{"id":"cp24","title":"The Conduct of the Lotus-eaters","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"cp24","title":"The Conduct of the Lotus-eaters","units":[{"id":"cp24:0","sourceIds":["cp24:0.1","cp24:0.2","cp24:0.3","cp24:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cariyāpiṭaka\nYudhañjayavagga\nNekkhammapāramī 4\nBhisacariya","en":"The Conduct Leading to Buddhahood\nThe Chapter With Yudhañjaya\nThe Perfection of Renunciation (4th)\nThe Conduct of the Lotus-eaters"}},{"id":"cp24:1","sourceIds":["cp24:1.1","cp24:1.2","cp24:1.3","cp24:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Punāparaṁ yadā homi,\nkāsīnaṁ puravaruttame;\nBhaginī ca bhātaro satta,\nnibbattā sotthiye kule.","en":"“Then again when I was\nin the capital citadel of Kāsi,\na sister and seven brothers\nwere born in a learned family."}},{"id":"cp24:2","sourceIds":["cp24:2.1","cp24:2.2","cp24:2.3","cp24:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etesaṁ pubbajo āsiṁ,\nhirīsukkamupāgato;\nBhavaṁ disvāna bhayato,\nnekkhammābhirato ahaṁ.","en":"I was the first-born of them all,\nfurnishing with pure conscience.\nSeeing rebirth as fearful,\nI longed for renunciation."}},{"id":"cp24:3","sourceIds":["cp24:3.1","cp24:3.2","cp24:3.3","cp24:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātāpitūhi pahitā,\nsahāyā ekamānasā;\nKāmehi maṁ nimantenti,\n‘kulavaṁsaṁ dharehi’ti.","en":"Sent for by my mother and father,\nmy friends with one mind\ninvited me to enjoy sensual pleasures, saying:\n‘Maintain the family lineage.’"}},{"id":"cp24:4","sourceIds":["cp24:4.1","cp24:4.2","cp24:4.3","cp24:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ tesaṁ vacanaṁ vuttaṁ,\ngihīdhamme sukhāvahaṁ;\nTaṁ me ahosi kaṭhinaṁ,\ntattaphālasamaṁ viya.","en":"The words they said\nabout the ways a householder can find happiness,\nwere hard for me to hear,\nlike a heated ploughshare."}},{"id":"cp24:5","sourceIds":["cp24:5.1","cp24:5.2","cp24:5.3","cp24:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te maṁ tadā ukkhipantaṁ,\npucchiṁsu patthitaṁ mama;\n‘Kiṁ tvaṁ patthayase samma,\nyadi kāme na bhuñjasi’.","en":"When I turned down their proposal,\nthey asked me what I wished for:\n‘My dear, what is it that you wish,\nsince you do not long for sensual pleasures?’"}},{"id":"cp24:6","sourceIds":["cp24:6.1","cp24:6.2","cp24:6.3","cp24:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tesāhaṁ evamavacaṁ,\natthakāmo hitesinaṁ;\n‘Nāhaṁ patthemi gihībhāvaṁ,\nnekkhammābhirato ahaṁ’.","en":"I spoke to my beneficiaries,\nwanting what is best.\n‘I wish not for the householder’s state,\nI long for renunciation.’"}},{"id":"cp24:7","sourceIds":["cp24:7.1","cp24:7.2","cp24:7.3","cp24:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te mayhaṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\npitu mātu ca sāvayuṁ;\nMātāpitā evamāhu,\n‘sabbeva pabbajāma bho’.","en":"Hearing my words,\nthey told my mother and father.\nMy parents said this:\n‘Sirs, let all of us go forth!’"}},{"id":"cp24:8","sourceIds":["cp24:8.1","cp24:8.2","cp24:8.3","cp24:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ubho mātāpitā mayhaṁ,\nbhaginī ca satta bhātaro;\nAmitadhanaṁ chaḍḍayitvā,\npāvisimhā mahāvanan”ti.","en":"So both my mother and father,\nsister and seven brothers,\ndiscarding countless riches,\nentered the great forest.”"}},{"id":"cp24:9","sourceIds":["cp24:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhisacariyaṁ catutthaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/cp24/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."}