The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta
Nikaya
XII.46
Aññatra
Sutta
A
Certain
Brahman
Translated
from
the
Pali
by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu.
Dwelling
at
Savatthi...
Then
a
certain
brahman
went
to
the
Blessed
One
and,
on
arrival,
exchanged
courteous
greetings
with
him.
After
an
exchange
of
friendly
greetings
&
courtesies,
he
sat
to
one
side.
As
he
was
sitting
there
he
said
to
the
Blessed
One:
"What
now,
Master
Gotama:
Is
the
one
who
acts
the
same
one
who
experiences
[the
results
of
the
act]?"
[The
Buddha:]
"[To
say,]
'The
one
who
acts
is
the
same
one
who
experiences,'
is
one
extreme."
[The
brahman:]
"Then,
Master
Gotama,
is
the
one
who
acts
someone
other
than
the
one
who
experiences?"
[The
Buddha:]
"[To
say,]
'The
one
who
acts
is
someone
other
than
the
one
who
experiences,'
is
the
second
extreme.
Avoiding
both
of
these
extremes,
the
Tathagata
teaches
the
Dhamma
by
means
of
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."
When
this
was
said,
the
brahman
said
to
the
Blessed
One:
"Magnificent,
Master
Gotama!
Magnificent!
Just
as
if
he
were
to
place
upright
what
was
overturned,
to
reveal
what
was
hidden,
to
point
out
the
way
to
one
who
was
lost,
or
to
carry
a
lamp
into
the
dark
so
that
those
with
eyes
could
see
forms,
in
the
same
way
has
Master
Gotama
--
through
many
lines
of
reasoning
--
made
the
Dhamma
clear.
I
go
to
Master
Gotama
for
refuge,
to
the
Dhamma,
&
to
the
community
of
monks.
May
Master
Gotama
remember
me
as
a
lay
follower
who
has
gone
for
refuge
from
this
day
forward,
for
life."
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