{"id":"mn131","title":"One Fine Night","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn131","title":"One Fine Night","units":[{"id":"mn131:0","sourceIds":["mn131:0.1","mn131:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 131\nBhaddekarattasutta","en":"Middle Discourses 131\nOne Fine Night"}},{"id":"mn131:1","sourceIds":["mn131:1.1","mn131:1.2","mn131:1.3","mn131:1.4","mn131:1.5","mn131:1.6"],"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":"mn131:2","sourceIds":["mn131:2.1","mn131:2.2","mn131:2.3","mn131:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“bhaddekarattassa vo, bhikkhave, uddesañca vibhaṅgañca desessāmi.\nTaṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"“I shall teach you the summary recital and the analysis of the one who has one fine night.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"mn131:3","sourceIds":["mn131:3.1","mn131:3.2","mn131:3.3","mn131:3.4","mn131:3.5","mn131:3.6","mn131:3.7","mn131:3.8","mn131:3.9","mn131:3.10","mn131:3.11","mn131:3.12","mn131:3.13","mn131:3.14","mn131:3.15","mn131:3.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atītaṁ nānvāgameyya,\nnappaṭikaṅkhe anāgataṁ;\nYadatītaṁ pahīnaṁ taṁ,\nappattañca anāgataṁ.\nPaccuppannañca yo dhammaṁ,\nTattha tattha vipassati;\nAsaṁhīraṁ asaṅkuppaṁ,\nTaṁ vidvā manubrūhaye.\nAjjeva kiccamātappaṁ,\nko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve;\nNa hi no saṅgaraṁ tena,\nmahāsenena maccunā.\nEvaṁvihāriṁ ātāpiṁ,\nahorattamatanditaṁ;\nTaṁ ve bhaddekarattoti,\nsanto ācikkhate muni.","en":"“Don’t run back to the past,\ndon’t anticipate the future.\nWhat’s past is left behind,\nthe future has not arrived;\nand any present phenomenon\nyou clearly discern in every case.\nThe unfaltering, the unshakable:\nhaving known that, foster it.\nToday’s the day to keenly work—\nwho knows, tomorrow may bring death!\nFor there is no bargain to be struck\nwith Death and his mighty horde.\nOne who keenly meditates like this,\ntireless all night and day:\nthat’s who has one fine night—\nso declares the peaceful sage."}},{"id":"mn131:4","sourceIds":["mn131:4.1","mn131:4.2","mn131:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, atītaṁ anvāgameti?\n‘Evaṁrūpo ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ samanvāneti, ‘evaṁvedano ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ samanvāneti, ‘evaṁsañño ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ samanvāneti, ‘evaṁsaṅkhāro ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ samanvāneti, ‘evaṁviññāṇo ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ samanvāneti—\nevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, atītaṁ anvāgameti.","en":"And how do you run back to the past?\nYou muster delight there, thinking: ‘I had such form in the past.’ … ‘I had such feeling … perception … choice … consciousness in the past.’\nThat’s how you run back to the past."}},{"id":"mn131:5","sourceIds":["mn131:5.1","mn131:5.2","mn131:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, atītaṁ nānvāgameti?\n‘Evaṁrūpo ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ na samanvāneti, ‘evaṁvedano ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ na samanvāneti, ‘evaṁsañño ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ na samanvāneti, ‘evaṁsaṅkhāro ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ na samanvāneti, ‘evaṁviññāṇo ahosiṁ atītamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ na samanvāneti—\nevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, atītaṁ nānvāgameti.","en":"And how do you not run back to the past?\nYou don’t muster delight there, thinking: ‘I had such form in the past.’ … ‘I had such feeling … perception … choice … consciousness in the past.’\nThat’s how you don’t run back to the past."}},{"id":"mn131:6","sourceIds":["mn131:6.1","mn131:6.2","mn131:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, anāgataṁ paṭikaṅkhati?\n‘Evaṁrūpo siyaṁ anāgatamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ samanvāneti, evaṁvedano siyaṁ …pe… evaṁsañño siyaṁ … evaṁsaṅkhāro siyaṁ … evaṁviññāṇo siyaṁ anāgatamaddhānanti tattha nandiṁ samanvāneti—\nevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, anāgataṁ paṭikaṅkhati.","en":"And how do you anticipate the future?\nYou muster delight there, thinking: ‘May I have such form in the future.’ … ‘May I have such feeling … perception … choice … consciousness in the future.’\nThat’s how you anticipate the future."}},{"id":"mn131:7","sourceIds":["mn131:7.1","mn131:7.2","mn131:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, anāgataṁ nappaṭikaṅkhati?\n‘Evaṁrūpo siyaṁ anāgatamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ na samanvāneti, evaṁvedano siyaṁ … evaṁsañño siyaṁ … evaṁsaṅkhāro siyaṁ … ‘evaṁviññāṇo siyaṁ anāgatamaddhānan’ti tattha nandiṁ na samanvāneti—\nevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, anāgataṁ nappaṭikaṅkhati.","en":"And how do you not anticipate the future?