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Iti 51Elements

Pāli / Sanskrit:Dhātusutta

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Summary

Three properties: form, formlessness, cessation.

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Full translation (English)

– So It Was Said 51

The Book of the Threes Chapter One Elements

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Mendicants, there are these three elements. What three? The elements of form, formlessness, and cessation. These are the three elements.”

The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

“Comprehending the element of form,not stuck in the formless,those who are released in cessation,they are conquerors of death.Having directly experienced the element free of death,free of attachments;having realised relinquishmentof attachments, the undefiledfully awakened Buddha teachesthe sorrowless, stainless state.”

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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