{"id":"mn129","title":"The Foolish and the Astute","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn129","title":"The Foolish and the Astute","units":[{"id":"mn129:0","sourceIds":["mn129:0.1","mn129:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 129\nBālapaṇḍitasutta","en":"Middle Discourses 129\nThe Foolish and the Astute"}},{"id":"mn129:1","sourceIds":["mn129:1.1","mn129:1.2","mn129:1.3","mn129:1.4","mn129:1.5","mn129:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"mn129:2","sourceIds":["mn129:2.1","mn129:2.2","mn129:2.3","mn129:2.4","mn129:2.5","mn129:2.6","mn129:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, bālassa bālalakkhaṇāni bālanimittāni bālāpadānāni.\nKatamāni tīṇi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bālo duccintitacintī ca hoti dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca.\nNo cetaṁ, bhikkhave, bālo duccintitacintī ca abhavissa dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca kena naṁ paṇḍitā jāneyyuṁ:\n‘bālo ayaṁ bhavaṁ asappuriso’ti?\nYasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, bālo duccintitacintī ca hoti dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca tasmā naṁ paṇḍitā jānanti:\n‘bālo ayaṁ bhavaṁ asappuriso’ti.","en":"“These are the three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of a fool.\nWhat three?\nA fool thinks poorly, speaks poorly, and acts poorly.\nIf a fool didn’t think poorly, speak poorly, and act poorly, then how would the astute know of them,\n‘This worthy one is a fool, an untrue person’?\nBut since a fool does think poorly, speak poorly, and act poorly, then the astute do know of them,\n‘This worthy one is a fool, an untrue person’."}},{"id":"mn129:3","sourceIds":["mn129:3.1","mn129:3.2","mn129:3.3","mn129:3.4","mn129:3.5","mn129:3.6","mn129:3.7","mn129:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo tividhaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.\nSace, bhikkhave, bālo sabhāyaṁ vā nisinno hoti, rathikāya vā nisinno hoti, siṅghāṭake vā nisinno hoti;\ntatra ce jano tajjaṁ tassāruppaṁ kathaṁ manteti.\nSace, bhikkhave, bālo pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, kāmesumicchācārī hoti, musāvādī hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti.\nTatra, bhikkhave, bālassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yaṁ kho jano tajjaṁ tassāruppaṁ kathaṁ manteti,\nsaṁvijjanteva te dhammā mayi, ahañca tesu dhammesu sandissāmī’ti.\nIdaṁ, bhikkhave, bālo paṭhamaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.","en":"A fool experiences three kinds of suffering and sadness in this very life.\nSuppose a fool is sitting in a council hall, a street, or a crossroad,\nwhere people are discussing what is proper and fitting.\nAnd suppose that fool is someone who kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct, lies, and consumes intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.\nThen that fool thinks,\n‘These people are discussing what is proper and fitting.\nBut those bad things are found in me and I exhibit them!’\nThis is the first kind of suffering and sadness that a fool experiences in this very life."}},{"id":"mn129:4","sourceIds":["mn129:4.1","mn129:4.2","mn129:4.3","mn129:4.4","mn129:4.5","mn129:4.6","mn129:4.7","mn129:4.8","mn129:4.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bālo passati rājāno coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kārente—\nkasāhipi tāḷente vettehipi tāḷente addhadaṇḍakehipi tāḷente hatthampi chindante pādampi chindante hatthapādampi chindante kaṇṇampi chindante nāsampi chindante kaṇṇanāsampi chindante bilaṅgathālikampi karonte saṅkhamuṇḍikampi karonte rāhumukhampi karonte jotimālikampi karonte hatthapajjotikampi karonte erakavattikampi karonte cīrakavāsikampi karonte eṇeyyakampi karonte baḷisamaṁsikampi karonte kahāpaṇikampi karonte khārāpatacchikampi karonte palighaparivattikampi karonte palālapīṭhakampi karonte tattenapi telena osiñcante sunakhehipi khādāpente jīvantampi sūle uttāsente asināpi sīsaṁ chindante.\nTatra, bhikkhave, bālassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yathārūpānaṁ kho pāpakānaṁ kammānaṁ hetu rājāno coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kārenti—\nkasāhipi tāḷenti …pe… asināpi sīsaṁ chindanti;\nsaṁvijjanteva te dhammā mayi, ahañca tesu dhammesu sandissāmi.\nMañcepi rājāno jāneyyuṁ, mampi rājāno gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kāreyyuṁ—\nkasāhipi tāḷeyyuṁ …pe… jīvantampi sūle uttāseyyuṁ, asināpi sīsaṁ chindeyyun’ti.\nIdampi, bhikkhave, bālo dutiyaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.","en":"Furthermore, a fool sees that the kings have arrested a bandit, a criminal, and subjected them to various punishments—\nwhipping, caning, and clubbing; cutting off hands or feet, or both; cutting off ears or nose, or both; the ‘porridge pot’, the ‘shell-shave’, the ‘Rāhu’s mouth’, the ‘garland of fire’, the ‘burning hand’, the ‘bulrush twist’, the ‘bark dress’, the ‘antelope’, the ‘meat hook’, the ‘coins’, the ‘caustic pickle’, the ‘twisting bar’, the ‘straw mat’; being splashed with hot oil, being fed to the hounds, being impaled alive, and being beheaded.\nThen that fool thinks,\n‘The kinds of deeds for which the kings inflict such punishments—\nthose things are found in me and I exhibit them!\nIf the kings find out about me, they will inflict the same kinds of punishments on me!’\nThis is the second kind of suffering and sadness that a fool experiences in this very life."}},{"id":"mn129:5","sourceIds":["mn129:5.1","mn129:5.2","mn129:5.3","mn129:5.4","mn129:5.5","mn129:5.6","mn129:5.7","mn129:5.8","mn129:5.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bālaṁ pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ vā mañcasamārūḷhaṁ vā chamāyaṁ vā semānaṁ, yānissa pubbe pāpakāni kammāni katāni kāyena duccaritāni vācāya duccaritāni manasā duccaritāni tānissa tamhi samaye olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahataṁ pabbatakūṭānaṁ chāyā sāyanhasamayaṁ pathaviyā olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, bālaṁ pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ vā mañcasamārūḷhaṁ vā chamāyaṁ vā semānaṁ, yānissa pubbe pāpakāni kammāni katāni kāyena duccaritāni vācāya duccaritāni manasā duccaritāni tānissa tamhi samaye olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti.\nTatra, bhikkhave, bālassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘akataṁ vata me kalyāṇaṁ, akataṁ kusalaṁ, akataṁ bhīruttāṇaṁ;\nkataṁ pāpaṁ, kataṁ luddaṁ, kataṁ kibbisaṁ.\nYāvatā, bho, akatakalyāṇānaṁ akatakusalānaṁ akatabhīruttāṇānaṁ katapāpānaṁ kataluddānaṁ katakibbisānaṁ gati taṁ gatiṁ pecca gacchāmī’ti.\nSo socati kilamati paridevati urattāḷiṁ kandati sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nIdampi, bhikkhave, bālo tatiyaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.","en":"Furthermore, when a fool is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past bad deeds—misconduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.\nIt is like the shadow of a great mountain peak in the evening as it settles down, rests down, and lays down upon the earth.\nIn the same way, when a fool is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past bad deeds—misconduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.\nThen that fool thinks,\n‘Alas, I haven’t done good and skillful things that keep me safe.\nAnd I have done bad things, violence and sin.\nWhen I depart, I’ll go to the place where people who’ve done such things go.’