{"id":"an10.46","title":"With the Sakyans","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an10.46","title":"With the Sakyans","units":[{"id":"an10.46:0","sourceIds":["an10.46:0.1","an10.46:0.2","an10.46:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.46\n5. Akkosavagga\nSakkasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 10.46\n5. Abuse\nWith the Sakyans"}},{"id":"an10.46:1","sourceIds":["an10.46:1.1","an10.46:1.2","an10.46:1.3","an10.46:1.4","an10.46:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṁ nigrodhārāme.\nAtha kho sambahulā sakkā upāsakā tadahuposathe yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinne kho sakke upāsake bhagavā etadavoca:\n“api nu tumhe, sakkā, aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgataṁ uposathaṁ upavasathā”ti?\n“Appekadā mayaṁ, bhante, aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgataṁ uposathaṁ upavasāma, appekadā na upavasāmā”ti.\n“Tesaṁ vo, sakkā, alābhā tesaṁ dulladdhaṁ, ye tumhe evaṁ sokasabhaye jīvite maraṇasabhaye jīvite appekadā aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgataṁ uposathaṁ upavasatha, appekadā na upavasatha.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, near Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Tree Monastery.\nThen on the sabbath several Sakyan lay followers went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. The Buddha said to them:\n“Sakyans, do you observe the sabbath with its eight factors?”\n“Sir, sometimes we do, sometimes we don’t.”\n“That’s your loss, Sakyans, it’s your misfortune. In this life with its fear of sorrow and death, you sometimes keep the sabbath and you sometimes don’t."}},{"id":"an10.46:2","sourceIds":["an10.46:2.1","an10.46:2.2","an10.46:2.3","an10.46:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, sakkā,\nidha puriso yena kenaci kammaṭṭhānena anāpajja akusalaṁ divasaṁ aḍḍhakahāpaṇaṁ nibbiseyya.\nDakkho puriso uṭṭhānasampannoti alaṁvacanāyā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.","en":"What do you think, Sakyans?\nTake a man who earns half a dollar for an honest day’s work.\nIs this enough to call him a deft and industrious man?”\n“Yes, sir.”"}},{"id":"an10.46:3","sourceIds":["an10.46:3.1","an10.46:3.2","an10.46:3.3","an10.46:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, sakkā,\nidha puriso yena kenaci kammaṭṭhānena anāpajja akusalaṁ divasaṁ kahāpaṇaṁ nibbiseyya.\nDakkho puriso uṭṭhānasampannoti alaṁvacanāyā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“What do you think, Sakyans?\nTake a man who earns a dollar for an honest day’s work.\nIs this enough to call him a deft and industrious man?”\n“Yes, sir.”"}},{"id":"an10.46:4","sourceIds":["an10.46:4.1","an10.46:4.2","an10.46:4.3","an10.46:4.4","an10.46:4.5","an10.46:4.6","an10.46:4.7","an10.46:4.8","an10.46:4.9","an10.46:4.10","an10.46:4.11","an10.46:4.12","an10.46:4.13","an10.46:4.14","an10.46:4.15","an10.46:4.16","an10.46:4.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, sakkā,\nidha puriso yena kenaci kammaṭṭhānena anāpajja akusalaṁ divasaṁ dve kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\ntayo kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\ncattāro kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\npañca kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\ncha kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\nsatta kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\naṭṭha kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\nnava kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\ndasa kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\nvīsa kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\ntiṁsa kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\ncattārīsaṁ kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\npaññāsaṁ kahāpaṇe nibbiseyya …\nkahāpaṇasataṁ nibbiseyya.\nDakkho puriso uṭṭhānasampannoti alaṁvacanāyā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“What do you think, Sakyans?\nTake a man who, for an honest day’s work, earns two dollars …\nthree dollars …\nfour dollars …\nfive dollars …\nsix dollars …\nseven dollars …\neight dollars …\nnine dollars …\nten dollars …\ntwenty dollars …\nthirty dollars …\nforty dollars …\nfifty dollars …\na hundred dollars.\nIs this enough to call him a deft and industrious man?”\n“Yes, sir.”"}},{"id":"an10.46:5","sourceIds":["an10.46:5.1","an10.46:5.2","an10.46:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, sakkā,\napi nu so puriso divase divase kahāpaṇasataṁ kahāpaṇasahassaṁ nibbisamāno laddhaṁ laddhaṁ nikkhipanto vassasatāyuko vassasatajīvī mahantaṁ bhogakkhandhaṁ adhigaccheyyā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.","en":"“What do you think, Sakyans?\nSuppose that man earned a hundred or a thousand dollars every day and saved it all up. If he lived for a hundred years, would he not accumulate a large mass of wealth?”\n“Yes, sir.”"}},{"id":"an10.46:6","sourceIds":["an10.46:6.1","an10.46:6.2","an10.46:6.3","an10.46:6.4","an10.46:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, sakkā,\napi nu so puriso bhogahetu bhoganidānaṁ bhogādhikaraṇaṁ ekaṁ vā rattiṁ ekaṁ vā divasaṁ upaḍḍhaṁ vā rattiṁ upaḍḍhaṁ vā divasaṁ ekantasukhappaṭisaṁvedī vihareyyā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Taṁ kissa hetu”?\n“Kāmā hi, bhante, aniccā tucchā musā mosadhammā”ti.","en":"“What do you think, Sakyans?\nWould that man, on account of that wealth, experience absolute happiness for a single day or night, or even half a day or night?”\n“No, sir.”\n“Why is that?”\n“Because sensual pleasures, sir, are impermanent, hollow, false, and deceptive.”"}},{"id":"an10.46:7","sourceIds":["an10.46:7.1","an10.46:7.2","an10.46:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha pana vo, sakkā, mama sāvako dasa vassāni appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto yathā mayānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamāno satampi vassāni satampi vassasatāni satampi vassasahassāni ekantasukhappaṭisaṁvedī vihareyya.\nSo ca khvassa sakadāgāmī vā anāgāmī vā apaṇṇakaṁ vā sotāpanno.\nTiṭṭhantu, sakkā, dasa vassāni.","en":"“But take one of my disciples who lives diligent, keen, and resolute for ten years, practicing in line with my instructions. They can experience absolute happiness for a hundred years, ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand years.\nAnd they could become a once-returner or a non-returner, or, as a sure bet, a stream-enterer.\nLet alone ten years,"}},{"id":"an10.46:8","sourceIds":["an10.46:8.1","an10.46:8.2","an10.46:8.3","an10.46:8.4","an10.46:8.5","an10.46:8.6","an10.46:8.7","an10.46:8.8","an10.46:8.9","an10.46:8.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha mama sāvako nava vassāni …\naṭṭha vassāni …\nsatta vassāni …\ncha vassāni …\npañca vassāni …\ncattāri vassāni …\ntīṇi vassāni …\ndve vassāni …\nekaṁ vassaṁ appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto yathā mayānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamāno satampi vassāni satampi vassasatāni satampi vassasahassāni ekantasukhappaṭisaṁvedī vihareyya, so ca khvassa sakadāgāmī vā anāgāmī vā apaṇṇakaṁ vā sotāpanno.\nTiṭṭhatu, sakkā, ekaṁ vassaṁ.","en":"take one of my disciples who lives diligent, keen, and resolute for nine years …\neight years …\nseven years …\nsix years …\nfive years …\nfour years …\nthree years …\ntwo years …\none year …"}},{"id":"an10.46:9","sourceIds":["an10.46:9.1","an10.46:9.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha mama sāvako dasa māse appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto yathā mayānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamāno satampi vassāni satampi vassasatāni satampi vassasahassāni ekantasukhappaṭisaṁvedī vihareyya, so ca khvassa sakadāgāmī vā anāgāmī vā apaṇṇakaṁ vā sotāpanno.\nTiṭṭhantu, sakkā, dasa māsā.","en":"ten months …"}},{"id":"an10.46:10","sourceIds":["an10.46:10.1","an10.46:10.2","an10.46:10.3","an10.46:10.4","an10.46:10.5","an10.46:10.6","an10.46:10.7","an10.46:10.8","an10.46:10.9","an10.46:10.10","an10.46:10.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha mama sāvako nava māse …\naṭṭha māse …\nsatta māse …\ncha māse …\npañca māse …\ncattāro māse …\ntayo māse …\ndve māse …\nekaṁ māsaṁ …\naḍḍhamāsaṁ appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto yathā mayānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamāno satampi vassāni satampi vassasatāni satampi vassasahassāni ekantasukhappaṭisaṁvedī vihareyya, so ca khvassa sakadāgāmī vā anāgāmī vā apaṇṇakaṁ vā sotāpanno.\nTiṭṭhatu, sakkā, aḍḍhamāso.","en":"nine months …\neight months …\nseven months …\nsix months …\nfive months …\nfour months …\nthree months …\ntwo months …\none month …\na fortnight …"}},{"id":"an10.46:11","sourceIds":["an10.46:11.1","an10.46:11.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha mama sāvako dasa rattindive appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto yathā mayānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamāno satampi vassāni satampi vassasatāni satampi vassasahassāni ekantasukhappaṭisaṁvedī vihareyya, so ca khvassa sakadāgāmī vā anāgāmī vā apaṇṇakaṁ vā sotāpanno.\nTiṭṭhantu, sakkā, dasa rattindivā.","en":"ten days …"}},{"id":"an10.46:12","sourceIds":["an10.46:12.1","an10.46:12.2","an10.46:12.3","an10.46:12.4","an10.46:12.5","an10.46:12.6","an10.46:12.7","an10.46:12.8","an10.46:12.9","an10.46:12.10","an10.46:12.11","an10.46:12.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha mama sāvako nava rattindive …\naṭṭha rattindive …\nsatta rattindive …\ncha rattindive …\npañca rattindive …\ncattāro rattindive …\ntayo rattindive …\ndve rattindive …\nekaṁ rattindivaṁ appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto yathā mayānusiṭṭhaṁ tathā paṭipajjamāno satampi vassāni satampi vassasatāni satampi vassasahassāni ekantasukhappaṭisaṁvedī vihareyya, so ca khvassa sakadāgāmī vā anāgāmī vā apaṇṇakaṁ vā sotāpanno.\nTesaṁ vo, sakkā, alābhā tesaṁ dulladdhaṁ, ye tumhe evaṁ sokasabhaye jīvite maraṇasabhaye jīvite appekadā aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgataṁ uposathaṁ upavasatha, appekadā na upavasathā”ti.\n“Ete mayaṁ, bhante, ajjatagge aṭṭhaṅgasamannāgataṁ uposathaṁ upavasissāmā”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"nine days …\neight days …\nseven days …\nsix days …\nfive days …\nfour days …\nthree days …\ntwo days …\nLet alone two days, take one of my disciples who lives diligent, keen, and resolute for one day, practicing in line with my instructions. They can experience absolute happiness for a hundred years, ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand years. And they could become a once-returner or a non-returner, or, as a sure bet, a stream-enterer.\nIt’s your loss, Sakyans, it’s your misfortune. In this life with its fear of sorrow and death, you sometimes keep the sabbath and you sometimes don’t.”\n“Well, sir, from this day forth we will observe the sabbath with its eight factors.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an10.46/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."}