{"id":"an6.49","title":"With Khema","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an6.49","title":"With Khema","units":[{"id":"an6.49:0","sourceIds":["an6.49:0.1","an6.49:0.2","an6.49:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.49\n5. Dhammikavagga\nKhemasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 6.49\n5. About Dhammika\nWith Khema"}},{"id":"an6.49:1","sourceIds":["an6.49:1.1","an6.49:1.2","an6.49:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTena kho pana samayena āyasmā ca khemo āyasmā ca sumano sāvatthiyaṁ viharanti andhavanasmiṁ.\nAtha kho āyasmā ca khemo āyasmā ca sumano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā khemo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nNow at that time Venerable Khema and Venerable Sumana were staying near Sāvatthī in the Dark Forest.\nThen they went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side. Venerable Khema said to the Buddha:"}},{"id":"an6.49:2","sourceIds":["an6.49:2.1","an6.49:2.2","an6.49:2.3","an6.49:2.4","an6.49:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yo so, bhante, bhikkhu arahaṁ khīṇāsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anuppattasadattho parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano sammadaññāvimutto tassa na evaṁ hoti:\n‘atthi me seyyoti vā atthi me sadisoti vā atthi me hīnoti vā’”ti.\nIdamavocāyasmā khemo.\nSamanuñño satthā ahosi.\nAtha kho āyasmā khemo “samanuñño me satthā”ti uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.","en":"“Sir, a mendicant who is perfected—with defilements ended, who has completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and is rightly freed through enlightenment—does not think:\n‘There is someone better than me, or equal to me, or worse than me.’”\nThat is what Khema said,\nand the Teacher concurred.\nThen Khema, knowing that the Teacher concurred, got up from his seat, bowed, and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving."}},{"id":"an6.49:3","sourceIds":["an6.49:3.1","an6.49:3.2","an6.49:3.3","an6.49:3.4","an6.49:3.5","an6.49:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā sumano acirapakkante āyasmante kheme bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“yo so, bhante, bhikkhu arahaṁ khīṇāsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anuppattasadattho parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano sammadaññāvimutto tassa na evaṁ hoti:\n‘natthi me seyyoti vā natthi me sadisoti vā natthi me hīnoti vā’”ti.\nIdamavocāyasmā sumano.\nSamanuñño satthā ahosi.\nAtha kho āyasmā sumano “samanuñño me satthā”ti uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.","en":"And then, not long after Khema had left, Sumana said to the Buddha:\n“Sir, a mendicant who is perfected—with defilements ended, who has completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and is rightly freed through enlightenment—does not think:\n‘There is no one better than me, or equal to me, or worse than me.’”\nThat is what Sumana said,\nand the Teacher concurred.\nThen Sumana, knowing that the Teacher concurred, got up from his seat, bowed, and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving."}},{"id":"an6.49:4","sourceIds":["an6.49:4.1","an6.49:4.2","an6.49:4.3","an6.49:4.4","an6.49:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā acirapakkantesu āyasmante ca kheme āyasmante ca sumane bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, kulaputtā aññaṁ byākaronti.\nAttho ca vutto attā ca anupanīto.\nAtha ca pana idhekacce moghapurisā hasamānakā maññe aññaṁ byākaronti.\nTe pacchā vighātaṁ āpajjantīti.","en":"Then, not long after Khema and Sumana had left, the Buddha addressed the mendicants:\n“Mendicants, this is how gentlemen declare enlightenment.\nThe goal is spoken of, but the self is not involved.\nBut it seems that there are some futile men here who declare enlightenment as a joke.\nLater they will fall into distress."}},{"id":"an6.49:5","sourceIds":["an6.49:5.1","an6.49:5.2","an6.49:5.3","an6.49:5.4","an6.49:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na ussesu na omesu,\nSamatte nopanīyare;\nKhīṇā jāti vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ,\nCaranti saṁyojanavippamuttā”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"They don’t represent themselves\nas being among superiors, inferiors, or equals.\nRebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed.\nThey live freed from fetters.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.49/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."}