10. Enijangha Sutta
Discourse Beginning with the Words 'Enijangham'
Satti Vagga, Devata Samyutta, Sagatha Vagga Samyutta,
Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka

SOURCE: "FIVE SAMYUTTAS FROM SAGATHAVAGGA SAMYUTTA"
Translated by U Tin U (Myaung), Yangon
Edited by the Editorial Committee, Burma (Myanmar) Tipitaka Association, 1998
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Discourse Beginning with the Words 'Enijangham'

          30. (The deva said:)

          O Bhagava who has shanks well rounded like those of the antelope,
          who has a well-proportioned body,
          who is energetic, moderate in taking food,1 not self- indulgent
                    (regarding the use of the four requisites),
          who is like the lion or the tusker that roams alone,
          who disdains sensual pleasures, ---
          we have come to you to put this question:
          "How does one get release from dukkha?"

           (The Bhagava said:)

          "In this world the five sensual pleasures and the mind as the sixth factor have been made known.
          By divesting oneself of the desire for and attachment to these (i.e., the body and mind)
          one is released from dukkha."

End of the Enijangha Sutta,
the tenth in this vagga.


           1. Moderate in taking food: Abstaining from food after noon. This is a general discipline of the Samgha laid down and practised by the Buddha himself.


End of the Satti Vagga,
the third in this Samyutta.



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