{"id":"an5.32","title":"With Cundī","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.32","title":"With Cundī","units":[{"id":"an5.32:0","sourceIds":["an5.32:0.1","an5.32:0.2","an5.32:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.32\n4. Sumanavagga\nCundīsutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.32\n4. With Sumanā\nWith Cundī"}},{"id":"an5.32:1","sourceIds":["an5.32:1.1","an5.32:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.\nAtha kho cundī rājakumārī pañcahi rathasatehi pañcahi ca kumārisatehi parivutā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho cundī rājakumārī bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.\nThen Princess Cundī, escorted by five hundred chariots and five hundred royal maidens, went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:"}},{"id":"an5.32:2","sourceIds":["an5.32:2.1","an5.32:2.2","an5.32:2.3","an5.32:2.4","an5.32:2.5","an5.32:2.6","an5.32:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Amhākaṁ, bhante, bhātā cundo nāma rājakumāro, so evamāha:\n‘yadeva so hoti itthī vā puriso vā buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gato, dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gato, saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gato, pāṇātipātā paṭivirato, adinnādānā paṭivirato, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato, musāvādā paṭivirato, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato, so kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁyeva upapajjati, no duggatin’ti.\nSāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ pucchāmi:\n‘kathaṁrūpe kho, bhante, satthari pasanno kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁyeva upapajjati, no duggatiṁ?\nKathaṁrūpe dhamme pasanno kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁyeva upapajjati, no duggatiṁ?\nKathaṁrūpe saṅghe pasanno kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁyeva upapajjati, no duggatiṁ?\nKathaṁrūpesu sīlesu paripūrakārī kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁyeva upapajjati, no duggatin’”ti?","en":"“Sir, my brother, Prince Cunda, says this:\n‘Take a woman or man who goes for refuge to the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, and doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor. Only then do they get reborn in a good place, not a bad place, when their body breaks up, after death.’\nAnd so I ask the Buddha:\nSir, what kind of teacher should you have confidence in so as to be reborn in a good place, not a bad place, when the body breaks up, after death?\nSir, what kind of teaching should you have confidence in so as to be reborn in a good place, not a bad place, when the body breaks up, after death?\nSir, what kind of Saṅgha should you have confidence in so as to be reborn in a good place, not a bad place, when the body breaks up, after death?\nSir, what kind of ethics should you fulfill so as to be reborn in a good place, not a bad place, when the body breaks up, after death?”"}},{"id":"an5.32:3","sourceIds":["an5.32:3.1","an5.32:3.2","an5.32:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yāvatā, cundi, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vā rūpino vā arūpino vā saññino vā asaññino vā nevasaññināsaññino vā, tathāgato tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho.\nYe kho, cundi, buddhe pasannā, agge te pasannā.\nAgge kho pana pasannānaṁ aggo vipāko hoti.","en":"“Cundī, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, is said to be the best of all sentient beings—be they footless, with two feet, four feet, or many feet; with form or formless; with perception or without perception or with neither perception nor non-perception.\nThose who have confidence in the Buddha have confidence in the best.\nHaving confidence in the best, the result is the best."}},{"id":"an5.32:4","sourceIds":["an5.32:4.1","an5.32:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvatā, cundi, dhammā saṅkhatā, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati.\nYe, cundi, ariye aṭṭhaṅgike magge pasannā, agge te pasannā, agge kho pana pasannānaṁ aggo vipāko hoti.","en":"The noble eightfold path is said to be the best of all conditioned things.