. putikkhassa.

page 562 note 4 S. ayaṁ.

page 562 note 5 S. repeats from seyyathīdam until the end. Instead of seyyathīdam it reads assāsapathidaṁ.

page 562 note 6 S. omits Sāriputta.

page 562 note 7 S. etassa sassa.

page 562 note 8 S. appadāyā ti.

page 562 note 9 S. paripassāsapatto.

page 562 note 10 S. omits āvuso.

page 563 note 1 S. kamo.

page 563 note 2 S. omits the question.

page 563 note 3 S. omits t. v. ti.

page 563 note 4 S. always without the numeral.

page 563 note 5 S. ayaṁ.

page 564 note 1 S. avijjātittha.

page 564 note 2 Atthi kho āvuso.

page 564 note 3 S. ogho ti.

page 564 note 4 S. omits kho.

page 564 note 5 Ph. omits ariyo.

page 565 note 1 S. writes three times instead of bhavānaṁ bhagavanam: once the writer corrects the form bhagavānaṁ in , but afterwards restores the ga.

page 565 note 2 S. pariññāyā ti.

page 565 note 3 S. omits tisso.

page 565 note 4 S. atthi kho.

page 565 note 5 S. etesaṁ.

page 565 note 6 S. imasmiṁ, Ph. omits nearly always the m after i.

page 566 note 1 S. pabbatho, Ph. pabajāno. I have corrected the reading of the MS. according to the Samandaka saṁyuttaṁ.

page 566 note 2 S. dukkarā ti.

page 566 note 3 Ph. Jambukhātaka.

page 566 note 4 S. pariññāya.

page 566 note 5 vatthukā.

page 566 note 6 sacchikiriyā Ph.

page 566 note 7 āsavo.

page 566 note 8 S. omits ca.

page 566 note 9 S. upādāmañca pahānatthāya kathitā Sāriputtena jattunā bhavo dukkhañca sakkāyo pariññātīti vuccati.

page 566 note 10 Ukkavelāyaṁ.

page 566 note 11 nadī.

page 566 note 12 S. Samañcakāniparibbāko. S. always reada Samañco instead of Samaṇḍako.

page 566 note 13 S. Ninno kho.

page 566 note 14 S. amañcakāni.

page 567 note 1 S. adds eva.

page 567 note 2 D. Katthañca.

page 567 note 3 D. satthāraṁ.

page 567 note 4 D. hitesinaṁ.

page 567 note 5 S. kaṁ vo taṁ mayāni bhikkhave.

page 567 note 6 D. vo.

page 567 note 7 S. S. °o.

page 567 note 8 D. S. omit vā.

page 567 note 9 °o.

page 567 note 10 vicāra.

page 568 note 1 D. S. n°.

page 568 note 2 D. S. omits Nibbānasaṁyuttassa.

page 568 note 3 D. S. Kāyasamādhisu savitakko suññato.

page 568 note 4 D. S. instead of etādasamaṁ satt’ uddānaṁ vuccati.

page 568 note 5 D. maṁ taṁ.

page 568 note 6 D. idaṁ.

page 569 note 1 D. pajahati, and thus always.

page 570 note 1 D. pajahati, and thus always.

page 570 note 2 D. adds ti.

page 570 note 3 D. omits pāripūriyā.

page 570 note 4 Ph. omits chandasamādhi padhāna.

page 571 note 1 D. samotini.

page 571 note 2 D. samādhiṁ.

page 572 note 1 D. omits sammāvāyāmaṁ.

page 572 note 2 D. omits sammāsamādhiṁ.

page 572 note 3 D. antañca pe.

page 573 note 1 D. adds before Dīpañca pe Ayaṁ kho amhākaṁ anusāsanī ti.

page 573 note 2 D. lenanca pe.

page 573 note 3 D. Tanañca.

page 574 note 1 D. anāsavo.

page 574 note 2 Ph. omits da.

page 574 note 3 Ph. paṇītañca.

page 574 note 4 D. avyapajjho, Ph. twice abyapajjo.

page 574 note 5 D. virāgā ti.

page 574 note 6 D. dīpo.

page 574 note 7 D. parāyanañcāti.

page 574 note 8 D. adds samattaṁ.