{"id":"an2.32-41","title":"The Chapter on the Peaceful Mind","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an2.32-41","title":"The Chapter on the Peaceful Mind","units":[{"id":"an2.32:0","sourceIds":["an2.32:0.1","an2.32:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 2\n4. Samacittavagga","en":"Numbered Discourses 2.32–41\nThe Chapter on the Peaceful Mind"}},{"id":"an2.32:1","sourceIds":["an2.32:1.0","an2.32:1.1","an2.32:1.2","an2.32:1.3","an2.32:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"32\n“Asappurisabhūmiñca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi sappurisabhūmiñca.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha. bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"32\n“Mendicants, I will teach you the level of the untrue person and the level of the true person.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"an2.32:2","sourceIds":["an2.32:2.1","an2.32:2.2","an2.32:2.3","an2.32:2.4","an2.32:2.5","an2.32:2.6","an2.32:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamā ca, bhikkhave, asappurisabhūmi?\nAsappuriso, bhikkhave, akataññū hoti akatavedī.\nAsabbhi hetaṁ, bhikkhave, upaññātaṁ yadidaṁ akataññutā akataveditā.\nKevalā esā, bhikkhave, asappurisabhūmi yadidaṁ akataññutā akataveditā. (…)\nSappuriso ca kho, bhikkhave, kataññū hoti katavedī.\nSabbhi hetaṁ, bhikkhave, upaññātaṁ yadidaṁ kataññutā kataveditā.\nKevalā esā, bhikkhave, sappurisabhūmi yadidaṁ kataññutā kataveditā”ti.","en":"“What is the level of the untrue person?\nThe untrue person is ungrateful and thankless,\nfor the wicked only know how to be ungrateful and thankless.\nIt is totally the level of an untrue person to be ungrateful and thankless.\nThe true person is grateful and thankful,\nfor the virtuous only know how to be grateful and thankful.\nIt is totally the level of a true person to be grateful and thankful.”"}},{"id":"an2.33:1","sourceIds":["an2.33:1.0","an2.33:1.1","an2.33:1.2","an2.33:1.3","an2.33:1.4","an2.33:1.5","an2.33:1.6","an2.33:1.7","an2.33:1.8","an2.33:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"33\n“Dvinnāhaṁ, bhikkhave, na suppatikāraṁ vadāmi.\nKatamesaṁ dvinnaṁ?\nMātu ca pitu ca.\nEkena, bhikkhave, aṁsena mātaraṁ parihareyya, ekena aṁsena pitaraṁ parihareyya vassasatāyuko vassasatajīvī so ca nesaṁ ucchādanaparimaddananhāpanasambāhanena.\nTe ca tattheva muttakarīsaṁ cajeyyuṁ, na tveva, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ kataṁ vā hoti paṭikataṁ vā.\nImissā ca, bhikkhave, mahāpathaviyā pahūtarattaratanāya mātāpitaro issarādhipacce rajje patiṭṭhāpeyya, na tveva, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ kataṁ vā hoti paṭikataṁ vā.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nBahukārā, bhikkhave, mātāpitaro puttānaṁ āpādakā posakā imassa lokassa dassetāro.\nYo ca kho, bhikkhave, mātāpitaro assaddhe saddhāsampadāya samādapeti niveseti patiṭṭhāpeti, dussīle sīlasampadāya samādapeti niveseti patiṭṭhāpeti, maccharī cāgasampadāya samādapeti niveseti patiṭṭhāpeti, duppaññe paññāsampadāya samādapeti niveseti patiṭṭhāpeti, ettāvatā kho, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṁ katañca hoti paṭikatañcā”ti.","en":"33\n“Mendicants, I say that these two individuals cannot easily be repaid.\nWhat two?\nMother and father.\nYou would not have done enough to repay your mother and father even if you were to carry your mother around on one shoulder and your father on the other, and if you lived like this for a hundred years, and if you were to anoint, massage, bathe, and rub them;\nand even if they were to defecate and urinate right there.\nEven if you were to establish your mother and father as supreme monarchs of this great earth, abounding in the seven treasures, you would still not have done enough to repay them.\nWhy is that?\nParents are very helpful to their children: they raise them, nurture them, and show them the world.\nBut you have done enough, more than enough, to repay them if you encourage, settle, and ground unfaithful parents in faith, unethical parents in ethical conduct, stingy parents in generosity, or ignorant parents in wisdom.”"