{"id":"dn21","title":"Sakka’s Questions","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dn21","title":"Sakka’s Questions","units":[{"id":"dn21:0","sourceIds":["dn21:0.1","dn21:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dīgha Nikāya 21\nSakkapañhasutta","en":"Long Discourses 21\nSakka’s Questions"}},{"id":"dn21:1.1","sourceIds":["dn21:1.1.1","dn21:1.1.2","dn21:1.1.3","dn21:1.1.4","dn21:1.1.5","dn21:1.1.6","dn21:1.1.7","dn21:1.1.8","dn21:1.1.9","dn21:1.1.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā magadhesu viharati, pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate indasālaguhāyaṁ.\nTena kho pana samayena sakkassa devānamindassa ussukkaṁ udapādi bhagavantaṁ dassanāya.\nAtha kho sakkassa devānamindassa etadahosi:\n“kahaṁ nu kho bhagavā etarahi viharati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho”ti?\nAddasā kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ magadhesu viharantaṁ pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate indasālaguhāyaṁ.\nDisvāna deve tāvatiṁse āmantesi:\n“ayaṁ, mārisā, bhagavā magadhesu viharati, pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate indasālaguhāyaṁ.\nYadi pana, mārisā, mayaṁ taṁ bhagavantaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyāma arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhan”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhaddantavā”ti kho devā tāvatiṁsā sakkassa devānamindassa paccassosuṁ.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Magadhans, where east of Rājagaha there is a brahmin village named Ambasaṇḍā, north of which, on Mount Vediyaka, is Indra’s hill cave.\nNow at that time Sakka, the lord of gods, grew eager to see the Buddha.\nHe thought,\n“Where is the Blessed One at present, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha?”\nSeeing that the Buddha was at Indra’s hill cave,\nhe addressed the gods of the thirty-three,\n“Good fellows, the Buddha is staying in the land of the Magadhans at Indra’s hill cave.\nWhat if we were to go and see that Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha?”\n“Yes, lord,” replied the gods."}},{"id":"dn21:1.2","sourceIds":["dn21:1.2.1","dn21:1.2.2","dn21:1.2.3","dn21:1.2.4","dn21:1.2.5","dn21:1.2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sakko devānamindo pañcasikhaṁ gandhabbadevaputtaṁ āmantesi:\n“ayaṁ, tāta pañcasikha, bhagavā magadhesu viharati pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate indasālaguhāyaṁ.\nYadi pana, tāta pañcasikha, mayaṁ taṁ bhagavantaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyāma arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhan”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhaddantavā”ti kho pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṁ ādāya sakkassa devānamindassa anucariyaṁ upāgami.\nAtha kho sakko devānamindo devehi tāvatiṁsehi parivuto pañcasikhena gandhabbadevaputtena purakkhato—\nseyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—devesu tāvatiṁsesu antarahito magadhesu pācīnato rājagahassa ambasaṇḍā nāma brāhmaṇagāmo, tassuttarato vediyake pabbate paccuṭṭhāsi.","en":"Then Sakka addressed the centaur Pañcasikha,\n“Dear Pañcasikha, the Buddha is staying in the land of the Magadhans at Indra’s hill cave.\nWhat if we were to go and see that Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha?”\n“Yes, lord,” replied the centaur Pañcasikha. Taking his arched harp made from the pale timber of wood-apple, he went as Sakka’s attendant.\nThen Sakka went at the head of a retinue consisting of the gods of the thirty-three and the godling centaur Pañcasikha.\nAs easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he vanished from the heaven of the gods of the thirty-three and landed on Mount Vediyaka north of Ambasaṇḍā."}},{"id":"dn21:1.3","sourceIds":["dn21:1.3.1","dn21:1.3.2","dn21:1.3.3","dn21:1.3.4","dn21:1.3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena vediyako pabbato atiriva obhāsajāto hoti ambasaṇḍā ca brāhmaṇagāmo yathā taṁ devānaṁ devānubhāvena.\nApissudaṁ parito gāmesu manussā evamāhaṁsu:\n“ādittassu nāmajja vediyako pabbato jhāyatisu nāmajja vediyako pabbato jalatisu. Nāmajja vediyako pabbato.\nKiṁsu nāmajja vediyako pabbato atiriva obhāsajāto ambasaṇḍā ca brāhmaṇagāmo”ti;\nsaṁviggā lomahaṭṭhajātā ahesuṁ.","en":"Now at that time a dazzling light appeared over Mount Vediyaka and Ambasaṇḍā, as happens through the glory of the gods.\nPeople in the villages round about, terrified, shocked, and awestruck, said,\n“Mount Vediyaka must be on fire today, blazing and burning!\nOh why has such a dazzling light appeared over Mount Vediyaka and Ambasaṇḍā?”"}},{"id":"dn21:1.4","sourceIds":["dn21:1.4.1","dn21:1.4.2","dn21:1.4.3","dn21:1.4.4","dn21:1.4.5","dn21:1.4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sakko devānamindo pañcasikhaṁ gandhabbadevaputtaṁ āmantesi:\n“durupasaṅkamā kho, tāta pañcasikha, tathāgatā mādisena, jhāyī jhānaratā, tadantaraṁ paṭisallīnā.\nYadi pana tvaṁ, tāta pañcasikha, bhagavantaṁ paṭhamaṁ pasādeyyāsi, tayā, tāta, paṭhamaṁ pasāditaṁ pacchā mayaṁ taṁ bhagavantaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkameyyāma arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhan”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhaddantavā”ti kho pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṁ ādāya yena indasālaguhā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā:\n“ettāvatā me bhagavā neva atidūre bhavissati nāccāsanne, saddañca me sossatī”ti—\nekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.","en":"Then Sakka addressed the centaur Pañcasikha,\n“My dear Pañcasikha, it is hard for one like me to get near the Realized Ones while they are on retreat practicing absorption, enjoying absorption.\nBut if you were to charm the Buddha first, then I could go to see him.”\n“Yes, lord,” replied the centaur Pañcasikha. Taking his arched harp made from the pale timber of wood-apple, he went to Indra’s hill cave. When he had drawn near, he stood to one side, thinking,\n“This is neither too far nor too near; and he’ll hear my voice.”"}},{"id":"dn21:1.4.7","sourceIds":["dn21:1.4.7.0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"1. Pañcasikhagītagāthā","en":"1. Pañcasikha’s Song"}},{"id":"dn21:1.4-from-dn21-1.4.8","sourceIds":["dn21:1.4.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṁ assāvesi, imā ca gāthā abhāsi buddhūpasañhitā dhammūpasañhitā saṅghūpasañhitā arahantūpasañhitā kāmūpasañhitā:","en":"Standing to one side, Pañcasikha played his arched harp, and sang these verses on the Buddha, the teaching, the Saṅgha, the perfected ones, and sensual 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piyāmesi,\ndhammo arahatāmiva.\nĀturasseva bhesajjaṁ,\nbhojanaṁva jighacchato;\nParinibbāpaya maṁ bhadde,\njalantamiva vārinā.\nSītodakaṁ pokkharaṇiṁ,\nyuttaṁ kiñjakkhareṇunā;\nNāgo ghammābhitattova,\nogāhe te thanūdaraṁ.\nAccaṅkusova nāgova,\njitaṁ me tuttatomaraṁ;\nKāraṇaṁ nappajānāmi,\nsammatto lakkhaṇūruyā.\nTayi gedhitacittosmi,\ncittaṁ vipariṇāmitaṁ;\nPaṭigantuṁ na sakkomi,\nvaṅkaghastova ambujo.\nVāmūru saja maṁ bhadde,\nsaja maṁ mandalocane;\nPalissaja maṁ kalyāṇi,\netaṁ me abhipatthitaṁ.\nAppako vata me santo,\nkāmo vellitakesiyā;\nAnekabhāvo samuppādi,\narahanteva dakkhiṇā.\nYaṁ me atthi kataṁ puññaṁ,\narahantesu tādisu;\nTaṁ me sabbaṅgakalyāṇi,\ntayā saddhiṁ vipaccataṁ.\nYaṁ me atthi kataṁ puññaṁ,\nasmiṁ pathavimaṇḍale;\nTaṁ me sabbaṅgakalyāṇi,\ntayā saddhiṁ vipaccataṁ.\nSakyaputtova jhānena,\nekodi nipako sato;\nAmataṁ muni jigīsāno,\ntamahaṁ sūriyavacchase.\nYathāpi muni nandeyya,\npatvā sambodhimuttamaṁ;\nEvaṁ nandeyyaṁ kalyāṇi,\nmissībhāvaṁ gato tayā.\nSakko ce me varaṁ dajjā,\ntāvatiṁsānamissaro;\nTāhaṁ bhadde vareyyāhe,\nevaṁ kāmo daḷho mama.\nSālaṁva na ciraṁ phullaṁ,\npitaraṁ te sumedhase;\nVandamāno namassāmi,\nyassāsetādisī pajā”ti.","en":"“O Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, my Darling Sunshine,\nI pay homage to your father Timbaru,\nthrough whom was born a lady so fine,\nto fill me with a joy I never knew.\nAs sweet as a breeze to one who’s sweating,\nor when thirsty, a sweet and cooling drink,\nso dear are you, Aṅgīrasi, to me—\njust like the teaching is to all the saints!\nLike a cure when you’re struck by fever dire,\nor food to ease the hunger pain,\ncome on, Bhaddā, please put out my fire,\nquench me like water on a flame.\nAs elephants burning in the heat of summer,\nsink down in a lotus pond to rest,\nso cool, full of petals and of pollen—\nthat’s how I would plunge into your breast.