{"id":"an6.41","title":"A Tree Trunk","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an6.41","title":"A Tree Trunk","units":[{"id":"an6.41:0","sourceIds":["an6.41:0.1","an6.41:0.2","an6.41:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.41\n4. Devatāvagga\nDārukkhandhasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 6.41\n4. Deities\nA Tree Trunk"}},{"id":"an6.41:1","sourceIds":["an6.41:1.1","an6.41:1.2","an6.41:1.3","an6.41:1.4","an6.41:1.5","an6.41:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.\nAtha kho āyasmā sāriputto pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sambahulehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṁ gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasa aññatarasmiṁ padese mahantaṁ dārukkhandhaṁ.\nDisvā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“passatha no, āvuso, tumhe amuṁ mahantaṁ dārukkhandhan”ti?\n“Evamāvuso”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time Venerable Sāriputta was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.\nThen Venerable Sāriputta robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, descended the Vulture’s Peak together with several mendicants. At a certain spot he saw a large tree trunk,\nand he addressed the mendicants,\n“Reverends, do you see this large tree trunk?”\n“Yes, reverend.”"}},{"id":"an6.41:2","sourceIds":["an6.41:2.1","an6.41:2.2","an6.41:2.3","an6.41:2.4","an6.41:2.5","an6.41:2.6","an6.41:2.7","an6.41:2.8","an6.41:2.9","an6.41:2.10","an6.41:2.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ākaṅkhamāno, āvuso, bhikkhu iddhimā cetovasippatto amuṁ dārukkhandhaṁ pathavītveva adhimucceyya.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nAtthi, āvuso, amumhi dārukkhandhe pathavīdhātu, yaṁ nissāya bhikkhu iddhimā cetovasippatto amuṁ dārukkhandhaṁ pathavītveva adhimucceyya.\nĀkaṅkhamāno, āvuso, bhikkhu iddhimā cetovasippatto amuṁ dārukkhandhaṁ āpotveva adhimucceyya …pe…\ntejotveva adhimucceyya …\nvāyotveva adhimucceyya …\nsubhantveva adhimucceyya …\nasubhantveva adhimucceyya.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nAtthi, āvuso, amumhi dārukkhandhe asubhadhātu, yaṁ nissāya bhikkhu iddhimā cetovasippatto amuṁ dārukkhandhaṁ asubhantveva adhimucceyyā”ti.\nEkādasamaṁ.","en":"“If they wanted to, a mendicant with psychic powers who has mastered their mind could determine this tree trunk to be nothing but earth.\nWhy is that?\nBecause the earth element exists in the tree trunk. Relying on that a mendicant with psychic powers could determine it to be nothing but earth.\nIf they wanted to, a mendicant with psychic powers who has mastered their mind could determine this tree trunk to be nothing but water. …\nOr they could determine it to be nothing but fire …\nOr they could determine it to be nothing but air …\nOr they could determine it to be nothing but beautiful …\nOr they could determine it to be nothing but ugly.\nWhy is that?\nBecause the element of ugliness exists in the tree trunk. Relying on that a mendicant with psychic powers could determine it to be nothing but ugly.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.41/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."}