• Numbered Discourses 6.105 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 6.105
  • 10. Benefit 10. Ānisaṁsavagga

States of Existence Bhavasutta

ā€œMendicants, you should give up these three states of existence. And you should train in three trainings. ā€œTayome, bhikkhave, bhavā pahātabbā, tÄ«su sikkhāsu sikkhitabbaṁ. What are the three states of existence you should give up? Katame tayo bhavā pahātabbā? Existence in the sensual realm, the realm of luminous form, and the formless realm. Kāmabhavo, rÅ«pabhavo, arÅ«pabhavo—These are the three states of existence you should give up. ime tayo bhavā pahātabbā. What are the three trainings you should train in? Katamāsu tÄ«su sikkhāsu sikkhitabbaṁ? The training in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom. AdhisÄ«lasikkhāya, adhicittasikkhāya, adhipaƱƱāsikkhāya—These are the three trainings you should train in. imāsu tÄ«su sikkhāsu sikkhitabbaṁ. When a mendicant has given up these three states of existence and has trained in these three trainings Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno ime tayo bhavā pahÄ«nā honti, imāsu ca tÄ«su sikkhāsu sikkhitasikkho hoti—they’re called a mendicant who has cut off craving, cast off the fetters, and by rightly comprehending conceit has made an end of suffering.ā€ ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu acchecchi taṇhaṁ, vivattayi saṁyojanaṁ, sammā mānābhisamayā antamakāsi dukkhassÄā€ti.

Dasamaṁ.