{"id":"an7.58","title":"Nothing to Hide","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.58","title":"Nothing to Hide","units":[{"id":"an7.58:0","sourceIds":["an7.58:0.1","an7.58:0.2","an7.58:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.58\n6. Abyākatavagga\nArakkheyyasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.58\n6. The Undeclared Points\nNothing to Hide"}},{"id":"an7.58:1","sourceIds":["an7.58:1.1","an7.58:1.2","an7.58:1.3","an7.58:1.4","an7.58:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, tathāgatassa arakkheyyāni, tīhi ca anupavajjo.\nKatamāni cattāri tathāgatassa arakkheyyāni?\nParisuddhakāyasamācāro, bhikkhave, tathāgato;\nnatthi tathāgatassa kāyaduccaritaṁ yaṁ tathāgato rakkheyya:\n‘mā me idaṁ paro aññāsī’ti.","en":"“Mendicants, there are four areas where the Realized One has nothing to hide, and three ways he is irreproachable.\nWhat are the four areas where the Realized One has nothing to hide?\nHis bodily behavior is pure.\nSo the Realized One has no bodily misconduct to hide, thinking:\n‘Don’t let others find this out about me!’"}},{"id":"an7.58:2","sourceIds":["an7.58:2.1","an7.58:2.2","an7.58:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parisuddhavacīsamācāro, bhikkhave, tathāgato;\nnatthi tathāgatassa vacīduccaritaṁ yaṁ tathāgato rakkheyya:\n‘mā me idaṁ paro aññāsī’ti.","en":"His verbal behavior is pure.\nSo the Realized One has no verbal misconduct to hide, thinking:\n‘Don’t let others find this out about me!’"}},{"id":"an7.58:3","sourceIds":["an7.58:3.1","an7.58:3.2","an7.58:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parisuddhamanosamācāro, bhikkhave, tathāgato;\nnatthi tathāgatassa manoduccaritaṁ yaṁ tathāgato rakkheyya:\n‘mā me idaṁ paro aññāsī’ti.","en":"His mental behavior is pure.\nSo the Realized One has no mental misconduct to hide, thinking:\n‘Don’t let others find this out about me!’"}},{"id":"an7.58:4","sourceIds":["an7.58:4.1","an7.58:4.2","an7.58:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parisuddhājīvo, bhikkhave, tathāgato;\nnatthi tathāgatassa micchāājīvo yaṁ tathāgato rakkheyya:\n‘mā me idaṁ paro aññāsī’ti.","en":"His livelihood is pure.\nSo the Realized One has no wrong livelihood to hide, thinking:\n‘Don’t let others find this out about me!’"}},{"id":"an7.58:5","sourceIds":["an7.58:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imāni cattāri tathāgatassa arakkheyyāni.","en":"These are the four areas where the Realized One has nothing to hide."}},{"id":"an7.58:6","sourceIds":["an7.58:6.1","an7.58:6.2","an7.58:6.3","an7.58:6.4","an7.58:6.5","an7.58:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamehi tīhi anupavajjo?\nSvākkhātadhammo, bhikkhave, tathāgato.\nTatra vata maṁ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ sahadhammena paṭicodessati:\n‘itipi tvaṁ na svākkhātadhammo’ti.\nNimittametaṁ, bhikkhave, na samanupassāmi.\nEtamahaṁ, bhikkhave, nimittaṁ asamanupassanto khemappatto abhayappatto vesārajjappatto viharāmi.","en":"What are the three ways the Realized One is irreproachable?\nThe Realized One has explained the teaching well.\nI see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying:\n‘For such reasons you haven’t explained the teaching well.’\nSince I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured."}},{"id":"an7.58:7","sourceIds":["an7.58:7.1","an7.58:7.2","an7.58:7.3","an7.58:7.4","an7.58:7.5","an7.58:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Supaññattā kho pana me, bhikkhave, sāvakānaṁ nibbānagāminī paṭipadā.\nYathāpaṭipannā mama sāvakā āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharanti.\nTatra vata maṁ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ sahadhammena paṭicodessati:\n‘itipi te na supaññattā sāvakānaṁ nibbānagāminī paṭipadā. Yathāpaṭipannā tava sāvakā āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī’ti.\nNimittametaṁ, bhikkhave, na samanupassāmi.\nEtamahaṁ, bhikkhave, nimittaṁ asamanupassanto khemappatto abhayappatto vesārajjappatto viharāmi.","en":"I have clearly described the practice that leads to extinguishment for my disciples.\nPracticing in accordance with this, my disciples realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\nI see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying:\n‘For such reasons you haven’t clearly described the practice that leads to extinguishment for your disciples.’\nSince I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured."}},{"id":"an7.58:8","sourceIds":["an7.58:8.1","an7.58:8.2","an7.58:8.3","an7.58:8.4","an7.58:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anekasatā kho pana me, bhikkhave, sāvakaparisā āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharanti.\nTatra vata maṁ samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ sahadhammena paṭicodessati:\n‘itipi te na anekasatā sāvakaparisā āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī’ti.\nNimittametaṁ, bhikkhave, na samanupassāmi.\nEtamahaṁ, bhikkhave, nimittaṁ asamanupassanto khemappatto abhayappatto vesārajjappatto viharāmi.","en":"Many hundreds in my assembly of disciples have realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\nI see no reason for anyone—whether ascetic, brahmin, god, Māra, or the Divinity, or anyone else in the world—to legitimately scold me, saying:\n‘For such reasons you don’t have many hundreds of disciples in your following who have realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and who live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’\nSince I see no such reason, I live secure, fearless, and self-assured."}},{"id":"an7.58:9","sourceIds":["an7.58:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imehi tīhi anupavajjo.","en":"These are the three ways the Realized One is irreproachable."}},{"id":"an7.58:10","sourceIds":["an7.58:10.1","an7.58:10.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri tathāgatassa arakkheyyāni, imehi ca tīhi anupavajjo”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"These are the four areas where the Realized One has nothing to hide, and the three ways he is irreproachable.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.58/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."}