{"id":"an4.25","title":"The Spiritual Life","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.25","title":"The Spiritual Life","units":[{"id":"an4.25:0","sourceIds":["an4.25:0.1","an4.25:0.2","an4.25:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.25\n3. Uruvelavagga\nBrahmacariyasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.25\n3. At Uruvelā\nThe Spiritual Life"}},{"id":"an4.25:1","sourceIds":["an4.25:1.1","an4.25:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nayidaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati janakuhanatthaṁ, na janalapanatthaṁ, na lābhasakkārasilokānisaṁsatthaṁ, na itivādappamokkhānisaṁsatthaṁ, na ‘iti maṁ jano jānātū’ti.\nAtha kho idaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati saṁvaratthaṁ pahānatthaṁ virāgatthaṁ nirodhatthanti.","en":"“Mendicants, this spiritual life is not lived for the sake of fawning or flattering people, nor for the benefit of possessions, honor, or popularity, nor for the benefit of winning debates, nor thinking, ‘So let people know about me!’\nThis spiritual life is lived for the sake of restraint, giving up, fading away, and cessation."}},{"id":"an4.25:2","sourceIds":["an4.25:2.1","an4.25:2.2","an4.25:2.3","an4.25:2.4","an4.25:2.5","an4.25:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁvaratthaṁ pahānatthaṁ,\nbrahmacariyaṁ anītihaṁ;\nAdesayi so bhagavā,\nnibbānogadhagāminaṁ;\nEsa maggo mahantehi,\nanuyāto mahesibhi.","en":"The Buddha taught the spiritual life\nnot because of legends,\nbut for the sake of restraint and giving up,\nand because its objective is extinguishment.\nThis is the path followed by the big-hearted,\nthe great seers."}},{"id":"an4.25:3","sourceIds":["an4.25:3.1","an4.25:3.2","an4.25:3.3","an4.25:3.4","an4.25:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca taṁ paṭipajjanti,\nyathā buddhena desitaṁ;\nDukkhassantaṁ karissanti,\nsatthusāsanakārino”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"Those who practice it\nas it was taught by the Buddha,\ndoing the Teacher’s bidding,\nmake an end of suffering.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.25/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."}