\nYou don’t muster delight there, thinking: ‘May I have such form in the future.’ … ‘May I have such feeling … perception … choice … consciousness in the future.’\nThat’s how you don’t anticipate the future."}},{"id":"mn131:8","sourceIds":["mn131:8.1","mn131:8.2","mn131:8.3","mn131:8.4","mn131:8.5","mn131:8.6","mn131:8.7","mn131:8.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, paccuppannesu dhammesu saṁhīrati?\nIdha, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano ariyānaṁ adassāvī ariyadhammassa akovido ariyadhamme avinīto sappurisānaṁ adassāvī sappurisadhammassa akovido sappurisadhamme avinīto\nrūpaṁ attato samanupassati, rūpavantaṁ vā attānaṁ, attani vā rūpaṁ, rūpasmiṁ vā attānaṁ;\nvedanaṁ …pe…\nsaññaṁ …\nsaṅkhāre …\nviññāṇaṁ attato samanupassati, viññāṇavantaṁ vā attānaṁ attani vā viññāṇaṁ, viññāṇasmiṁ vā attānaṁ—\nevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannesu dhammesu saṁhīrati.","en":"And how do you falter amid presently arisen phenomena?\nIt’s when an unlearned ordinary person has not seen the noble ones, and is neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve not seen true persons, and are neither skilled nor trained in the teaching of the true persons.\nThey regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.\nThey regard feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.\nThat’s how you falter amid presently arisen phenomena."}},{"id":"mn131:9","sourceIds":["mn131:9.1","mn131:9.2","mn131:9.3","mn131:9.4","mn131:9.5","mn131:9.6","mn131:9.7","mn131:9.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, paccuppannesu dhammesu na saṁhīrati?\nIdha, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako ariyānaṁ dassāvī ariyadhammassa kovido ariyadhamme suvinīto sappurisānaṁ dassāvī sappurisadhammassa kovido sappurisadhamme suvinīto\nna rūpaṁ attato samanupassati, na rūpavantaṁ vā attānaṁ, na attani vā rūpaṁ, na rūpasmiṁ vā attānaṁ;\nna vedanaṁ …\nna saññaṁ …\nna saṅkhāre …\nna viññāṇaṁ attato samanupassati, na viññāṇavantaṁ vā attānaṁ, na attani vā viññāṇaṁ, na viññāṇasmiṁ vā attānaṁ—\nevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannesu dhammesu na saṁhīrati.","en":"And how do you not falter amid presently arisen phenomena?\nIt’s when a learned noble disciple has seen the noble ones, and is skilled and trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve seen true persons, and are skilled and trained in the teaching of the true persons.\nThey don’t regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.\nThey don’t regard feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness as self, self as having consciousness, consciousness in self, or self in consciousness.\nThat’s how you don’t falter amid presently arisen phenomena."}},{"id":"mn131:10","sourceIds":["mn131:10.1","mn131:10.2","mn131:10.3","mn131:10.4","mn131:10.5","mn131:10.6","mn131:10.7","mn131:10.8","mn131:10.9","mn131:10.10","mn131:10.11","mn131:10.12","mn131:10.13","mn131:10.14","mn131:10.15","mn131:10.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atītaṁ nānvāgameyya,\nnappaṭikaṅkhe anāgataṁ;\nYadatītaṁ pahīnaṁ taṁ,\nappattañca anāgataṁ.\nPaccuppannañca yo dhammaṁ,\ntattha tattha vipassati;\nAsaṁhīraṁ asaṅkuppaṁ,\ntaṁ vidvā manubrūhaye.\nAjjeva kiccamātappaṁ,\nko jaññā maraṇaṁ suve;\nNa hi no saṅgaraṁ tena,\nmahāsenena maccunā.\nEvaṁvihāriṁ ātāpiṁ,\nahorattamatanditaṁ;\nTaṁ ve bhaddekarattoti,\nsanto ācikkhate munīti.","en":"‘Don’t run back to the past,\ndon’t anticipate the future.\nWhat’s past is left behind,\nthe future has not arrived;\nand any present phenomenon\nyou clearly discern in every case.\nThe unfaltering, the unshakable:\nhaving known that, foster it.\nToday’s the day to keenly work—\nwho knows, tomorrow may bring death!\nFor there is no bargain to be struck\nwith Death and his mighty horde.\nOne who keenly meditates like this,\ntireless all night and day:\nthat’s who has one fine night—\nso declares the peaceful sage.’"}},{"id":"mn131:11","sourceIds":["mn131:11.1","mn131:11.2","mn131:11.3","mn131:11.4","mn131:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Bhaddekarattassa vo, bhikkhave, uddesañca vibhaṅgañca desessāmī’ti—\niti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ idametaṁ paṭicca vuttan”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.\nBhaddekarattasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ paṭhamaṁ.","en":"And that’s what I meant when I said: ‘I shall teach you the summary recital and the analysis of the one who has one fine night.’”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn131/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."}