The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta
Nikaya
XII.15
Kaccayanagotta
Sutta
To
Kaccayana
Gotta
(on
Right
View)
Translated
from
the
Pali
by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu
Dwelling
at
Savatthi...
Then
Ven.
Kaccayana
Gotta
approached
the
Blessed
One
and,
on
arrival,
having
bowed
down,
sat
to
one
side.
As
he
was
sitting
there
he
said
to
the
Blessed
One:
"Lord,
'Right
view,
right
view,'
it
is
said.
To
what
extent
is
there
right
view?"
"By
&
large,
Kaccayana,
this
world
is
supported
by
(takes
as
its
object)
a
polarity,
that
of
existence
&
non-existence.
But
when
one
sees
the
origination
of
the
world
as
it
actually
is
with
right
discernment,
'non-existence'
with
reference
to
the
world
does
not
occur
to
one.
When
one
sees
the
cessation
of
the
world
as
it
actually
is
with
right
discernment,
'existence'
with
reference
to
the
world
does
not
occur
to
one.
"By
&
large,
Kaccayana,
this
world
is
in
bondage
to
attachments,
clingings
(sustenances),
&
biases.
But
one
such
as
this
does
not
get
involved
with
or
cling
to
these
attachments,
clingings,
fixations
of
awareness,
biases,
or
latent
tendencies;
nor
is
he
resolved
on
'my
self.'
He
has
no
uncertainty
or
doubt
that,
when
there
is
arising,
only
stress
is
arising;
and
that
when
there
is
passing
away,
only
stress
is
passing
away.
In
this,
one's
knowledge
is
independent
of
others.
It
is
to
this
extent,
Kaccayana,
that
there
is
right
view.
"'Everything
exists':
That
is
one
extreme.
'Everything
doesn't
exist':
That
is
a
second
extreme.
Avoiding
these
two
extremes,
the
Tathagata
teaches
the
Dhamma
via
the
middle:
"From
ignorance
as
a
requisite
condition
come
fabrications.
From
fabrications
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
consciousness.
From
consciousness
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
name-&-form.
From
name-&-form
as
a
requisite
condition
come
the
six
sense
media.
From
the
six
sense
media
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
contact.
From
contact
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
feeling.
From
feeling
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
craving.
From
craving
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
clinging/sustenance.
From
clinging/sustenance
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
becoming.
From
becoming
as
a
requisite
condition
comes
birth.
From
birth
as
a
requisite
condition,
then
aging
&
death,
sorrow,
lamentation,
pain,
distress,
&
despair
come
into
play.
Such
is
the
origination
of
this
entire
mass
of
stress
&
suffering.
"Now
from
the
remainderless
fading
&
cessation
of
that
very
ignorance
comes
the
cessation
of
fabrications.
From
the
cessation
of
fabrications
comes
the
cessation
of
consciousness.
From
the
cessation
of
consciousness
comes
the
cessation
of
name-&-form.
From
the
cessation
of
name-&-form
comes
the
cessation
of
the
six
sense
media.
From
the
cessation
of
the
six
sense
media
comes
the
cessation
of
contact.
From
the
cessation
of
contact
comes
the
cessation
of
feeling.
From
the
cessation
of
feeling
comes
the
cessation
of
craving.
From
the
cessation
of
craving
comes
the
cessation
of
clinging/sustenance.
From
the
cessation
of
clinging/sustenance
comes
the
cessation
of
becoming.
From
the
cessation
of
becoming
comes
the
cessation
of
birth.
From
the
cessation
of
birth,
then
aging
&
death,
sorrow,
lamentation,
pain,
distress,
&
despair
all
cease.
Such
is
the
cessation
of
this
entire
mass
of
stress
&
suffering."
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