Āsavapañhā Sutta

Jambhukhādaka:

“Friend Sāriputta, I hear people say:

‘The currents, the currents.’

What are these currents?”

Ven. Sāriputta:

There are these three currents, friend:

The current of the senses;

The current of identity;

The current of lacking discernment.[1]

Jambhukhādaka:

“But is there a path, a practice to let go of these currents?”[2]

Ven. Sāriputta: “There is, friend.”

Jambhukhādaka: “What is it?”

Ven. Sāriputta:

“The eight-spoked path of the awakened ones is

for letting go of these currents, that is:

Wise perspective,

wise intention,

wise speech,

wise action,

wise livelihood,

wise practice,

wise awareness,

wise meditation.”

Jambhukhādaka:

“It is an auspicious path,

an auspicious practice for the letting go of the currents.

And it is suitable for living mindfully.”[3]

[1] “Tayo me, āvuso, āsavā. Kāmāsavo, bhavāsavo, avijjāsavo

[2] “Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā etesaṁ āsavānaṁ pahānāyā”ti?

[3] “Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etesaṁ āsavānaṁ pahānāya. Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.