\nLike elephants bursting bonds in rutting season,\nbeating off the pricks of lance and pikes—\nI just don’t understand what is the reason\nI’m so crazy for your shapely thighs!\nFor you, my heart is full of passion,\nI’m in a besotted state of mind.\nThere is no going back, I’m just not able,\nI’m like a fish that’s hooked up on the line.\nCome on, my Bhaddā, hold me, fair of thighs!\nEmbrace me, maid of captivating eyes!\nTake me in your arms, my lovely lady,\nthat’s all I’d ever want or could desire.\nAh, then my desire was such a small thing,\nmy sweet, with your curling wavy hair;\nnow, like to arahants an offering,\nit’s grown so very much from there.\nWhatever the merit I have forged\nby giving to such perfected beings—\nmay that, my altogether gorgeous,\nripen in togetherness with you.\nWhatever the merit I have forged\nin this vast territory,\nmay that, my altogether gorgeous,\nripen in togetherness with you.\nAs the Sakyan, absorbed, did meditate\nat one, alert, and mindful too,\nthe sage seeking the state free of death—\nso I, oh my Sunshine, seek for you!\nAnd just like the sage would delight,\nonce he had awakened to the truth,\nso I would delight, my fine lady,\nwere I to become one with you.\nIf Sakka were to grant me one wish,\nas Lord of the Thirty and Three,\nmy Bhaddā, you’re all I would wish for,\nso strong is the love in me.\nLike a freshly blossoming sal tree\nis your father, my lady so wise.\nI pay homage to he, bowing humbly,\nwhose daughter is of such a kind.”"}},{"id":"dn21:1.6","sourceIds":["dn21:1.6.1","dn21:1.6.2","dn21:1.6.3","dn21:1.6.4","dn21:1.6.5","dn21:1.6.6","dn21:1.6.7","dn21:1.6.8","dn21:1.6.9","dn21:1.6.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā pañcasikhaṁ gandhabbadevaputtaṁ etadavoca:\n“saṁsandati kho te, pañcasikha, tantissaro gītassarena, gītassaro ca tantissarena;\nna ca pana te, pañcasikha, tantissaro gītassaraṁ ativattati, gītassaro ca tantissaraṁ.\nKadā saṁyūḷhā pana te, pañcasikha, imā gāthā buddhūpasañhitā dhammūpasañhitā saṅghūpasañhitā arahantūpasañhitā kāmūpasañhitā”ti?\n“Ekamidaṁ, bhante, samayaṁ bhagavā uruvelāyaṁ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre ajapālanigrodhe paṭhamābhisambuddho.\nTena kho panāhaṁ, bhante, samayena bhaddā nāma sūriyavacchasā timbaruno gandhabbarañño dhītā, tamabhikaṅkhāmi.\nSā kho pana, bhante, bhaginī parakāminī hoti;\nsikhaṇḍī nāma mātalissa saṅgāhakassa putto, tamabhikaṅkhati.\nYato kho ahaṁ, bhante, taṁ bhaginiṁ nālatthaṁ kenaci pariyāyena.\nAthāhaṁ beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṁ ādāya yena timbaruno gandhabbarañño nivesanaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁ; upasaṅkamitvā beluvapaṇḍuvīṇaṁ assāvesiṁ, imā ca gāthā abhāsiṁ buddhūpasañhitā dhammūpasañhitā saṅghūpasañhitā arahantūpasañhitā kāmūpasañhitā—","en":"When Pañcasikha had spoken, the Buddha said to him,\n“Pañcasikha, the sound of your strings blends well with the sound of your singing,\nso that neither overpowers the other.\nBut when did you compose these verses on the Buddha, the teaching, the Saṅgha, the perfected ones, and sensual love?”\n“This one time, sir, when you were first awakened, you were staying in Uruvelā at the goatherd’s banyan tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.\nAnd at that time I was in love with Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, who they call ‘Darling Sunshine’, the daughter of the centaur king Timbaru.\nBut the sister desired another.\nIt was the one named Sikhaṇḍī, the son of Mātali the chariot handler, who she loved.\nSince I couldn’t win that sister by any means,\nI took my arched harp to Timbaru’s home, where I played those verses."}},{"id":"dn21:1.7","sourceIds":["dn21:1.7.1","dn21:1.7.2","dn21:1.7.3","dn21:1.7.4","dn21:1.7.5","dn21:1.7.6","dn21:1.7.7","dn21:1.7.8","dn21:1.7.9","dn21:1.7.10","dn21:1.7.11","dn21:1.7.12","dn21:1.7.13","dn21:1.7.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vande te pitaraṁ bhadde,\ntimbaruṁ sūriyavacchase;\nYena jātāsi kalyāṇī,\nānandajananī mama.\n…pe…\nSālaṁva na ciraṁ phullaṁ,\npitaraṁ te sumedhase;\nVandamāno namassāmi,\nyassāsetādisī pajāti.\nEvaṁ vutte, bhante, bhaddā sūriyavacchasā maṁ etadavoca:\n‘na kho me, mārisa, so bhagavā sammukhā diṭṭho, api ca sutoyeva me so bhagavā devānaṁ tāvatiṁsānaṁ sudhammāyaṁ sabhāyaṁ upanaccantiyā.\nYato kho tvaṁ, mārisa, taṁ bhagavantaṁ kittesi, hotu no ajja samāgamo’ti.\nSoyeva no, bhante, tassā bhaginiyā saddhiṁ samāgamo ahosi.\nNa ca dāni tato pacchā”ti.","en":"When I finished, Suriyavaccasā said to me,\n‘Good fellow, I have not personally seen the Buddha. But I did hear about him when I went to dance for the gods of the thirty-three in the Hall of Clear Right.\nSince you extol the Buddha, let us meet up today.’\nAnd that’s when I met up with that sister.\nBut we have not met since.”"}},{"id":"dn21:1.8","sourceIds":["dn21:1.8.0","dn21:1.8.1","dn21:1.8.2","dn21:1.8.3","dn21:1.8.4","dn21:1.8.5","dn21:1.8.6","dn21:1.8.7","dn21:1.8.8","dn21:1.8.9","dn21:1.8.10","dn21:1.8.11","dn21:1.8.12","dn21:1.8.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"2. Sakkūpasaṅkama\nAtha kho sakkassa devānamindassa etadahosi:\n“paṭisammodati pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto bhagavatā, bhagavā ca pañcasikhenā”ti.\nAtha kho sakko devānamindo pañcasikhaṁ gandhabbadevaputtaṁ āmantesi:\n“abhivādehi me tvaṁ, tāta pañcasikha, bhagavantaṁ:\n‘sakko, bhante, devānamindo sāmacco saparijano bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī’”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhaddantavā”ti kho pañcasikho gandhabbadevaputto sakkassa devānamindassa paṭissutvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādeti:\n“sakko, bhante, devānamindo sāmacco saparijano bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī”ti.\n“Evaṁ sukhī hotu, pañcasikha, sakko devānamindo sāmacco saparijano;\nsukhakāmā hi devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā ye caññe santi puthukāyā”ti.\nEvañca pana tathāgatā evarūpe mahesakkhe yakkhe abhivadanti.\nAbhivadito sakko devānamindo bhagavato indasālaguhaṁ pavisitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nDevāpi tāvatiṁsā indasālaguhaṁ pavisitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.\nPañcasikhopi gandhabbadevaputto indasālaguhaṁ pavisitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.","en":"2. The Approach of Sakka\nThen Sakka, lord of gods, thought,\n“Pañcasikha is exchanging pleasantries with the Buddha.”\nSo he addressed Pañcasikha,\n“My dear Pañcasikha, please bow to the Buddha for me, saying:\n‘Sir, Sakka, lord of gods, with his ministers and retinue, bows with his head at your feet.’”\n“Yes, lord,” replied Pañcasikha. He bowed to the Buddha and said,\n“Sir, Sakka, lord of gods, with his ministers and retinue, bows with his head at your feet.”\n“So may Sakka with his ministers and retinue be happy, Pañcasikha,” said the Buddha,\n“for all want to be happy—whether gods, humans, titans, dragons, centaurs, or any of the other diverse creatures there may be.”\nFor that is how the Realized Ones salute such illustrious spirits.\nAnd being saluted by the Buddha, Sakka entered Indra’s hill cave, bowed to the Buddha, and stood to one side.\nAnd the gods of the thirty-three did likewise,\nas did Pañcasikha."}},{"id":"dn21:1.9","sourceIds":["dn21:1.9.1","dn21:1.9.2","dn21:1.9.3","dn21:1.9.4","dn21:1.9.5","dn21:1.9.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena indasālaguhā visamā santī samā samapādi, sambādhā santī urundā samapādi, andhakāro guhāyaṁ antaradhāyi, āloko udapādi yathā taṁ devānaṁ devānubhāvena.\nAtha kho bhagavā sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ etadavoca:\n“acchariyamidaṁ āyasmato kosiyassa, abbhutamidaṁ āyasmato kosiyassa tāva bahukiccassa bahukaraṇīyassa yadidaṁ idhāgamanan”ti.\n“Cirapaṭikāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamitukāmo; api ca devānaṁ tāvatiṁsānaṁ kehici kehici kiccakaraṇīyehi byāvaṭo; evāhaṁ nāsakkhiṁ bhagavantaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamituṁ.\nEkamidaṁ, bhante, samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati salaḷāgārake.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhante, sāvatthiṁ agamāsiṁ bhagavantaṁ dassanāya.","en":"And at that time the uneven places were evened out, the cramped places were opened up, the darkness vanished in the cave and light appeared, as happens through the glory of the gods.