\nThey sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breasts and falling into confusion.\nThis is the third kind of suffering and sadness that a fool experiences in this very life."}},{"id":"mn129:6","sourceIds":["mn129:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo kāyena duccaritaṁ caritvā vācāya duccaritaṁ caritvā manasā duccaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati.","en":"Having done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind, when their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell."}},{"id":"mn129:7","sourceIds":["mn129:7.1","mn129:7.2","mn129:7.3","mn129:7.4","mn129:7.5","mn129:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ kho taṁ, bhikkhave, sammā vadamāno vadeyya:\n‘ekantaṁ aniṭṭhaṁ ekantaṁ akantaṁ ekantaṁ amanāpan’ti, nirayameva taṁ sammā vadamāno vadeyya:\n‘ekantaṁ aniṭṭhaṁ ekantaṁ akantaṁ ekantaṁ amanāpan’ti.\nYāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, upamāpi na sukarā yāva dukkhā nirayā”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“sakkā pana, bhante, upamaṁ kātun”ti?","en":"And if there’s anything of which it may be rightly said that\nit is utterly unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable, it is of hell that this should be said.\nSo much so that it’s not easy to give a simile for how painful hell is.”\nWhen he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,\n“But sir, is it possible to give a simile?”"}},{"id":"mn129:8","sourceIds":["mn129:8.1","mn129:8.2","mn129:8.3","mn129:8.4","mn129:8.5","mn129:8.6","mn129:8.7","mn129:8.8","mn129:8.9","mn129:8.10","mn129:8.11","mn129:8.12","mn129:8.13","mn129:8.14","mn129:8.15","mn129:8.16","mn129:8.17","mn129:8.18","mn129:8.19","mn129:8.20","mn129:8.21"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sakkā, bhikkhū”ti bhagavā avoca.\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhu, coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā rañño dasseyyuṁ:\n‘ayaṁ kho, deva, coro āgucārī, imassa yaṁ icchasi taṁ daṇḍaṁ paṇehī’ti.\nTamenaṁ rājā evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘gacchatha, bho, imaṁ purisaṁ pubbaṇhasamayaṁ sattisatena hanathā’ti.\nTamenaṁ pubbaṇhasamayaṁ sattisatena haneyyuṁ.\nAtha rājā majjhanhikasamayaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘ambho, kathaṁ so puriso’ti?\n‘Tatheva, deva, jīvatī’ti.\nTamenaṁ rājā evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘gacchatha, bho, taṁ purisaṁ majjhanhikasamayaṁ sattisatena hanathā’ti.\nTamenaṁ majjhanhikasamayaṁ sattisatena haneyyuṁ.\nAtha rājā sāyanhasamayaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘ambho, kathaṁ so puriso’ti?\n‘Tatheva, deva, jīvatī’ti.\nTamenaṁ rājā evaṁ vadeyya:\n‘gacchatha, bho, taṁ purisaṁ sāyanhasamayaṁ sattisatena hanathā’ti.\nTamenaṁ sāyanhasamayaṁ sattisatena haneyyuṁ.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\napi nu so puriso tīhi sattisatehi haññamāno tatonidānaṁ dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvediyethā”ti?\n“Ekissāpi, bhante, sattiyā haññamāno so puriso tatonidānaṁ dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvediyetha, ko pana vādo tīhi sattisatehī”ti?","en":"“It’s possible,” said the Buddha.\n“Suppose they arrest a bandit, a criminal and present him to the king, saying,\n‘Your Majesty, this is a bandit, a criminal. Punish him as you will.’\nThe king would say,\n‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the morning with a hundred spears!’\nThe king’s men did as they were told.\nThen at midday the king would say,\n‘Look here, how is that man?’\n‘He’s still alive, Your Majesty.’\nThe king would say,\n‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the midday with a hundred spears!’\nThe king’s men did as they were told.\nThen late in the afternoon the king would say,\n‘Look here, how is that man?’\n‘He’s still alive, Your Majesty.’\nThe king would say,\n‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the late afternoon with a hundred spears!’\nThe king’s men did as they were told.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWould that man experience pain and distress from being struck with three hundred spears?”\n“Sir, that man would experience pain and distress from being struck with one spear, let alone three hundred spears!”"}},{"id":"mn129:9","sourceIds":["mn129:9.1","mn129:9.2","mn129:9.3","mn129:9.4","mn129:9.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā parittaṁ pāṇimattaṁ pāsāṇaṁ gahetvā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamo nu kho mahantataro—yo cāyaṁ mayā paritto pāṇimatto pāsāṇo gahito, yo ca himavā pabbatarājā”ti?\n“Appamattako ayaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā paritto pāṇimatto pāsāṇo gahito, himavantaṁ pabbatarājānaṁ upanidhāya saṅkhampi na upeti, kalabhāgampi na upeti, upanidhampi na upe”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yaṁ so puriso tīhi sattisatehi haññamāno tatonidānaṁ dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti taṁ nirayakassa dukkhassa upanidhāya saṅkhampi na upeti, kalabhāgampi na upeti, upanidhampi na upeti.","en":"Then the Buddha, picking up a stone the size of his palm, addressed the mendicants,\n“What do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is bigger: the stone the size of my palm that I’ve picked up, or the Himalayas, the king of mountains?”\n“Sir, the stone you’ve picked up is tiny. Compared to the Himalayas, it doesn’t count, it’s not worth a fraction, there’s no comparison.”\n“In the same way, compared to the suffering in hell, the pain and distress experienced by that man due to being struck with three hundred spears doesn’t count, it’s not worth a fraction, there’s no comparison."}},{"id":"mn129:10","sourceIds":["mn129:10.1","mn129:10.2","mn129:10.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā pañcavidhabandhanaṁ nāma kammakāraṇaṁ karonti—\ntattaṁ ayokhilaṁ hatthe gamenti, tattaṁ ayokhilaṁ dutiye hatthe gamenti, tattaṁ ayokhilaṁ pāde gamenti, tattaṁ ayokhilaṁ dutiye pāde gamenti, tattaṁ ayokhilaṁ majjhe urasmiṁ gamenti.\nSo tattha dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vedeti, na ca tāva kālaṁ karoti yāva na taṁ pāpakammaṁ byantīhoti.","en":"The wardens of hell punish them with the five-fold crucifixion.\nThey drive red-hot stakes through the hands and feet, and another in the middle of the chest.\nAnd there they feel painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated."}},{"id":"mn129:11","sourceIds":["mn129:11.1","mn129:11.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā saṁvesetvā kuṭhārīhi tacchanti.\nSo tattha dukkhā tibbā …pe… byantīhoti.","en":"The wardens of hell throw them down and hack them with axes. …"}},{"id":"mn129:12","sourceIds":["mn129:12.1","mn129:12.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā uddhampādaṁ adhosiraṁ gahetvā vāsīhi tacchanti.\nSo tattha dukkhā tibbā …pe… byantīhoti.","en":"They hang them upside-down and hack them with hatchets. …"}},{"id":"mn129:13","sourceIds":["mn129:13.1","mn129:13.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā rathe yojetvā ādittāya pathaviyā sampajjalitāya sajotibhūtāya sārentipi paccāsārentipi.\nSo tattha dukkhā tibbā …pe… byantīhoti.","en":"They harness them to a chariot, and drive them back and forth across burning ground, blazing and glowing. …"}},{"id":"mn129:14","sourceIds":["mn129:14.1","mn129:14.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā mahantaṁ aṅgārapabbataṁ ādittaṁ sampajjalitaṁ sajotibhūtaṁ āropentipi oropentipi.