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- 11. Sides 11. Antavagga
Ascetics (1st) Samaṇasutta
At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Mendicants, there are these five grasping aggregates. “Pañcime, bhikkhave, upādānakkhandhā. What five? Katame pañca? That is, the grasping aggregates of form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. Seyyathidaṁ—rūpupādānakkhandho …pe… viññāṇupādānakkhandho.
There are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand these five grasping aggregates’ gratification, drawback, and escape … Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā imesaṁ pañcannaṁ upādānakkhandhānaṁ assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti …pe…
There are ascetics and brahmins who do truly understand …” pajānanti, sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.
Pañcamaṁ.