\nThen the Buddha said to Sakka,\n“It’s incredible and amazing that you, the venerable Kosiya, who has so many duties and so much to do, should come here.”\n“For a long time I’ve wanted to come and see the Buddha, but I wasn’t able, being prevented by my many duties and responsibilities for the gods of the thirty-three.\nThis one time, sir, the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in the salaḷa tree hut.\nThen I went to Sāvatthī to see the Buddha."}},{"id":"dn21:1.10","sourceIds":["dn21:1.10.1","dn21:1.10.2","dn21:1.10.3","dn21:1.10.4","dn21:1.10.5","dn21:1.10.6","dn21:1.10.7","dn21:1.10.8","dn21:1.10.9","dn21:1.10.10","dn21:1.10.11","dn21:1.10.12","dn21:1.10.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana, bhante, samayena bhagavā aññatarena samādhinā nisinno hoti, bhūjati ca nāma vessavaṇassa mahārājassa paricārikā bhagavantaṁ paccupaṭṭhitā hoti, pañjalikā namassamānā tiṭṭhati.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhūjatiṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘abhivādehi me tvaṁ, bhagini, bhagavantaṁ:\n“sakko, bhante, devānamindo sāmacco saparijano bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī”’ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, bhante, sā bhūjati maṁ etadavoca:\n‘akālo kho, mārisa, bhagavantaṁ dassanāya;\npaṭisallīno bhagavā’ti.\n‘Tena hi, bhagini, yadā bhagavā tamhā samādhimhā vuṭṭhito hoti, atha mama vacanena bhagavantaṁ abhivādehi:\n“sakko, bhante, devānamindo sāmacco saparijano bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī”’ti.\nKacci me sā, bhante, bhaginī bhagavantaṁ abhivādesi?\nSarati bhagavā tassā bhaginiyā vacanan”ti?\n“Abhivādesi maṁ sā, devānaminda, bhaginī, sarāmahaṁ tassā bhaginiyā vacanaṁ.\nApi cāhaṁ āyasmato nemisaddena tamhā samādhimhā vuṭṭhito”ti.","en":"But at that time the Buddha was sitting immersed in some kind of meditation. And a divine maiden of Great King Vessavaṇa named Bhūjati was attending on the Buddha, standing there paying homage to him with cupped palms.\nSo I said to her,\n‘Sister, please bow to the Buddha for me, saying:\n“Sir, Sakka, lord of gods, with his ministers and retinue, bows with his head at your feet.”’\nWhen I said this, she said to me,\n‘It’s the wrong time to see the Buddha,\nas he’s in retreat.’\n‘Well then, sister, please convey my message when the Buddha emerges from that immersion.’\nI hope that sister bowed to you?\nDo you remember what she said?”\n“She did bow, lord of gods, and I remember what she said.\nI also remember that it was the sound of your chariot wheels that pulled me out of that immersion.”"}},{"id":"dn21:1.11","sourceIds":["dn21:1.11.1","dn21:1.11.2","dn21:1.11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ye te, bhante, devā amhehi paṭhamataraṁ tāvatiṁsakāyaṁ upapannā, tesaṁ me sammukhā sutaṁ sammukhā paṭiggahitaṁ:\n‘yadā tathāgatā loke uppajjanti arahanto sammāsambuddhā, dibbā kāyā paripūrenti, hāyanti asurakāyā’ti.\nTaṁ me idaṁ, bhante, sakkhidiṭṭhaṁ yato tathāgato loke uppanno arahaṁ sammāsambuddho, dibbā kāyā paripūrenti, hāyanti asurakāyāti.","en":"“Sir, I have heard and learned this in the presence of the gods who were reborn in the host of the thirty-three before me:\n‘When a Realized One arises in the world, perfected and fully awakened, the heavenly hosts swell, while the titan hosts dwindle.’\nAnd I have seen this with my own eyes."}},{"id":"dn21:1.11.4","sourceIds":["dn21:1.11.4.0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"2.1. Gopakavatthu","en":"2.1. The Story of Gopikā"}},{"id":"dn21:1.11-from-dn21-1.11.5","sourceIds":["dn21:1.11.5","dn21:1.11.6","dn21:1.11.7","dn21:1.11.8","dn21:1.11.9","dn21:1.11.10","dn21:1.11.11","dn21:1.11.12","dn21:1.11.13","dn21:1.11.14","dn21:1.11.15","dn21:1.11.16","dn21:1.11.17","dn21:1.11.18","dn21:1.11.19"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idheva, bhante, kapilavatthusmiṁ gopikā nāma sakyadhītā ahosi buddhe pasannā dhamme pasannā saṅghe pasannā sīlesu paripūrakārinī.\nSā itthittaṁ virājetvā purisattaṁ bhāvetvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapannā.\nDevānaṁ tāvatiṁsānaṁ sahabyataṁ amhākaṁ puttattaṁ ajjhupagatā.\nTatrapi naṁ evaṁ jānanti:\n‘gopako devaputto, gopako devaputto’ti.\nAññepi, bhante, tayo bhikkhū bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ caritvā hīnaṁ gandhabbakāyaṁ upapannā.\nTe pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitā samaṅgībhūtā paricārayamānā amhākaṁ upaṭṭhānaṁ āgacchanti amhākaṁ pāricariyaṁ.\nTe amhākaṁ upaṭṭhānaṁ āgate amhākaṁ pāricariyaṁ gopako devaputto paṭicodesi:\n‘kutomukhā nāma tumhe, mārisā, tassa bhagavato dhammaṁ assuttha—\nahañhi nāma itthikā samānā buddhe pasannā dhamme pasannā saṅghe pasannā sīlesu paripūrakārinī itthittaṁ virājetvā purisattaṁ bhāvetvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapannā, devānaṁ tāvatiṁsānaṁ sahabyataṁ sakkassa devānamindassa puttattaṁ ajjhupagatā.\nIdhāpi maṁ evaṁ jānanti:\n“gopako devaputto gopako devaputto”ti.\nTumhe pana, mārisā, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ caritvā hīnaṁ gandhabbakāyaṁ upapannā.\nDuddiṭṭharūpaṁ vata bho addasāma, ye mayaṁ addasāma sahadhammike hīnaṁ gandhabbakāyaṁ upapanne’ti.\nTesaṁ, bhante, gopakena devaputtena paṭicoditānaṁ dve devā diṭṭheva dhamme satiṁ paṭilabhiṁsu kāyaṁ brahmapurohitaṁ, eko pana devo kāme ajjhāvasi.","en":"Right here in Kapilavatthu there was a Sakyan lady named Gopikā who had confidence in the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, and had fulfilled her ethics.\nLosing her attachment to femininity, she developed masculinity. When her body broke up, after death, she was reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\nIn the company of the gods of the thirty-three she became one of my sons.\nThere they knew him as\nthe godling Gopaka.\nMeanwhile three others, mendicants who had led the spiritual life under the Buddha, were reborn in the inferior centaur realm.\nThere they amused themselves, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation, and became my servants and attendants.\nAt that, Gopaka scolded them,\n‘Where on earth were you at, good fellows, when you heard the Buddha’s teaching!\nFor while I was still a woman I had confidence in the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, and had fulfilled my ethics. I lost my attachment to femininity and developed masculinity. When my body broke up, after death, I was reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. In the company of the gods of the thirty-three I became one of Sakka’s sons.\nHere they know me as\nthe godling Gopaka.\nBut you, having led the spiritual life under the Buddha, were reborn in the inferior centaur realm.\nIt is a sad sight indeed to see fellow practitioners reborn in the inferior centaur realm.’\nWhen scolded by Gopaka, two of those gods regained their memory right away. They went to the host of the priests of Divinity, but one god remained attached to sensual 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cakkhumato ahosiṁ,\nNāmampi mayhaṁ ahu “gopikā”ti;\nBuddhe ca dhamme ca abhippasannā,\nSaṅghañcupaṭṭhāsiṁ pasannacittā.\nTasseva buddhassa sudhammatāya,\nSakkassa puttomhi mahānubhāvo;\nMahājutīko tidivūpapanno,\nJānanti maṁ idhāpi “gopako”ti.\nAthaddasaṁ bhikkhavo diṭṭhapubbe,\nGandhabbakāyūpagate vasīne;\nImehi te gotamasāvakāse,\nYe ca mayaṁ pubbe manussabhūtā.\nAnnena pānena upaṭṭhahimhā,\nPādūpasaṅgayha sake nivesane;\nKutomukhā nāma ime bhavanto,\nBuddhassa dhammāni paṭiggahesuṁ.\nPaccattaṁ veditabbo hi dhammo,\nSudesito cakkhumatānubuddho;\nAhañhi tumheva upāsamāno,\nSutvāna ariyāna subhāsitāni.\nSakkassa puttomhi mahānubhāvo,\nMahājutīko tidivūpapanno;\nTumhe pana seṭṭhamupāsamānā,\nAnuttaraṁ brahmacariyaṁ caritvā.\nHīnaṁ kāyaṁ upapannā bhavanto,\nAnānulomā bhavatūpapatti;\nDuddiṭṭharūpaṁ vata addasāma,\nSahadhammike hīnakāyūpapanne.\nGandhabbakāyūpagatā bhavanto,\nDevānamāgacchatha pāricariyaṁ;\nAgāre vasato mayhaṁ,\nImaṁ passa visesataṁ.\nItthī hutvā svajja pumomhi devo,\nDibbehi kāmehi samaṅgibhūto’;\nTe coditā gotamasāvakena,\nSaṁvegamāpādu samecca gopakaṁ.\n‘Handa viyāyāma byāyāma,\nMā no mayaṁ parapessā ahumhā’;\nTesaṁ duve vīriyamārabhiṁsu,\nAnussaraṁ gotamasāsanāni.\nIdheva cittāni virājayitvā,\nKāmesu ādīnavamaddasaṁsu;\nTe kāmasaṁyojanabandhanāni,\nPāpimayogāni duraccayāni.\nNāgova sannāni guṇāni chetvā,\nDeve tāvatiṁse atikkamiṁsu;\nSaindā devā sapajāpatikā,\nSabbe sudhammāya sabhāyupaviṭṭhā.