{"id":"an3.18","title":"The Realm of the Gods","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.18","title":"The Realm of the Gods","units":[{"id":"an3.18:0","sourceIds":["an3.18:0.1","an3.18:0.2","an3.18:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.18\n2. Rathakāravagga\nDevalokasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.18\n2. The Chariot-Maker\nThe Realm of the Gods"}},{"id":"an3.18:1","sourceIds":["an3.18:1.1","an3.18:1.2","an3.18:1.3","an3.18:1.4","an3.18:1.5","an3.18:1.6","an3.18:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sace vo, bhikkhave, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṁ puccheyyuṁ:\n‘devalokūpapattiyā, āvuso, samaṇe gotame brahmacariyaṁ vussathā’ti?\nNanu tumhe, bhikkhave, evaṁ puṭṭhā aṭṭīyeyyātha harāyeyyātha jiguccheyyāthā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.\n“Iti kira tumhe, bhikkhave, dibbena āyunā aṭṭīyatha harāyatha jigucchatha, dibbena vaṇṇena dibbena sukhena dibbena yasena dibbenādhipateyyena aṭṭīyatha harāyatha jigucchatha;\npageva kho pana, bhikkhave, tumhehi kāyaduccaritena aṭṭīyitabbaṁ harāyitabbaṁ jigucchitabbaṁ, vacīduccaritena … manoduccaritena aṭṭīyitabbaṁ harāyitabbaṁ jigucchitabban”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, if wanderers who follow another religion were to ask you:\n‘Reverend, do you lead the spiritual life with the ascetic Gotama so that you can be reborn in the realm of the gods?’\nBeing questioned like this, wouldn’t you be horrified, repelled, and disgusted?”\n“Yes, sir.”\n“So it seems that you are horrified, repelled, and disgusted by heavenly lifespan, beauty, happiness, glory, and sovereignty.\nHow much more then should you be horrified, embarrassed, and disgusted by bad conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.18/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."}