{"id":"an6.42","title":"With Nāgita","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an6.42","title":"With Nāgita","units":[{"id":"an6.42:0","sourceIds":["an6.42:0.1","an6.42:0.2","an6.42:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.42\n4. Devatāvagga\nNāgitasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 6.42\n4. Deities\nWith Nāgita"}},{"id":"an6.42:1","sourceIds":["an6.42:1.1","an6.42:1.2","an6.42:1.3","an6.42:1.4","an6.42:1.5","an6.42:1.6","an6.42:1.7","an6.42:1.8","an6.42:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu cārikaṁ caramāno mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ yena icchānaṅgalaṁ nāma kosalānaṁ brāhmaṇagāmo tadavasari.\nTatra sudaṁ bhagavā icchānaṅgale viharati icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍe.\nAssosuṁ kho icchānaṅgalakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā:\n“samaṇo khalu, bho, gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito icchānaṅgalaṁ anuppatto icchānaṅgale viharati icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍe.\nTaṁ kho pana bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ evaṁ kalyāṇo kittisaddo abbhuggato:\n‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno …pe… buddho bhagavā’ti.\nSo imaṁ lokaṁ sadevakaṁ …pe… arahataṁ dassanaṁ hotī”ti.\nAtha kho icchānaṅgalakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā tassā rattiyā accayena pahūtaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ ādāya yena icchānaṅgalavanasaṇḍo tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bahidvārakoṭṭhake aṭṭhaṁsu uccāsaddā mahāsaddā.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was wandering in the land of the Kosalans together with a large Saṅgha of mendicants when he arrived at a village of the Kosalan brahmins named Icchānaṅgala.\nHe stayed in a forest near Icchānaṅgala.\nThe brahmins and householders of Icchānaṅgala heard:\n“It seems the ascetic Gotama—a Sakyan, gone forth from a Sakyan family—has arrived at Icchānaṅgala. He is staying in a forest near Icchānaṅgala.\nHe has this good reputation:\n‘That Blessed One is perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.’\nHe has realized with his own insight this world—with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—and he makes it known to others. He teaches Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And he reveals a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure. It’s good to see such perfected ones.”\nThen, when the night had passed, they took abundant fresh and cooked foods and went to the forest near Icchānaṅgala, where they stood outside the gates making a colossal racket."}},{"id":"an6.42:2","sourceIds":["an6.42:2.1","an6.42:2.2","an6.42:2.3","an6.42:2.4","an6.42:2.5","an6.42:2.6","an6.42:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā nāgito bhagavato upaṭṭhāko hoti.\nAtha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ nāgitaṁ āmantesi:\n“ke pana te, nāgita, uccāsaddā mahāsaddā kevaṭṭā maññe macchavilope”ti?\n“Ete, bhante, icchānaṅgalakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā pahūtaṁ khādanīyaṁ bhojanīyaṁ ādāya bahidvārakoṭṭhake ṭhitā bhagavantaṁyeva uddissa bhikkhusaṅghañcā”ti.\n“Māhaṁ, nāgita, yasena samāgamaṁ, mā ca mayā yaso.\nYo kho, nāgita, nayimassa nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī assa akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, yassāhaṁ nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī akicchalābhī akasiralābhī,\nso taṁ mīḷhasukhaṁ middhasukhaṁ lābhasakkārasilokasukhaṁ sādiyeyyā”ti.","en":"Now, at that time Venerable Nāgita was the Buddha’s attendant.\nThen the Buddha said to Nāgita,\n“Nāgita, who’s making that colossal racket? You’d think it was fishermen hauling in a catch!”\n“Sir, it’s these brahmins and householders of Icchānaṅgala. They’ve brought many fresh and cooked foods, and they’re standing outside the gates wanting to offer it specially to the Buddha and the mendicant Saṅgha.”\n“Nāgita, may I never become famous. May fame not come to me.\nThere are those who can’t get the pleasure of renunciation, the pleasure of seclusion, the pleasure of peace, the pleasure of awakening when they want, without trouble or difficulty like I can.\nLet them enjoy the filthy, lazy pleasure of possessions, honor, and popularity.”"}},{"id":"an6.42:3","sourceIds":["an6.42:3.1","an6.42:3.2","an6.42:3.3","an6.42:3.4","an6.42:3.5","an6.42:3.6","an6.42:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Adhivāsetu dāni, bhante, bhagavā; adhivāsetu, sugato;\nadhivāsanakālo dāni, bhante, bhagavato.\nYena yeneva dāni, bhante, bhagavā gamissati, tanninnāva bhavissanti brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamā ceva jānapadā ca.\nSeyyathāpi, bhante, thullaphusitake deve vassante yathāninnaṁ udakāni pavattanti;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhante, yena yeneva dāni bhagavā gamissati, tanninnāva bhavissanti brāhmaṇagahapatikā negamā ceva jānapadā ca.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nTathā hi, bhante, bhagavato sīlapaññāṇan”ti.","en":"“Sir, may the Blessed One please relent now! May the Holy One relent!\nNow is the time for the Buddha to relent.\nWherever the Buddha now goes, the brahmins and householders, and people of town and country will incline the same way.\nIt’s like when the heavens rain heavily and the water flows downhill.\nIn the same way, wherever the Buddha now goes, the brahmins and householders, and people of town and country will incline the same way.\nWhy is that?\nBecause of the Buddha’s ethics and wisdom.”"}},{"id":"an6.42:4","sourceIds":["an6.42:4.1","an6.42:4.2","an6.42:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Māhaṁ, nāgita, yasena samāgamaṁ, mā ca mayā yaso.