SN35:108 I Am Superior
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, when what exists, by clinging to what, by adhering to what, does the thought occur: ‘I am superior’ or ‘I am equal’ or ‘I am inferior’?" [n.91] These are the three modes of conceit; see SN22.49.
2"Venerable sir, our teachings are rooted in the Blessed One … ."
3–13"When there is the eye, bhikkhus, by clinging to the eye, by adhering to the eye, the thought occurs: ‘I am superior’ or ‘I am equal’ or ‘I am inferior.’ When there is the ear … When there is the mind, by clinging to the mind, by adhering to the mind, the thought occurs: ‘I am superior’ or ‘I am equal’ or ‘I am inferior.’
"What do you think, bhikkhus, is the eye … the mind permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." …
14"But without clinging to what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change, could the thought occur: ‘I am superior’ or ‘I am equal’ or ‘I am inferior’?"
15"No, venerable sir."
16"Seeing thus … He understands: ‘ … there is no more for this state of being.’" sn.iv.89
1"Kismiṁ nu kho, bhikkhave, sati kiṁ upādāya kiṁ abhinivissa seyyohamasmīti vā hoti, sadisohamasmīti vā hoti, hīnohamasmīti vā hotī"ti?
2"Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā … pe … .
3"Cakkhusmiṁ kho, bhikkhave, sati cakkhuṁ upādāya cakkhuṁ abhinivissa seyyohamasmīti vā hoti, sadisohamasmīti vā hoti, hīnohamasmīti vā hoti … pe … jivhāya sati … pe … manasmiṁ sati manaṁ upādāya manaṁ abhinivissa seyyohamasmīti vā hoti, sadisohamasmīti vā hoti, hīnohamasmīti vā hoti.
Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, cakkhu niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā"ti?
4"Aniccaṁ, bhante".
5"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā"ti?
6"Dukkhaṁ, bhante".
7"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, api nu taṁ anupādāya seyyohamasmīti vā assa, sadisohamasmīti vā assa, hīnohamasmīti vā assā"ti?
8"No hetaṁ, bhante" … pe … jivhā … niccā vā aniccā vā"ti?
9"Aniccā, bhante" … pe … .
10"Mano nicco vā anicco vā"ti?
11"Anicco, bhante".
12"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vā taṁ sukhaṁ vā"ti?
13"Dukkhaṁ, bhante".
14"Yaṁ panāniccaṁ dukkhaṁ vipariṇāmadhammaṁ, api nu taṁ anupādāya seyyohamasmīti vā assa, sadisohamasmīti vā assa, hīnohamasmīti vā assā"ti?
15"No hetaṁ, bhante".
16"Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati … pe … manasmimpi nibbindati. Nibbindaṁ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti. ‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī"ti.
Pañcamaṁ.