\nTesaṁ nisinnānaṁ abhikkamiṁsu,\nVīrā virāgā virajaṁ karontā;\nTe disvā saṁvegamakāsi vāsavo,\nDevābhibhū devagaṇassa majjhe.\n‘Imehi te hīnakāyūpapannā,\nDeve tāvatiṁse abhikkamanti’;\nSaṁvegajātassa vaco nisamma,\nSo gopako vāsavamajjhabhāsi.\n‘Buddho janindatthi manussaloke,\nKāmābhibhū sakyamunīti ñāyati;\nTasseva te puttā satiyā vihīnā,\nCoditā mayā te satimajjhalatthuṁ’.\nTiṇṇaṁ tesaṁ āvasinettha eko,\nGandhabbakāyūpagato vasīno;\nDve ca sambodhipathānusārino,\nDevepi hīḷenti samāhitattā.\nEtādisī dhammappakāsanettha,\nNa tattha kiṅkaṅkhati koci sāvako;\nNitiṇṇaoghaṁ vicikicchachinnaṁ,\nBuddhaṁ namassāma jinaṁ janindaṁ.\nYaṁ te dhammaṁ idhaññāya,\nvisesaṁ ajjhagaṁsu te;\nKāyaṁ brahmapurohitaṁ,\nduve tesaṁ visesagū.\nTassa dhammassa pattiyā,\nāgatamhāsi mārisa;\nKatāvakāsā bhagavatā,\npañhaṁ pucchemu mārisā”ti.","en":"‘“I was a laywoman disciple of the Clear-eyed One,\nand my name was Gopikā.\nI was devoted to the Buddha and the teaching,\nand I faithfully served the Saṅgha.\nBecause of the clear rightness of the Buddha’s teaching,\nI’m now a mighty, dazzling son of Sakka,\nreborn in the Third Heaven.\nAnd here they know me as Gopaka.\nThen I saw some mendicants who I’d seen before,\ndwelling in the host of centaurs.\nThey were disciples of Gotama\nwhen I used to be a human.\nI served them with food and drink,\nand clasped their feet in my own home.\nWhere on earth were these good fellows at\nwhen they learned the Buddha’s teachings?\nFor each must know for themselves the teaching\nso well-taught, realized by the Clear-eyed One.\nI was one who followed you,\nhaving heard the fine words of the noble ones.\nI’m now a mighty, dazzling son of Sakka,\nreborn in the Third Heaven.\nBut you followed the best of men,\nand led the supreme spiritual life,\nbut still you’re born in this lesser realm,\na rebirth unbefitting.\nIt’s a sad sight I see, good fellows,\nfellow practitioners in a lesser realm.\nReborn in the host of centaurs,\nonly to wait upon the gods.\nMeanwhile, I dwelt in a house—\nbut see my distinction now!\nHaving been a woman now I’m a male god,\nblessed with heavenly sensual pleasures.”\nScolded by that disciple of Gotama,\ncomprehending Gopaka, they were struck with urgency.\n“Let’s strive, let’s try hard—\nwe won’t serve others any more!”\nTwo of them roused up energy,\nrecalling the Buddha’s instructions.\nRight away they became dispassionate,\nseeing the drawbacks in sensual pleasures.\nThe fetters and bonds of sensual pleasures—\nthe ties of the Wicked One so hard to break—\nthey burst them like a bull elephant his ropes,\nand passed right over the thirty-three.\nThe gods with Indra and the Progenitor\nwere all gathered in the Hall of Clear Right.\nAs they sat there, they passed over them,\nthe heroes desireless, practicing purity.\nSeeing them, Vāsava was struck with urgency;\nthe master of gods in the midst of the group said,\n“These were born in the lesser centaur realm,\nbut now they pass us by!”\nHeeding the speech of one so moved,\nGopaka addressed Vāsava,\n“There is a Buddha, a lord of men, in the world.\nKnown as the Sakyan Sage, he’s mastered the senses.\nThose sons of his lost their memory;\nbut when scolded by me they gained it back.\nOf the three, there is one who remains\ndwelling in the host of centaurs.\nBut two, recollecting the path to awakening,\nserene, spurn even the gods.\nSuch is the explanation of the teaching here:\nnot a single disciple doubts that.\nWe venerate the Buddha, the victor, lord of men,\nwho has crossed the flood and cut off doubt.\nThey attained distinction to the extent\nthey understood the teaching here;\ntwo of them distinguished\nin the host of the priests of Divinity.”’\nWe have come here, dear sir,\nto realize this same teaching.\nIf the Buddha would give me a chance,\nI would ask a question, dear sir.”"}},{"id":"dn21:1.13","sourceIds":["dn21:1.13.1","dn21:1.13.2","dn21:1.13.3","dn21:1.13.4","dn21:1.13.5","dn21:1.13.6","dn21:1.13.7","dn21:1.13.8","dn21:1.13.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi:\n“dīgharattaṁ visuddho kho ayaṁ yakkho, yaṁ kiñci maṁ pañhaṁ pucchissati, sabbaṁ taṁ atthasañhitaṁyeva pucchissati, no anatthasañhitaṁ.\nYañcassāhaṁ puṭṭho byākarissāmi, taṁ khippameva ājānissatī”ti.\nAtha kho bhagavā sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:\n“Puccha vāsava maṁ pañhaṁ,\nyaṁ kiñci manasicchasi;\nTassa tasseva pañhassa,\nahaṁ antaṁ karomi te”ti.\nPaṭhamabhāṇavāro niṭṭhito.","en":"Then it occurred to the Buddha,\n“For a long time now this spirit has led a pure life. Any question he asks me will be beneficial, not unbeneficial.\nAnd he will quickly understand any answer I give to his question.”\nSo the Buddha addressed Sakka in verse:\n“Ask me your question, Vāsava,\nwhatever you want.\nI’ll solve each and every\nquestion you have.”\nThe first recitation section is complete."}},{"id":"dn21:2.1","sourceIds":["dn21:2.1.1","dn21:2.1.2","dn21:2.1.3","dn21:2.1.4","dn21:2.1.5","dn21:2.1.6","dn21:2.1.7","dn21:2.1.8","dn21:2.1.9","dn21:2.1.10","dn21:2.1.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katāvakāso sakko devānamindo bhagavatā imaṁ bhagavantaṁ paṭhamaṁ pañhaṁ apucchi:\n“Kiṁsaṁyojanā nu kho, mārisa, devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā ye caññe santi puthukāyā, te:\n‘averā adaṇḍā asapattā abyāpajjā viharemu averino’ti iti ca nesaṁ hoti, atha ca pana saverā sadaṇḍā sasapattā sabyāpajjā viharanti saverino”ti?\nItthaṁ sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ pañhaṁ apucchi.\nTassa bhagavā pañhaṁ puṭṭho byākāsi:\n“Issāmacchariyasaṁyojanā kho, devānaminda, devā manussā asurā nāgā gandhabbā ye caññe santi puthukāyā, te:\n‘averā adaṇḍā asapattā abyāpajjā viharemu averino’ti iti ca nesaṁ hoti, atha ca pana saverā sadaṇḍā sasapattā sabyāpajjā viharanti saverino”ti.\nItthaṁ bhagavā sakkassa devānamindassa pañhaṁ puṭṭho byākāsi.\nAttamano sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandi anumodi:\n“evametaṁ, bhagavā, evametaṁ, sugata.\nTiṇṇā mettha kaṅkhā vigatā kathaṅkathā bhagavato pañhaveyyākaraṇaṁ sutvā”ti.","en":"Having been granted an opportunity by the Buddha, Sakka asked the first question.\n“Good fellow, what fetters bind the gods, humans, titans, dragons, centaurs—and any of the other diverse creatures—\nso that, though they wish to be free of enmity, violence, hostility, and hate, they still have enmity, violence, hostility, and hate?”\nSuch was Sakka’s question to the Buddha.\nAnd the Buddha answered him:\n“Lord of gods, the fetters of jealousy and stinginess bind the gods, humans, titans, dragons, centaurs—and any of the other diverse creatures—\nso that, though they wish to be free of enmity, violence, hostility, and hate, they still have enmity, violence, hostility, and hate.”\nSuch was the Buddha’s answer to Sakka.\nDelighted, Sakka approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, saying,\n“That’s so true, Blessed One! That’s so true, Holy One!\nHearing the Buddha’s answer, I’ve gone beyond doubt and got rid of indecision.”"}},{"id":"dn21:2.2","sourceIds":["dn21:2.2.1","dn21:2.2.2","dn21:2.2.3","dn21:2.2.4","dn21:2.2.5","dn21:2.2.6","dn21:2.2.7","dn21:2.2.8","dn21:2.2.9","dn21:2.2.10","dn21:2.2.11","dn21:2.2.12","dn21:2.2.13","dn21:2.2.14","dn21:2.2.15","dn21:2.2.16","dn21:2.2.17","dn21:2.2.18","dn21:2.2.19","dn21:2.2.20","dn21:2.2.21","dn21:2.2.22","dn21:2.2.23","dn21:2.2.24","dn21:2.2.25"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itiha sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā bhagavantaṁ uttari pañhaṁ apucchi:\n“Issāmacchariyaṁ pana, mārisa, kiṁnidānaṁ kiṁsamudayaṁ kiṁjātikaṁ kiṁpabhavaṁ;\nkismiṁ sati issāmacchariyaṁ hoti;\nkismiṁ asati issāmacchariyaṁ na hotī”ti?\n“Issāmacchariyaṁ kho, devānaminda, piyāppiyanidānaṁ piyāppiyasamudayaṁ piyāppiyajātikaṁ piyāppiyapabhavaṁ;\npiyāppiye sati issāmacchariyaṁ hoti,\npiyāppiye asati issāmacchariyaṁ na hotī”ti.\n“Piyāppiyaṁ pana, mārisa, kiṁnidānaṁ kiṁsamudayaṁ kiṁjātikaṁ kiṁpabhavaṁ;\nkismiṁ sati piyāppiyaṁ hoti;\nkismiṁ asati piyāppiyaṁ na hotī”ti?\n“Piyāppiyaṁ kho, devānaminda, chandanidānaṁ chandasamudayaṁ chandajātikaṁ chandapabhavaṁ;\nchande sati piyāppiyaṁ hoti;\nchande asati piyāppiyaṁ na hotī”ti.\n“Chando pana, mārisa, kiṁnidāno kiṁsamudayo kiṁjātiko kiṁpabhavo;\nkismiṁ sati chando hoti;\nkismiṁ asati chando na hotī”ti?\n“Chando kho, devānaminda, vitakkanidāno vitakkasamudayo vitakkajātiko vitakkapabhavo;\nvitakke sati chando hoti;\nvitakke asati chando na hotī”ti.\n“Vitakko pana, mārisa, kiṁnidāno kiṁsamudayo kiṁjātiko kiṁpabhavo;\nkismiṁ sati vitakko hoti;\nkismiṁ asati vitakko na hotī”ti?