{"id":"an4.109","title":"Trees","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.109","title":"Trees","units":[{"id":"an4.109:0","sourceIds":["an4.109:0.1","an4.109:0.2","an4.109:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.109\n11. Valāhakavagga\nRukkhasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.109\n11. Clouds\nTrees"}},{"id":"an4.109:1","sourceIds":["an4.109:1.1","an4.109:1.2","an4.109:1.3","an4.109:1.4","an4.109:1.5","an4.109:1.6","an4.109:1.7","an4.109:1.8","an4.109:1.9","an4.109:1.10","an4.109:1.11","an4.109:1.12","an4.109:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārome, bhikkhave, rukkhā.\nKatame cattāro?\nPheggu phegguparivāro,\npheggu sāraparivāro,\nsāro phegguparivāro,\nsāro sāraparivāro—\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro rukkhā.\nEvamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cattāro rukkhūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.\nKatame cattāro?\nPheggu phegguparivāro,\npheggu sāraparivāro,\nsāro phegguparivāro,\nsāro sāraparivāro.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of tree.\nWhat four?\nOne is a softwood surrounded by softwoods,\none is a softwood surrounded by hardwoods,\none is a hardwood surrounded by softwoods, and\none is a hardwood surrounded by hardwoods.\nThese are the four kinds of tree.\nIn the same way, these four individuals similar to trees are found in the world.\nWhat four?\nOne is a softwood surrounded by softwoods,\none is a softwood surrounded by hardwoods,\none is a hardwood surrounded by softwoods, and\none is a hardwood surrounded by hardwoods."}},{"id":"an4.109:2","sourceIds":["an4.109:2.1","an4.109:2.2","an4.109:2.3","an4.109:2.4","an4.109:2.5","an4.109:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo pheggu hoti phegguparivāro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dussīlo hoti pāpadhammo;\nparisāpissa hoti dussīlā pāpadhammā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo pheggu hoti phegguparivāro.\nSeyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, rukkho pheggu phegguparivāro;\ntathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.","en":"And how is an individual a softwood surrounded by softwoods?\nIt’s when an individual is unethical, of bad character,\nand their followers are the same.\nThat’s how an individual is a softwood surrounded by softwoods.\nThat individual is like a softwood tree that’s surrounded by softwoods, I say."}},{"id":"an4.109:3","sourceIds":["an4.109:3.1","an4.109:3.2","an4.109:3.3","an4.109:3.4","an4.109:3.5","an4.109:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo pheggu hoti sāraparivāro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dussīlo hoti pāpadhammo;\nparisā ca khvassa hoti sīlavatī kalyāṇadhammā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo pheggu hoti sāraparivāro.\nSeyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, rukkho pheggu sāraparivāro;\ntathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.","en":"And how is an individual a softwood surrounded by hardwoods?\nIt’s when an individual is unethical, of bad character,\nbut their followers are ethical, of good character. …"}},{"id":"an4.109:4","sourceIds":["an4.109:4.1","an4.109:4.2","an4.109:4.3","an4.109:4.4","an4.109:4.5","an4.109:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo sāro hoti phegguparivāro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sīlavā hoti kalyāṇadhammo;\nparisā ca khvassa hoti dussīlā pāpadhammā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo sāro hoti phegguparivāro.\nSeyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, rukkho sāro phegguparivāro;\ntathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.","en":"And how is an individual a hardwood surrounded by softwoods?\nIt’s when an individual is ethical, of good character,\nbut their followers are unethical, of bad character. …"}},{"id":"an4.109:5","sourceIds":["an4.109:5.1","an4.109:5.2","an4.109:5.3","an4.109:5.4","an4.109:5.5","an4.109:5.6","an4.109:5.7","an4.109:5.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo sāro hoti sāraparivāro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sīlavā hoti kalyāṇadhammo;\nparisāpissa hoti sīlavatī kalyāṇadhammā.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo sāro hoti sāraparivāro.\nSeyyathāpi so, bhikkhave, rukkho sāro sāraparivāro;\ntathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, cattāro rukkhūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"And how is an individual a hardwood surrounded by hardwoods?\nIt’s when an individual is ethical, of good character,\nand their followers are the same.\nThese four individuals similar to trees are found in the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.109/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."}