Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 43.12 — The Unconditioned

1“Mendicants, I will teach you the unconditioned and the path that leads to the unconditioned. Listen …

2And what is the unconditioned? The ending of greed, hate, and delusion. This is called the unconditioned.

3And what is the path that leads to the unconditioned? Serenity. This is called the path that leads to the unconditioned.

4So, mendicants, I’ve taught you the unconditioned and the path that leads to the unconditioned.

5Out of sympathy, I’ve done what a teacher should do who wants what’s best for their disciples. Here are these roots of trees, and here are these empty huts. Practice absorption, mendicants! Don’t be negligent! Don’t regret it later! This is my instruction to you.”

6“Mendicants, I will teach you the unconditioned and the path that leads to the unconditioned. Listen …

7And what is the unconditioned? The ending of greed, hate, and delusion. This is called the unconditioned.

8And what is the path that leads to the unconditioned? Discernment. This is called the path that leads to the unconditioned. …”

9“And what is the path that leads to the unconditioned?

10Immersion with placing the mind and keeping it connected. … Immersion without placing the mind, merely keeping it connected. … Immersion without placing the mind or keeping it connected. …

11Emptiness immersion. … Signless immersion. … Undirected immersion. …

12A mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. … A mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of feelings … A mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the mind … A mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of principles …

13A mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise. … A mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities are given up. … A mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that skillful qualities arise. … A mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed. …

14A mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm, and active effort. … A mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to energy … immersion due to mental development … immersion due to inquiry, and active effort. …

15A mendicant develops the faculty of faith, which relies on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripens as letting go. … A mendicant develops the faculty of energy … mindfulness … immersion … wisdom, which relies on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripens as letting go. …

16A mendicant develops the power of faith … energy … mindfulness … immersion … wisdom, which relies on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripens as letting go. …

17A mendicant develops the awakening factor of mindfulness … investigation of principles … energy … rapture … tranquility … immersion … equanimity, which relies on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripens as letting go. …

18A mendicant develops right view … right purpose … right speech … right action … right livelihood … right effort … right mindfulness … right immersion, which relies on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripens as letting go.

19This is called the path that leads to the unconditioned.

20So, mendicants, I’ve taught you the unconditioned and the path that leads to the unconditioned.

21Out of sympathy, I’ve done what a teacher should do who wants what’s best for their disciples. Here are these roots of trees, and here are these empty huts. Practice absorption, mendicants! Don’t be negligent! Don’t regret it later! This is my instruction to you.”