\nSo tattha dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vedeti, na ca tāva kālaṁ karoti yāva na taṁ pāpakammaṁ byantīhoti.","en":"They make them climb up and down a big mountain of burning coals, blazing and glowing. …"}},{"id":"mn129:15","sourceIds":["mn129:15.1","mn129:15.2","mn129:15.3","mn129:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā uddhampādaṁ adhosiraṁ gahetvā tattāya lohakumbhiyā pakkhipanti ādittāya sampajjalitāya sajotibhūtāya.\nSo tattha pheṇuddehakaṁ paccati.\nSo tattha pheṇuddehakaṁ paccamāno sakimpi uddhaṁ gacchati, sakimpi adho gacchati, sakimpi tiriyaṁ gacchati.\nSo tattha dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vedeti, na ca tāva kālaṁ karoti yāva na taṁ pāpakammaṁ byantīhoti.","en":"The wardens of hell turn them upside down and throw them into a red-hot copper pot, burning, blazing, and glowing.\nThere they’re seared in boiling scum, and they’re swept up and down and round and round.\nAnd there they feel painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated."}},{"id":"mn129:16","sourceIds":["mn129:16.1","mn129:16.2","mn129:16.3","mn129:16.4","mn129:16.5","mn129:16.6","mn129:16.7","mn129:16.8","mn129:16.9","mn129:16.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā mahāniraye pakkhipanti.\nSo kho pana, bhikkhave, mahānirayo—\nCatukkaṇṇo catudvāro,\nvibhatto bhāgaso mito;\nAyopākārapariyanto,\nayasā paṭikujjito.\nTassa ayomayā bhūmi,\njalitā tejasā yutā;\nSamantā yojanasataṁ,\npharitvā tiṭṭhati sabbadā.","en":"The wardens of hell toss them in the Great Hell.\nNow, about that Great Hell:\n‘Four are its corners, four its doors,\nneatly divided section by section.\nSurrounded by an iron wall,\nof iron is its roof.\nThe ground is even made of iron,\nit burns with fierce fire.\nThe heat forever radiates\na hundred leagues around.’"}},{"id":"mn129:17","sourceIds":["mn129:17.1","mn129:17.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anekapariyāyenapi kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayakathaṁ katheyyaṁ;\nyāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, na sukarā akkhānena pāpuṇituṁ yāva dukkhā nirayā.","en":"I could tell you many different things about hell.\nSo much so that it’s not easy to completely describe the suffering in hell."}},{"id":"mn129:18","sourceIds":["mn129:18.1","mn129:18.2","mn129:18.3","mn129:18.4","mn129:18.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā tiṇabhakkhā.\nTe allānipi tiṇāni sukkhānipi tiṇāni dantullehakaṁ khādanti.\nKatame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā tiṇabhakkhā?\nHatthī assā goṇā gadrabhā ajā migā, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā tiṇabhakkhā.\nSa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā tiṇabhakkhā.","en":"There are, mendicants, animals that feed on grass.\nThey eat by cropping fresh or dried grass with their teeth.\nAnd what animals feed on grass?\nElephants, horses, cattle, donkeys, goats, deer, and various others.\nA fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who feed on grass."}},{"id":"mn129:19","sourceIds":["mn129:19.1","mn129:19.2","mn129:19.3","mn129:19.4","mn129:19.5","mn129:19.6","mn129:19.7","mn129:19.8","mn129:19.9","mn129:19.10","mn129:19.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā gūthabhakkhā.\nTe dūratova gūthagandhaṁ ghāyitvā dhāvanti:\n‘ettha bhuñjissāma, ettha bhuñjissāmā’ti.\nSeyyathāpi nāma brāhmaṇā āhutigandhena dhāvanti:\n‘ettha bhuñjissāma, ettha bhuñjissāmā’ti;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, santi tiracchānagatā pāṇā gūthabhakkhā,\nte dūratova gūthagandhaṁ ghāyitvā dhāvanti:\n‘ettha bhuñjissāma, ettha bhuñjissāmā’ti.\nKatame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā gūthabhakkhā?\nKukkuṭā sūkarā soṇā siṅgālā, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā gūthabhakkhā.\nSa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā gūthabhakkhā.","en":"There are animals that feed on dung.\nWhen they catch a whiff of dung they run to it, thinking,\n‘There we’ll eat! There we’ll eat!’\nIt’s like when brahmins smell a burnt offering, they run to it, thinking,\n‘There we’ll eat! There we’ll eat!’\nIn the same way, there are animals that feed on dung.\nWhen they catch a whiff of dung they run to it, thinking,\n‘There we’ll eat! There we’ll eat!’\nAnd what animals feed on dung?\nChickens, pigs, hounds, jackals, and various others.\nA fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who feed on dung."}},{"id":"mn129:20","sourceIds":["mn129:20.1","mn129:20.2","mn129:20.3","mn129:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā andhakāre jāyanti andhakāre jīyanti andhakāre mīyanti.\nKatame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā andhakāre jāyanti andhakāre jīyanti andhakāre mīyanti?\nKīṭā puḷavā gaṇḍuppādā, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā andhakāre jāyanti andhakāre jīyanti andhakāre mīyanti.\nSa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo, idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā andhakāre jāyanti andhakāre jīyanti andhakāre mīyanti.","en":"There are animals who are born, live, and die in darkness.\nAnd what animals are born, live, and die in darkness?\nMoths, maggots, earthworms, and various others.\nA fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who are born, live, and die in darkness."}},{"id":"mn129:21","sourceIds":["mn129:21.1","mn129:21.2","mn129:21.3","mn129:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā udakasmiṁ jāyanti udakasmiṁ jīyanti udakasmiṁ mīyanti.\nKatame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā udakasmiṁ jāyanti udakasmiṁ jīyanti udakasmiṁ mīyanti?\nMacchā kacchapā susumārā, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā udakasmiṁ jāyanti udakasmiṁ jīyanti udakasmiṁ mīyanti.\nSa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā udakasmiṁ jāyanti udakasmiṁ jīyanti udakasmiṁ mīyanti.","en":"There are animals who are born, live, and die in water.\nAnd what animals are born, live, and die in water?\nFish, turtles, dolphins, and various others.\nA fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who are born, live, and die in water."}},{"id":"mn129:22","sourceIds":["mn129:22.1","mn129:22.2","mn129:22.3","mn129:22.4","mn129:22.5","mn129:22.6","mn129:22.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā asucismiṁ jāyanti asucismiṁ jīyanti asucismiṁ mīyanti.\nKatame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā asucismiṁ jāyanti asucismiṁ jīyanti asucismiṁ mīyanti?\nYe te, bhikkhave, sattā pūtimacche vā jāyanti pūtimacche vā jīyanti pūtimacche vā mīyanti pūtikuṇape vā …pe…\npūtikummāse vā …\ncandanikāya vā …\noligalle vā jāyanti, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā asucismiṁ jāyanti asucismiṁ jīyanti asucismiṁ mīyanti.\nSa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā asucismiṁ jāyanti asucismiṁ jīyanti asucismiṁ mīyanti.","en":"There are animals who are born, live, and die in filth.\nAnd what animals are born, live, and die in filth?\nThose animals that are born, live, and die in a rotten fish, a rotten carcass,\nrotten porridge,\na cesspool,\nor a sump.\nA fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who are born, live, and die in filth."}},{"id":"mn129:23","sourceIds":["mn129:23.1","mn129:23.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anekapariyāyenapi kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, tiracchānayonikathaṁ katheyyaṁ;\nyāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, na sukaraṁ akkhānena pāpuṇituṁ yāva dukkhā tiracchānayoni.","en":"I could tell you many different things about the animal realm.