\n“Vitakko kho, devānaminda, papañcasaññāsaṅkhānidāno papañcasaññāsaṅkhāsamudayo papañcasaññāsaṅkhājātiko papañcasaññāsaṅkhāpabhavo;\npapañcasaññāsaṅkhāya sati vitakko hoti;\npapañcasaññāsaṅkhāya asati vitakko na hotī”ti.","en":"And then, having approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, Sakka asked another question:\n“But good fellow, what is the source, origin, birthplace, and inception of jealousy and stinginess?\nWhen what exists is there jealousy and stinginess?\nWhen what doesn’t exist is there no jealousy and stinginess?”\n“The liked and the disliked, lord of gods, are the source of jealousy and stinginess.\nWhen the liked and the disliked exist there is jealousy and stinginess.\nWhen the liked and the disliked don’t exist there is no jealousy and stinginess.”\n“But good fellow, what is the source of what is liked and disliked?”\n“Desire is the source of what is liked and disliked.”\n“But what is the source of desire?”\n“Thought is the source of desire.”\n“But what is the source of thought?”\n“Judgments driven by the proliferation of perceptions are the source of thoughts.”"}},{"id":"dn21:2.3","sourceIds":["dn21:2.3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁ paṭipanno pana, mārisa, bhikkhu papañcasaññāsaṅkhānirodhasāruppagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hotī”ti?","en":"“But how does a mendicant fittingly practice for the cessation of judgments driven by the proliferation of perceptions?”"}},{"id":"dn21:2.3.2","sourceIds":["dn21:2.3.2.0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"2.2. Vedanākammaṭṭhāna","en":"2.2. Meditation on Feelings"}},{"id":"dn21:2.3-from-dn21-2.3.3","sourceIds":["dn21:2.3.3","dn21:2.3.4","dn21:2.3.5","dn21:2.3.6","dn21:2.3.7","dn21:2.3.8","dn21:2.3.9","dn21:2.3.10","dn21:2.3.11","dn21:2.3.12","dn21:2.3.13","dn21:2.3.14","dn21:2.3.15","dn21:2.3.16","dn21:2.3.17","dn21:2.3.18","dn21:2.3.19","dn21:2.3.20","dn21:2.3.21","dn21:2.3.22","dn21:2.3.23","dn21:2.3.24","dn21:2.3.25","dn21:2.3.26","dn21:2.3.27","dn21:2.3.28","dn21:2.3.29","dn21:2.3.30","dn21:2.3.31","dn21:2.3.32","dn21:2.3.33","dn21:2.3.34","dn21:2.3.35","dn21:2.3.36","dn21:2.3.37"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Somanassampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nDomanassampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nUpekkhampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nSomanassampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṁ vuttaṁ, kiñcetaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ?\nTattha yaṁ jaññā somanassaṁ\n‘imaṁ kho me somanassaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpaṁ somanassaṁ na sevitabbaṁ.\nTattha yaṁ jaññā somanassaṁ\n‘imaṁ kho me somanassaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpaṁ somanassaṁ sevitabbaṁ.\nTattha yañce savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ, yañce avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ, ye avitakke avicāre, te paṇītatare.\nSomanassampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti.\nIti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ, idametaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ.\nDomanassampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṁ vuttaṁ, kiñcetaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ?\nTattha yaṁ jaññā domanassaṁ\n‘imaṁ kho me domanassaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpaṁ domanassaṁ na sevitabbaṁ.\nTattha yaṁ jaññā domanassaṁ\n‘imaṁ kho me domanassaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpaṁ domanassaṁ sevitabbaṁ.\nTattha yañce savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ, yañce avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ, ye avitakke avicāre, te paṇītatare.\nDomanassampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti\niti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ, idametaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ.\nUpekkhampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṁ vuttaṁ, kiñcetaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ?\nTattha yaṁ jaññā upekkhaṁ\n‘imaṁ kho me upekkhaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpā upekkhā na sevitabbā.\nTattha yaṁ jaññā upekkhaṁ\n‘imaṁ kho me upekkhaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpā upekkhā sevitabbā.\nTattha yañce savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ, yañce avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ, ye avitakke avicāre, te paṇītatare.\nUpekkhampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti\niti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ, idametaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ.\nEvaṁ paṭipanno kho, devānaminda, bhikkhu papañcasaññāsaṅkhānirodhasāruppagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hotī”ti.\nItthaṁ bhagavā sakkassa devānamindassa pañhaṁ puṭṭho byākāsi.\nAttamano sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandi anumodi:\n“evametaṁ, bhagavā, evametaṁ, sugata.\nTiṇṇā mettha kaṅkhā vigatā kathaṅkathā bhagavato pañhaveyyākaraṇaṁ sutvā”ti.","en":"“Lord of gods, there are two kinds of happiness, I say:\nthat which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate.\nThere are two kinds of sadness, I say:\nthat which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate.\nThere are two kinds of equanimity, I say:\nthat which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate.\nWhy did I say that there are two kinds of happiness?\nWell, should you know of a happiness:\n‘When I cultivate this kind of happiness, unskillful qualities grow, and skillful qualities decline.’ You should not cultivate that kind of happiness.\nWhereas, should you know of a happiness:\n‘When I cultivate this kind of happiness, unskillful qualities decline, and skillful qualities grow.’ You should cultivate that kind of happiness.\nAnd that which is free of placing the mind and keeping it connected is better than that which still involves placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nThat’s why I said there are two kinds of happiness.\nWhy did I say that there are two kinds of sadness?\nWell, should you know of a sadness:\n‘When I cultivate this kind of sadness, unskillful qualities grow, and skillful qualities decline.’ You should not cultivate that kind of sadness.\nWhereas, should you know of a sadness:\n‘When I cultivate this kind of sadness, unskillful qualities decline, and skillful qualities grow.’ You should cultivate that kind of sadness.\nAnd that which is free of placing the mind and keeping it connected is better than that which still involves placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nThat’s why I said there are two kinds of sadness.\nWhy did I say that there are two kinds of equanimity?\nWell, should you know of an equanimity:\n‘When I cultivate this kind of equanimity, unskillful qualities grow, and skillful qualities decline.’ You should not cultivate that kind of equanimity.\nWhereas, should you know of an equanimity:\n‘When I cultivate this kind of equanimity, unskillful qualities decline, and skillful qualities grow.’ You should cultivate that kind of equanimity.\nAnd that which is free of placing the mind and keeping it connected is better than that which still involves placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nThat’s why I said there are two kinds of equanimity.\nThat’s how a mendicant fittingly practices for the cessation of judgments driven by the proliferation of perceptions.”\nSuch was the Buddha’s answer to Sakka.\nDelighted, Sakka approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, saying,\n“That’s so true, Blessed One! That’s so true, Holy One!\nHearing the Buddha’s answer, I’ve gone beyond doubt and got rid of indecision.”"}},{"id":"dn21:2.4","sourceIds":["dn21:2.4.0","dn21:2.4.1","dn21:2.4.2","dn21:2.4.3","dn21:2.4.4","dn21:2.4.5","dn21:2.4.6","dn21:2.4.7","dn21:2.4.8","dn21:2.4.9","dn21:2.4.10","dn21:2.4.11","dn21:2.4.12","dn21:2.4.13","dn21:2.4.14","dn21:2.4.15","dn21:2.4.16","dn21:2.4.17","dn21:2.4.18","dn21:2.4.19","dn21:2.4.20","dn21:2.4.21","dn21:2.4.22","dn21:2.4.23","dn21:2.4.24","dn21:2.4.25","dn21:2.4.26","dn21:2.4.27","dn21:2.4.28","dn21:2.4.29","dn21:2.4.30","dn21:2.4.31","dn21:2.4.32","dn21:2.4.33","dn21:2.4.34","dn21:2.4.35"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"2.3. Pātimokkhasaṁvara\nItiha sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā bhagavantaṁ uttari pañhaṁ apucchi:\n“Kathaṁ paṭipanno pana, mārisa, bhikkhu pātimokkhasaṁvarāya paṭipanno hotī”ti?