}},{"id":"an2.34:1","sourceIds":["an2.34:1.0","an2.34:1.1","an2.34:1.2","an2.34:1.3","an2.34:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"34\nAtha kho aññataro brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kiṁvādī bhavaṁ gotamo kimakkhāyī”ti?\n“Kiriyavādī cāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, akiriyavādī cā”ti.\n“Yathākathaṁ pana bhavaṁ gotamo kiriyavādī ca akiriyavādī cā”ti?","en":"34\nThen a certain brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha,\n“What does the worthy Gotama teach? What does he explain?”\n“Brahmin, I teach action and inaction.”\n“But in what way does the worthy Gotama teach action and inaction?”"}},{"id":"an2.34:2","sourceIds":["an2.34:2.1","an2.34:2.2","an2.34:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Akiriyaṁ kho ahaṁ, brāhmaṇa, vadāmi kāyaduccaritassa vacīduccaritassa manoduccaritassa, anekavihitānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ akiriyaṁ vadāmi.\nKiriyañca kho ahaṁ, brāhmaṇa, vadāmi kāyasucaritassa vacīsucaritassa manosucaritassa, anekavihitānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ kiriyaṁ vadāmi.\nEvaṁ kho ahaṁ, brāhmaṇa, kiriyavādī ca akiriyavādī cā”ti.","en":"“I teach inaction regarding bad bodily, verbal, and mental conduct, and the many kinds of unskillful things.\nI teach action regarding good bodily, verbal, and mental conduct, and the many kinds of skillful things.\nThis is the kind of action and inaction that I teach.”"}},{"id":"an2.34:3","sourceIds":["an2.34:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe… upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.","en":"“Excellent, worthy Gotama! … From this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}},{"id":"an2.35:1","sourceIds":["an2.35:1.0","an2.35:1.1","an2.35:1.2","an2.35:1.3","an2.35:1.4","an2.35:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"35\nAtha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kati nu kho, bhante, loke dakkhiṇeyyā, kattha ca dānaṁ dātabban”ti?\n“Dve kho, gahapati, loke dakkhiṇeyyā—\nsekho ca asekho ca.\nIme kho, gahapati, dve loke dakkhiṇeyyā, ettha ca dānaṁ dātabban”ti.","en":"35\nThen the householder Anāthapiṇḍika went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,\n“How many in the world are worthy of a religious donation? And where should a gift be given?”\n“Householder, there are two in the world who are worthy of a religious donation:\nthe trainee and the adept.\nThese two in the world are worthy of a religious donation, and that’s where you should give a gift.”"}},{"id":"an2.35:2","sourceIds":["an2.35:2.1","an2.35:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca bhagavā.\nIdaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"That is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"an2.35:3","sourceIds":["an2.35:3.1","an2.35:3.2","an2.35:3.3","an2.35:3.4","an2.35:3.5","an2.35:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sekho asekho ca imasmiṁ loke,\nĀhuneyyā yajamānānaṁ honti;\nTe ujjubhūtā kāyena,\nVācāya uda cetasā;\nKhettaṁ taṁ yajamānānaṁ,\nEttha dinnaṁ mahapphalan”ti.","en":"“In this world, the trainee and the adept,\nare worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods.\nThey are sincere in body,\nspeech, and mind.\nThis is the field for sponsors of sacrifice—\nwhat’s given here is very fruitful.”"}},{"id":"an2.36:1","sourceIds":["an2.36:1.0","an2.36:1.1","an2.36:1.2","an2.36:1.3","an2.36:1.4","an2.36:1.5","an2.36:1.6","an2.36:1.7","an2.36:1.8","an2.36:1.9","an2.36:1.10","an2.36:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"36\nEvaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena āyasmā sāriputto sāvatthiyaṁ viharati pubbārāme migāramātupāsāde.\nTatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“āvuso bhikkhave”ti.\n“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.\nĀyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:\n“ajjhattasaṁyojanañca, āvuso, puggalaṁ desessāmi bahiddhāsaṁyojanañca.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evamāvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.\nĀyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:","en":"36\nSo I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow at that time Venerable Sāriputta was staying near Sāvatthī in the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother in the Eastern Monastery.\nThere Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:\n“Reverends, mendicants!”\n“Reverend,” they replied.\nSāriputta said this:\n“I will teach you about an individual fettered internally and one fettered externally.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, reverend,” they replied.\nSāriputta said this:"}},{"id":"an2.36:2","sourceIds":["an2.36:2.1","an2.36:2.2","an2.36:2.3","an2.36:2.4","an2.36:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo cāvuso, ajjhattasaṁyojano puggalo?\nIdhāvuso, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti, pātimokkhasaṁvarasaṁvuto viharati ācāragocarasampanno, aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu.\nSo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aññataraṁ devanikāyaṁ upapajjati.\nSo tato cuto āgāmī hoti, āgantā itthattaṁ.\nAyaṁ vuccati, āvuso, ajjhattasaṁyojano puggalo āgāmī hoti, āgantā itthattaṁ.","en":"“Who is an individual fettered internally?\nIt’s a mendicant who is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in one of the orders of gods.\nWhen they pass away from there, they’re a returner, who comes back to this place.\nThis is called an individual who is fettered internally, a returner, who comes back to this place."}},{"id":"an2.36:3","sourceIds":["an2.36:3.1","an2.36:3.2","an2.36:3.3","an2.36:3.4","an2.36:3.5","an2.36:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo cāvuso, bahiddhāsaṁyojano puggalo?\nIdhāvuso, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti, pātimokkhasaṁvarasaṁvuto viharati ācāragocarasampanno, aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu.\nSo aññataraṁ santaṁ cetovimuttiṁ upasampajja viharati.\nSo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aññataraṁ devanikāyaṁ upapajjati.\nSo tato cuto anāgāmī hoti, anāgantā itthattaṁ.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, bahiddhāsaṁyojano puggalo anāgāmī hoti, anāgantā itthattaṁ.","en":"Who is an individual fettered externally?\nIt’s a mendicant who is ethical, restrained in the monastic code, conducting themselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.\nThey enter and remain in a certain peaceful state of freed mind.\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in one of the orders of gods.\nWhen they pass away from there, they’re a non-returner, not coming back to this place.\nThis is called an individual who is fettered externally, a non-returner, who does not come back to this place."}},{"id":"an2.36:4","sourceIds":["an2.36:4.1","an2.36:4.2","an2.36:4.3","an2.36:4.4","an2.36:4.5","an2.36:4.6","an2.36:4.7","an2.36:4.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, āvuso, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti …pe… samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu.\nSo kāmānaṁyeva nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti.\nSo bhavānaṁyeva nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti.\nSo taṇhākkhayāya paṭipanno hoti.\nSo lobhakkhayāya paṭipanno hoti.\nSo kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā aññataraṁ devanikāyaṁ upapajjati.\nSo tato cuto anāgāmī hoti, anāgantā itthattaṁ.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, bahiddhāsaṁyojano puggalo anāgāmī hoti, anāgantā itthattan”ti.","en":"Furthermore, a mendicant is ethical … they keep the rules they’ve undertaken.\nThey simply practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding sensual pleasures.\nThey simply practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding future lives.\nThey practice for the ending of craving.\nThey practice for the ending of greed.\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, they are reborn in one of the orders of gods.\nWhen they pass away from there, they are non-returners, not coming back to this place.\nThis is called an individual who is fettered externally, a non-returner, who does not come back to this place.”"