Vadetasūtra
vadeta bhikṣus tīrṇā me kāṃkṣā vigatā me kathaṃkathā | atrocchinno me dṛṣṭiśalyaḥ | So Ed.: namety utāvartate; cf. SWTF s.v. pratyudāvṛt na me pratyudāvartate mānasaṃ paritasyam upādāya | kathaṃ syād dhi me ātmā |
tasya bhikṣor dhārmyāṃ kathāyāṃ kathyamānāyām āryāyāṃ lokottarāyāṃ
yad utāsmin satīdaṃ bhavaty asyotpādād idam utpadyate |
yad utāvidyāpratyayāḥ saṃskārāḥ pūrvavad yāvat samudayo nirodhaś ca bhavati |
ity evaṃrūpāyāṃ kathāyāṃ kathyamānāyāṃ bhavati kāṃkṣā bhavati vicikitsā aprapte prāptasaṃjñy anadhigate ’dhigatasaṃjñy asākṣākṛte sākṣākṛtasaṃjñī duḥkhī durmanā vipratisārī vihanyate vigatam āpadyate |
tat kasmād dhetoḥ | gaṃbhīram idaṃ sthānaṃ yad uta idaṃpratyayatā pratītyasamutpādaḥ | idam api sudurdarśataraṃ padaṃ yad uta sarvopadhipratiniḥsargas tṛṣṇākṣayo virāgo nirodho nirvāṇam |
dvayam idaṃ saṃskṛtañ cāsaṃskṛtañ ca | tatra saṃskṛtasyotpādo ’pi prajñāyate vyayo ’pi sthityanyathātvam api | asaṃskṛtasya naivotpādaḥ prajñāyate na vyayo na sthityanyathātvam |
iti hi bhikṣavo duḥkhāḥ saṃskārāḥ | śāntaṃ nirvāṇam | hetusamudayād duḥkhasamudayaḥ | hetunirodhād duḥkhanirodhaḥ | chinnaṃ vartma na pravartate | apratisandhi nirudhyate | eṣa evānto duḥkhasya |
tatra bhikṣavaḥ kaḥ parinirvṛtaḥ anyatra yad duḥkhaṃ tan niruddhaṃ tad vyupaśāntaṃ tac chītībhūtaṃ tad astaṃgatam | śāntam idaṃ padaṃ yad uta sarvopadhipratiniḥsargas tṛṣṇākṣayo virāgo nirodho nirvāṇam ||