\n“Kāyasamācārampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nVacīsamācārampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nPariyesanaṁpāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nKāyasamācārampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṁ vuttaṁ, kiñcetaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ?\nTattha yaṁ jaññā kāyasamācāraṁ\n‘imaṁ kho me kāyasamācāraṁ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpo kāyasamācāro na sevitabbo.\nTattha yaṁ jaññā kāyasamācāraṁ\n‘imaṁ kho me kāyasamācāraṁ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpo kāyasamācāro sevitabbo.\nKāyasamācārampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti\niti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ, idametaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ.\nVacīsamācārampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṁ vuttaṁ, kiñcetaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ?\nTattha yaṁ jaññā vacīsamācāraṁ ‘imaṁ kho me vacīsamācāraṁ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpo vacīsamācāro na sevitabbo.\nTattha yaṁ jaññā vacīsamācāraṁ ‘imaṁ kho me vacīsamācāraṁ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpo vacīsamācāro sevitabbo.\nVacīsamācārampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti\niti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ, idametaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ.\nPariyesanaṁpāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṁ vuttaṁ, kiñcetaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ?\nTattha yaṁ jaññā pariyesanaṁ ‘imaṁ kho me pariyesanaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpā pariyesanā na sevitabbā.\nTattha yaṁ jaññā pariyesanaṁ ‘imaṁ kho me pariyesanaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpā pariyesanā sevitabbā.\nPariyesanaṁpāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti\niti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ, idametaṁ paṭicca vuttaṁ.\nEvaṁ paṭipanno kho, devānaminda, bhikkhu pātimokkhasaṁvarāya paṭipanno hotī”ti.\nItthaṁ bhagavā sakkassa devānamindassa pañhaṁ puṭṭho byākāsi.\nAttamano sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandi anumodi:\n“evametaṁ, bhagavā, evametaṁ, sugata.\nTiṇṇā mettha kaṅkhā vigatā kathaṅkathā bhagavato pañhaveyyākaraṇaṁ sutvā”ti.","en":"2.3. Restraint in the Monastic Code\nAnd then Sakka asked another question:\n“But good fellow, how does a mendicant practice for restraint in the monastic code?”\n“Lord of gods, I say that there are two kinds of bodily behavior:\nthat which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate.\nI say that there are two kinds of verbal behavior:\nthat which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate.\nThere are two kinds of search, I say:\nthat which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate.\nWhy did I say that there are two kinds of bodily behavior?\nWell, should you know of a bodily behavior:\n‘When I cultivate this kind of bodily behavior, unskillful qualities grow, and skillful qualities decline.’ You should not cultivate that kind of bodily conduct.\nWhereas, should you know of a bodily behavior:\n‘When I cultivate this kind of bodily behavior, unskillful qualities decline, and skillful qualities grow.’ You should cultivate that kind of bodily conduct.\nThat’s why I said there are two kinds of bodily behavior.\nWhy did I say that there are two kinds of verbal behavior?\nWell, should you know of a kind of verbal behavior that it causes unskillful qualities to grow while skillful qualities decline, you should not cultivate it.\nWhereas, should you know of a kind of verbal behavior that it causes unskillful qualities to decline while skillful qualities grow, you should cultivate it.\nThat’s why I said there are two kinds of verbal behavior.\nWhy did I say that there are two kinds of search?\nWell, should you know of a kind of search that it causes unskillful qualities to grow while skillful qualities decline, you should not cultivate it.\nWhereas, should you know of a kind of search that it causes unskillful qualities to decline while skillful qualities grow, you should cultivate it.\nThat’s why I said there are two kinds of search.\nThat’s how a mendicant practices for restraint in the monastic code.”\nSuch was the Buddha’s answer to Sakka.\nDelighted, Sakka approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, saying,\n“That’s so true, Blessed One! That’s so true, Holy One!\nHearing the Buddha’s answer, I’ve gone beyond doubt and got rid of indecision.”"}},{"id":"dn21:2.5","sourceIds":["dn21:2.5.0","dn21:2.5.1","dn21:2.5.2","dn21:2.5.3","dn21:2.5.4","dn21:2.5.5","dn21:2.5.6","dn21:2.5.7","dn21:2.5.8","dn21:2.5.9","dn21:2.5.10","dn21:2.5.11","dn21:2.5.12","dn21:2.5.13","dn21:2.5.14","dn21:2.5.15","dn21:2.5.16","dn21:2.5.17","dn21:2.5.18","dn21:2.5.19","dn21:2.5.20","dn21:2.5.21","dn21:2.5.22","dn21:2.5.23","dn21:2.5.24","dn21:2.5.25","dn21:2.5.26"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"2.4. Indriyasaṁvara\nItiha sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā bhagavantaṁ uttari pañhaṁ apucchi:\n“Kathaṁ paṭipanno pana, mārisa, bhikkhu indriyasaṁvarāya paṭipanno hotī”ti?\n“Cakkhuviññeyyaṁ rūpampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nSotaviññeyyaṁ saddampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nGhānaviññeyyaṁ gandhampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nJivhāviññeyyaṁ rasampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nKāyaviññeyyaṁ phoṭṭhabbampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampi.\nManoviññeyyaṁ dhammampāhaṁ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi—\nsevitabbampi, asevitabbampī”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“Imassa kho ahaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāmi.\nYathārūpaṁ, bhante, cakkhuviññeyyaṁ rūpaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, evarūpaṁ cakkhuviññeyyaṁ rūpaṁ na sevitabbaṁ.\nYathārūpañca kho, bhante, cakkhuviññeyyaṁ rūpaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, evarūpaṁ cakkhuviññeyyaṁ rūpaṁ sevitabbaṁ.\nYathārūpañca kho, bhante, sotaviññeyyaṁ saddaṁ sevato …pe…\nghānaviññeyyaṁ gandhaṁ sevato …\njivhāviññeyyaṁ rasaṁ sevato …\nkāyaviññeyyaṁ phoṭṭhabbaṁ sevato …\nmanoviññeyyaṁ dhammaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyanti, evarūpo manoviññeyyo dhammo na sevitabbo.\nYathārūpañca kho, bhante, manoviññeyyaṁ dhammaṁ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, evarūpo manoviññeyyo dhammo sevitabbo.\nImassa kho me, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena atthaṁ ājānato\ntiṇṇā mettha kaṅkhā vigatā kathaṅkathā bhagavato pañhaveyyākaraṇaṁ sutvā”ti.","en":"2.4. Sense Restraint\nAnd then Sakka asked another question:\n“But good fellow, how does a mendicant practice for restraint of the sense faculties?”\n“Lord of gods, I say that there are two kinds of sight known by the eye:\nthat which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate.\nThere are two kinds of sound known by the ear …\nsmells known by the nose …\ntastes known by the tongue …\ntouches known by the body …\nideas known by the mind:\nthat which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate.”\nWhen the Buddha said this, Sakka said to him:\n“Sir, this is how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement:\nYou should not cultivate the kind of sight known by the eye which causes unskillful qualities to grow while skillful qualities decline.\nAnd you should cultivate the kind of sight known by the eye which causes unskillful qualities to decline while skillful qualities grow.\nYou should not cultivate the kind of sound,\nsmell,\ntaste,\ntouch,\nor idea known by the mind which causes unskillful qualities to grow while skillful qualities decline.\nAnd you should cultivate the kind of idea known by the mind which causes unskillful qualities to decline while skillful qualities grow.\nSir, that’s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement.\nHearing the Buddha’s answer, I’ve gone beyond doubt and got rid of indecision.”"