SN38:16 Difficult to Do
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1"Friend Sāriputta, what is difficult to do in this Dhamma and Discipline?"
"Going forth, friend, is difficult to do in this Dhamma and Discipline."
"What, friend, is difficult to do by one who has gone forth?"
"To find delight, friend, is difficult to do by one who has gone forth."
"What, friend, is difficult to do by one who has found delight?"
"Practice in accordance with the Dhamma, friend, is difficult to do by one who has found delight."
"But, friend, if a bhikkhu is practising in accordance with the Dhamma, would it take him long to become an arahant?"
"Not long, friend." [n.275] Spk quotes MN II 96,19–20: "Instructed in the evening, by the morning he will attain distinction (enlightenment); instructed in the morning, by the evening he will attain distinction."
1"Kiṁ nu kho, āvuso sāriputta, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye dukkaran"ti?
"Pabbajjā kho, āvuso, imasmiṁ dhammavinaye dukkarā"ti.
"Pabbajitena panāvuso, kiṁ dukkaran"ti?
"Pabbajitena kho, āvuso, abhirati dukkarā"ti.
"Abhiratena panāvuso, kiṁ dukkaran"ti?
"Abhiratena kho, āvuso, dhammānudhammappaṭipatti dukkarā"ti.
"Kīvaciraṁ panāvuso, dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhu arahaṁ assā"ti? "Naciraṁ, āvuso"ti.
Soḷasamaṁ.
Jambukhādakasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.
2Nibbānaṁ arahattañca,
dhammavādī kimatthiyaṁ;
Assāso paramassāso,
vedanā āsavāvijjā;
Taṇhā oghā upādānaṁ,
bhavo dukkhañca sakkāyo.
Imasmiṁ dhammavinaye dukkaranti.