6.3.9 Ekantasukhanibbānapañha

“Bhante nāgasena, kiṃ ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, udāhu dukkhena missan”ti?

“Ekantasukhaṃ, mahārāja, nibbānaṃ, dukkhena amissan”ti.

“Na mayaṃ taṃ, bhante nāgasena, vacanaṃ saddahāma ‘ekantasukhaṃ nibbānan’ti, evamettha mayaṃ, bhante nāgasena, paccema ‘nibbānaṃ dukkhena missan’ti, kāraṇañcettha upalabhāma ‘nibbānaṃ dukkhena missan’ti. Katamaṃ ettha kāraṇaṃ? Ye te, bhante nāgasena, nibbānaṃ pariyesanti, tesaṃ dissati kāyassa ca cittassa ca ātāpo paritāpo ṭhānacaṅkamanisajjāsayanāhārapariggaho middhassa ca uparodho āyatanānañca paṭipīḷanaṃ dhanadhaññapiyañātimittappajahanaṃ. Ye keci loke sukhitā sukhasamappitā, te sabbepi pañcahi kāmaguṇehi āyatane ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikabahuvidhasubhanimittena rūpena cakkhuṃ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikagītavāditabahuvidhasubhanimittena saddena sotaṃ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikapupphaphalapattatacamūlasārabahuvidhasubhanimittena gandhena ghānaṃ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikakhajjabhojjaleyyapeyyasāyanīyabahuvidhasubhanimittena rasena jivhaṃ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikasaṇhasukhumamudumaddavabahuvidhasubhanimittena phassena kāyaṃ ramenti brūhenti, manāpikamanāpikakalyāṇapāpakasubhāsubhabahuvidhavitakkamanasikārena manaṃ ramenti brūhenti. Tumhe taṃ cakkhusotaghānajivhākāyamanobrūhanaṃ hanatha upahanatha, chindatha upacchindatha, rundhatha uparundhatha. Tena kāyopi paritapati, cittampi paritapati, kāye paritatte kāyikadukkhavedanaṃ vediyati, citte paritatte cetasikadukkhavedanaṃ vedayati. Nanu māgaṇḍiyopi paribbājako bhagavantaṃ garahamāno evamāha ‘bhūnahu samaṇo gotamo’ti. Idamettha kāraṇaṃ, yenāhaṃ kāraṇena brūmi ‘nibbānaṃ dukkhena missan’”ti.

“Na hi, mahārāja, nibbānaṃ dukkhena missaṃ, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ. Yaṃ pana tvaṃ, mahārāja, brūsi ‘nibbānaṃ dukkhan’ti, netaṃ dukkhaṃ nibbānaṃ nāma, nibbānassa pana sacchikiriyāya pubbabhāgo eso, nibbānapariyesanaṃ etaṃ, ekantasukhaṃyeva, mahārāja, nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ. Ettha kāraṇaṃ vadāmi. Atthi, mahārāja, rājūnaṃ rajjasukhaṃ nāmā”ti?

“Āma, bhante, atthi rājūnaṃ rajjasukhan”ti.

“Api nu kho taṃ, mahārāja, rajjasukhaṃ dukkhena missan”ti?

“Na hi, bhante”ti.

“Kissa pana te, mahārāja, rājāno paccante kupite tesaṃ paccantanissitānaṃ paṭisedhāya amaccehi pariṇāyakehi bhaṭehi balatthehi parivutā pavāsaṃ gantvā ḍaṃsamakasavātātapapaṭipīḷitā samavisame paridhāvanti, mahāyuddhañca karonti, jīvitasaṃsayañca pāpuṇantī”ti?

“Netaṃ, bhante nāgasena, rajjasukhaṃ nāma, rajjasukhassa pariyesanāya pubbabhāgo eso, dukkhena, bhante nāgasena, rājāno rajjaṃ pariyesitvā rajjasukhaṃ anubhavanti, evaṃ, bhante nāgasena, rajjasukhaṃ dukkhena amissaṃ, aññaṃ taṃ rajjasukhaṃ, aññaṃ dukkhan”ti.

“Evameva kho, mahārāja, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ. Ye pana taṃ nibbānaṃ pariyesanti, te kāyañca cittañca ātāpetvā ṭhānacaṅkamanisajjāsayanāhāraṃ pariggahetvā middhaṃ uparundhitvā āyatanāni paṭipīḷetvā kāyañca jīvitañca pariccajitvā dukkhena nibbānaṃ pariyesitvā ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ anubhavanti, nihatapaccāmittā viya rājāno rajjasukhaṃ. Evaṃ, mahārāja, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ, aññaṃ nibbānaṃ, aññaṃ dukkhanti.

Aparampi, mahārāja, uttariṃ kāraṇaṃ suṇohi ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ, aññaṃ dukkhaṃ, aññaṃ nibbānanti. Atthi, mahārāja, ācariyānaṃ sippavantānaṃ sippasukhaṃ nāmā”ti?

“Āma, bhante, atthi ācariyānaṃ sippavantānaṃ sippasukhan”ti.

“Api nu kho taṃ, mahārāja, sippasukhaṃ dukkhena missan”ti?

“Na hi, bhante”ti.

“Kissa pana te, mahārāja, ācariyā ācariyānaṃ abhivādanapaccuṭṭhānena udakāharaṇagharasammajjanadantakaṭṭhamukhodakānuppadānena ucchiṭṭhapaṭiggahaṇaucchādananahāpanapādaparikammena sakacittaṃ nikkhipitvā paracittānuvattanena dukkhaseyyāya visamabhojanena kāyaṃ ātāpentī”ti?

“Netaṃ, bhante nāgasena, sippasukhaṃ nāma, sippapariyesanāya pubbabhāgo eso, dukkhena, bhante nāgasena, ācariyā sippaṃ pariyesitvā sippasukhaṃ anubhavanti, evaṃ, bhante nāgasena, sippasukhaṃ dukkhena amissaṃ, aññaṃ taṃ sippasukhaṃ, aññaṃ dukkhan”ti.

“Evameva kho, mahārāja, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ. Ye pana taṃ nibbānaṃ pariyesanti, te kāyañca cittañca ātāpetvā ṭhānacaṅkamanisajjāsayanāhāraṃ pariggahetvā middhaṃ uparundhitvā āyatanāni paṭipīḷetvā kāyañca jīvitañca pariccajitvā dukkhena nibbānaṃ pariyesitvā ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ anubhavanti, ācariyā viya sippasukhaṃ. Evaṃ, mahārāja, ekantasukhaṃ nibbānaṃ, na dukkhena missaṃ, aññaṃ dukkhaṃ, aññaṃ nibbānan”ti.

“Sādhu, bhante nāgasena, evametaṃ tathā sampaṭicchāmī”ti.

Ekantasukhanibbānapañho navamo.