{"id":"an8.77","title":"Desires","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an8.77","title":"Desires","units":[{"id":"an8.77:0","sourceIds":["an8.77:0.1","an8.77:0.2","an8.77:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.77\n8. Yamakavagga\nIcchāsutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 8.77\n8. Pairs\nDesires"}},{"id":"an8.77:1","sourceIds":["an8.77:1.1","an8.77:1.2","an8.77:1.3","an8.77:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“āvuso bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.\nĀyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:","en":"There Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:\n“Reverends, mendicants!”\n“Reverend,” they replied.\nSāriputta said this:"}},{"id":"an8.77:2","sourceIds":["an8.77:2.1","an8.77:2.2","an8.77:2.3","an8.77:2.4","an8.77:2.5","an8.77:2.6","an8.77:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aṭṭhime, āvuso, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.\nKatame aṭṭha?\nIdhāvuso, bhikkhuno pavivittassa viharato nirāyattavuttino icchā uppajjati lābhāya.\nSo uṭṭhahati, ghaṭati, vāyamati lābhāya.\nTassa uṭṭhahato, ghaṭato, vāyamato lābhāya lābho nuppajjati.\nSo tena alābhena socati kilamati paridevati, urattāḷiṁ kandati, sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, ‘bhikkhu iccho viharati lābhāya, uṭṭhahati, ghaṭati, vāyamati lābhāya, na ca lābhī, socī ca paridevī ca, cuto ca saddhammā’.","en":"“Reverends, these eight individuals are found in the world.\nWhat eight?\nFirst, when a mendicant stays secluded, living independently, a desire arises for material things.\nThey try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them.\nBut material things don’t come to them.\nAnd so they sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion because they don’t get those material things.\nThis is called a mendicant who lives desiring material things. They try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. But when they do not acquire material things, they sorrow and lament. They’ve fallen from the true teaching."}},{"id":"an8.77:3","sourceIds":["an8.77:3.1","an8.77:3.2","an8.77:3.3","an8.77:3.4","an8.77:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāvuso, bhikkhuno pavivittassa viharato nirāyattavuttino icchā uppajjati lābhāya.\nSo uṭṭhahati, ghaṭati, vāyamati lābhāya.\nTassa uṭṭhahato ghaṭato vāyamato lābhāya lābho uppajjati.\nSo tena lābhena majjati pamajjati pamādamāpajjati.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, ‘bhikkhu iccho viharati lābhāya, uṭṭhahati ghaṭati vāyamati lābhāya, lābhī ca, madī ca pamādī ca, cuto ca saddhammā’.","en":"Next, when a mendicant stays secluded, living independently, a desire arises for material things.\nThey try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them.\nAnd material things do come to them.\nAnd so they become indulgent and fall into negligence regarding those material things.\nThis is called a mendicant who lives desiring material things. They try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. And when they acquire material things, they become intoxicated and negligent. They’ve fallen from the true teaching."}},{"id":"an8.77:4","sourceIds":["an8.77:4.1","an8.77:4.2","an8.77:4.3","an8.77:4.4","an8.77:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāvuso, bhikkhuno pavivittassa viharato nirāyattavuttino icchā uppajjati lābhāya.\nSo na uṭṭhahati, na ghaṭati, na vāyamati lābhāya.\nTassa anuṭṭhahato, aghaṭato, avāyamato lābhāya lābho nuppajjati.\nSo tena alābhena socati kilamati paridevati, urattāḷiṁ kandati, sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, ‘bhikkhu iccho viharati lābhāya, na uṭṭhahati, na ghaṭati, na vāyamati lābhāya, na ca lābhī, socī ca paridevī ca, cuto ca saddhammā’.","en":"Next, when a mendicant stays secluded, living independently, a desire arises for material things.\nThey don’t try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them.\nAnd material things don’t come to them.\nAnd so they sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion because they don’t get those material things.\nThis is called a mendicant who lives desiring material things. They don’t try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. But when they do not acquire material things, they sorrow and lament. They’ve fallen from the true teaching."}},{"id":"an8.77:5","sourceIds":["an8.77:5.1","an8.77:5.2","an8.77:5.3","an8.77:5.4","an8.77:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāvuso, bhikkhuno pavivittassa viharato nirāyattavuttino icchā uppajjati lābhāya.\nSo na uṭṭhahati, na ghaṭati, na vāyamati lābhāya.\nTassa anuṭṭhahato, aghaṭato, avāyamato lābhāya lābho uppajjati.\nSo tena lābhena majjati pamajjati pamādamāpajjati.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, ‘bhikkhu iccho viharati lābhāya, na uṭṭhahati na ghaṭati na vāyamati lābhāya, lābhī ca, madī ca pamādī ca, cuto ca saddhammā’.","en":"Next, when a mendicant stays secluded, living independently, a desire arises for material things.\nThey don’t try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them.\nBut material things do come to them.\nAnd so they become indulgent and fall into negligence regarding those material things.