{"id":"an10.116","title":"With Ajita","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an10.116","title":"With Ajita","units":[{"id":"an10.116:0","sourceIds":["an10.116:0.1","an10.116:0.2","an10.116:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.116\n12. Paccorohaṇivagga\nAjitasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 10.116\n12. The Ceremony of Descent\nWith Ajita"}},{"id":"an10.116:1","sourceIds":["an10.116:1.1","an10.116:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho ajito paribbājako yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho ajito paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"Then the wanderer Ajita went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha,"}},{"id":"an10.116:2","sourceIds":["an10.116:2.1","an10.116:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Amhākaṁ, bho gotama, paṇḍito nāma sabrahmacārī.\nTena pañcamattāni cittaṭṭhānasatāni cintitāni, yehi aññatitthiyā upāraddhāva jānanti upāraddhasmā”ti.","en":"“Worthy Gotama, we have a spiritual companion called ‘Astute’.\nHe has worked out around five hundred arguments by which followers of other religions will know when they’ve been refuted.”"}},{"id":"an10.116:3","sourceIds":["an10.116:3.1","an10.116:3.2","an10.116:3.3","an10.116:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“dhāretha no tumhe, bhikkhave, paṇḍitavatthūnī”ti?\n“Etassa, bhagavā, kālo etassa, sugata, kālo\nyaṁ bhagavā bhāseyya, bhagavato sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantī”ti.","en":"Then the Buddha said to the mendicants,\n“Mendicants, do you remember this Astute’s points?”\n“Now is the time, Blessed One! Now is the time, Holy One!\nLet the Buddha speak and the mendicants will remember it.”"}},{"id":"an10.116:4","sourceIds":["an10.116:4.1","an10.116:4.2","an10.116:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tena hi, bhikkhave, suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"“Well then, mendicants, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"an10.116:5","sourceIds":["an10.116:5.1","an10.116:5.2","an10.116:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco adhammikena vādena adhammikaṁ vādaṁ abhiniggaṇhāti abhinippīḷeti, tena ca adhammikaṁ parisaṁ rañjeti.\nTena sā adhammikā parisā uccāsaddamahāsaddā hoti:\n‘paṇḍito vata bho, paṇḍito vata bho’ti.","en":"“Mendicants, take a certain someone who rebuts and quashes unprincipled statements with unprincipled statements. This delights an unprincipled assembly,\nwho make a colossal racket:\n‘He is truly astute! He is truly astute!’"}},{"id":"an10.116:6","sourceIds":["an10.116:6.1","an10.116:6.2","an10.116:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco adhammikena vādena dhammikaṁ vādaṁ abhiniggaṇhāti abhinippīḷeti, tena ca adhammikaṁ parisaṁ rañjeti.\nTena sā adhammikā parisā uccāsaddamahāsaddā hoti:\n‘paṇḍito vata bho, paṇḍito vata bho’ti.","en":"Someone else rebuts and quashes principled statements with unprincipled statements. This delights an unprincipled assembly,\nwho make a colossal racket:\n‘He is truly astute! He is truly astute!’"}},{"id":"an10.116:7","sourceIds":["an10.116:7.1","an10.116:7.2","an10.116:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco adhammikena vādena dhammikañca vādaṁ adhammikañca vādaṁ abhiniggaṇhāti abhinippīḷeti, tena ca adhammikaṁ parisaṁ rañjeti.\nTena sā adhammikā parisā uccāsaddamahāsaddā hoti:\n‘paṇḍito vata bho, paṇḍito vata bho’ti.","en":"Someone else rebuts and quashes principled and unprincipled statements with unprincipled statements. This delights an unprincipled assembly,\nwho make a colossal racket:\n‘He is truly astute! He is truly astute!’"}},{"id":"an10.116:8","sourceIds":["an10.116:8.1","an10.116:8.2","an10.116:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Adhammo ca, bhikkhave, veditabbo dhammo ca;\nanattho ca veditabbo attho ca.