{"id":"an3.35","title":"With Hatthaka","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.35","title":"With Hatthaka","units":[{"id":"an3.35:0","sourceIds":["an3.35:0.1","an3.35:0.2","an3.35:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.35\n4. Devadūtavagga\nHatthakasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.35\n4. Messengers of the Gods\nWith Hatthaka"}},{"id":"an3.35:1","sourceIds":["an3.35:1.1","an3.35:1.2","an3.35:1.3","an3.35:1.4","an3.35:1.5","an3.35:1.6","an3.35:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā āḷaviyaṁ viharati gomagge siṁsapāvane paṇṇasanthare.\nAtha kho hatthako āḷavako jaṅghāvihāraṁ anucaṅkamamāno anuvicaramāno addasa bhagavantaṁ gomagge siṁsapāvane paṇṇasanthare nisinnaṁ.\nDisvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho hatthako āḷavako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kacci, bhante bhagavā, sukhamasayitthā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, kumāra, sukhamasayitthaṁ.\nYe ca pana loke sukhaṁ senti, ahaṁ tesaṁ aññataro”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Āḷavī, on a mat of leaves by a cow-path in a rosewood grove.\nThen as Hatthaka of Āḷavī was going for a walk he saw the Buddha sitting on that mat of leaves.\nHe went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said,\n“Sir, I trust the Buddha slept well?”\n“Yes, prince, I slept well.\nI am one of those who sleep at ease in the world.”"}},{"id":"an3.35:2","sourceIds":["an3.35:2.1","an3.35:2.2","an3.35:2.3","an3.35:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sītā, bhante, hemantikā ratti, antaraṭṭhako himapātasamayo, kharā gokaṇṭakahatā bhūmi, tanuko paṇṇasantharo, viraḷāni rukkhassa pattāni, sītāni kāsāyāni vatthāni, sīto ca verambho vāto vāyati.\nAtha ca pana bhagavā evamāha:\n‘evaṁ, kumāra, sukhamasayitthaṁ.\nYe ca pana loke sukhaṁ senti, ahaṁ tesaṁ aññataro’”ti.","en":"“The winter nights are cold, sir, and it’s the week of mid-winter, when the snow falls. Rough is the ground trampled under the cows’ hooves, and thin is the mat of leaves. The leaves are sparse on the trees, the ocher robes are cold, and cold blows the north wind.\nAnd yet the Buddha says,\n‘Yes, prince, I slept well.\nI am one of those who sleep at ease in the world.’”"}},{"id":"an3.35:3","sourceIds":["an3.35:3.1","an3.35:3.2","an3.35:3.3","an3.35:3.4","an3.35:3.5","an3.35:3.6","an3.35:3.7","an3.35:3.8","an3.35:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tena hi, kumāra, taññevettha paṭipucchissāmi. Yathā te khameyya tathā naṁ byākareyyāsi.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññasi, kumāra, idhassa gahapatissa vā gahapatiputtassa vā kūṭāgāraṁ ullittāvalittaṁ nivātaṁ phusitaggaḷaṁ pihitavātapānaṁ.\nTatrassa pallaṅko gonakatthato paṭikatthato paṭalikatthato kadalimigapavarapaccattharaṇo sauttaracchado ubhato lohitakūpadhāno;\ntelappadīpo cettha jhāyeyya;\ncatasso ca pajāpatiyo manāpāmanāpena paccupaṭṭhitā assu.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññasi, kumāra, sukhaṁ vā so sayeyya no vā?\nKathaṁ vā te ettha hotī”ti?\n“Sukhaṁ so, bhante, sayeyya.\nYe ca pana loke sukhaṁ senti, so tesaṁ aññataro”ti.","en":"“Well then, prince, I’ll ask you about this in return, and you can answer as you like.\nWhat do you think? Take the case of a householder or his son, who lives in a bungalow, plastered inside and out, draft-free, with door fastened and window shuttered.\nHis couch is spread with woolen covers—shag-piled, pure white, or embroidered with flowers—and spread with a fine deer hide. It has a canopy above and red pillows at both ends.\nAn oil lamp is burning there,\nwhile his four wives attend to him in all manner of agreeable ways.\nWhat do you think, prince, would he sleep at ease, or not?\nOr how do you see this?”\n“He would sleep at ease, sir.\nOf those who sleep at ease in the world, he would be one.”"}},{"id":"an3.35:4","sourceIds":["an3.35:4.1","an3.35:4.2","an3.35:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, kumāra,\napi nu tassa gahapatissa vā gahapatiputtassa vā uppajjeyyuṁ rāgajā pariḷāhā kāyikā vā cetasikā vā yehi so rāgajehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayhamāno dukkhaṁ sayeyyā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti.","en":"“What do you think, prince?\nIs it not possible that a fever born of greed—physical or mental—might arise in that householder or householder’s son, burning him so he sleeps badly?”\n“Yes, sir.”"}},{"id":"an3.35:5","sourceIds":["an3.35:5.1","an3.35:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yehi kho so, kumāra, gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā rāgajehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayhamāno dukkhaṁ sayeyya, so rāgo tathāgatassa pahīno ucchinnamūlo tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato āyatiṁ anuppādadhammo.\nTasmāhaṁ sukhamasayitthaṁ.","en":"“The greed that burns that householder or householder’s son, making them sleep badly, has been cut off at the root by the Realized One, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.\nThat’s why I sleep at ease."}},{"id":"an3.35:6","sourceIds":["an3.35:6.1","an3.35:6.2","an3.35:6.3","an3.35:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, kumāra,\napi nu tassa gahapatissa vā gahapatiputtassa vā uppajjeyyuṁ dosajā pariḷāhā …pe…\nmohajā pariḷāhā kāyikā vā cetasikā vā yehi so mohajehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayhamāno dukkhaṁ sayeyyā”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti.","en":"What do you think, prince?\nIs it not possible that a fever born of hate …\nor a fever born of delusion—physical or mental—might arise in that householder or householder’s son, burning him so he sleeps badly?”\n“Yes, sir.”"}},{"id":"an3.35:7","sourceIds":["an3.35:7.1","an3.35:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ye hi kho so, kumāra, gahapati vā gahapatiputto vā mohajehi pariḷāhehi pariḍayhamāno dukkhaṁ sayeyya, so moho tathāgatassa pahīno ucchinnamūlo tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato āyatiṁ anuppādadhammo.\nTasmāhaṁ sukhamasayitthanti.","en":"“The delusion that burns that householder or householder’s son, making them sleep badly, has been cut off at the root by the Realized One, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.\nThat’s why I sleep at ease."}},{"id":"an3.35:8","sourceIds":["an3.35:8.1","an3.35:8.2","an3.35:8.3","an3.35:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbadā ve sukhaṁ seti,\nbrāhmaṇo parinibbuto;\nYo na limpati kāmesu,\nsītibhūto nirūpadhi.","en":"A brahmin who is fully quenched\nalways sleeps at ease.\nSensual pleasures slip off them,\nthey’re cooled, free of attachments."}},{"id":"an3.35:9","sourceIds":["an3.35:9.1","an3.35:9.2","an3.35:9.3","an3.35:9.4","an3.35:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbā āsattiyo chetvā,\nvineyya hadaye daraṁ;\nUpasanto sukhaṁ seti,\nsantiṁ pappuyya cetaso”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"Since they’ve cut off all clinging,\nand removed the stress from the heart,\nthe peaceful sleep at ease,\nhaving found peace of mind.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.35/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."}