}},{"id":"an2.36:5","sourceIds":["an2.36:5.1","an2.36:5.2","an2.36:5.3","an2.36:5.4","an2.36:5.5","an2.36:5.6","an2.36:5.7","an2.36:5.8","an2.36:5.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sambahulā samacittā devatā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho tā devatā bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“eso, bhante, āyasmā sāriputto pubbārāme migāramātupāsāde bhikkhūnaṁ ajjhattasaṁyojanañca puggalaṁ deseti bahiddhāsaṁyojanañca.\nHaṭṭhā, bhante, parisā.\nSādhu, bhante, bhagavā yenāyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṁ upādāyā”ti.\nAdhivāsesi bhagavā tuṇhībhāvena.\nAtha kho bhagavā—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evamevaṁ—jetavane antarahito pubbārāme migāramātupāsāde āyasmato sāriputtassa sammukhe pāturahosi.\nNisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane.\nĀyasmāpi kho sāriputto bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nEkamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:","en":"Then several peaceful-minded deities went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, Venerable Sāriputta is in the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother in the Eastern Monastery, where he is teaching the mendicants about an individual with internal fetters and one with external fetters.\nThe assembly is overjoyed!\nSir, please go to Venerable Sāriputta out of sympathy.”\nThe Buddha consented with silence.\nThen the Buddha, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, vanished from Jeta’s Grove and reappeared in the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother in the Eastern Monastery, in front of Sāriputta.\nHe sat down on the seat spread out.\nSāriputta bowed to the Buddha and sat down to one side.\nThe Buddha said to him:"}},{"id":"an2.36:6","sourceIds":["an2.36:6.1","an2.36:6.2","an2.36:6.3","an2.36:6.4","an2.36:6.5","an2.36:6.6","an2.36:6.7","an2.36:6.8","an2.36:6.9","an2.36:6.10","an2.36:6.11","an2.36:6.12","an2.36:6.13","an2.36:6.14","an2.36:6.15","an2.36:6.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha, sāriputta, sambahulā samacittā devatā yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho, sāriputta, tā devatā maṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘eso, bhante, āyasmā sāriputto pubbārāme migāramātupāsāde bhikkhūnaṁ ajjhattasaṁyojanañca puggalaṁ deseti bahiddhāsaṁyojanañca.\nHaṭṭhā, bhante, parisā.\nSādhu, bhante, bhagavā yena āyasmā sāriputto tenupasaṅkamatu anukampaṁ upādāyā’ti.\nTā kho pana, sāriputta, devatā dasapi hutvā vīsampi hutvā tiṁsampi hutvā cattālīsampi hutvā paññāsampi hutvā saṭṭhipi hutvā āraggakoṭinitudanamattepi tiṭṭhanti, na ca aññamaññaṁ byābādhenti.\nSiyā kho pana, sāriputta, evamassa:\n‘tattha nūna tāsaṁ devatānaṁ tathā cittaṁ bhāvitaṁ yena tā devatā dasapi hutvā vīsampi hutvā tiṁsampi hutvā cattālīsampi hutvā paññāsampi hutvā saṭṭhipi hutvā āraggakoṭinitudanamattepi tiṭṭhanti na ca aññamaññaṁ byābādhentī’ti.\nNa kho panetaṁ, sāriputta, evaṁ daṭṭhabbaṁ.\nIdheva kho, sāriputta, tāsaṁ devatānaṁ tathā cittaṁ bhāvitaṁ, yena tā devatā dasapi hutvā …pe… na ca aññamaññaṁ byābādhenti.\nTasmātiha, sāriputta, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘santindriyā bhavissāma santamānasā’ti.\nEvañhi vo, sāriputta, sikkhitabbaṁ.\n‘Santindriyānañhi vo, sāriputta, santamānasānaṁ santaṁyeva kāyakammaṁ bhavissati santaṁ vacīkammaṁ santaṁ manokammaṁ.\nSantaṁyeva upahāraṁ upaharissāma sabrahmacārīsū’ti.\n‘Evañhi vo, sāriputta, sikkhitabbaṁ.\nAnassuṁ kho, sāriputta, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā ye imaṁ dhammapariyāyaṁ nāssosun’”ti.","en":"“Just now, Sāriputta, several peaceful-minded deities came up to me, bowed, and stood to one side. Those deities said to me:\n‘Sir, Venerable Sāriputta is in the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother in the Eastern Monastery, where he is teaching the mendicants about an individual with internal fetters and one with external fetters.\nThe assembly is overjoyed!\nSir, please go to Venerable Sāriputta out of sympathy.’