{"id":"an3.13","title":"Hopes","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.13","title":"Hopes","units":[{"id":"an3.13:0","sourceIds":["an3.13:0.1","an3.13:0.2","an3.13:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.13\n2. Rathakāravagga\nĀsaṁsasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.13\n2. The Chariot-Maker\nHopes"}},{"id":"an3.13:1","sourceIds":["an3.13:1.1","an3.13:1.2","an3.13:1.3","an3.13:1.4","an3.13:1.5","an3.13:1.6","an3.13:1.7","an3.13:1.8","an3.13:1.9","an3.13:1.10","an3.13:1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tayome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.\nKatame tayo?\nNirāso, āsaṁso, vigatāso.\nKatamo ca, bhikkhave puggalo nirāso?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo nīce kule paccājāto hoti, caṇḍālakule vā venakule vā nesādakule vā rathakārakule vā pukkusakule vā dalidde appannapānabhojane kasiravuttike, yattha kasirena ghāsacchādo labbhati.\nSo ca hoti dubbaṇṇo duddasiko okoṭimako bavhābādho kāṇo vā kuṇī vā khañjo vā pakkhahato vā, na lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.\nSo suṇāti:\n‘itthannāmo kira khattiyo khattiyehi khattiyābhisekena abhisitto’ti.\nTassa na evaṁ hoti:\n‘kudāssu nāma mampi khattiyā khattiyābhisekena abhisiñcissantī’ti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo nirāso.","en":"“These three individuals are found in the world.\nWhat three?\nThe hopeless, the hopeful, and the one who has done away with hope.\nAnd what, mendicants, is a hopeless individual?\nIt’s when an individual is reborn in a low family—a family of corpse-workers, bamboo-workers, hunters, chariot-makers, or scavengers—poor, with little to eat or drink, where life is tough, and food and shelter are hard to find.\nAnd they’re ugly, unsightly, deformed, sickly—one-eyed, crippled, lame, or half-paralyzed. They don’t get to have food, drink, clothes, and vehicles; garlands, fragrances, and makeup; or bed, house, and lighting.\nThey hear this:\n‘They say the aristocrats have anointed the aristocrat named so-and-so as king.’\nIt never occurs to them:\n‘Oh, when will the aristocrats anoint me too as king?’\nThis is called a hopeless individual."}},{"id":"an3.13:2","sourceIds":["an3.13:2.1","an3.13:2.2","an3.13:2.3","an3.13:2.4","an3.13:2.5","an3.13:2.6","an3.13:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo āsaṁso?\nIdha, bhikkhave, rañño khattiyassa muddhāvasittassa jeṭṭho putto hoti ābhiseko anabhisitto acalappatto.\nSo suṇāti:\n‘itthannāmo kira khattiyo khattiyehi khattiyābhisekena abhisitto’ti.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘kudāssu nāma mampi khattiyā khattiyābhisekena abhisiñcissantī’ti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo āsaṁso.","en":"And what, mendicants, is a hopeful individual?\nIt’s when someone is the eldest son of an anointed aristocratic king. He has not yet been anointed, but is eligible, and has been confirmed in the succession.\nHe hears this:\n‘They say that the aristocrats have anointed the aristocrat named so-and-so as king.’\nIt occurs to him:\n‘Oh, when will the aristocrats anoint me too as king?’\nThis is called a hopeful individual."}},{"id":"an3.13:3","sourceIds":["an3.13:3.1","an3.13:3.2","an3.13:3.3","an3.13:3.4","an3.13:3.5","an3.13:3.6","an3.13:3.7","an3.13:3.8","an3.13:3.9","an3.13:3.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo vigatāso?\nIdha, bhikkhave, rājā hoti khattiyo muddhāvasitto.\nSo suṇāti:\n‘itthannāmo kira khattiyo khattiyehi khattiyābhisekena abhisitto’ti.\nTassa na evaṁ hoti:\n‘kudāssu nāma mampi khattiyā khattiyābhisekena abhisiñcissantī’ti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nYā hissa, bhikkhave, pubbe anabhisittassa abhisekāsā sā paṭippassaddhā.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo vigatāso.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.","en":"And what, mendicants, is an individual who has done away with hope?\nIt’s when a king has been anointed.\nHe hears this:\n‘They say that the aristocrats have anointed the aristocrat named so-and-so as king.’\nIt never occurs to him:\n‘Oh, when will the aristocrats anoint me too as king?’