\nSo much so that it’s not easy to completely describe the suffering in the animal realm."}},{"id":"mn129:24","sourceIds":["mn129:24.1","mn129:24.2","mn129:24.3","mn129:24.4","mn129:24.5","mn129:24.6","mn129:24.7","mn129:24.8","mn129:24.9","mn129:24.10","mn129:24.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso ekacchiggalaṁ yugaṁ mahāsamudde pakkhipeyya.\nTamenaṁ puratthimo vāto pacchimena saṁhareyya, pacchimo vāto puratthimena saṁhareyya, uttaro vāto dakkhiṇena saṁhareyya, dakkhiṇo vāto uttarena saṁhareyya.\nTatrāssa kāṇo kacchapo, so vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ ummujjeyya.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\napi nu so kāṇo kacchapo amusmiṁ ekacchiggale yuge gīvaṁ paveseyyā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Yadi pana, bhante, kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayenā”ti.\n“Khippataraṁ kho so, bhikkhave, kāṇo kacchapo amusmiṁ ekacchiggale yuge gīvaṁ paveseyya, ato dullabhatarāhaṁ, bhikkhave, manussattaṁ vadāmi sakiṁ vinipātagatena bālena.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nNa hettha, bhikkhave, atthi dhammacariyā samacariyā kusalakiriyā puññakiriyā.\nAññamaññakhādikā ettha, bhikkhave, vattati dubbalakhādikā.","en":"Mendicants, suppose a person were to throw a yoke with a single hole into the ocean.\nThe east wind wafts it west; the west wind wafts it east; the north wind wafts it south; and the south wind wafts it north.\nAnd there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nWould that one-eyed turtle still poke its neck through the hole in that yoke?”\n“No, sir.\nOnly after a very long time, sir, if ever.”\n“That one-eyed turtle would poke its neck through the hole in that yoke sooner than a fool who has fallen to the underworld would be reborn as a human being, I say.\nWhy is that?\nBecause in that place there’s no principled or moral conduct, and no doing what is good and skillful.\nThere they just prey on each other, preying on the weak."}},{"id":"mn129:25","sourceIds":["mn129:25.1","mn129:25.2","mn129:25.3","mn129:25.4","mn129:25.5","mn129:25.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo sace kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena manussattaṁ āgacchati, yāni tāni nīcakulāni—\ncaṇḍālakulaṁ vā nesādakulaṁ vā venakulaṁ vā rathakārakulaṁ vā pukkusakulaṁ vā.\nTathārūpe kule paccājāyati dalidde appannapānabhojane kasiravuttike, yattha kasirena ghāsacchādo labbhati.\nSo ca hoti dubbaṇṇo duddasiko okoṭimako bavhābādho kāṇo vā kuṇī vā khujjo vā pakkhahato vā na lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.\nSo kāyena duccaritaṁ carati vācāya duccaritaṁ carati manasā duccaritaṁ carati.\nSo kāyena duccaritaṁ caritvā vācāya duccaritaṁ caritvā manasā duccaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati.","en":"And suppose that fool, after a very long time, returned to the human realm.\nThey’d be reborn in a low class family—a family of corpse-workers, hunters, bamboo-workers, chariot-makers, or scavengers.\nSuch families are poor, with little to eat or drink, where life is tough, and food and shelter are hard to find.\nAnd they’d be ugly, unsightly, deformed, sickly—one-eyed, crippled, lame, or half-paralyzed. They don’t get to have food, drink, clothes, and vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; or bed, house, and lighting.\nAnd they do bad things by way of body, speech, and mind.\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell."}},{"id":"mn129:26","sourceIds":["mn129:26.1","mn129:26.2","mn129:26.3","mn129:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, akkhadhutto paṭhameneva kaliggahena puttampi jīyetha, dārampi jīyetha, sabbaṁ sāpateyyampi jīyetha, uttaripi adhibandhaṁ nigaccheyya.\nAppamattako so, bhikkhave, kaliggaho yaṁ so akkhadhutto paṭhameneva kaliggahena puttampi jīyetha, dārampi jīyetha, sabbaṁ sāpateyyampi jīyetha, uttaripi adhibandhaṁ nigaccheyya.\nAtha kho ayameva tato mahantataro kaliggaho yaṁ so bālo kāyena duccaritaṁ caritvā vācāya duccaritaṁ caritvā manasā duccaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, kevalā paripūrā bālabhūmīti.","en":"Suppose a gambler were to lose his wife and child, all his property, and then get thrown in jail with his first losing hand.\nSuch a losing hand is trivial compared to\nthe losing hand whereby a fool, having done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.\nThis is the total fulfillment of the fool’s level."}},{"id":"mn129:27","sourceIds":["mn129:27.1","mn129:27.2","mn129:27.3","mn129:27.4","mn129:27.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, paṇḍitassa paṇḍitalakkhaṇāni paṇḍitanimittāni paṇḍitāpadānāni.\nKatamāni tīṇi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca hoti subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca.\nNo cetaṁ, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca abhavissa subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca, kena naṁ paṇḍitā jāneyyuṁ:\n‘paṇḍito ayaṁ bhavaṁ sappuriso’ti?","en":"There are these three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of an astute person.\nWhat three?\nAn astute person thinks well, speaks well, and acts well.\nIf an astute person didn’t think well, speak well, and act well, then how would the astute know of them,\n‘This worthy one is astute, a true person’?"}},{"id":"mn129:28","sourceIds":["mn129:28.1","mn129:28.2","mn129:28.3","mn129:28.4","mn129:28.5","mn129:28.6","mn129:28.7","mn129:28.8","mn129:28.9","mn129:28.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca hoti subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca tasmā naṁ paṇḍitā jānanti:\n‘paṇḍito ayaṁ bhavaṁ sappuriso’ti.\nSa kho so, bhikkhave, paṇḍito tividhaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.\nSace, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sabhāyaṁ vā nisinno hoti, rathikāya vā nisinno hoti, siṅghāṭake vā nisinno hoti;\ntatra ce jano tajjaṁ tassāruppaṁ kathaṁ manteti.\nSace, bhikkhave, paṇḍito pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti;\ntatra, bhikkhave, paṇḍitassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yaṁ kho jano tajjaṁ tassāruppaṁ kathaṁ manteti;\nsaṁvijjanteva te dhammā mayi, ahañca tesu dhammesu sandissāmī’ti.\nIdaṁ, bhikkhave, paṇḍito paṭhamaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.","en":"But since an astute person does think well, speak well, and act well, then the astute do know of them,\n‘This worthy one is astute, a true person’.\nAn astute person experiences three kinds of pleasure and happiness in this very life.\nSuppose an astute person is sitting in a council hall, a street, or a crossroad,\nwhere people are discussing about what is proper and fitting.\nAnd suppose that astute person is someone who refrains from killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.\nThen that astute person thinks,\n‘These people are discussing what is proper and fitting.\nAnd those good things are found in me and I exhibit them.’\nThis is the first kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life."}},{"id":"mn129:29","sourceIds":["mn129:29.1","mn129:29.2","mn129:29.3","mn129:29.4","mn129:29.