{"id":"an8.7","title":"Devadatta’s Failure","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.7","title":"Devadatta’s Failure","units":[{"id":"an8.7:0","sourceIds":["an8.7:0.1","an8.7:0.2","an8.7:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.7\n1. Mettāvagga\nDevadattavipattisutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.7\n1. Love\nDevadatta’s Failure"}},{"id":"an8.7:1","sourceIds":["an8.7:1.1","an8.7:1.2","an8.7:1.3","an8.7:1.4","an8.7:1.5","an8.7:1.6","an8.7:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate acirapakkante devadatte.\nTatra bhagavā devadattaṁ ārabbha bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“sādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kālena kālaṁ attavipattiṁ paccavekkhitā hoti.\nSādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kālena kālaṁ paravipattiṁ paccavekkhitā hoti.\nSādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kālena kālaṁ attasampattiṁ paccavekkhitā hoti.\nSādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kālena kālaṁ parasampattiṁ paccavekkhitā hoti.\nAṭṭhahi, bhikkhave, asaddhammehi abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto devadatto āpāyiko nerayiko kappaṭṭho atekiccho.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain, not long after Devadatta had left.\nThere the Buddha spoke to the mendicants about Devadatta:\n“Mendicants, it’s good for a mendicant to check their own failings from time to time.\nIt’s good for a mendicant to check the failings of others from time to time.\nIt’s good for a mendicant to check their own successes from time to time.\nIt’s good for a mendicant to check the successes of others from time to time.\nOvercome and overwhelmed by eight things that oppose the true teaching, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable."}},{"id":"an8.7:2","sourceIds":["an8.7:2.1","an8.7:2.2","an8.7:2.3","an8.7:2.4","an8.7:2.5","an8.7:2.6","an8.7:2.7","an8.7:2.8","an8.7:2.9","an8.7:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamehi aṭṭhahi?\nLābhena hi, bhikkhave, abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto devadatto āpāyiko nerayiko kappaṭṭho atekiccho.\nAlābhena, bhikkhave …pe…\nyasena, bhikkhave …\nayasena, bhikkhave …\nsakkārena, bhikkhave …\nasakkārena, bhikkhave …\npāpicchatāya, bhikkhave …\npāpamittatāya, bhikkhave, abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto devadatto āpāyiko nerayiko kappaṭṭho atekiccho.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi asaddhammehi abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto devadatto āpāyiko nerayiko kappaṭṭho atekiccho.","en":"What eight?\nOvercome and overwhelmed by gain …\nloss …\nfame …\ndisgrace …\nhonor …\ndishonor …\ncorrupt wishes …\nbad friendship, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable.\nOvercome and overwhelmed by these eight things that oppose the true teaching, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable."}},{"id":"an8.7:3","sourceIds":["an8.7:3.1","an8.7:3.2","an8.7:3.3","an8.7:3.4","an8.7:3.5","an8.7:3.6","an8.7:3.7","an8.7:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sādhu, bhikkhave, bhikkhu uppannaṁ lābhaṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya vihareyya,\nuppannaṁ alābhaṁ …pe…\nuppannaṁ yasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ ayasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ sakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ asakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpicchataṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpamittataṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya vihareyya.","en":"It’s good for a mendicant, whenever they encounter it, to overcome gain …\nloss …\nfame …\ndisgrace …\nhonor …\ndishonor …\ncorrupt wishes …\nbad friendship."}},{"id":"an8.7:4","sourceIds":["an8.7:4.1","an8.7:4.2","an8.7:4.3","an8.7:4.4","an8.7:4.5","an8.7:4.6","an8.7:4.7","an8.7:4.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca uppannaṁ lābhaṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya vihareyya,\nuppannaṁ alābhaṁ …pe…\nuppannaṁ yasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ ayasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ sakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ asakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpicchataṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpamittataṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya vihareyya?","en":"What advantage does a mendicant gain by overcoming these eight things?"}},{"id":"an8.7:5","sourceIds":["an8.7:5.1","an8.7:5.2","an8.7:5.3","an8.7:5.4","an8.7:5.5","an8.7:5.6","an8.7:5.7","an8.7:5.8","an8.7:5.9","an8.7:5.10","an8.7:5.11","an8.7:5.12","an8.7:5.13","an8.7:5.14","an8.7:5.15","an8.7:5.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ hissa, bhikkhave, uppannaṁ lābhaṁ anabhibhuyya viharato uppajjeyyuṁ āsavā vighātapariḷāhā, uppannaṁ lābhaṁ abhibhuyya viharato evaṁsa te āsavā vighātapariḷāhā na honti.\nYaṁ hissa, bhikkhave, uppannaṁ alābhaṁ …pe…\nuppannaṁ yasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ ayasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ sakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ asakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpicchataṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpamittataṁ anabhibhuyya viharato uppajjeyyuṁ āsavā vighātapariḷāhā, uppannaṁ pāpamittataṁ abhibhuyya viharato evaṁsa te āsavā vighātapariḷāhā na honti.\nIdaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu atthavasaṁ paṭicca uppannaṁ lābhaṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya vihareyya,\nuppannaṁ alābhaṁ …pe…\nuppannaṁ yasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ ayasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ sakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ asakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpicchataṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpamittataṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya vihareyya.","en":"The distressing and feverish defilements that might arise in someone who lives without overcoming these eight things do not arise when they have overcome them.\nThis is the advantage that a mendicant gains by overcoming these eight things."}},{"id":"an8.7:6","sourceIds":["an8.7:6.1","an8.7:6.2","an8.7:6.3","an8.7:6.4","an8.7:6.5","an8.7:6.6","an8.7:6.7","an8.7:6.8","an8.7:6.9","an8.7:6.10","an8.7:6.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘uppannaṁ lābhaṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya viharissāma,\nuppannaṁ alābhaṁ …pe…\nuppannaṁ yasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ ayasaṁ …\nuppannaṁ sakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ asakkāraṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpicchataṁ …\nuppannaṁ pāpamittataṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya viharissāmā’ti.\nEvañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"So, mendicants, you should train like this:\n‘Whenever we encounter it, we will overcome gain …\nloss …\nfame …\ndisgrace …\nhonor …\ndishonor …\ncorrupt wishes …\nbad friendship.’\nThat’s how you should train.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.7/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."}