{"id":"iti36","title":"Fawning and Flattery","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti36","title":"Fawning and Flattery","units":[{"id":"iti36:0","sourceIds":["iti36:0.1","iti36:0.2","iti36:0.3","iti36:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 36\nDukanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nDutiyajananakuhanasutta","en":"So It Was Said 36\nThe Book of the Twos\nChapter One\nFawning and Flattery"}},{"id":"iti36:1","sourceIds":["iti36:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:","en":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti36:2","sourceIds":["iti36:2.1","iti36:2.2","iti36:2.3","iti36:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nayidaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati janakuhanatthaṁ, na janalapanatthaṁ, na lābhasakkārasilokānisaṁsatthaṁ, na ‘iti maṁ jano jānātū’ti.\nAtha kho idaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati abhiññatthañceva pariññatthañcā”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"“Mendicants, this spiritual life is not lived for the sake of fawning or flattering people, nor for the benefit of possessions, honor, or popularity, nor thinking, ‘So let people know about me!’\nThis spiritual life is lived for the sake of direct knowledge and complete understanding.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti36:3","sourceIds":["iti36:3.1","iti36:3.2","iti36:3.3","iti36:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Abhiññatthaṁ pariññatthaṁ,\nbrahmacariyaṁ anītihaṁ;\nAdesayi so bhagavā,\nnibbānogadhagāminaṁ.","en":"“The Buddha taught the spiritual life\nnot because of legends,\nbut for the sake of insight and understanding,\nand because it culminates in extinguishment."}},{"id":"iti36:4","sourceIds":["iti36:4.1","iti36:4.2","iti36:4.3","iti36:4.4","iti36:4.5","iti36:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Esa maggo mahattehi,\nanuyāto mahesibhi;\nYe ye taṁ paṭipajjanti,\nyathā buddhena desitaṁ;\nDukkhassantaṁ karissanti,\nsatthusāsanakārino”ti.","en":"This is the path followed by the great souls,\nthe great seers.\nThose who practice it\nas it was taught by the Buddha\ndoing the Teacher’s bidding,\nmake an end of suffering.”"}},{"id":"iti36:5","sourceIds":["iti36:5.1","iti36:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti36/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."}