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, paṇḍito passati rājāno coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kārente—\nkasāhipi tāḷente vettehipi tāḷente addhadaṇḍakehipi tāḷente hatthampi chindante pādampi chindante hatthapādampi chindante kaṇṇampi chindante nāsampi chindante kaṇṇanāsampi chindante bilaṅgathālikampi karonte saṅkhamuṇḍikampi karonte rāhumukhampi karonte jotimālikampi karonte hatthapajjotikampi karonte erakavattikampi karonte cīrakavāsikampi karonte eṇeyyakampi karonte balisamaṁsikampi karonte kahāpaṇikampi karonte khārāpatacchikampi karonte palighaparivattikampi karonte palālapīṭhakampi karonte tattenapi telena osiñcante sunakhehipi khādāpente jīvantampi sūle uttāsente asināpi sīsaṁ chindante.\nTatra, bhikkhave, paṇḍitassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yathārūpānaṁ kho pāpakānaṁ kammānaṁ hetu rājāno coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kārenti kasāhipi tāḷenti, vettehipi tāḷenti, addhadaṇḍakehipi tāḷenti, hatthampi chindanti, pādampi chindanti, hatthapādampi chindanti, kaṇṇampi chindanti, nāsampi chindanti, kaṇṇanāsampi chindanti, bilaṅgathālikampi karonti, saṅkhamuṇḍikampi karonti, rāhumukhampi karonti, jotimālikampi karonti, hatthapajjotikampi karonti, erakavattikampi karonti, cīrakavāsikampi karonti, eṇeyyakampi karonti, balisamaṁsikampi karonti, kahāpaṇikampi karonti, khārāpatacchikampi karonti, palighaparivattikampi karonti, palālapīṭhakampi karonti, tattenapi telena osiñcanti, sunakhehipi khādāpenti, jīvantampi sūle uttāsenti, asināpi sīsaṁ chindanti, na te dhammā mayi saṁvijjanti, ahañca na tesu dhammesu sandissāmī’ti.\nIdampi, bhikkhave, paṇḍito dutiyaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.","en":"Furthermore, an astute person sees that the kings have arrested a bandit, a criminal, and subjected them to various punishments—\nwhipping, caning, and clubbing; cutting off hands or feet, or both; cutting off ears or nose, or both; the ‘porridge pot’, the ‘shell-shave’, the ‘Rāhu’s mouth’, the ‘garland of fire’, the ‘burning hand’, the ‘bulrush twist’, the ‘bark dress’, the ‘antelope’, the ‘meat hook’, the ‘coins’, the ‘caustic pickle’, the ‘twisting bar’, the ‘straw mat’; being splashed with hot oil, being fed to the hounds, being impaled alive, and being beheaded.\nThen that astute person thinks,\n‘The kinds of deeds for which the kings inflict such punishments—those things are not found in me and I do not exhibit them!’\nThis is the second kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life."}},{"id":"mn129:30","sourceIds":["mn129:30.1","mn129:30.2","mn129:30.3","mn129:30.4","mn129:30.5","mn129:30.6","mn129:30.7","mn129:30.8","mn129:30.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, paṇḍitaṁ pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ vā mañcasamārūḷhaṁ vā chamāyaṁ vā semānaṁ, yānissa pubbe kalyāṇāni kammāni katāni kāyena sucaritāni vācāya sucaritāni manasā sucaritāni tānissa tamhi samaye olambanti …pe…\nseyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahataṁ pabbatakūṭānaṁ chāyā sāyanhasamayaṁ pathaviyā olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, paṇḍitaṁ pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ vā mañcasamārūḷhaṁ vā chamāyaṁ vā semānaṁ yānissa pubbe kalyāṇāni kammāni katāni kāyena sucaritāni vācāya sucaritāni manasā sucaritāni tānissa tamhi samaye olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti.\nTatra, bhikkhave, paṇḍitassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘akataṁ vata me pāpaṁ, akataṁ luddaṁ, akataṁ kibbisaṁ;\nkataṁ kalyāṇaṁ, kataṁ kusalaṁ, kataṁ bhīruttāṇaṁ.\nYāvatā, bho, akatapāpānaṁ akataluddānaṁ akatakibbisānaṁ katakalyāṇānaṁ katakusalānaṁ katabhīruttāṇānaṁ gati taṁ gatiṁ pecca gacchāmī’ti.\nSo na socati, na kilamati, na paridevati, na urattāḷiṁ kandati, na sammohaṁ āpajjati.\nIdampi, bhikkhave, paṇḍito tatiyaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.","en":"Furthermore, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.\nIt is like the shadow of a great mountain peak in the evening as it settles down, rests down, and lays down upon the earth.\nIn the same way, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them.\nThen that astute person thinks,\n‘Well, I haven’t done bad things, violence and sin.\nAnd I have done good and skillful deeds that keep me safe.\nWhen I pass away, I’ll go to the place where people who’ve done such things go.’\nSo they don’t sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion.\nThis is the third kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life."}},{"id":"mn129:31","sourceIds":["mn129:31.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sa kho so, bhikkhave, paṇḍito kāyena sucaritaṁ caritvā vācāya sucaritaṁ caritvā manasā sucaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.","en":"When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm."}},{"id":"mn129:32","sourceIds":["mn129:32.1","mn129:32.2","mn129:32.3","mn129:32.4","mn129:32.5","mn129:32.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ kho taṁ, bhikkhave, sammā vadamāno vadeyya:\n‘ekantaṁ iṭṭhaṁ ekantaṁ kantaṁ ekantaṁ manāpan’ti, saggameva taṁ sammā vadamāno vadeyya:\n‘ekantaṁ iṭṭhaṁ ekantaṁ kantaṁ ekantaṁ manāpan’ti.\nYāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, upamāpi na sukarā yāva sukhā saggā”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“sakkā pana, bhante, upamaṁ kātun”ti?","en":"And if there’s anything of which it may be rightly said that\nit is utterly likable, desirable, and agreeable, it is of heaven that this should be said.\nSo much so that it’s not easy to give a simile for how pleasurable heaven is.”\nWhen he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,\n“But sir, is it possible to give a simile?”"}},{"id":"mn129:33","sourceIds":["mn129:33.1","mn129:33.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sakkā, bhikkhū”ti bhagavā avoca.\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī sattahi ratanehi samannāgato catūhi ca iddhīhi tatonidānaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.","en":"“It’s possible,” said the Buddha.\n“Suppose there was a king, a wheel-turning monarch who possessed seven treasures and four blessings, and experienced pleasure and happiness because of them."}},{"id":"mn129:34","sourceIds":["mn129:34.1","mn129:34.2","mn129:34.3","mn129:34.4","mn129:34.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamehi sattahi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, rañño khattiyassa muddhāvasittassa tadahuposathe pannarase sīsaṁnhātassa uposathikassa uparipāsādavaragatassa dibbaṁ cakkaratanaṁ pātubhavati sahassāraṁ sanemikaṁ sanābhikaṁ sabbākāraparipūraṁ.\nTaṁ disvāna rañño khattiyassa muddhāvasittassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘sutaṁ kho pana metaṁ yassa rañño khattiyassa muddhāvasittassa tadahuposathe pannarase sīsaṁnhātassa uposathikassa uparipāsādavaragatassa dibbaṁ cakkaratanaṁ pātubhavati sahassāraṁ sanemikaṁ sanābhikaṁ sabbākāraparipūraṁ, so hoti rājā cakkavattīti.\nAssaṁ nu kho ahaṁ rājā cakkavattī’ti?","en":"What seven?\nIt’s when, on the fifteenth day sabbath, an anointed aristocratic king has bathed his head and gone upstairs in the royal longhouse to observe the sabbath. And the heavenly wheel-treasure appears to him, with a thousand spokes, with rim and hub, complete in every detail.\nSeeing this, the king thinks,\n‘I have heard that when the heavenly wheel-treasure appears to a king in this way, he becomes a wheel-turning monarch.\nAm I then a wheel-turning monarch?’"