{"id":"an7.62","title":"Don’t Fear Good Deeds","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an7.62","title":"Don’t Fear Good Deeds","units":[{"id":"an7.62:0","sourceIds":["an7.62:0.1","an7.62:0.2","an7.62:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.62\n6. Abyākatavagga\nMettasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 7.62\n6. The Undeclared Points\nDon’t Fear Good Deeds"}},{"id":"an7.62:1","sourceIds":["an7.62:1.1","an7.62:1.2","an7.62:1.3","an7.62:1.4","an7.62:1.5","an7.62:1.6","an7.62:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mā, bhikkhave, puññānaṁ bhāyittha.\nSukhassetaṁ, bhikkhave, adhivacanaṁ yadidaṁ puññāni.\nAbhijānāmi kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, dīgharattaṁ katānaṁ puññānaṁ dīgharattaṁ iṭṭhaṁ kantaṁ manāpaṁ vipākaṁ paccanubhūtaṁ.\nSatta vassāni mettacittaṁ bhāvesiṁ.\nSatta vassāni mettacittaṁ bhāvetvā satta saṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe nayimaṁ lokaṁ punāgamāsiṁ.\nSaṁvaṭṭamāne sudāhaṁ, bhikkhave, loke ābhassarūpago homi,\nvivaṭṭamāne loke suññaṁ brahmavimānaṁ upapajjāmi.","en":"“Mendicants, don’t fear good deeds.\nFor ‘good deeds’ is a term for happiness.\nI recall undergoing for a long time the likable, desirable, and agreeable results of good deeds performed over a long time.\nI developed a mind of love for seven years.\nAs a result, for seven eons of the cosmos contracting and expanding I didn’t return to this world again.\nAs the cosmos contracted I went to the realm of sublime luminosity.\nAs it expanded I was reborn in an empty mansion of divinity."}},{"id":"an7.62:2","sourceIds":["an7.62:2.1","an7.62:2.2","an7.62:2.3","an7.62:2.4","an7.62:2.5","an7.62:2.6","an7.62:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmā homi mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī.\nChattiṁsakkhattuṁ kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sakko ahosiṁ devānamindo;\nanekasatakkhattuṁ rājā ahosiṁ cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, imāni satta ratanāni ahesuṁ, seyyathidaṁ—\ncakkaratanaṁ, hatthiratanaṁ, assaratanaṁ, maṇiratanaṁ, itthiratanaṁ, gahapatiratanaṁ, pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.\nParosahassaṁ kho pana me, bhikkhave, puttā ahesuṁ sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nSo imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasinti.","en":"There I was the Divinity, the Great Divinity, the vanquisher, the unvanquished, the universal seer, the wielder of power.\nI was Sakka, lord of gods, thirty-six times.\nMany hundreds of times I was a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. My dominion extended to all four sides, I achieved stability in the country, and I possessed the seven treasures.\nThese were my seven treasures:\nthe wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.\nI had over a thousand sons who were valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of my enemies.\nAfter conquering this land girt by sea, I reigned by principle, without rod or sword."}},{"id":"an7.62:3","sourceIds":["an7.62:3.1","an7.62:3.2","an7.62:3.3","an7.62:3.4","an7.62:3.5","an7.62:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Passa puññānaṁ vipākaṁ,\nKusalānaṁ sukhesino;\nMettaṁ cittaṁ vibhāvetvā,\nSatta vassāni bhikkhavo;\nSattasaṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe,\nNayimaṁ lokaṁ punāgamiṁ.","en":"See the result of good deeds,\nof skillful deeds, for one seeking happiness.\nI developed a mind of love\nfor seven years, mendicants.\nFor seven eons of expansion and contraction\nI didn’t return to this world again."}},{"id":"an7.62:4","sourceIds":["an7.62:4.1","an7.62:4.2","an7.62:4.3","an7.62:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁvaṭṭamāne lokamhi,\nhomi ābhassarūpago;\nVivaṭṭamāne lokasmiṁ,\nsuññabrahmūpago ahuṁ.","en":"As the world contracted\nI went to the realm of sublime luminosity.\nAnd when it expanded\nI went to an empty mansion of divinity."}},{"id":"an7.62:5","sourceIds":["an7.62:5.1","an7.62:5.2","an7.62:5.3","an7.62:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattakkhattuṁ mahābrahmā,\nvasavattī tadā ahuṁ;\nChattiṁsakkhattuṁ devindo,\ndevarajjamakārayiṁ.","en":"Seven times I was a Great Divinity,\nand at that time I was the wielder of power.\nThirty-six times I was lord of gods,\nacting as ruler of the gods."}},{"id":"an7.62:6","sourceIds":["an7.62:6.1","an7.62:6.2","an7.62:6.3","an7.62:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cakkavattī ahuṁ rājā,\njambumaṇḍassa issaro;\nMuddhāvasitto khattiyo,\nmanussādhipatī ahuṁ.","en":"Then I was king, a wheel-turning monarch,\nlord of the Black Plum Tree Land.\nAn anointed aristocrat,\nI was sovereign of all humans."}},{"id":"an7.62:7","sourceIds":["an7.62:7.1","an7.62:7.2","an7.62:7.3","an7.62:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Adaṇḍena asatthena,\nvijeyya pathaviṁ imaṁ;\nAsāhasena kammena,\nsamena manusāsi taṁ.","en":"Without rod or sword,\nI conquered this land.\nThrough non-violent action\nI guided it justly."}},{"id":"an7.62:8","sourceIds":["an7.62:8.1","an7.62:8.2","an7.62:8.3","an7.62:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammena rajjaṁ kāretvā,\nasmiṁ pathavimaṇḍale;\nMahaddhane mahābhoge,\naḍḍhe ajāyihaṁ kule.","en":"After ruling this vast territory\nby means of principle,\nI was born in a rich family,\naffluent and wealthy."}},{"id":"an7.62:9","sourceIds":["an7.62:9.1","an7.62:9.2","an7.62:9.3","an7.62:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbakāmehi sampanne,\nratanehi ca sattahi;\nBuddhā saṅgāhakā loke,\ntehi etaṁ sudesitaṁ.","en":"It was replete with all sense pleasures,\nand the seven treasures.\nThis was well taught by the Buddhas,\nwho bring the world together."}},{"id":"an7.62:10","sourceIds":["an7.62:10.1","an7.62:10.2","an7.62:10.3","an7.62:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Eso hetu mahantassa,\npathabyo me na vipajjati;\nPahūtavittūpakaraṇo,\nrājā hoti patāpavā.","en":"This is the cause of greatness\nby which one is called a lord of the land.\nI was a majestic king,\nwith lots of property and assets;"}},{"id":"an7.62:11","sourceIds":["an7.62:11.1","an7.62:11.2","an7.62:11.3","an7.62:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iddhimā yasavā hoti,\njambumaṇḍassa issaro;\nKo sutvā nappasīdeyya,\napi kaṇhābhijātiyo.","en":"successful and glorious,\nlord of the Black Plum Tree Land.\nWho would not be inspired by this,\neven someone of dark birth."}},{"id":"an7.62:12","sourceIds":["an7.62:12.1","an7.62:12.2","an7.62:12.3","an7.62:12.4","an7.62:12.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi attakāmena,\nmahattamabhikaṅkhatā;\nSaddhammo garukātabbo,\nsaraṁ buddhānasāsanan”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"Therefore someone who desires self-knowledge,\nand aspires to greatness themselves,\nshould respect the true teaching,\nremembering the instructions of the Buddhas.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an7.62/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."}