{"id":"iti89","title":"About Devadatta","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti89","title":"About Devadatta","units":[{"id":"iti89:0","sourceIds":["iti89:0.1","iti89:0.2","iti89:0.3","iti89:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 89\nTikanipāta\nCatutthavagga\nDevadattasutta","en":"So It Was Said 89\nThe Book of the Threes\nChapter Four\nAbout Devadatta"}},{"id":"iti89:1","sourceIds":["iti89:1.1"],"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":"iti89:2","sourceIds":["iti89:2.1","iti89:2.2","iti89:2.3","iti89:2.4","iti89:2.5","iti89:2.6","iti89:2.7","iti89:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tīhi, bhikkhave, asaddhammehi abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto devadatto āpāyiko nerayiko kappaṭṭho atekiccho.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nPāpicchatāya, bhikkhave, abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto devadatto āpāyiko nerayiko kappaṭṭho atekiccho.\nPāpamittatāya, bhikkhave, abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto devadatto āpāyiko nerayiko kappaṭṭho atekiccho.\nSati kho pana uttarikaraṇīye oramattakena visesādhigamena antarā vosānaṁ āpādi.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi asaddhammehi abhibhūto pariyādinnacitto devadatto āpāyiko nerayiko kappaṭṭho atekiccho”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"“Mendicants, overcome and overwhelmed by three things that oppose the true teaching, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable.\nWhat three?\nCorrupt wishes …\nBad friendship …\nWhen there is still more to be done, stopping half-way after achieving some trifling distinction.\nOvercome and overwhelmed by these three things that oppose the true teaching, Devadatta is going to a place of loss, to hell, there to remain for an eon, irredeemable.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti89:3","sourceIds":["iti89:3.1","iti89:3.2","iti89:3.3","iti89:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mā jātu koci lokasmiṁ,\npāpiccho udapajjatha;\nTadamināpi jānātha,\npāpicchānaṁ yathā gati.","en":"“Let none of wicked desire\never be reborn into this world.\nAnd by this too you should know\nthe place where those of corrupt wishes go."}},{"id":"iti89:4","sourceIds":["iti89:4.1","iti89:4.2","iti89:4.3","iti89:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paṇḍitoti samaññāto,\nbhāvitattoti sammato;\nJalaṁva yasasā aṭṭhā,\ndevadattoti vissuto.","en":"He once was considered astute,\ndeemed to be evolved,\nhis glory stood forth like a flame,\nthe renowned Devadatta."}},{"id":"iti89:5","sourceIds":["iti89:5.1","iti89:5.2","iti89:5.3","iti89:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So samānamanuciṇṇo,\nāsajja naṁ tathāgataṁ;\nAvīcinirayaṁ patto,\ncatudvāraṁ bhayānakaṁ.","en":"Seduced by heedlessness,\nhe attacked the Realized One.\nHe has fallen to Avīci hell,\nfour-doored and terrifying."}},{"id":"iti89:6","sourceIds":["iti89:6.1","iti89:6.2","iti89:6.3","iti89:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aduṭṭhassa hi yo dubbhe,\npāpakammaṁ akubbato;\nTameva pāpaṁ phusati,\nduṭṭhacittaṁ anādaraṁ.","en":"When someone betrays the innocent,\nwho have done no wrong,\ntheir bad deeds impact the one\nwith corrupt heart, lacking regard for others."}},{"id":"iti89:7","sourceIds":["iti89:7.1","iti89:7.2","iti89:7.3","iti89:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samuddaṁ visakumbhena,\nyo maññeyya padūsituṁ;\nNa so tena padūseyya,\nbhesmā hi udadhi mahā.","en":"One might think to pollute\nthe ocean with a pot of poison,\nbut it wouldn’t work,\nfor the sea is terribly large."}},{"id":"iti89:8","sourceIds":["iti89:8.1","iti89:8.2","iti89:8.3","iti89:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ tathāgataṁ,\nyo vādena vihiṁsati;\nSammaggataṁ santacittaṁ,\nvādo tamhi na rūhati.","en":"So too when someone attacks\nwith words the Realized One—\nrightly comported, of peaceful mind—\nthe words don’t take."}},{"id":"iti89:9","sourceIds":["iti89:9.1","iti89:9.2","iti89:9.3","iti89:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tādisaṁ mittaṁ kubbetha,\ntañca seveyya paṇḍito;\nYassa maggānugo bhikkhu,\nkhayaṁ dukkhassa pāpuṇe”ti.","en":"The astute would befriend one like this,\nand follow them around.\nA mendicant who walks the path\nattains the ending of suffering.”"}},{"id":"iti89:10","sourceIds":["iti89:10.1","iti89:10.2","iti89:10.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nDasamaṁ.\nCatuttho vaggo.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti89:11","sourceIds":["iti89:11.0","iti89:11.1","iti89:11.2","iti89:11.3","iti89:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nVitakkāsakkārasadda,\ncavanaloke asubhaṁ;\nDhammaandhakāramalaṁ,\ndevadattena te dasāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti89/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."}