1. Tiṇakaṭṭhasuttaṃ
124. Evaṃ
T2.212V1.161P2.178M1.387 me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme .Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi –
‘‘ bhikkhavo ’’ ti .
‘‘ Bhadante ’’ ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ .
Bhagavā etadavoca –
‘‘ Anamataggoyaṃ [ anamataggāyaṃ ( pī . ka .)] bhikkhave , saṃsāro .
Pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaṃyojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ .
Seyyathāpi , bhikkhave , puriso yaṃ imasmiṃ jambudīpe tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṃ taṃ chetvā [ tacchetvā ( bahūsu )] ekajjhaṃ saṃharitvā caturaṅgulaṃ caturaṅgulaṃ ghaṭikaṃ katvā nikkhipeyya –
‘ ayaṃ me mātā , tassā me mātu ayaṃ mātā ’ ti , apariyādinnāva [ apariyādiṇṇāva ( sī .)] bhikkhave , tassa purisassa mātumātaro assu , atha imasmiṃ jambudīpe tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṃ parikkhayaṃ pariyādānaṃ gaccheyya .
Taṃ kissa hetu ?
Anamataggoyaṃ , bhikkhave , saṃsāro .
Pubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṃ sattānaṃ taṇhāsaṃyojanānaṃ sandhāvataṃ saṃsarataṃ .
Evaṃ dīgharattaṃ vo , bhikkhave , dukkhaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ tibbaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ byasanaṃ paccanubhūtaṃ , kaṭasī [ kaṭasi ( sī . pī . ka .) kaṭā chavā sayanti etthāti kaṭasī ] vaḍḍhitā .
Yāvañcidaṃ , bhikkhave , alameva sabbasaṅkhāresu nibbindituṃ alaṃ virajjituṃ alaṃ vimuccitun ’’ ti .
Paṭhamaṃ .