Linked Discourses

1. Chapter One

A Single Individual

Saṁyutta Nikāya

1. Paṭhamavagga

Puggalasutta

Linked Discourses

1. Chapter One

A Single Individual

Saṁyutta Nikāya

1. Paṭhamavagga

Puggalasutta

The bones you’ve left behind in transmigration are greater than a mountain.

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At one time the BuddhaBuddhaEl nombre dado a quien redescubre por sí mismo el sendero liberador del Dhamma, tras un largo período de haber sido olvidado por el mundo. Según la tradición, una larga línea de Buddhas se extiende hasta el pasado distante. El Buddha más reciente nació como Siddhattha Gotama en la India alrededor del año 500 a.e.c. Un joven bien educado y acomodado, renunció a su familia y su herencia principesca en la flor de la vida para buscar la verdadera libertad y el fin del sufrimiento (dukkha). Después de siete años de austeridades en el bosque, redescubrió el «camino medio» y alcanzó su meta, convirtiéndose en el Buddha.Ver en el glosario was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.*This Sutta is also at Iti 24. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!”

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti.

At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.*

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.

There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

“Mendicants!”

“bhikkhavo”ti.

At one time the BuddhaBuddhaEl nombre dado a quien redescubre por sí mismo el sendero liberador del Dhamma, tras un largo período de haber sido olvidado por el mundo. Según la tradición, una larga línea de Buddhas se extiende hasta el pasado distante. El Buddha más reciente nació como Siddhattha Gotama en la India alrededor del año 500 a.e.c. Un joven bien educado y acomodado, renunció a su familia y su herencia principesca en la flor de la vida para buscar la verdadera libertad y el fin del sufrimiento (dukkha). Después de siete años de austeridades en el bosque, redescubrió el «camino medio» y alcanzó su meta, convirtiéndose en el Buddha.Ver en el glosario was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.*This Sutta is also at Iti 24.Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “Mendicants!” “bhikkhavo”ti.

“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this:

“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca:

“Venerable sir,” they replied.

“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

The Buddha said this:

Bhagavā etadavoca:

“Venerable sir,” they replied. “Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. The Buddha said this: Bhagavā etadavoca:

“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning. … One individual roaming and transmigrating for an eon would amass a heap of bones the size of this Mount Vepulla, if they were gathered together and not lost.*Mount Vepulla (“huge”; modern Vipula) lies immediately north of the Vulture’s Peak. It was probably visible to the Buddha, hence he used the proximate pronoun ima (“this”). Today it is crowned with a Jain temple. Its past names are given at SN 15.20.

“Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe… ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, kappaṁ sandhāvato saṁsarato siyā evaṁ mahā aṭṭhikaṅkalo aṭṭhipuñjo aṭṭhirāsi yathāyaṁ vepullo pabbato, sace saṁhārako assa, sambhatañca na vinasseyya.

“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning. …

“Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe…

One individual roaming and transmigrating for an eon would amass a heap of bones the size of this Mount Vepulla, if they were gathered together and not lost.*

ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, kappaṁ sandhāvato saṁsarato siyā evaṁ mahā aṭṭhikaṅkalo aṭṭhipuñjo aṭṭhirāsi yathāyaṁ vepullo pabbato, sace saṁhārako assa, sambhatañca na vinasseyya.

“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning. … “Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe… One individual roaming and transmigrating for an eon would amass a heap of bones the size of this Mount Vepulla, if they were gathered together and not lost.*Mount Vepulla (“huge”; modern Vipula) lies immediately north of the Vulture’s Peak. It was probably visible to the Buddha, hence he used the proximate pronoun ima (“this”). Today it is crowned with a Jain temple. Its past names are given at SN 15.20.ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, kappaṁ sandhāvato saṁsarato siyā evaṁ mahā aṭṭhikaṅkalo aṭṭhipuñjo aṭṭhirāsi yathāyaṁ vepullo pabbato, sace saṁhārako assa, sambhatañca na vinasseyya.

Why is that? This transmigration has no known beginning. … This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”

Taṁ kissa hetu? Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe… alaṁ vimuccitun”ti.

Why is that?

Taṁ kissa hetu?