\nThose deities, though they number ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, or sixty, can stand on the point of a needle without bumping up against each other.\nSāriputta, you might think:\n‘Surely those deities, since so many of them can stand on the point of a needle without bumping up against each other, must have developed their minds in that place.’\nBut you should not see it like this.\nIt was right here that those deities developed their minds.\nSo you should train like this:\n‘We shall have peaceful faculties and peaceful minds.’\nThat’s how you should train.\nWhen your faculties and mind are peaceful, your acts of body, speech, and mind will be peaceful, thinking:\n‘We shall present the gift of peace to our spiritual companions.’\nThat’s how you should train.\nThose wanderers of other religions, Sāriputta, who have not heard this exposition of the teaching are lost.”"}},{"id":"an2.37:1","sourceIds":["an2.37:1.0","an2.37:1.1","an2.37:1.2","an2.37:1.3","an2.37:1.4","an2.37:1.5","an2.37:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"37\nEvaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā mahākaccāno varaṇāyaṁ viharati bhaddasāritīre.\nAtha kho ārāmadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā mahākaccānena saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho ārāmadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṁ mahākaccānaṁ etadavoca:\n“ko nu kho, bho kaccāna, hetu ko paccayo yena khattiyāpi khattiyehi vivadanti, brāhmaṇāpi brāhmaṇehi vivadanti, gahapatikāpi gahapatikehi vivadantī”ti?\n“Kāmarāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānahetu kho, brāhmaṇa, khattiyāpi khattiyehi vivadanti, brāhmaṇāpi brāhmaṇehi vivadanti, gahapatikāpi gahapatikehi vivadantī”ti.","en":"37\nSo I have heard.\nAt one time Venerable Mahākaccāna was staying at Varaṇā, on the bank of the Kaddama Lake.\nThen the brahmin Ārāmadaṇḍa went up to Mahākaccāna, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Mahākaccāna:\n“What is the cause, worthy Kaccāna, what is the reason why aristocrats fight with aristocrats, brahmins fight with brahmins, and householders fight with householders?”\n“It is because of their insistence on sensual desire, their shackles, avarice, and attachment, that aristocrats fight with aristocrats, brahmins fight with brahmins, and householders fight with householders.”"}},{"id":"an2.37:2","sourceIds":["an2.37:2.1","an2.37:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ko pana, bho kaccāna, hetu ko paccayo yena samaṇāpi samaṇehi vivadantī”ti?\n“Diṭṭhirāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānahetu kho, brāhmaṇa, samaṇāpi samaṇehi vivadantī”ti.","en":"“What is the cause, worthy Kaccāna, what is the reason why ascetics fight with ascetics?”\n“It is because of their insistence on views, their shackles, avarice, and attachment, that ascetics fight with ascetics.”"}},{"id":"an2.37:3","sourceIds":["an2.37:3.1","an2.37:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthi pana, bho kaccāna, koci lokasmiṁ yo imañceva kāmarāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto”ti?\n“Atthi, brāhmaṇa, lokasmiṁ yo imañceva kāmarāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto”ti.","en":"“Worthy Kaccāna, is there anyone in the world who has gone beyond the insistence on sensual desire and the insistence on views?”\n“There is, brahmin.”"}},{"id":"an2.37:4","sourceIds":["an2.37:4.1","an2.37:4.2","an2.37:4.3","an2.37:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ko pana so, bho kaccāna, lokasmiṁ yo imañceva kāmarāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto”ti?\n“Atthi, brāhmaṇa, puratthimesu janapadesu sāvatthī nāma nagaraṁ.\nTattha so bhagavā etarahi viharati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho.\nSo hi, brāhmaṇa, bhagavā imañceva kāmarāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto”ti.","en":"“Who in the world has gone beyond the insistence on sensual desire and the insistence on views?”\n“In the eastern lands there is a city named Sāvatthī.\nThere the Blessed One is now staying, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.\nHe, brahmin, has gone beyond the insistence on sensual desire and the insistence on views.”"