}},{"id":"dn21:2.6","sourceIds":["dn21:2.6.1","dn21:2.6.2","dn21:2.6.3","dn21:2.6.4","dn21:2.6.5","dn21:2.6.6","dn21:2.6.7","dn21:2.6.8","dn21:2.6.9","dn21:2.6.10","dn21:2.6.11","dn21:2.6.12","dn21:2.6.13","dn21:2.6.14","dn21:2.6.15","dn21:2.6.16","dn21:2.6.17","dn21:2.6.18"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itiha sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā bhagavantaṁ uttari pañhaṁ apucchi:\n“Sabbeva nu kho, mārisa, samaṇabrāhmaṇā ekantavādā ekantasīlā ekantachandā ekantaajjhosānā”ti?\n“Na kho, devānaminda, sabbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā ekantavādā ekantasīlā ekantachandā ekantaajjhosānā”ti.\n“Kasmā pana, mārisa, na sabbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā ekantavādā ekantasīlā ekantachandā ekantaajjhosānā”ti?\n“Anekadhātu nānādhātu kho, devānaminda, loko.\nTasmiṁ anekadhātunānādhātusmiṁ loke yaṁ yadeva sattā dhātuṁ abhinivisanti, taṁ tadeva thāmasā parāmāsā abhinivissa voharanti:\n‘idameva saccaṁ moghamaññan’ti.\nTasmā na sabbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā ekantavādā ekantasīlā ekantachandā ekantaajjhosānā”ti.\n“Sabbeva nu kho, mārisa, samaṇabrāhmaṇā accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānā”ti?\n“Na kho, devānaminda, sabbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānā”ti.\n“Kasmā pana, mārisa, na sabbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānā”ti?\n“Ye kho, devānaminda, bhikkhū taṇhāsaṅkhayavimuttā te accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānā.\nTasmā na sabbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā accantaniṭṭhā accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosānā”ti.\nItthaṁ bhagavā sakkassa devānamindassa pañhaṁ puṭṭho byākāsi.\nAttamano sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandi anumodi:\n“evametaṁ, bhagavā, evametaṁ, sugata.\nTiṇṇā mettha kaṅkhā vigatā kathaṅkathā bhagavato pañhaveyyākaraṇaṁ sutvā”ti.\nItiha sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:","en":"And then Sakka asked another question:\n“Good fellow, do all ascetics and brahmins have a single doctrine, ethics, desire, and attachment?”\n“No, lord of gods, they do not.”\n“Why not?”\n“The world has many and diverse elements.\nWhatever element sentient beings insist on in this world of many and diverse elements, they obstinately stick to it, insisting that:\n‘This is the only truth, anything else is futile.’\nThat’s why not all ascetics and brahmins have a single doctrine, ethics, desire, and attachment.”\n“Good fellow, have all ascetics and brahmins reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal?”\n“No, lord of gods, they have not.”\n“Why not?”\n“Those mendicants who are freed through the ending of craving have reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal.\nThat’s why not all ascetics and brahmins have reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal.”\nSuch was the Buddha’s answer to Sakka.\nDelighted, Sakka approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, saying,\n“That’s so true, Blessed One! That’s so true, Holy One!\nHearing the Buddha’s answer, I’ve gone beyond doubt and got rid of indecision.”\nAnd then Sakka, having approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, said to him,"}},{"id":"dn21:2.7","sourceIds":["dn21:2.7.1","dn21:2.7.2","dn21:2.7.3","dn21:2.7.4","dn21:2.7.5","dn21:2.7.6","dn21:2.7.7","dn21:2.7.8","dn21:2.7.9","dn21:2.7.10","dn21:2.7.11","dn21:2.7.12","dn21:2.7.13","dn21:2.7.14","dn21:2.7.15","dn21:2.7.16","dn21:2.7.17","dn21:2.7.18","dn21:2.7.19","dn21:2.7.20"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ejā, bhante, rogo, ejā gaṇḍo, ejā sallaṁ, ejā imaṁ purisaṁ parikaḍḍhati tassa tasseva bhavassa abhinibbattiyā.\nTasmā ayaṁ puriso uccāvacamāpajjati.\nYesāhaṁ, bhante, pañhānaṁ ito bahiddhā aññesu samaṇabrāhmaṇesu okāsakammampi nālatthaṁ, te me bhagavatā byākatā.\nDīgharattānusayitañca pana me vicikicchākathaṅkathāsallaṁ, tañca bhagavatā abbuḷhan”ti.\n“Abhijānāsi no tvaṁ, devānaminda, ime pañhe aññe samaṇabrāhmaṇe pucchitā”ti?\n“Abhijānāmahaṁ, bhante, ime pañhe aññe samaṇabrāhmaṇe pucchitā”ti.\n“Yathā kathaṁ pana te, devānaminda, byākaṁsu? Sace te agaru bhāsassū”ti.\n“Na kho me, bhante, garu yatthassa bhagavā nisinno bhagavantarūpo vā”ti.\n“Tena hi, devānaminda, bhāsassū”ti.\n“Yesvāhaṁ, bhante, maññāmi samaṇabrāhmaṇā āraññikā pantasenāsanāti, tyāhaṁ upasaṅkamitvā ime pañhe pucchāmi, te mayā puṭṭhā na sampāyanti, asampāyantā mamaṁyeva paṭipucchanti:\n‘ko nāmo āyasmā’ti?\nTesāhaṁ puṭṭho byākaromi:\n‘ahaṁ kho, mārisa, sakko devānamindo’ti.\nTe mamaṁyeva uttari paṭipucchanti:\n‘kiṁ panāyasmā, devānaminda, kammaṁ katvā imaṁ ṭhānaṁ patto’ti?\nTesāhaṁ yathāsutaṁ yathāpariyattaṁ dhammaṁ desemi.\nTe tāvatakeneva attamanā honti:\n‘sakko ca no devānamindo diṭṭho, yañca no apucchimhā, tañca no byākāsī’ti.\nTe aññadatthu mamaṁyeva sāvakā sampajjanti, na cāhaṁ tesaṁ.\nAhaṁ kho pana, bhante, bhagavato sāvako sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo”ti.","en":"“Turbulence, sir, is a disease, a boil, a dart. Turbulence drags a person to be regenerated in one state of existence or another.\nThat’s why a person finds themselves in states high and low.\nElsewhere, among other ascetics and brahmins, I wasn’t even given a chance to ask these questions that the Buddha has answered.\nThe dart of doubt and indecision has lain within me for a long time, but the Buddha has plucked it out.”\n“Lord of gods, do you recall having asked this question of other ascetics and brahmins?”\n“I do, sir.”\n“If you wouldn’t mind, lord of gods, tell me how they answered.”\n“It’s no trouble when someone such as the Blessed One is sitting here.”\n“Well, speak then, lord of gods.”\n“Sir, I approached those who I imagined were ascetics and brahmins living in the wilderness, in remote lodgings. But they were stumped by my question, and they even questioned me in return:\n‘What is the venerable’s name?’\nSo I answered them:\n‘Good fellow, I am Sakka, lord of gods.’\nSo they asked me another question:\n‘But lord of gods, what deed brought you to this position?’\nSo I taught them the Dhamma as I had learned and memorized it.\nAnd they were pleased with just that much:\n‘We have seen Sakka, lord of gods! And he answered our questions!’\nInvariably, they become my disciples, I don’t become theirs.\nBut sir, I am the Buddha’s disciple, a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”"}},{"id":"dn21:2.7.21","sourceIds":["dn21:2.7.21.0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"2.5. Somanassapaṭilābhakathā","en":"2.5. On Feeling Happy"}},{"id":"dn21:2.7-from-dn21-2.7.22","sourceIds":["dn21:2.7.22","dn21:2.7.23","dn21:2.7.24","dn21:2.7.25","dn21:2.7.26","dn21:2.7.27","dn21:2.7.28","dn21:2.7.29","dn21:2.7.30"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Abhijānāsi no tvaṁ, devānaminda, ito pubbe evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhan”ti?\n“Abhijānāmahaṁ, bhante, ito pubbe evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhan”ti.\n“Yathā kathaṁ pana tvaṁ, devānaminda, abhijānāsi ito pubbe evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhan”ti?\n“Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhante, devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi.\nTasmiṁ kho pana, bhante, saṅgāme devā jiniṁsu, asurā parājayiṁsu.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhante, taṁ saṅgāmaṁ abhivijinitvā vijitasaṅgāmassa etadahosi:\n‘yā ceva dāni dibbā ojā yā ca asurā ojā, ubhayametaṁ devā paribhuñjissantī’ti.\nSo kho pana me, bhante, vedapaṭilābho somanassapaṭilābho sadaṇḍāvacaro sasatthāvacaro na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṁvattati.\nYo kho pana me ayaṁ, bhante, bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā vedapaṭilābho somanassapaṭilābho, so adaṇḍāvacaro asatthāvacaro ekantanibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya upasamāya abhiññāya sambodhāya nibbānāya saṁvattatī”ti.","en":"“Lord of gods, do you recall ever feeling such joy and happiness before?”\n“I do, sir.”\n“But how?”\n“Once upon a time, sir, a battle was fought between the gods and the titans.\nIn that battle the gods won and the titans lost.\nIt occurred to me as victor,\n‘Now the gods shall enjoy both the nectar of the gods and the nectar of the titans.’\nBut sir, that joy and happiness is in the sphere of the rod and the sword. It doesn’t lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.\nBut the joy and happiness I feel listening to the Buddha’s teaching is not in the sphere of the rod and the sword. It does lead to disillusionment, dispassion, cessation, peace, insight, awakening, and extinguishment.”"