This transmigration has no known beginning. …

Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe…

This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.”

alaṁ vimuccitun”ti.

Why is that? Taṁ kissa hetu? This transmigration has no known beginning. … Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro …pe… This is quite enough for you to become disillusioned, dispassionate, and freed regarding all conditions.” alaṁ vimuccitun”ti.

That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

Idamavoca bhagavā. Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

That is what the Buddha said.

Idamavoca bhagavā.

Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

That is what the Buddha said. Idamavoca bhagavā. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

“If the bones of a single individual for a single eon were gathered up, they’d make a pile the size of a mountain: so said the great seer.

“Ekassekena kappena, puggalassaṭṭhisañcayo; Siyā pabbatasamo rāsi, iti vuttaṁ mahesinā.

“If the bones of a single individual

“Ekassekena kappena,

for a single eon were gathered up,

puggalassaṭṭhisañcayo;

they’d make a pile the size of a mountain:

Siyā pabbatasamo rāsi,

so said the great seer.

iti vuttaṁ mahesinā.

“If the bones of a single individual “Ekassekena kappena, for a single eon were gathered up, puggalassaṭṭhisañcayo; they’d make a pile the size of a mountain: Siyā pabbatasamo rāsi, so said the great seer. iti vuttaṁ mahesinā.

And this is declared to be as huge as Mount Vepulla, higher than the Vulture’s Peak in the Magadhan mountain range.

So kho panāyaṁ akkhāto, vepullo pabbato mahā; Uttaro gijjhakūṭassa, magadhānaṁ giribbaje.

And this is declared to be

So kho panāyaṁ akkhāto,

as huge as Mount Vepulla,

vepullo pabbato mahā;

higher than the Vulture’s Peak

Uttaro gijjhakūṭassa,

in the Magadhan mountain range.

magadhānaṁ giribbaje.

And this is declared to be So kho panāyaṁ akkhāto, as huge as Mount Vepulla, vepullo pabbato mahā; higher than the Vulture’s Peak Uttaro gijjhakūṭassa, in the Magadhan mountain range. magadhānaṁ giribbaje.

But then, with right understanding, one sees the noble truths— suffering, suffering’s origin, suffering’s transcendence, and the noble eightfold path that leads to the stilling of suffering.

Yato ca ariyasaccāni, sammappaññāya passati; Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ, dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ; Ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ, dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.

But then, with right understanding,

Yato ca ariyasaccāni,

one sees the noble truths—

sammappaññāya passati;

suffering, suffering’s origin,

Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ,

suffering’s transcendence,

dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ;

and the noble eightfold path

Ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,

that leads to the stilling of suffering.

dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.

But then, with right understanding, Yato ca ariyasaccāni, one sees the noble truths—sammappaññāya passati; suffering, suffering’s origin, Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ, suffering’s transcendence, dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ; and the noble eightfold path Ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ, that leads to the stilling of suffering. dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.

After roaming on seven times at most, that individual makes an end of suffering, with the ending of all fetters.”

Sa sattakkhattuṁparamaṁ, sandhāvitvāna puggalo; Dukkhassantakaro hoti, sabbasaṁyojanakkhayā”ti.

After roaming on seven times at most,

Sa sattakkhattuṁparamaṁ,

that individual

sandhāvitvāna puggalo;

makes an end of suffering,

Dukkhassantakaro hoti,

with the ending of all fetters.”

sabbasaṁyojanakkhayā”ti.

After roaming on seven times at most, Sa sattakkhattuṁparamaṁ, that individual sandhāvitvāna puggalo; makes an end of suffering, Dukkhassantakaro hoti, with the ending of all fetters.” sabbasaṁyojanakkhayā”ti.

Dasamaṁ.

Paṭhamo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Tiṇakaṭṭhañca pathavī, assu khīrañca pabbataṁ; Sāsapā sāvakā gaṅgā, daṇḍo ca puggalena cāti.

Tiṇakaṭṭhañca pathavī,

assu khīrañca pabbataṁ;

Sāsapā sāvakā gaṅgā,

daṇḍo ca puggalena cāti.

Tiṇakaṭṭhañca pathavī, assu khīrañca pabbataṁ; Sāsapā sāvakā gaṅgā, daṇḍo ca puggalena cāti.