}},{"id":"mn129:35","sourceIds":["mn129:35.1","mn129:35.2","mn129:35.3","mn129:35.4","mn129:35.5","mn129:35.6","mn129:35.7","mn129:35.8","mn129:35.9","mn129:35.10","mn129:35.11","mn129:35.12","mn129:35.13","mn129:35.14","mn129:35.15","mn129:35.16","mn129:35.17","mn129:35.18"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, rājā khattiyo muddhāvasitto vāmena hatthena bhiṅkāraṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena cakkaratanaṁ abbhukkirati:\n‘pavattatu bhavaṁ cakkaratanaṁ, abhivijinātu bhavaṁ cakkaratanan’ti.\nAtha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, cakkaratanaṁ puratthimaṁ disaṁ pavattati. Anvadeva rājā cakkavattī saddhiṁ caturaṅginiyā senāya. Yasmiṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, padese cakkaratanaṁ patiṭṭhāti tattha rājā cakkavattī vāsaṁ upeti saddhiṁ caturaṅginiyā senāya.\nYe kho pana, bhikkhave, puratthimāya disāya paṭirājāno te rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṁsu:\n‘ehi kho, mahārāja. Svāgataṁ te, mahārāja. Sakaṁ te, mahārāja. Anusāsa, mahārājā’ti.\nRājā cakkavattī evamāha:\n‘pāṇo na hantabbo, adinnaṁ nādātabbaṁ, kāmesumicchā na caritabbā, musā na bhāsitabbā, majjaṁ na pātabbaṁ, yathābhuttañca bhuñjathā’ti.\nYe kho pana, bhikkhave, puratthimāya disāya paṭirājāno te rañño cakkavattissa anuyantā bhavanti.\nAtha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, cakkaratanaṁ puratthimaṁ samuddaṁ ajjhogāhetvā paccuttaritvā dakkhiṇaṁ disaṁ pavattati …pe…\ndakkhiṇaṁ samuddaṁ ajjhogāhetvā paccuttaritvā pacchimaṁ disaṁ pavattati …pe…\npacchimaṁ samuddaṁ ajjhogāhetvā paccuttaritvā uttaraṁ disaṁ pavattati anvadeva rājā cakkavattī saddhiṁ caturaṅginiyā senāya. Yasmiṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, padese cakkaratanaṁ patiṭṭhāti tattha rājā cakkavattī vāsaṁ upeti saddhiṁ caturaṅginiyā senāya.\nYe kho pana, bhikkhave, uttarāya disāya paṭirājāno te rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṁsu:\n‘ehi kho, mahārāja. Svāgataṁ te, mahārāja. Sakaṁ te, mahārāja. Anusāsa, mahārājā’ti.\nRājā cakkavattī evamāha:\n‘pāṇo na hantabbo, adinnaṁ nādātabbaṁ, kāmesumicchā na caritabbā, musā na bhāsitabbā, majjaṁ na pātabbaṁ; yathābhuttañca bhuñjathā’ti.\nYe kho pana, bhikkhave, uttarāya disāya paṭirājāno te rañño cakkavattissa anuyantā bhavanti.\nAtha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, cakkaratanaṁ samuddapariyantaṁ pathaviṁ abhivijinitvā tameva rājadhāniṁ paccāgantvā rañño cakkavattissa antepuradvāre akkhāhataṁ maññe tiṭṭhati rañño cakkavattissa antepuradvāraṁ upasobhayamānaṁ.\nRañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ cakkaratanaṁ pātubhavati.","en":"Then the anointed aristocratic king, taking a ceremonial vase in his left hand, besprinkled the wheel-treasure with his right hand, saying,\n‘Roll forth, O wheel-treasure! Triumph, O wheel-treasure!’\nThen the wheel-treasure rolls toward the east. And the king follows it together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stands still, there the king comes to stay together with his army.\nAnd any opposing rulers of the eastern quarter come to the wheel-turning monarch and say,\n‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’\nThe wheel-turning monarch says,\n‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’\nAnd so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter become his vassals.\nThen the wheel-treasure, having plunged into the eastern ocean and emerged again, rolls toward the south. …\nHaving plunged into the southern ocean and emerged again, it rolls toward the west. …\nHaving plunged into the western ocean and emerged again, it rolls toward the north, followed by the king together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stands still, there the king comes to stay together with his army.\nAnd any opposing rulers of the northern quarter come to the wheel-turning monarch and say,\n‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’\nThe wheel-turning monarch says,\n‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’\nAnd so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter become his vassals.\nAnd then the wheel-treasure, having triumphed over this land surrounded by ocean, returns to the royal capital. There it stands still at the gate to the royal compound as if fixed to an axle, illuminating the royal compound.\nSuch is the wheel-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch."}},{"id":"mn129:36","sourceIds":["mn129:36.1","mn129:36.2","mn129:36.3","mn129:36.4","mn129:36.5","mn129:36.6","mn129:36.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa hatthiratanaṁ pātubhavati—\nsabbaseto sattappatiṭṭho iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo uposatho nāma nāgarājā.\nTaṁ disvāna rañño cakkavattissa cittaṁ pasīdati:\n‘bhaddakaṁ vata bho hatthiyānaṁ, sace damathaṁ upeyyā’ti.\nAtha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, hatthiratanaṁ seyyathāpi nāma bhaddo hatthājānīyo dīgharattaṁ suparidanto evameva damathaṁ upeti.\nBhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī tameva hatthiratanaṁ vīmaṁsamāno pubbaṇhasamayaṁ abhiruhitvā samuddapariyantaṁ pathaviṁ anusaṁyāyitvā tameva rājadhāniṁ paccāgantvā pātarāsamakāsi.\nRañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ hatthiratanaṁ pātubhavati.","en":"Next, the elephant-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.\nIt was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, touching the ground in seven places, a king of elephants named Sabbath.\nSeeing him, the king was impressed,\n‘This would truly be a fine elephant vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’\nThen the elephant-treasure submitted to taming, as if he were a fine thoroughbred elephant that had been tamed for a long time.\nOnce it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same elephant-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast.\nSuch is the elephant-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch."}},{"id":"mn129:37","sourceIds":["mn129:37.1","mn129:37.2","mn129:37.3","mn129:37.4","mn129:37.5","mn129:37.6","mn129:37.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa assaratanaṁ pātubhavati—\nsabbaseto kāḷasīso muñjakeso iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo valāhako nāma assarājā.\nTaṁ disvāna rañño cakkavattissa cittaṁ pasīdati:\n‘bhaddakaṁ vata bho assayānaṁ, sace damathaṁ upeyyā’ti.\nAtha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, assaratanaṁ seyyathāpi nāma bhaddo assājānīyo dīgharattaṁ suparidanto evameva damathaṁ upeti.\nBhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī tameva assaratanaṁ vīmaṁsamāno pubbaṇhasamayaṁ abhiruhitvā samuddapariyantaṁ pathaviṁ anusaṁyāyitvā tameva rājadhāniṁ paccāgantvā pātarāsamakāsi.\nRañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ assaratanaṁ pātubhavati.","en":"Next, the horse-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.\nIt was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, with head of black and mane like woven reeds, a royal steed named Thundercloud.\nSeeing him, the king was impressed,\n‘This would truly be a fine horse vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’\nThen the horse-treasure submitted to taming, as if he were a fine thoroughbred horse that had been tamed for a long time.\nOnce it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same horse-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast.\nSuch is the horse-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch."}},{"id":"mn129:38","sourceIds":["mn129:38.1","mn129:38.2","mn129:38.3","mn129:38.4","mn129:38.5","mn129:38.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa maṇiratanaṁ pātubhavati.