}},{"id":"dn21:2.8","sourceIds":["dn21:2.8.1","dn21:2.8.2","dn21:2.8.3","dn21:2.8.4","dn21:2.8.5","dn21:2.8.6","dn21:2.8.7","dn21:2.8.8","dn21:2.8.9","dn21:2.8.10","dn21:2.8.11","dn21:2.8.12","dn21:2.8.13","dn21:2.8.14","dn21:2.8.15","dn21:2.8.16","dn21:2.8.17","dn21:2.8.18","dn21:2.8.19","dn21:2.8.20","dn21:2.8.21","dn21:2.8.22","dn21:2.8.23","dn21:2.8.24","dn21:2.8.25","dn21:2.8.26","dn21:2.8.27","dn21:2.8.28","dn21:2.8.29","dn21:2.8.30","dn21:2.8.31","dn21:2.8.32","dn21:2.8.33"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ pana tvaṁ, devānaminda, atthavasaṁ sampassamāno evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhaṁ pavedesī”ti?\n“Cha kho ahaṁ, bhante, atthavase sampassamāno evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhaṁ pavedemi.\nIdheva tiṭṭhamānassa,\ndevabhūtassa me sato;\nPunarāyu ca me laddho,\nevaṁ jānāhi mārisa.\nImaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, paṭhamaṁ atthavasaṁ sampassamāno evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhaṁ pavedemi.\nCutāhaṁ diviyā kāyā,\nāyuṁ hitvā amānusaṁ;\nAmūḷho gabbhamessāmi,\nyattha me ramatī mano.\nImaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, dutiyaṁ atthavasaṁ sampassamāno evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhaṁ pavedemi.\nSvāhaṁ amūḷhapaññassa,\nviharaṁ sāsane rato;\nÑāyena viharissāmi,\nsampajāno paṭissato.\nImaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, tatiyaṁ atthavasaṁ sampassamāno evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhaṁ pavedemi.\nÑāyena me carato ca,\nsambodhi ce bhavissati;\nAññātā viharissāmi,\nsveva anto bhavissati.\nImaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, catutthaṁ atthavasaṁ sampassamāno evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhaṁ pavedemi.\nCutāhaṁ mānusā kāyā,\nāyuṁ hitvāna mānusaṁ;\nPuna devo bhavissāmi,\ndevalokamhi uttamo.\nImaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, pañcamaṁ atthavasaṁ sampassamāno evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhaṁ pavedemi.\nTe paṇītatarā devā,\nakaniṭṭhā yasassino;\nAntime vattamānamhi,\nso nivāso bhavissati.\nImaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhante, chaṭṭhaṁ atthavasaṁ sampassamāno evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhaṁ pavedemi.\nIme kho ahaṁ, bhante, cha atthavase sampassamāno evarūpaṁ vedapaṭilābhaṁ somanassapaṭilābhaṁ pavedemi.","en":"“But lord of gods, what reason do you see for speaking of such joy and happiness?”\n“I see six reasons to speak of such joy and happiness, sir.\nWhile staying right here,\nremaining in the godly form,\nI have gained an extended life:\nknow this, dear sir.\nThis is the first reason.\nWhen I fall from the heavenly host,\nleaving behind the non-human life,\nI shall consciously go to a new womb,\nwherever my mind delights.\nThis is the second reason.\nLiving happily under the guidance\nof the one of unclouded wisdom,\nI shall practice systematically,\naware and mindful.\nThis is the third reason.\nAnd if awakening should arise\nas I practice systematically,\nI shall live as one who understands,\nand my end shall come right there.\nThis is the fourth reason.\nWhen I fall from the human realm,\nleaving behind the human life,\nI shall become a god again,\nsupreme in the heaven realm.\nThis is the fifth reason.\nThey are the finest of gods,\nthe glorious Akaniṭṭhas.\nSo long as my final life goes on,\nthere my home will be.\nThis is the sixth reason.\nSeeing these six reasons I speak of such joy and happiness."}},{"id":"dn21:2.9","sourceIds":["dn21:2.9.1","dn21:2.9.2","dn21:2.9.3","dn21:2.9.4","dn21:2.9.5","dn21:2.9.6","dn21:2.9.7","dn21:2.9.8","dn21:2.9.9","dn21:2.9.10","dn21:2.9.11","dn21:2.9.12","dn21:2.9.13","dn21:2.9.14","dn21:2.9.15","dn21:2.9.16","dn21:2.9.17","dn21:2.9.18","dn21:2.9.19","dn21:2.9.20","dn21:2.9.21","dn21:2.9.22","dn21:2.9.23","dn21:2.9.24","dn21:2.9.25","dn21:2.9.26","dn21:2.9.27","dn21:2.9.28","dn21:2.9.29","dn21:2.9.30","dn21:2.9.31","dn21:2.9.32","dn21:2.9.33","dn21:2.9.34","dn21:2.9.35","dn21:2.9.36"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Apariyositasaṅkappo,\nvicikiccho kathaṅkathī;\nVicariṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ,\nanvesanto tathāgataṁ.\nYassu maññāmi samaṇe,\npavivittavihārino;\nSambuddhā iti maññāno,\ngacchāmi te upāsituṁ.\n‘Kathaṁ ārādhanā hoti,\nkathaṁ hoti virādhanā’;\nIti puṭṭhā na sampāyanti,\nmagge paṭipadāsu ca.\nTyassu yadā maṁ jānanti,\nsakko devānamāgato;\nTyassu mameva pucchanti,\n‘kiṁ katvā pāpuṇī idaṁ’.\nTesaṁ yathāsutaṁ dhammaṁ,\ndesayāmi jane sutaṁ;\nTena attamanā honti,\n‘diṭṭho no vāsavoti ca’.\nYadā ca buddhamaddakkhiṁ,\nvicikicchāvitāraṇaṁ;\nSomhi vītabhayo ajja,\nsambuddhaṁ payirupāsiya.\nTaṇhāsallassa hantāraṁ,\nbuddhaṁ appaṭipuggalaṁ;\nAhaṁ vande mahāvīraṁ,\nbuddhamādiccabandhunaṁ.\nYaṁ karomasi brahmuno,\nsamaṁ devehi mārisa;\nTadajja tuyhaṁ kassāma,\nhanda sāmaṁ karoma te.\nTvameva asi sambuddho,\ntuvaṁ satthā anuttaro;\nSadevakasmiṁ lokasmiṁ,\nnatthi te paṭipuggalo”ti.","en":"My wishes unfulfilled,\ndoubting and indecisive,\nI wandered for such a long time,\nin search of the Realized One.\nI imagined that ascetics\nliving in seclusion\nmust surely be awakened,\nso I went to sit near them.\n‘How is there success?\nHow is there failure?’\nBut they were stumped by such questions\nabout the path and practice.\nAnd when they found out that I\nwas Sakka, come from the gods,\nthey questioned me instead about\nthe deed that brought me to this state.\nI taught them the Dhamma\nas I had learned it among men.\nThey were delighted with that, saying:\n‘We’ve seen Vāsava!’\nNow since I’ve seen the Buddha,\nwho helps us overcome doubt,\ntoday, free of fear,\nI pay homage to the awakened one.\nDestroyer of the dart of craving,\nthe Buddha is unrivaled.\nI bow to the great hero,\nthe Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun.\nIn the same way that divinity ought be revered\nby we gods, dear sir,\ntoday we shall revere you—\ncome, let us revere you ourselves!\nYou alone are the Awakened!\nYou are the Teacher supreme!\nIn the world with its gods,\nyou have no rival.”"}},{"id":"dn21:2.10","sourceIds":["dn21:2.10.1","dn21:2.10.2","dn21:2.10.3","dn21:2.10.4","dn21:2.10.5","dn21:2.10.6","dn21:2.10.7","dn21:2.10.8","dn21:2.10.9","dn21:2.10.10","dn21:2.10.11","dn21:2.10.12","dn21:2.10.13","dn21:2.10.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sakko devānamindo pañcasikhaṁ gandhabbaputtaṁ āmantesi:\n“bahūpakāro kho mesi tvaṁ, tāta pañcasikha, yaṁ tvaṁ bhagavantaṁ paṭhamaṁ pasādesi.\nTayā, tāta, paṭhamaṁ pasāditaṁ pacchā mayaṁ taṁ bhagavantaṁ dassanāya upasaṅkamimhā arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ.\nPettike vā ṭhāne ṭhapayissāmi, gandhabbarājā bhavissasi, bhaddañca te sūriyavacchasaṁ dammi, sā hi te abhipatthitā”ti.\nAtha kho sakko devānamindo pāṇinā pathaviṁ parāmasitvā tikkhattuṁ udānaṁ udānesi:\n“Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.\nNamo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa.\nNamo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassā”ti.\nImasmiñca pana veyyākaraṇasmiṁ bhaññamāne sakkassa devānamindassa virajaṁ vītamalaṁ dhammacakkhuṁ udapādi:\n“yaṁ kiñci samudayadhammaṁ sabbaṁ taṁ nirodhadhamman”ti.\nAññesañca asītiyā devatāsahassānaṁ;\niti ye sakkena devānamindena ajjhiṭṭhapañhā puṭṭhā, te bhagavatā byākatā.\nTasmā imassa veyyākaraṇassa sakkapañhātveva adhivacananti.\nSakkapañhasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"Then Sakka addressed the centaur Pañcasikha,\n“Dear Pañcasikha, you were very helpful to me, since you first charmed the Buddha,\nafter which I went to see him.\nI shall appoint you to your father’s position—you shall be king of the centaurs. And I give you Bhaddā Suriyavaccasā, for she loves you very much.”\nThen Sakka, touching the ground with his hand, expressed this heartfelt sentiment three times:\n“Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!\nHomage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!\nHomage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!”\nAnd while this discourse was being spoken, the stainless, immaculate vision of the Dhamma arose in Sakka, lord of gods:\n“Everything that is liable to arise is liable to cease.”\nAnd also for another 80,000 deities.\nSuch were the questions Sakka was invited to ask, and which were answered by the Buddha.\nAnd that’s why the name of this discussion is “Sakka’s Questions”."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/dn21/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."}