\nThis is called a mendicant who lives desiring material things. They don’t try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. But when they acquire material things, they become intoxicated and negligent. They’ve fallen from the true teaching."}},{"id":"an8.77:6","sourceIds":["an8.77:6.1","an8.77:6.2","an8.77:6.3","an8.77:6.4","an8.77:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāvuso, bhikkhuno pavivittassa viharato nirāyattavuttino icchā uppajjati lābhāya.\nSo uṭṭhahati, ghaṭati, vāyamati lābhāya.\nTassa uṭṭhahato, ghaṭato, vāyamato lābhāya, lābho nuppajjati.\nSo tena alābhena na socati na kilamati na paridevati, na urattāḷiṁ kandati, na sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, ‘bhikkhu iccho viharati lābhāya, uṭṭhahati ghaṭati vāyamati lābhāya, na ca lābhī, na ca socī na ca paridevī, accuto ca saddhammā’.","en":"Next, when a mendicant stays secluded, living independently, a desire arises for material things.\nThey try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them.\nBut material things don’t come to them.\nBut they don’t sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion because they don’t get those material things.\nThis is called a mendicant who lives desiring material things. They try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. But when they do not acquire material things, they don’t sorrow and lament. They haven’t fallen from the true teaching."}},{"id":"an8.77:7","sourceIds":["an8.77:7.1","an8.77:7.2","an8.77:7.3","an8.77:7.4","an8.77:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāvuso, bhikkhuno pavivittassa viharato nirāyattavuttino icchā uppajjati lābhāya.\nSo uṭṭhahati, ghaṭati, vāyamati lābhāya.\nTassa uṭṭhahato, ghaṭato, vāyamato lābhāya, lābho uppajjati.\nSo tena lābhena na majjati na pamajjati na pamādamāpajjati.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, ‘bhikkhu iccho viharati lābhāya, uṭṭhahati, ghaṭati, vāyamati lābhāya, lābhī ca, na ca madī na ca pamādī, accuto ca saddhammā’.","en":"Next, when a mendicant stays secluded, living independently, a desire arises for material things.\nThey try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them.\nAnd material things do come to them.\nBut they don’t become indulgent and fall into negligence regarding those material things.\nThis is called a mendicant who lives desiring material things. They try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. But when they acquire material things, they don’t become intoxicated and negligent. They haven’t fallen from the true teaching."}},{"id":"an8.77:8","sourceIds":["an8.77:8.1","an8.77:8.2","an8.77:8.3","an8.77:8.4","an8.77:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāvuso, bhikkhuno pavivittassa viharato nirāyattavuttino icchā uppajjati lābhāya.\nSo na uṭṭhahati, na ghaṭati, na vāyamati lābhāya.\nTassa anuṭṭhahato, aghaṭato, avāyamato lābhāya, lābho nuppajjati.\nSo tena alābhena na socati na kilamati na paridevati, na urattāḷiṁ kandati, na sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, ‘bhikkhu iccho viharati lābhāya, na uṭṭhahati, na ghaṭati, na vāyamati lābhāya, na ca lābhī, na ca socī na ca paridevī, accuto ca saddhammā’.","en":"Next, when a mendicant stays secluded, living independently, a desire arises for material things.\nThey don’t try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them.\nAnd material things don’t come to them.\nBut they don’t sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion because they don’t get those material things.\nThis is called a mendicant who lives desiring material things. They don’t try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. And when they do not acquire material things, they don’t sorrow and lament. They haven’t fallen from the true teaching."}},{"id":"an8.77:9","sourceIds":["an8.77:9.1","an8.77:9.2","an8.77:9.3","an8.77:9.4","an8.77:9.5","an8.77:9.6","an8.77:9.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha panāvuso, bhikkhuno pavivittassa viharato nirāyattavuttino icchā uppajjati lābhāya.\nSo na uṭṭhahati, na ghaṭati, na vāyamati lābhāya.\nTassa anuṭṭhahato, aghaṭato, avāyamato lābhāya, lābho uppajjati.\nSo tena lābhena na majjati na pamajjati na pamādamāpajjati.\nAyaṁ vuccatāvuso, ‘bhikkhu iccho viharati lābhāya, na uṭṭhahati, na ghaṭati, na vāyamati lābhāya, lābhī ca, na ca madī na ca pamādī, accuto ca saddhammā’.\nIme kho, āvuso, aṭṭha puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"Next, when a mendicant stays secluded, living independently, a desire arises for material things.\nThey don’t try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them.\nBut material things do come to them.\nBut they don’t become indulgent and fall into negligence regarding those material things.\nThis is called a mendicant who lives desiring material things. They don’t try hard, strive, and make an effort to get them. And when they acquire material things, they don’t become intoxicated and negligent. They haven’t fallen from the true teaching.\nThese eight individuals are found in the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an8.77/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."}