The Greater Set of Questions & Answers Mahṅ Vedalla Sutta (MN 43)

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - Ð ÑÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ - - - Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½ÑÑÐºÐ° Submit Search - Home - Suttas - MN - MN 43 The Greater Set of Questions & Answers ## Browse Suttas Go to Majjhima Nikṅya index MN index Show outline show outline ## Outline - (Top) - Discernment - Consciousness - Feeling - Perception - The Eye of Discernment - Right View - Becoming - The First Jhṅna - The Five Faculties - Vitality-fabrications - Awareness-release const prefersTocHidden = window.sessionStorage.getItem('user-prefers-toc-hidden') ?? window.localStorage.getItem('user-prefers-toc-hidden') ?? false; if (prefersTocHidden) { const tocToggleButton = document.getElementById("tocToggle"); const bookToc = document.getElementById("bookToc"); bookToc.classList.remove("show"); tocToggleButton.setAttribute("aria-expanded", false); tocToggleButton.querySelectorAll("[data-show-text]").forEach(el => { el.setAttribute("data-hide-text", el.innerText); el.innerText = el.getAttribute("data-show-text"); }); } ## The Greater Set of Questions & Answers Mahṅ Vedalla SuttaÂ Â (MNÂ 43) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sṅvatthī in Jetaâs Grove, Anṅthapiṃṇikaâs Monastery. Then Ven. Mahṅ Koṭṭhita, emerging from his seclusion in the evening, went to Ven. Sṅriputta and, on arrival, exchanged courteous greetings with him. After an exchange of friendly greetings & courtesies, he sat to one side. ## Discernment As he was sitting there, he said to Ven. Sṅriputta, "Friend, ), # Right single quote ('â', One of poor discernment, one of poor discernmentâ: Thus is it said. To what extent is one said to be ), # Right single quote ('â', one of poor discernmentâ?" "), # Right single quote ('â', One doesnât discern, one doesnât discernâ: Thus, friend, one is said to be ), # Right single quote ('â', one of poor discernment.â And what doesnât one discern? One doesnât discern, ), # Right single quote ('â', This is stress.â One doesnât discern, ), # Right single quote ('â', This is the origination of stress.â One doesnât discern, ), # Right single quote ('â', This is the cessation of stress.â One doesnât discern, ), # Right single quote ('â', This is the practice leading to the cessation of stress.â ), # Right single quote ('â', One doesnât discern, one doesnât discernâ: Thus one is said to be ), # Right single quote ('â', one of poor discernment.â" Saying, "Very good, friend," Ven. Mahṅ Koṭṭhita—delighting in & approving of Ven. Sṅriputtaâs statement—asked him a further question: "Discerning, discerningâ: Thus is it said. To what extent, friend, is one said to be ), # Right single quote ('â', discerningâ?" "), # Right single quote ('â', One discerns, one discernsâ: Thus, friend, one is said to be ), # Right single quote ('â', discerning.â And what does one discern? One discerns, ), # Right single quote ('â', This is stress.â One discerns, ), # Right single quote ('â', This is the origination of stress.â One discerns, ), # Right single quote ('â', This is the cessation of stress.â One discerns, ), # Right single quote ('â', This is the practice leading to the cessation of stress.â ), # Right single quote ('â', One discerns, one discernsâ: Thus one is said to be ), # Right single quote ('â', discerning.â" ## Consciousness "), # Right single quote ('â', Consciousness, consciousnessâ: Thus is it said. To what extent, friend, is it said to be ), # Right single quote ('â', consciousnessâ?" "), # Right single quote ('â', It cognizes, it cognizesâ: Thus, friend, it is said to be ), # Right single quote ('â', consciousness.â And what does it cognize? It cognizes ), # Right single quote ('â', pleasant.â It cognizes ), # Right single quote ('â', painful.â It cognizes ), # Right single quote ('â', neither painful nor pleasant.â ), # Right single quote ('â', It cognizes, it cognizesâ: Thus it is said to be ), # Right single quote ('â', consciousness.â" "Discernment & consciousness, friend: Are these qualities conjoined or disjoined? Is it possible, having separated them one from the other, to delineate the difference between them?" "Discernment & consciousness are conjoined, friend, not disjoined. Itâs not possible, having separated them one from the other, to delineate the difference between them. For what one discerns, that one cognizes. What one cognizes, that one discerns. Therefore these qualities are conjoined, not disjoined, and it is not possible, having separated them one from another, to delineate the difference between them." "Discernment & consciousness, friend: What is the difference between these qualities that are conjoined, not disjoined?" "Discernment & consciousness, friend: Of these qualities that are conjoined, not disjoined, discernment is to be developed, consciousness is to be fully comprehended."1 ## Feeling "), # Right single quote ('â', Feeling, feelingâ: Thus is it said. To what ex