{"id":"an9.21","title":"In Three Particulars","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an9.21","title":"In Three Particulars","units":[{"id":"an9.21:0","sourceIds":["an9.21:0.1","an9.21:0.2","an9.21:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.21\n3. Sattāvāsavagga\nTiṭhānasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 9.21\n3. Abodes of Sentient Beings\nIn Three Particulars"}},{"id":"an9.21:1","sourceIds":["an9.21:1.1","an9.21:1.2","an9.21:1.3","an9.21:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tīhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi uttarakurukā manussā deve ca tāvatiṁse adhiggaṇhanti jambudīpake ca manusse.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nAmamā, apariggahā, niyatāyukā, visesaguṇā—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi ṭhānehi uttarakurukā manussā deve ca tāvatiṁse adhiggaṇhanti jambudīpake ca manusse.","en":"“The humans of the land north of Kuru surpass the gods of the thirty-three and the humans of the Black Plum Tree Land in three particulars.\nWhat three?\nThey’re selfless and not possessive. They have a fixed lifespan. They have a distinctive nature.\nThe humans of the land north of Kuru surpass the gods of the thirty-three and the humans of the Black Plum Tree Land in these three particulars."}},{"id":"an9.21:2","sourceIds":["an9.21:2.1","an9.21:2.2","an9.21:2.3","an9.21:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tīhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi devā tāvatiṁsā uttarakuruke ca manusse adhiggaṇhanti jambudīpake ca manusse.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nDibbena āyunā, dibbena vaṇṇena, dibbena sukhena—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi ṭhānehi devā tāvatiṁsā uttarakuruke ca manusse adhiggaṇhanti jambudīpake ca manusse.","en":"The gods of the thirty-three surpass the humans of the land north of Kuru and the Black Plum Tree Land in three particulars.\nWhat three?\nHeavenly lifespan, beauty, and happiness.\nThe gods of the thirty-three surpass the humans of the land north of Kuru and the Black Plum Tree Land in these three particulars."}},{"id":"an9.21:3","sourceIds":["an9.21:3.1","an9.21:3.2","an9.21:3.3","an9.21:3.4","an9.21:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tīhi, bhikkhave, ṭhānehi jambudīpakā manussā uttarakuruke ca manusse adhiggaṇhanti deve ca tāvatiṁse.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nSūrā, satimanto, idha brahmacariyavāso—\nimehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi ṭhānehi jambudīpakā manussā uttarakuruke ca manusse adhiggaṇhanti deve ca tāvatiṁse”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"The humans of the Black Plum Tree Land surpass the humans of the land north of Kuru and the gods of the thirty-three in three particulars.\nWhat three?\nBravery, mindfulness, and the spiritual life is lived here.\nThe humans of the Black Plum Tree Land surpass the humans of the land north of Kuru and the gods of the thirty-three in these three particulars.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an9.21/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."}