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- Samyutta Nikaya XLVIII.44
- Pubbakotthaka Sutta
- Eastern Gatehouse
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I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying in Savatthi,
at the Eastern Gatehouse. There he addressed Ven. Sariputta:
"Sariputta, do you take it on conviction that the faculty of conviction, when
developed & pursued, plunges into the Deathless, has the Deathless as its goal &
consummation? Do you take it on conviction that the faculty of
persistence...mindfulness...concentration...discernment, when developed & pursued,
plunges into the Deathless, has the Deathless as its goal & consummation?"
"Lord, it's not that I take it on conviction in the Blessed One that the faculty
of conviction...persistence...mindfulness...concentration...discernment, when developed
& pursued, plunges into the Deathless, has the Deathless as its goal &
consummation. Those who have not known, seen, penetrated, realized, or attained it by
means of discernment would have to take it on conviction in others that the faculty of
conviction...persistence...mindfulness...concentration...discernment, when developed &
pursued, plunges into the Deathless, has the Deathless as its goal & consummation;
whereas those who have known, seen, penetrated, realized, & attained it by means of
discernment would have no doubt or uncertainty that the faculty of
conviction...persistence...mindfulness...concentration...discernment, when developed &
pursued, plunges into the Deathless, has the Deathless as its goal & consummation. And
as for me, I have known, seen, penetrated, realized, & attained it by means of
discernment. I have no doubt or uncertainty that the faculty of
conviction...persistence...mindfulness...concentration...discernment, when developed &
pursued, plunges into the Deathless, has the Deathless as its goal &
consummation."
"Excellent, Sariputta. Excellent. Those who have not known, seen, penetrated,
realized, or attained it by means of discernment would have to take it on conviction in
others that the faculty of
conviction...persistence...mindfulness...concentration...discernment, when developed &
pursued, plunges into the Deathless, has the Deathless as its goal & consummation;
whereas those who have known, seen, penetrated, realized, & attained it by means of
discernment would have no doubt or uncertainty that the faculty of
conviction...persistence...mindfulness...concentration...discernment, when developed &
pursued, plunges into the Deathless, has the Deathless as its goal &
consummation."