\nSo hoti maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā aṭṭhaṁso suparikammakato.\nTassa kho pana, bhikkhave, maṇiratanassa ābhā samantā yojanaṁ phuṭā hoti.\nBhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī tameva maṇiratanaṁ vīmaṁsamāno caturaṅginiṁ senaṁ sannayhitvā maṇiṁ dhajaggaṁ āropetvā rattandhakāratimisāya pāyāsi.\nYe kho pana, bhikkhave, samantā gāmā ahesuṁ te tenobhāsena kammante payojesuṁ ‘divā’ti maññamānā.\nRañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ maṇiratanaṁ pātubhavati.","en":"Next, the jewel-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.\nIt is a beryl gem that’s naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked.\nAnd the radiance of that jewel spreads all-round for a league.\nOnce it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same jewel-treasure, mobilized his army of four divisions and, with the jewel hoisted on his banner, set out in the dark of the night.\nThen the villagers around them set off to work, thinking that it was day.\nSuch is the jewel-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch."}},{"id":"mn129:39","sourceIds":["mn129:39.1","mn129:39.2","mn129:39.3","mn129:39.4","mn129:39.5","mn129:39.6","mn129:39.7","mn129:39.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa itthiratanaṁ pātubhavati.\nSā abhirūpā dassanīyā pāsādikā paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgatā nātidīghā nātirassā nātikisā nātithūlā nātikāḷikā nāccodātā, atikkantā mānusaṁ vaṇṇaṁ, appattā dibbaṁ vaṇṇaṁ.\nTassa kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanassa evarūpo kāyasamphasso hoti, seyyathāpi nāma tūlapicuno vā kappāsapicuno vā.\nTassa kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanassa sīte uṇhāni gattāni honti, uṇhe sītāni gattāni honti.\nTassa kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanassa kāyato candanagandho vāyati, mukhato uppalagandho vāyati.\nTaṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanaṁ rañño cakkavattissa pubbuṭṭhāyinī hoti pacchānipātinī kiṅkārapaṭissāvinī manāpacārinī piyavādinī.\nTaṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanaṁ rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ manasāpi no aticarati, kuto pana kāyena?\nRañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ itthiratanaṁ pātubhavati.","en":"Next, the woman-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.\nShe is attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. She’s neither too tall nor too short; neither too thin nor too fat; neither too dark nor too light. She outdoes human beauty without reaching heavenly beauty.\nAnd her touch is like a tuft of cotton-wool or kapok.\nWhen it’s cool her limbs are warm, and when it’s warm her limbs are cool.\nThe fragrance of sandal floats from her body, and lotus from her mouth.\nShe gets up before the king and goes to bed after him, and is obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely.\nThe woman-treasure does not betray the wheel-turning monarch even in thought, still less in deed.\nSuch is the woman-treasure who appears to the wheel-turning monarch."}},{"id":"mn129:40","sourceIds":["mn129:40.1","mn129:40.2","mn129:40.3","mn129:40.4","mn129:40.5","mn129:40.6","mn129:40.7","mn129:40.8","mn129:40.9","mn129:40.10","mn129:40.11","mn129:40.12","mn129:40.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa gahapatiratanaṁ pātubhavati.\nTassa kammavipākajaṁ dibbacakkhu pātubhavati, yena nidhiṁ passati sassāmikampi assāmikampi.\nSo rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāha:\n‘appossukko tvaṁ, deva, hohi. Ahaṁ te dhanena dhanakaraṇīyaṁ karissāmī’ti.\nBhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī tameva gahapatiratanaṁ vīmaṁsamāno nāvaṁ abhiruhitvā majjhe gaṅgāya nadiyā sotaṁ ogāhitvā gahapatiratanaṁ etadavoca:\n‘attho me, gahapati, hiraññasuvaṇṇenā’ti.\n‘Tena hi, mahārāja, ekaṁ tīraṁ nāvā upetū’ti.\n‘Idheva me, gahapati, attho hiraññasuvaṇṇenā’ti.\nAtha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, gahapatiratanaṁ ubhohi hatthehi udake omasitvā pūraṁ hiraññasuvaṇṇassa kumbhiṁ uddharitvā rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ etadavoca:\n‘alamettāvatā, mahārāja. Katamettāvatā, mahārāja. Pūjitamettāvatā, mahārājā’ti.\nRājā cakkavattī evamāha:\n‘alamettāvatā, gahapati. Katamettāvatā, gahapati. Pūjitamettāvatā, gahapatī’ti.\nRañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pātubhavati.","en":"Next, the householder-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.\nThe power of clairvoyance manifests in him as a result of past deeds, by which he sees treasure troves, both owned and ownerless.\nHe approaches the wheel-turning monarch and says,\n‘Relax, Your Majesty. I will take care of the treasury.’\nOnce it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same householder-treasure, boarded a boat and sailed to the middle of the Ganges River. Then he said to the householder-treasure,\n‘Householder, I need gold, both coined and uncoined.’\n‘Well then, Great King, draw the boat up to one shore.’\n‘It’s right here, householder, that I need gold, both coined and uncoined.’\nThen that householder-treasure, immersing both hands in the water, pulled up a pot full of gold, both coined and uncoined, and said to the king,\n‘Is this sufficient, Great King? Has enough been done, Great King, enough offered?’\nThe wheel-turning monarch said,\n‘That is sufficient, householder. Enough has been done, enough offered.’\nSuch is the householder-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch."}},{"id":"mn129:41","sourceIds":["mn129:41.1","mn129:41.2","mn129:41.3","mn129:41.4","mn129:41.5","mn129:41.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa pariṇāyakaratanaṁ pātubhavati—\npaṇḍito byatto medhāvī paṭibalo rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upayāpetabbaṁ upayāpetuṁ apayāpetabbaṁ apayāpetuṁ ṭhapetabbaṁ ṭhapetuṁ.\nSo rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāha:\n‘appossukko tvaṁ, deva, hohi. Ahamanusāsissāmī’ti.\nRañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ pariṇāyakaratanaṁ pātubhavati.\nRājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imehi sattahi ratanehi samannāgato hoti.","en":"Next, the commander-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch.\nHe is astute, competent, intelligent, and capable regarding who should be ushered in to the king’s presence, who should be ushered out, and who should be kept by his side.\nHe approaches the wheel-turning monarch and says,\n‘Relax, Your Majesty. I shall issue instructions.’\nSuch is the commander-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.\nThese are the seven treasures possessed by a wheel-turning monarch."}},{"id":"mn129:42","sourceIds":["mn129:42.1","mn129:42.2","mn129:42.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamāhi catūhi iddhīhi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī abhirūpo hoti dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato ativiya aññehi manussehi.\nRājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāya paṭhamāya iddhiyā samannāgato hoti.","en":"And what are the four blessings?\nA wheel-turning monarch is attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty, more so than other humans.\nThis is the first blessing."}},{"id":"mn129:43","sourceIds":["mn129:43.1","mn129:43.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī dīghāyuko hoti ciraṭṭhitiko ativiya aññehi manussehi.\nRājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāya dutiyāya iddhiyā samannāgato hoti.","en":"Furthermore, he is long-lived, more so than other humans.