{"id":"mn40","title":"The Shorter Discourse at Assapura","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn40","title":"The Shorter Discourse at Assapura","units":[{"id":"mn40:0","sourceIds":["mn40:0.1","mn40:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 40\nCūḷaassapurasutta","en":"Middle Discourses 40\nThe Shorter Discourse at Assapura"}},{"id":"mn40:1","sourceIds":["mn40:1.1","mn40:1.2","mn40:1.3","mn40:1.4","mn40:1.5","mn40:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā aṅgesu viharati assapuraṁ nāma aṅgānaṁ nigamo.\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 in the land of the Aṅgas, near the Aṅgan town named Assapura.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"mn40:2","sourceIds":["mn40:2.1","mn40:2.2","mn40:2.3","mn40:2.4","mn40:2.5","mn40:2.6","mn40:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Samaṇā samaṇāti vo, bhikkhave, jano sañjānāti.\nTumhe ca pana ‘ke tumhe’ti puṭṭhā samānā ‘samaṇāmhā’ti paṭijānātha.\nTesaṁ vo, bhikkhave, evaṁsamaññānaṁ sataṁ evaṁpaṭiññānaṁ sataṁ:\n‘yā samaṇasāmīcippaṭipadā taṁ paṭipajjissāma;\nevaṁ no ayaṁ amhākaṁ samaññā ca saccā bhavissati paṭiññā ca bhūtā;\nyesañca mayaṁ cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhāraṁ paribhuñjāma, tesaