{"id":"an11.10","title":"At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an11.10","title":"At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground","units":[{"id":"an11.10:0","sourceIds":["an11.10:0.1","an11.10:0.2","an11.10:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 11.10\n1. Nissayavagga\nMoranivāpasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 11.10\n1. Dependence\nAt the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground"}},{"id":"an11.10:1","sourceIds":["an11.10:1.1","an11.10:1.2","an11.10:1.3","an11.10:1.4","an11.10:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati moranivāpe paribbājakārāme.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, at the monastery for the wanderers in the peacocks’ feeding ground.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"an11.10:2","sourceIds":["an11.10:2.1","an11.10:2.2","an11.10:2.3","an11.10:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nAsekhena sīlakkhandhena, asekhena samādhikkhandhena, asekhena paññākkhandhena—\nimehi, kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, a mendicant with three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.\nWhat three?\nThe entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics, immersion, and wisdom.\nA mendicant with these three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans."}},{"id":"an11.10:3","sourceIds":["an11.10:3.1","an11.10:3.2","an11.10:3.3","an11.10:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aparehipi, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nIddhipāṭihāriyena, ādesanāpāṭihāriyena, anusāsanīpāṭihāriyena—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti, accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.","en":"A mendicant with another three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.\nWhat three?\nA demonstration of psychic power, a demonstration of revealing, and a demonstration of instruction.\nA mendicant with these three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans."}},{"id":"an11.10:4","sourceIds":["an11.10:4.1","an11.10:4.2","an11.10:4.3","an11.10:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aparehipi, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nSammādiṭṭhiyā, sammāñāṇena, sammāvimuttiyā—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.","en":"A mendicant with another three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.\nWhat three?\nRight view, right knowledge, and right freedom.\nA mendicant with these three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans."}},{"id":"an11.10:5","sourceIds":["an11.10:5.1","an11.10:5.2","an11.10:5.3","an11.10:5.4","an11.10:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.\nKatamehi dvīhi?\nVijjāya, caraṇena—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, dvīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.\nBrahmunā pesā, bhikkhave, sanaṅkumārena gāthā bhāsitā:","en":"A mendicant who has two qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.\nWhat two?\nKnowledge and conduct.\nA mendicant with these two qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.\nThe divinity Sanaṅkumāra also spoke this verse:"}},{"id":"an11.10:6","sourceIds":["an11.10:6.1","an11.10:6.2","an11.10:6.3","an11.10:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Khattiyo seṭṭho janetasmiṁ,\nye gottapaṭisārino;\nVijjācaraṇasampanno,\nso seṭṭho devamānuse’ti.","en":"‘The aristocrat is best among people\nwho take clan as the standard.\nBut one accomplished in knowledge and conduct\nis first among gods and humans.’"}},{"id":"an11.10:7","sourceIds":["an11.10:7.1","an11.10:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sā kho panesā, bhikkhave, sanaṅkumārena gāthā bhāsitā subhāsitā, no dubbhāsitā; atthasaṁhitā, no anatthasaṁhitā; anumatā mayā.\nAhampi, bhikkhave, evaṁ vadāmi:","en":"Now, that verse spoken by the divinity Sanaṅkumāra is well spoken, not poorly spoken. It’s beneficial, not pointless, and I agree with it.\nI also say:"}},{"id":"an11.10:8","sourceIds":["an11.10:8.1","an11.10:8.2","an11.10:8.3","an11.10:8.4","an11.10:8.5","an11.10:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Khattiyo seṭṭho janetasmiṁ,\nye gottapaṭisārino;\nVijjācaraṇasampanno,\nso seṭṭho devamānuse’”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nNissayavaggo paṭhamo.","en":"‘The aristocrat is best among people\nwho take clan as the standard.\nBut one accomplished in knowledge and conduct\nis first among gods and humans.’”"}},{"id":"an11.10:9","sourceIds":["an11.10:9.0","an11.10:9.1","an11.10:9.2","an11.10:9.3","an11.10:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nKimatthiyā cetanā tayo,\nupanisā byasanena ca;\nDve saññā manasikāro,\nsaddho moranivāpakanti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an11.10/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."}