\nWhy is that?\nBecause the former hope he had to be anointed has now died down.\nThis is called an individual who has done away with hope.\nThese are the three individuals found in the world."}},{"id":"an3.13:4","sourceIds":["an3.13:4.1","an3.13:4.2","an3.13:4.3","an3.13:4.4","an3.13:4.5","an3.13:4.6","an3.13:4.7","an3.13:4.8","an3.13:4.9","an3.13:4.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā bhikkhūsu.\nKatame tayo?\nNirāso, āsaṁso, vigatāso.\nKatamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo nirāso?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dussīlo hoti pāpadhammo asuci saṅkassarasamācāro paṭicchannakammanto assamaṇo samaṇapaṭiñño abrahmacārī brahmacāripaṭiñño antopūti avassuto kasambujāto.\nSo suṇāti:\n‘itthannāmo kira bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī’ti.\nTassa na evaṁ hoti:\n‘kudāssu nāma ahampi āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissāmī’ti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo nirāso.","en":"In the same way, these three individuals are found among the mendicants.\nWhat three?\nThe hopeless, the hopeful, and the one who has done away with hope.\nAnd what, mendicants, is a hopeless individual?\nIt’s when an individual is unethical, of bad qualities, filthy, with suspicious behavior, underhand, no true ascetic or spiritual practitioner—though claiming to be one—rotten inside, festering, and depraved.\nThey hear this:\n‘They say that the mendicant named so-and-so has realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nIt never occurs to them:\n‘Oh, when will I too realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nThis is called a hopeless individual."}},{"id":"an3.13:5","sourceIds":["an3.13:5.1","an3.13:5.2","an3.13:5.3","an3.13:5.4","an3.13:5.5","an3.13:5.6","an3.13:5.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo āsaṁso?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti kalyāṇadhammo.\nSo suṇāti:\n‘itthannāmo kira bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī’ti.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘kudāssu nāma ahampi āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissāmī’ti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo āsaṁso.","en":"And what, mendicants, is a hopeful individual?\nIt’s when a mendicant is ethical, of good character.\nThey hear this:\n‘They say that the mendicant named so-and-so has realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nIt occurs to them:\n‘Oh, when will I too realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nThis is called a hopeful individual."}},{"id":"an3.13:6","sourceIds":["an3.13:6.1","an3.13:6.2","an3.13:6.3","an3.13:6.4","an3.13:6.5","an3.13:6.6","an3.13:6.7","an3.13:6.8","an3.13:6.9","an3.13:6.10","an3.13:6.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, puggalo vigatāso?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu arahaṁ hoti khīṇāsavo.\nSo suṇāti:\n‘itthannāmo kira bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī’ti.\nTassa na evaṁ hoti:\n‘kudāssu nāma ahampi āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissāmī’ti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nYā hissa, bhikkhave, pubbe avimuttassa vimuttāsā sā paṭippassaddhā.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, puggalo vigatāso.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā bhikkhūsū”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"And what, mendicants, is an individual who has done away with hope?\nIt’s when a mendicant is a perfected one, who has ended all defilements.\nThey hear this:\n‘They say that the mendicant named so-and-so has realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nIt never occurs to them:\n‘Oh, when will I too realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nWhy is that?\nBecause the former hope they had to be freed has now died down.\nThis is called an individual who has done away with hope.\nThese are the three individuals found among the mendicants.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.13/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."}