\nAdhammañca viditvā dhammañca, anatthañca viditvā atthañca yathā dhammo yathā attho tathā paṭipajjitabbaṁ.","en":"Mendicants, you should know bad principles and good principles.\nAnd you should know bad results and good results.\nKnowing these things, your practice should follow the good principles with good results."}},{"id":"an10.116:9","sourceIds":["an10.116:9.1","an10.116:9.2","an10.116:9.3","an10.116:9.4","an10.116:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, adhammo, katamo ca dhammo, katamo ca anattho, katamo ca attho?\nMicchādiṭṭhi, bhikkhave, adhammo;\nsammādiṭṭhi dhammo;\nye ca micchādiṭṭhipaccayā aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā sambhavanti, ayaṁ anattho;\nsammādiṭṭhipaccayā ca aneke kusalā dhammā bhāvanāpāripūriṁ gacchanti, ayaṁ attho.","en":"So what are bad principles? What are good principles? What are bad results? And what are good results?\nWrong view is a bad principle.\nRight view is a good principle.\nAnd the many bad, unskillful qualities produced by wrong view are bad results.\nAnd the many skillful qualities fully developed because of right view are good results."}},{"id":"an10.116:10","sourceIds":["an10.116:10.1","an10.116:10.2","an10.116:10.3","an10.116:10.4","an10.116:10.5","an10.116:10.6","an10.116:10.7","an10.116:10.8","an10.116:10.9","an10.116:10.10","an10.116:10.11","an10.116:10.12","an10.116:10.13","an10.116:10.14","an10.116:10.15","an10.116:10.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Micchāsaṅkappo, bhikkhave, adhammo;\nsammāsaṅkappo dhammo …\nmicchāvācā, bhikkhave, adhammo;\nsammāvācā dhammo …\nmicchākammanto, bhikkhave, adhammo;\nsammākammanto dhammo …\nmicchāājīvo, bhikkhave, adhammo;\nsammāājīvo dhammo …\nmicchāvāyāmo, bhikkhave, adhammo;\nsammāvāyāmo dhammo …\nmicchāsati, bhikkhave, adhammo;\nsammāsati dhammo …\nmicchāsamādhi, bhikkhave adhammo;\nsammāsamādhi dhammo …\nmicchāñāṇaṁ, bhikkhave, adhammo;\nsammāñāṇaṁ dhammo.","en":"Wrong purpose is a bad principle.\nRight purpose is a good principle. …\nWrong speech is a bad principle.\nRight speech is a good principle. …\nWrong action is a bad principle.\nRight action is a good principle. …\nWrong livelihood is a bad principle.\nRight livelihood is a good principle. …\nWrong effort is a bad principle.\nRight effort is a good principle. …\nWrong mindfulness is a bad principle.\nRight mindfulness is a good principle. …\nWrong immersion is a bad principle.\nRight immersion is a good principle. …\nWrong knowledge is a bad principle.\nRight knowledge is a good principle. …"}},{"id":"an10.116:11","sourceIds":["an10.116:11.1","an10.116:11.2","an10.116:11.3","an10.116:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Micchāvimutti, bhikkhave, adhammo;\nsammāvimutti dhammo;\nye ca micchāvimuttipaccayā aneke pāpakā akusalā dhammā sambhavanti, ayaṁ anattho;\nsammāvimuttipaccayā ca aneke kusalā dhammā bhāvanāpāripūriṁ gacchanti, ayaṁ attho.","en":"Wrong freedom is a bad principle.\nRight freedom is a good principle.\nAnd the many bad, unskillful qualities produced by wrong freedom are bad results.\nAnd the many skillful qualities fully developed because of right freedom are good results."}},{"id":"an10.116:12","sourceIds":["an10.116:12.1","an10.116:12.2","an10.116:12.3","an10.116:12.4","an10.116:12.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Adhammo ca, bhikkhave, veditabbo dhammo ca;\nanattho ca veditabbo attho ca.\nAdhammañca viditvā dhammañca, anatthañca viditvā atthañca yathā dhammo yathā attho tathā paṭipajjitabban’ti,\niti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ, idametaṁ paṭicca vuttan”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"‘You should know bad principles and good principles.\nAnd you should know bad results and good results.\nKnowing these things, your practice should follow the good principles with good results.’\nThat’s what I said, and this is why I said it.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.116/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}