{"id":"an6.48","title":"Apparent in the Present Life (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an6.48","title":"Apparent in the Present Life (2nd)","units":[{"id":"an6.48:0","sourceIds":["an6.48:0.1","an6.48:0.2","an6.48:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.48\n5. Dhammikavagga\nDutiyasandiṭṭhikasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 6.48\n5. About Dhammika\nApparent in the Present Life (2nd)"}},{"id":"an6.48:1","sourceIds":["an6.48:1.1","an6.48:1.2","an6.48:1.3","an6.48:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aññataro brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“‘sandiṭṭhiko dhammo, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo’ti, bho gotama, vuccati.\nKittāvatā nu kho, bho gotama, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī”ti?","en":"Then a certain brahmin went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:\n“Worthy Gotama, they speak of ‘a teaching apparent in the present life’.\nIn what way is the teaching apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves?”"}},{"id":"an6.48:2","sourceIds":["an6.48:2.1","an6.48:2.2","an6.48:2.3","an6.48:2.4","an6.48:2.5","an6.48:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tena hi, brāhmaṇa, taññevettha paṭipucchissāmi. Yathā te khameyya tathā naṁ byākareyyāsi.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññasi, brāhmaṇa,\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ rāgaṁ ‘atthi me ajjhattaṁ rāgo’ti pajānāsi, asantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ rāgaṁ ‘natthi me ajjhattaṁ rāgo’ti pajānāsī”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bho”.\n“Yaṁ kho tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, santaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ rāgaṁ ‘atthi me ajjhattaṁ rāgo’ti pajānāsi, asantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ rāgaṁ ‘natthi me ajjhattaṁ rāgo’ti pajānāsi—\nevampi kho, brāhmaṇa, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti …pe….","en":"“Well then, brahmin, I’ll ask you about this in return, and you can answer as you like.\nWhat do you think, brahmin?\nWhen there’s greed in you, do you understand ‘I have greed in me’? And when there’s no greed in you, do you understand ‘I have no greed in me’?”\n“Yes, sir.”\n“Since you know this,\nthis is how the teaching is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves."}},{"id":"an6.48:3","sourceIds":["an6.48:3.1","an6.48:3.2","an6.48:3.3","an6.48:3.4","an6.48:3.5","an6.48:3.6","an6.48:3.7","an6.48:3.8","an6.48:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, brāhmaṇa,\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ dosaṁ …pe…\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ mohaṁ …pe…\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ kāyasandosaṁ …pe…\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ vacīsandosaṁ …pe…\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ manosandosaṁ ‘atthi me ajjhattaṁ manosandoso’ti pajānāsi, asantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ manosandosaṁ ‘natthi me ajjhattaṁ manosandoso’ti pajānāsī”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bho”.\n“Yaṁ kho tvaṁ, brāhmaṇa, santaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ manosandosaṁ ‘atthi me ajjhattaṁ manosandoso’ti pajānāsi, asantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ manosandosaṁ ‘natthi me ajjhattaṁ manosandoso’ti pajānāsi—\nevaṁ kho, brāhmaṇa, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī”ti.","en":"What do you think, brahmin?\nWhen there’s hate …\ndelusion …\ncorruption that leads to physical deeds …\ncorruption that leads to speech …\nWhen there’s corruption that leads to mental deeds in you, do you understand ‘I have corruption that leads to mental deeds in me’? And when there’s no corruption that leads to mental deeds in you, do you understand ‘I have no corruption that leads to mental deeds in me’?”\n“Yes, sir.”\n“Since you know this,\nthis is how the teaching is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.”"}},{"id":"an6.48:4","sourceIds":["an6.48:4.1","an6.48:4.2","an6.48:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…\nupāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent! …\nFrom this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.48/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."}