{"id":"an7.21","title":"At Sārandada","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.21","title":"At Sārandada","units":[{"id":"an7.21:0","sourceIds":["an7.21:0.1","an7.21:0.2","an7.21:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.21\n3. Vajjisattakavagga\nSārandadasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.21\n3. The Vajji Seven\nAt Sārandada"}},{"id":"an7.21:1","sourceIds":["an7.21:1.1","an7.21:1.2","an7.21:1.3","an7.21:1.4","an7.21:1.5","an7.21:1.6","an7.21:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati sārandade cetiye.\nAtha kho sambahulā licchavī yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinne kho te licchavī bhagavā etadavoca:\n“satta vo, licchavī, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te licchavī bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Sārandada Shrine.\nThen several Licchavis went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and the Buddha said to these Licchavis:\n“Licchavis, I will teach you these seven principles that prevent decline.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"an7.21:2","sourceIds":["an7.21:2.1","an7.21:2.2","an7.21:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katame ca, licchavī, satta aparihāniyā dhammā?\nYāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī abhiṇhaṁ sannipātā bhavissanti sannipātabahulā;\nvuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","en":"“And what are the seven principles that prevent decline?\nAs long as the Vajjis meet frequently and have many meetings,\nthey can expect growth, not decline."}},{"id":"an7.21:3","sourceIds":["an7.21:3.1","an7.21:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī samaggā sannipatissanti, samaggā vuṭṭhahissanti, samaggā vajjikaraṇīyāni karissanti;\nvuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","en":"As long as the Vajjis meet in harmony, leave in harmony, and carry on their business in harmony,\nthey can expect growth, not decline."}},{"id":"an7.21:4","sourceIds":["an7.21:4.1","an7.21:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī apaññattaṁ na paññāpessanti, paññattaṁ na samucchindissanti, yathāpaññatte porāṇe vajjidhamme samādāya vattissanti;\nvuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","en":"As long as the Vajjis don’t make new decrees or abolish existing decrees, but proceed having undertaken the ancient Vajjian principles as they have been decreed,\nthey can expect growth, not decline."}},{"id":"an7.21:5","sourceIds":["an7.21:5.1","an7.21:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī ye te vajjīnaṁ vajjimahallakā te sakkarissanti garuṁ karissanti mānessanti pūjessanti, tesañca sotabbaṁ maññissanti;\nvuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","en":"As long as the Vajjis honor, respect, esteem, and venerate Vajjian elders, and think them worth listening to,\nthey can expect growth, not decline."}},{"id":"an7.21:6","sourceIds":["an7.21:6.1","an7.21:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī yā tā kulitthiyo kulakumāriyo tā na okassa pasayha vāsessanti;\nvuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","en":"As long as the Vajjis don’t forcibly abduct the women or girls of the clans and make them live with them,\nthey can expect growth, not decline."}},{"id":"an7.21:7","sourceIds":["an7.21:7.1","an7.21:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjī yāni tāni vajjīnaṁ vajjicetiyāni abbhantarāni ceva bāhirāni ca tāni sakkarissanti garuṁ karissanti mānessanti pūjessanti, tesañca dinnapubbaṁ katapubbaṁ dhammikaṁ baliṁ no parihāpessanti;\nvuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","en":"As long as the Vajjis honor, respect, esteem, and venerate the Vajjian shrines, whether inner or outer, not neglecting the proper spirit-offerings that were given and made in the past,\nthey can expect growth, not decline."}},{"id":"an7.21:8","sourceIds":["an7.21:8.1","an7.21:8.2","an7.21:8.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, vajjīnaṁ arahantesu dhammikā rakkhāvaraṇagutti susaṁvihitā bhavissati:\n‘kinti anāgatā ca arahanto vijitaṁ āgaccheyyuṁ, āgatā ca arahanto vijite phāsuṁ vihareyyun’ti;\nvuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.","en":"As long as the Vajjis organize proper protection, shelter, and security for perfected ones, so that\nmore perfected ones might come to the realm and those already here may live in comfort,\nthey can expect growth, not decline."}},{"id":"an7.21:9","sourceIds":["an7.21:9.1","an7.21:9.2","an7.21:9.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāvakīvañca, licchavī, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā vajjīsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu vajjī sandississanti;\nvuddhiyeva, licchavī, vajjīnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihānī”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"As long as these seven principles that prevent decline last among the Vajjis, and as long as the Vajjis are seen following them,\nthey can expect growth, not decline.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.21/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."}