\nThose who have confidence in the noble eightfold path have confidence in the best. Having confidence in the best, the result is the best."}},{"id":"an5.32:5","sourceIds":["an5.32:5.1","an5.32:5.2","an5.32:5.3","an5.32:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvatā, cundi, dhammā saṅkhatā vā asaṅkhatā vā, virāgo tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—\nmadanimmadano pipāsavinayo ālayasamugghāto vaṭṭupacchedo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ.\nYe kho, cundi, virāge dhamme pasannā, agge te pasannā.\nAgge kho pana pasannānaṁ aggo vipāko hoti.","en":"Fading away is said to be the best of all things whether conditioned or unconditioned.\nThat is, the quelling of vanity, the removing of thirst, the uprooting of clinging, the breaking of the round, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.\nThose who have confidence in the teaching of fading away have confidence in the best.\nHaving confidence in the best, the result is the best."}},{"id":"an5.32:6","sourceIds":["an5.32:6.1","an5.32:6.2","an5.32:6.3","an5.32:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvatā, cundi, saṅghā vā gaṇā vā, tathāgatasāvakasaṅgho tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—\ncattāri purisayugāni aṭṭha purisapuggalā, esa bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.\nYe kho, cundi, saṅghe pasannā, agge te pasannā.\nAgge kho pana pasannānaṁ aggo vipāko hoti.","en":"The Saṅgha of the Realized One’s disciples is said to be the best of all communities and groups.\nIt consists of the four pairs, the eight individual persons. This is the Saṅgha of the Buddha’s disciples that is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.\nThose who have confidence in the Saṅgha have confidence in the best.\nHaving confidence in the best, the result is the best."}},{"id":"an5.32:7","sourceIds":["an5.32:7.1","an5.32:7.2","an5.32:7.3","an5.32:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvatā, cundi, sīlāni, ariyakantāni sīlāni tesaṁ aggamakkhāyati, yadidaṁ—\nakhaṇḍāni acchiddāni asabalāni akammāsāni bhujissāni viññuppasatthāni aparāmaṭṭhāni samādhisaṁvattanikāni.\nYe kho, cundi, ariyakantesu sīlesu paripūrakārino, agge te paripūrakārino.\nAgge kho pana paripūrakārīnaṁ aggo vipāko hotīti.","en":"The ethical conduct loved by the noble ones is said to be the best of all ethics.\nIt is intact, impeccable, spotless, and unmarred, liberating, praised by sensible people, not mistaken, and leading to immersion.\nThose who fulfill the ethics loved by the noble ones fulfill the best.\nFulfilling the best, the result is the best."}},{"id":"an5.32:8","sourceIds":["an5.32:8.1","an5.32:8.2","an5.32:8.3","an5.32:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aggato ve pasannānaṁ,\naggaṁ dhammaṁ vijānataṁ;\nAgge buddhe pasannānaṁ,\ndakkhiṇeyye anuttare.","en":"For those who, knowing the best teaching,\nbase their confidence on the best—\nconfident in the best Awakened One,\nsupremely worthy of a religious donation;"}},{"id":"an5.32:9","sourceIds":["an5.32:9.1","an5.32:9.2","an5.32:9.3","an5.32:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Agge dhamme pasannānaṁ,\nvirāgūpasame sukhe;\nAgge saṅghe pasannānaṁ,\npuññakkhette anuttare.","en":"confident in the best teaching,\nthe bliss of fading and stilling;\nconfident in the best Saṅgha,\nthe supreme field of merit—"}},{"id":"an5.32:10","sourceIds":["an5.32:10.1","an5.32:10.2","an5.32:10.3","an5.32:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aggasmiṁ dānaṁ dadataṁ,\naggaṁ puññaṁ pavaḍḍhati;\nAggaṁ āyu ca vaṇṇo ca,\nyaso kitti sukhaṁ balaṁ.","en":"giving gifts to the best,\nthe best of merit grows:\nthe best lifespan, beauty,\nfame, reputation, happiness, and strength."}},{"id":"an5.32:11","sourceIds":["an5.32:11.1","an5.32:11.2","an5.32:11.3","an5.32:11.4","an5.32:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aggassa dātā medhāvī,\naggadhammasamāhito;\nDevabhūto manusso vā,\naggappatto pamodatī”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"An intelligent person gives to the best,\nsettled on the best teaching.\nWhen they become a god or human,\nthey rejoice at reaching the best.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.32/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."}