\nYo kho, nāgita, nayimassa nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī assa akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, yassāhaṁ nekkhammasukhassa pavivekasukhassa upasamasukhassa sambodhasukhassa nikāmalābhī akicchalābhī akasiralābhī,\nso taṁ mīḷhasukhaṁ middhasukhaṁ lābhasakkārasilokasukhaṁ sādiyeyya.","en":"“Nāgita, may I never become famous. May fame not come to me.\nThere are those who can’t get the pleasure of renunciation, the pleasure of seclusion, the pleasure of peace, the pleasure of awakening when they want, without trouble or difficulty like I can.\nLet them enjoy the filthy, lazy pleasure of possessions, honor, and popularity."}},{"id":"an6.42:5","sourceIds":["an6.42:5.1","an6.42:5.2","an6.42:5.3","an6.42:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idhāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi gāmantavihāriṁ samāhitaṁ nisinnaṁ.\nTassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti:\n‘idānimaṁ āyasmantaṁ ārāmiko vā upaṭṭhahissati samaṇuddeso vā taṁ tamhā samādhimhā cāvessatī’ti.\nTenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno na attamano homi gāmantavihārena.","en":"Take a mendicant living within a village who I see sitting immersed in samādhi.\nI think to myself:\n‘Now a monastery worker, a novice, or a fellow practitioner will make this venerable fall from immersion.’\nSo I’m not pleased that that mendicant is living within a village."}},{"id":"an6.42:6","sourceIds":["an6.42:6.1","an6.42:6.2","an6.42:6.3","an6.42:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi āraññikaṁ araññe pacalāyamānaṁ nisinnaṁ.\nTassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti:\n‘idāni ayamāyasmā imaṁ niddākilamathaṁ paṭivinodetvā araññasaññaṁyeva manasi karissati ekattan’ti.\nTenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno attamano homi araññavihārena.","en":"Take a mendicant in the wilderness who I see sitting nodding in meditation.\nI think to myself:\n‘Now this venerable, having dispelled that sleepiness and weariness, will focus just on the unified perception of wilderness.’\nSo I’m pleased that that mendicant is living in the wilderness."}},{"id":"an6.42:7","sourceIds":["an6.42:7.1","an6.42:7.2","an6.42:7.3","an6.42:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi āraññikaṁ araññe asamāhitaṁ nisinnaṁ.\nTassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti:\n‘idāni ayamāyasmā asamāhitaṁ vā cittaṁ samādahissati, samāhitaṁ vā cittaṁ anurakkhissatī’ti.\nTenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno attamano homi araññavihārena.","en":"Take a mendicant in the wilderness who I see sitting without being immersed in samādhi.\nI think to myself:\n‘Now if this venerable’s mind is not immersed in samādhi they will immerse it; or if it is immersed in samādhi, they will preserve it.’\nSo I’m pleased that that mendicant is living in the wilderness."}},{"id":"an6.42:8","sourceIds":["an6.42:8.1","an6.42:8.2","an6.42:8.3","an6.42:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi āraññikaṁ araññe samāhitaṁ nisinnaṁ.\nTassa mayhaṁ, nāgita, evaṁ hoti:\n‘idāni ayamāyasmā avimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ vimocessati, vimuttaṁ vā cittaṁ anurakkhissatī’ti.\nTenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno attamano homi araññavihārena.","en":"Take a mendicant in the wilderness who I see sitting immersed in samādhi.\nI think to myself:\n‘Now this venerable will free the unfreed mind or preserve the freed mind.’\nSo I’m pleased that that mendicant is living in the wilderness."}},{"id":"an6.42:9","sourceIds":["an6.42:9.1","an6.42:9.2","an6.42:9.3","an6.42:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi gāmantavihāriṁ lābhiṁ cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṁ.\nSo taṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ nikāmayamāno riñcati paṭisallānaṁ riñcati araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni;\ngāmanigamarājadhāniṁ osaritvā vāsaṁ kappeti.\nTenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno na attamano homi gāmantavihārena.","en":"Take a mendicant who I see living within a village receiving robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.\nEnjoying possessions, honor, and popularity they neglect retreat, and they neglect remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.\nThey come down to villages, towns, and capital cities and make their home there.\nSo I’m not pleased that that mendicant is living within a village."}},{"id":"an6.42:10","sourceIds":["an6.42:10.1","an6.42:10.2","an6.42:10.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāhaṁ, nāgita, bhikkhuṁ passāmi āraññikaṁ lābhiṁ cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṁ.\nSo taṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ paṭipaṇāmetvā na riñcati paṭisallānaṁ na riñcati araññavanapatthāni pantāni senāsanāni.\nTenāhaṁ, nāgita, tassa bhikkhuno attamano homi araññavihārena.","en":"Take a mendicant who I see in the wilderness receiving robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.\nFending off possessions, honor, and popularity they don’t neglect retreat, and they don’t neglect remote lodgings in the wilderness and the forest.\nSo I’m pleased that that mendicant is living in the wilderness."}},{"id":"an6.42:11","sourceIds":["an6.42:11.1","an6.42:11.2","an6.42:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yasmāhaṁ, nāgita, samaye addhānamaggappaṭipanno na kañci passāmi purato vā pacchato vā, phāsu me, nāgita, tasmiṁ samaye hoti antamaso uccārapassāvakammāyā”ti.\nDvādasamaṁ.\nDevatāvaggo catuttho.","en":"Nāgita, when I’m walking along a road and I don’t see anyone ahead or behind I feel relaxed, even if I need to urinate or defecate.”"}},{"id":"an6.42:12","sourceIds":["an6.42:12.0","an6.42:12.1","an6.42:12.2","an6.42:12.3","an6.42:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nSekhā dve aparihāni,\nMoggallāna vijjābhāgiyā;\nVivādadānattakārī nidānaṁ,\nKimiladārukkhandhena nāgitoti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.42/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."}