}},{"id":"an2.37:5","sourceIds":["an2.37:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, ārāmadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā dakkhiṇaṁ jāṇumaṇḍalaṁ pathaviyaṁ nihantvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā tikkhattuṁ udānaṁ udānesi:","en":"When this was said, the brahmin Ārāmadaṇḍa rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, knelt on his right knee, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and expressed this heartfelt sentiment three times:"}},{"id":"an2.37:6","sourceIds":["an2.37:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.","en":"“Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!"}},{"id":"an2.37:7","sourceIds":["an2.37:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.","en":"Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!"}},{"id":"an2.37:8","sourceIds":["an2.37:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.","en":"Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!"}},{"id":"an2.37:9","sourceIds":["an2.37:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo hi so bhagavā imañceva kāmarāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto, imañca diṭṭhirāgābhinivesavinibandhapaligedhapariyuṭṭhānajjhosānaṁ samatikkanto”ti.","en":"He who has gone beyond the insistence on sensual desire and the insistence on views."}},{"id":"an2.37:10","sourceIds":["an2.37:10.1","an2.37:10.2","an2.37:10.3","an2.37:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Abhikkantaṁ, bho kaccāna, abhikkantaṁ, bho kaccāna.\nSeyyathāpi, bho kaccāna, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya; andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṁ bhotā kaccānena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.\nEsāhaṁ, bho kaccāna, taṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nUpāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ kaccāno dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.","en":"Excellent, worthy Kaccāna! Excellent!\nAs if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, the worthy Kaccāna has made the teaching clear in many ways.\nI go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.\nFrom this day forth, may the worthy Kaccāna remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}},{"id":"an2.38:1","sourceIds":["an2.38:1.0","an2.38:1.1","an2.38:1.2","an2.38:1.3","an2.38:1.4","an2.38:1.5","an2.38:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"38\nEkaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā mahākaccāno madhurāyaṁ viharati gundāvane.\nAtha kho kandarāyano brāhmaṇo yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā mahākaccānena saddhiṁ …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho kandarāyano brāhmaṇo āyasmantaṁ mahākaccānaṁ etadavoca:\n“sutaṁ metaṁ, bho kaccāna, ‘na samaṇo kaccāno brāhmaṇe jiṇṇe vuddhe mahallake addhagate vayoanuppatte abhivādeti vā paccuṭṭheti vā āsanena vā nimantetī’ti.\nTayidaṁ, bho kaccāna, tatheva?\nNa hi bhavaṁ kaccāno brāhmaṇe jiṇṇe vuddhe mahallake addhagate vayoanuppatte abhivādeti vā paccuṭṭheti vā āsanena vā nimanteti.\nTayidaṁ, bho kaccāna, na sampannamevā”ti.","en":"38\nAt one time Venerable Mahākaccāna was staying near Madhurā in the Nut Grass Grove.\nThen the brahmin Kandarāyana went up to Mahākaccāna, and exchanged greetings with him … He sat down to one side and said to Mahākaccāna:\n“I have heard, worthy Kaccāna, that the ascetic Kaccāna doesn’t bow to old brahmins, the elderly and senior, who are advanced in years and have reached the final stage of life; nor does he rise in their presence or offer them a seat.\nAnd this is indeed the case,\nfor the ascetic Kaccāna does not bow to old brahmins, elderly and senior, who are advanced in years and have reached the final stage of life; nor does he rise in their presence or offer them a seat.\nThis is not appropriate, worthy Kaccāna.”"}},{"id":"an2.38:2","sourceIds":["an2.38:2.1","an2.38:2.2","an2.38:2.3","an2.38:2.4","an2.38:2.5","an2.38:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthi, brāhmaṇa, tena bhagavatā jānatā passatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena vuddhabhūmi ca akkhātā daharabhūmi ca.\nVuddho cepi, brāhmaṇa, hoti āsītiko vā nāvutiko vā vassasatiko vā jātiyā, so ca kāme paribhuñjati kāmamajjhāvasati kāmapariḷāhena pariḍayhati kāmavitakkehi khajjati kāmapariyesanāya ussuko.\nAtha kho so bālo na therotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchati.\nDaharo cepi, brāhmaṇa, hoti yuvā susukāḷakeso bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato paṭhamena vayasā.\nSo ca na kāme paribhuñjati na kāmamajjhāvasati, na kāmapariḷāhena pariḍayhati, na kāmavitakkehi khajjati, na kāmapariyesanāya ussuko.\nAtha kho so paṇḍito therotveva saṅkhyaṁ gacchatī”ti.","en":"“There is the stage of an elder and the stage of youth as explained by the Blessed One, who knows and sees, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.\nIf an elder, though eighty, ninety, or a hundred years old, still dwells in the midst of sensual pleasures, enjoying them, consumed by thoughts of them, burning with fever for them, and eagerly seeking more,\nthey are reckoned as a child, not a senior.\nIf a youth, young, with pristine black hair, blessed with youth, in the prime of life,\ndoes not dwell in the midst of sensual pleasures, enjoying them, consumed by thoughts of them, burning with fever for them, and eagerly seeking more,\nthey are reckoned as astute, a senior.”"}},{"id":"an2.38:3","sourceIds":["an2.38:3.1","an2.38:3.2","an2.38:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, kandarāyano brāhmaṇo uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā daharānaṁ sataṁ bhikkhūnaṁ pāde sirasā vandati:\n“vuddhā bhavanto, vuddhabhūmiyaṁ ṭhitā.\nDaharā mayaṁ, daharabhūmiyaṁ ṭhitā”ti.","en":"When this was said, the brahmin Kandarāyana got up from his seat, placed his robe over one shoulder, and bowed with his head to the feet of the young mendicants, saying,\n“The good fellows are elders, at the stage of the elder;\nwe are youths, at the stage of youth."}},{"id":"an2.38:4","sourceIds":["an2.38:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Abhikkantaṁ, bho kaccāna …pe… upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ kaccāno dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.","en":"Excellent, worthy Kaccāna! … From this day forth, may the worthy Kaccāna remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}},{"id":"an2.39:1","sourceIds":["an2.39:1.0","an2.39:1.1","an2.39:1.2","an2.39:1.3","an2.39:1.4","an2.39:1.5","an2.39:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"39\n“Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye corā balavanto honti, rājāno tasmiṁ samaye dubbalā honti.\nTasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye rañño na phāsu hoti atiyātuṁ vā niyyātuṁ vā paccantime vā janapade anusaññātuṁ.\nBrāhmaṇagahapatikānampi tasmiṁ samaye na phāsu hoti atiyātuṁ vā niyyātuṁ vā bāhirāni vā kammantāni paṭivekkhituṁ.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yasmiṁ samaye pāpabhikkhū balavanto honti, pesalā bhikkhū tasmiṁ samaye dubbalā honti.\nTasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye pesalā bhikkhū tuṇhībhūtā tuṇhībhūtāva saṅghamajjhe saṅkasāyanti paccantime vā janapade acchanti.\nTayidaṁ, bhikkhave, hoti bahujanāhitāya bahujanāsukhāya, bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṁ.","en":"39\n“At a time when bandits are strong, kings are weak.\nThen the king is not at ease when going out or coming back or when touring the provinces.\nThe brahmins and householders, likewise, are not at ease when going out or coming back, or when inspecting their external business activities.\nIn the same way, at a time when bad mendicants are strong, good-hearted mendicants are weak.\nThen the good-hearted mendicants continually adhere to silence in the midst of the Saṅgha, or they stay in the borderlands.\nThis is for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans."}},{"id":"an2.39:2","sourceIds":["an2.39:2.1","an2.39:2.2","an2.39:2.3","an2.39:2.4","an2.39:2.5","an2.39:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye rājāno balavanto honti, corā tasmiṁ samaye dubbalā honti.\nTasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye rañño phāsu hoti atiyātuṁ vā niyyātuṁ vā paccantime vā janapade anusaññātuṁ.\nBrāhmaṇagahapatikānampi tasmiṁ samaye phāsu hoti atiyātuṁ vā niyyātuṁ vā bāhirāni vā kammantāni paṭivekkhituṁ.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yasmiṁ samaye pesalā bhikkhū balavanto honti, pāpabhikkhū tasmiṁ samaye dubbalā honti.\nTasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye pāpabhikkhū tuṇhībhūtā tuṇhībhūtāva saṅghamajjhe saṅkasāyanti, yena vā pana tena pakkamanti.\nTayidaṁ, bhikkhave, hoti bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānan”ti.","en":"At a time when kings are strong, bandits are weak.\nThen the king is at ease when going out or coming back or when inspecting the provinces.\nThe brahmins and householders, likewise, are at ease when going out or coming back, or when inspecting their external business activities.\nIn the same way, at a time when good-hearted mendicants are strong, bad mendicants are weak.\nThen the bad mendicants continually adhere to silence in the midst of the Saṅgha, or they leave for some place or other.\nThis is for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.”"}},{"id":"an2.40:1","sourceIds":["an2.40:1.0","an2.40:1.1","an2.40:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"40\n“Dvinnāhaṁ, bhikkhave, micchāpaṭipattiṁ na vaṇṇemi, gihissa vā pabbajitassa vā.\nGihī vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā micchāpaṭipanno micchāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu na ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalaṁ.","en":"40\n“Mendicants, I don’t praise wrong practice for these two, for laypeople and renunciates.\nBecause of wrong practice, neither laypeople nor renunciates succeed in completing the system of the skillful teaching."}},{"id":"an2.40:2","sourceIds":["an2.40:2.1","an2.40:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dvinnāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sammāpaṭipattiṁ vaṇṇemi, gihissa vā pabbajitassa vā.\nGihī vā, bhikkhave, pabbajito vā sammāpaṭipanno sammāpaṭipattādhikaraṇahetu ārādhako hoti ñāyaṁ dhammaṁ kusalan”ti.","en":"I praise right practice for these two, for laypeople and renunciates.\nBecause of right practice, both laypeople and renunciates succeed in completing the system of the skillful teaching.”"}},{"id":"an2.41:1","sourceIds":["an2.41:1.0","an2.41:1.1","an2.41:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"41\n“Ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū duggahitehi suttantehi byañjanappatirūpakehi atthañca dhammañca paṭibāhanti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujanāhitāya paṭipannā bahujanāsukhāya, bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya devamanussānaṁ.\nBahuñca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū apuññaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ antaradhāpenti.","en":"41\n“Mendicants, by memorizing the discourses incorrectly, taking only a semblance of the phrasing, some mendicants shut out the meaning and the teaching. They act for the detriment and unhappiness of the people, against the people, for the harm, detriment, and suffering of gods and humans.\nThey brim with much wickedness and make the true teaching disappear."}},{"id":"an2.41:2","sourceIds":["an2.41:2.1","an2.41:2.2","an2.41:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū suggahitehi suttantehi byañjanappatirūpakehi atthañca dhammañca anulomenti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujanahitāya paṭipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.\nBahuñca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū puññaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ ṭhapentī”ti.\nSamacittavaggo catuttho.","en":"But by memorizing the discourses well, not taking only a semblance of the phrasing, some mendicants conform to the meaning and the teaching. They act for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.\nThey brim with much merit and make the true teaching continue.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an2.32-41/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."}