\nThis is the second blessing."}},{"id":"mn129:44","sourceIds":["mn129:44.1","mn129:44.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī appābādho hoti appātaṅko samavepākiniyā gahaṇiyā samannāgato nātisītāya nāccuṇhāya ativiya aññehi manussehi.\nRājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāya tatiyāya iddhiyā samannāgato hoti.","en":"Furthermore, he is rarely ill or unwell, and his stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, more so than other humans.\nThis is the third blessing."}},{"id":"mn129:45","sourceIds":["mn129:45.1","mn129:45.2","mn129:45.3","mn129:45.4","mn129:45.5","mn129:45.6","mn129:45.7","mn129:45.8","mn129:45.9","mn129:45.10","mn129:45.11","mn129:45.12","mn129:45.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ piyo hoti manāpo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, pitā puttānaṁ piyo hoti manāpo;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ piyo hoti manāpo.\nRaññopi, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa brāhmaṇagahapatikā piyā honti manāpā.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, pitu puttā piyā honti manāpā;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, raññopi cakkavattissa brāhmaṇagahapatikā piyā honti manāpā.\nBhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī caturaṅginiyā senāya uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyāsi.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇagahapatikā rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṁsu:\n‘ataramāno, deva, yāhi yathā taṁ mayaṁ cirataraṁ passeyyāmā’ti.\nRājāpi, bhikkhave, cakkavattī sārathiṁ āmantesi:\n‘ataramāno, sārathi, pesehi yathā maṁ brāhmaṇagahapatikā cirataraṁ passeyyun’ti.\nRājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāya catutthāya iddhiyā samannāgato hoti.\nRājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāhi catūhi iddhīhi samannāgato hoti.","en":"Furthermore, a wheel-turning monarch is as dear and beloved to the brahmins and householders\nas a father is to his children.\nAnd the brahmins and householders are as dear to the wheel-turning monarch\nas children are to their father.\nOnce it so happened that a wheel-turning monarch went with his army of four divisions to visit a park.\nThen the brahmins and householders went up to him and said,\n‘Slow down, Your Majesty, so we may see you longer!’\nAnd the king addressed his charioteer,\n‘Drive slowly, charioteer, so I can see the brahmins and householders longer!’\nThis is the fourth blessing.\nThese are the four blessings possessed by a wheel-turning monarch."}},{"id":"mn129:46","sourceIds":["mn129:46.1","mn129:46.2","mn129:46.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\napi nu kho rājā cakkavattī imehi sattahi ratanehi samannāgato imāhi catūhi ca iddhīhi tatonidānaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvediyethā”ti?\n“Ekamekenapi, bhante, ratanena samannāgato rājā cakkavattī tatonidānaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvediyetha, ko pana vādo sattahi ratanehi catūhi ca iddhīhī”ti?","en":"What do you think, mendicants?\nWould a wheel-turning monarch who possessed these seven treasures and these four blessings experience pleasure and happiness because of them?”\n“Sir, a wheel-turning monarch who possessed even a single one of these treasures would experience pleasure and happiness because of that, let alone all seven treasures and four blessings!”"}},{"id":"mn129:47","sourceIds":["mn129:47.1","mn129:47.2","mn129:47.3","mn129:47.4","mn129:47.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā parittaṁ pāṇimattaṁ pāsāṇaṁ gahetvā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nkatamo nu kho mahantataro—yo cāyaṁ mayā paritto pāṇimatto pāsāṇo gahito yo ca himavā pabbatarājā”ti?\n“Appamattako ayaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā paritto pāṇimatto pāsāṇo gahito; himavantaṁ pabbatarājānaṁ upanidhāya saṅkhampi na upeti; kalabhāgampi na upeti; upanidhampi na upetī”ti.\n“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yaṁ rājā cakkavattī sattahi ratanehi samannāgato catūhi ca iddhīhi tatonidānaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti taṁ dibbassa sukhassa upanidhāya saṅkhampi na upeti; kalabhāgampi na upeti; upanidhampi na upeti.","en":"Then the Buddha, picking up a stone the size of his palm, addressed the mendicants,\n“What do you think, mendicants?\nWhich is bigger: the stone the size of my palm that I’ve picked up, or the Himalayas, the king of mountains?”\n“Sir, the stone you’ve picked up is tiny. Compared to the Himalayas, it doesn’t count, it’s not worth a fraction, there’s no comparison.”\n“In the same way, compared to the happiness of heaven, the pleasure and happiness experienced by a wheel-turning monarch due to those seven treasures and those four blessings doesn’t even count, it’s not even a fraction, there’s no comparison."}},{"id":"mn129:48","sourceIds":["mn129:48.1","mn129:48.2","mn129:48.3","mn129:48.4","mn129:48.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sa kho so, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sace kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena manussattaṁ āgacchati, yāni tāni uccākulāni—\nkhattiyamahāsālakulaṁ vā brāhmaṇamahāsālakulaṁ vā gahapatimahāsālakulaṁ vā tathārūpe kule paccājāyati aḍḍhe mahaddhane mahābhoge pahūtajātarūparajate pahūtavittūpakaraṇe pahūtadhanadhaññe.\nSo ca hoti abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato, lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.\nSo kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.\nSo kāyena sucaritaṁ caritvā, vācāya sucaritaṁ caritvā, manasā sucaritaṁ caritvā, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.","en":"And suppose that astute person, after a very long time, returned to the human realm.\nThey’d be reborn in a well-to-do family of aristocrats, brahmins, or householders—rich, affluent, and wealthy, with lots of gold and silver, lots of property and assets, and lots of money and grain.\nAnd they’d be attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. They’d get to have food, drink, clothes, and vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; and a bed, house, and lighting.\nAnd they do good things by way of body, speech, and mind.\nWhen their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm."}},{"id":"mn129:49","sourceIds":["mn129:49.1","mn129:49.2","mn129:49.3","mn129:49.4","mn129:49.5","mn129:49.6","mn129:49.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, akkhadhutto paṭhameneva kaṭaggahena mahantaṁ bhogakkhandhaṁ adhigaccheyya;\nappamattako so, bhikkhave, kaṭaggaho yaṁ so akkhadhutto paṭhameneva kaṭaggahena mahantaṁ bhogakkhandhaṁ adhigaccheyya.\nAtha kho ayameva tato mahantataro kaṭaggaho yaṁ so paṇḍito kāyena sucaritaṁ caritvā, vācāya sucaritaṁ caritvā, manasā sucaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, kevalā paripūrā paṇḍitabhūmī”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.\nBālapaṇḍitasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ navamaṁ.","en":"Suppose a gambler was to win a big pile of money with the first winning hand.\nSuch a winning hand is trivial compared to\nthe winning hand whereby an astute person, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.\nThis is the total fulfillment of the astute person’s level.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn129/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."}