Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.123 12.

The Discourse on the Learned

Dhammakathikavagga Sutavantasutta Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ca sāriputto āyasmā ca mahākoṭṭhiko bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye.

At one time, the venerable Sāriputta and the venerable Mahākoṭṭhita were staying near Benares in the Deer Park at Isipatana.

Atha kho āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā …pe… etadavoca: “Sutavatāvuso sāriputta, bhikkhunā katame dhammā yoniso manasi kātabbā”ti? “Sutavatāvuso koṭṭhika, bhikkhunā pañcupādānakkhandhā aniccato …pe… anattato yoniso manasi kātabbā.

Then, in the evening, the venerable Mahākoṭṭhita emerged from seclusion, approached the venerable Sāriputta, and said, Friend Sāriputta, what things should a learned disciple attend to wisely?

Friend Koṭṭhita, a learned disciple should attend wisely to the five aggregates subject to clinging as impermanent, as suffering, as a disease, as a tumor, as a dart, as a calamity, as an affliction, as alien, as disintegrating, as empty, as not-self.

Katame pañca?

What five?

Seyyathidaṁ—rūpupādānakkhandho …pe… viññāṇupādānakkhandho. Sutavatāvuso koṭṭhika, bhikkhunā ime pañcupādānakkhandhā aniccato …pe… anattato yoniso manasi kātabbā.

The form aggregate subject to clinging, the feeling aggregate subject to clinging, the perception aggregate subject to clinging, the formations aggregate subject to clinging, the consciousness aggregate subject to clinging.

Ṭhānaṁ kho panetaṁ, āvuso, vijjati—yaṁ sutavā bhikkhu ime pañcupādānakkhandhe aniccato …pe…

Friend Koṭṭhita, a learned disciple should attend wisely to these five aggregates subject to clinging as impermanent, as suffering, as not-self.

anattato yoniso manasi karonto sotāpattiphalaṁ sacchikareyyā”ti. “Sotāpannena panāvuso sāriputta, bhikkhunā katame dhammā yoniso manasi kātabbā”ti? “Sotāpannenapi kho āvuso koṭṭhika, bhikkhunā ime pañcupādānakkhandhā aniccato …pe… anattato yoniso manasi kātabbā.

There is a possibility, friend, that a learned disciple who attends wisely to these five aggregates subject to clinging as impermanent, as suffering, as not-self, may realize the fruit of stream-entry.

Friend Sāriputta, what things should a stream-enterer disciple attend to wisely? Friend Koṭṭhita, a stream-enterer disciple should attend wisely to these five aggregates subject to clinging as impermanent, as suffering, as not-self.

Ṭhānaṁ kho panetaṁ, āvuso, vijjati—yaṁ sotāpanno bhikkhu ime pañcupādānakkhandhe aniccato …pe… anattato yoniso manasi karonto sakadāgāmiphalaṁ …pe… anāgāmiphalaṁ …pe… arahattaphalaṁ sacchikareyyā”ti.

There is a possibility, friend, that a stream-enterer disciple who attends wisely to these five aggregates subject to clinging as impermanent, as suffering, as not-self, may realize the fruit of once-returning, the fruit of non-returning, the fruit of arahantship.

“Arahatā panāvuso sāriputta, katame dhammā yoniso manasi kātabbā”ti?

Friend Sāriputta, what things should an arahant attend to wisely?

“Arahatāpi khvāvuso koṭṭhika, ime pañcupādānakkhandhā aniccato dukkhato rogato gaṇḍato sallato aghato ābādhato parato palokato suññato anattato yoniso manasi kātabbā.

Friend Koṭṭhita, an arahant should attend wisely to these five aggregates subject to clinging as impermanent, as suffering, as a disease, as a tumor, as a dart, as a calamity, as an affliction, as alien, as disintegrating, as empty, as not-self.

Natthi, khvāvuso, arahato uttari karaṇīyaṁ, katassa vā paticayo; api ca kho ime dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārāya ceva saṁvattanti satisampajaññāya cā”ti. Ekādasamaṁ.

There is nothing further for an arahant to do, or to accumulate from what has been done; but these things, when developed and cultivated, lead to a pleasant abiding in this very life and to mindfulness and clear knowing.