330. ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā sāriputto vajjīsu viharati ukkacelāyaṃ gaṅgāya nadiyā tīre. atha kho sāmaṇḍako VAR paribbājako yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā sāriputtena saddhiṃ sammodi. sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. ekamantaṃ nisinno kho sāmaṇḍako paribbājako āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ etadavoca --
“‘nibbānaṃ, nibbānan’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. katamaṃ nu kho, āvuso, nibbānan”ti? “yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo — idaṃ vuccati nibbānan”ti. “atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti? “atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti.
“katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti? “ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, seyyathidaṃ — sammādiṭṭhi sammāsaṅkappo sammāvācā sammākammanto sammāājīvo sammāvāyāmo sammāsati sammāsamādhi. ayaṃ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṃ paṭipadā, etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāyā”ti. “bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etassa nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya. alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti. paṭhamaṃ.
(yathā jambukhādakasaṃyuttaṃ, tathā vitthāretabbaṃ).
331. “kiṃ nu kho, āvuso sāriputta, imasmiṃ dhammavinaye dukkaran”ti ? “pabbajjā kho, āvuso, imasmiṃ dhammavinaye dukkarā”ti. “pabbajitena panāvuso, kiṃ dukkaran”ti? “pabbajitena kho, āvuso, abhirati dukkarā”ti. “abhiratena panāvuso, kiṃ dukkaran”ti? “abhiratena kho, āvuso, dhammānudhammappaṭipatti dukkarā”ti. “kīvaciraṃ panāvuso, dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhu arahaṃ assā”ti? “naciraṃ, āvuso”ti. soḷasamaṃ.
(purimakasadisaṃ uddānaṃ.)
sāmaṇḍakasaṃyuttaṃ samattaṃ.