Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.24 3.

Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.24

Uruvelavagga Kāḷakārāmasutta Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sākete viharati kāḷakārāme.
  1. The Chapter at Uruvelā

The Discourse at Kāḷaka’s Monastery

Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti.

On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāketa in Kāḷaka’s Monastery.

“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

There the Blessed One addressed the disciples:

Bhagavā etadavoca— Yaṁ, bhikkhave, sadevakassa lokassa samārakassa sabrahmakassa sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā, tamahaṁ jānāmi.

Disciples.

Venerable sir, they replied.

The Blessed One said this:

Disciples, whatever in this world with its devas, Māras, and Brahmās, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans, is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, and explored by the mind:that I know.

Yaṁ, bhikkhave, sadevakassa lokassa samārakassa sabrahmakassa sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā, tamahaṁ abbhaññāsiṁ.

Disciples, whatever in this world with its devas, Māras, and Brahmās, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans, is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, and explored by the mind:that I have directly known.

Taṁ tathāgatassa viditaṁ, taṁ tathāgato na upaṭṭhāsi.

That is known by the Tathāgata, but the Tathāgata does not take a stand upon it.

Yaṁ, bhikkhave, sadevakassa lokassa samārakassa sabrahmakassa sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ mutaṁ viññātaṁ pattaṁ pariyesitaṁ anuvicaritaṁ manasā, tamahaṁ na jānāmīti vadeyyaṁ, taṁ mamassa musā. Yaṁ, bhikkhave …pe…

Disciples, if I were to say, ‘I do not know whatever in this world with its devas, Māras, and Brahmās, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans, is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, and explored by the mind:that would be a falsehood for me.

If I were to say, ‘I both know it and do not know it:that would be just the same.

tamahaṁ jānāmi ca na ca jānāmīti vadeyyaṁ, tampassa tādisameva.

If I were to say, ‘I neither know it nor do not know it:that would be a fault for me.

Yaṁ, bhikkhave …pe… tamahaṁ neva jānāmi na na jānāmīti vadeyyaṁ, taṁ mamassa kali. Iti kho, bhikkhave, tathāgato daṭṭhā daṭṭhabbaṁ, diṭṭhaṁ na maññati, adiṭṭhaṁ na maññati, daṭṭhabbaṁ na maññati, daṭṭhāraṁ na maññati; sutvā sotabbaṁ, sutaṁ na maññati, asutaṁ na maññati, sotabbaṁ na maññati, sotāraṁ na maññati; mutvā motabbaṁ, mutaṁ na maññati, amutaṁ na maññati, motabbaṁ na maññati, motāraṁ na maññati; viññatvā viññātabbaṁ, viññātaṁ na maññati, aviññātaṁ na maññati, viññātabbaṁ na maññati, viññātāraṁ na maññati.

Thus, disciples, having seen what is to be seen, the Tathāgata does not construe the seen, he does not construe the unseen, he does not construe what is to be seen, he does not construe a seer.

Having heard what is to be heard, he does not construe the heard, he does not construe the unheard, he does not construe what is to be heard, he does not construe a hearer.

Having sensed what is to be sensed, he does not construe the sensed, he does not construe the unsensed, he does not construe what is to be sensed, he does not construe a senser.

Having cognized what is to be cognized, he does not construe the cognized, he does not construe the uncognized, he does not construe what is to be cognized, he does not construe a cognizer.

Iti kho, bhikkhave, tathāgato diṭṭhasutamutaviññātabbesu dhammesu tādīyeva tādī.

Thus, disciples, regarding phenomena that are seen, heard, sensed, and cognized, the Tathāgata is truly steadfast.

‘Tamhā ca pana tādimhā añño tādī uttaritaro vā paṇītataro vā natthī’ti vadāmīti.

And I say that there is no other steadfast one who is higher or more sublime than that steadfast one.

Yaṁ kiñci diṭṭhaṁva sutaṁ mutaṁ vā, Ajjhositaṁ saccamutaṁ paresaṁ; Na tesu tādī sayasaṁvutesu, Saccaṁ musā vāpi paraṁ daheyya.

Whatever is seen, heard, or sensed,

Is clung to and considered truth by others.

Among those entangled in their own views, the steadfast one

Does not hold anything as true or false.

Etañca sallaṁ paṭikacca disvā, Ajjhositā yattha pajā visattā; Jānāmi passāmi tatheva etaṁ, Ajjhositaṁ natthi tathāgatānan”ti.

Having seen this dart beforehand,

To which humanity clings and adheres,

I know and see it exactly as it is:

There is no clinging for the Tathāgatas.

Catutthaṁ.

The fourth.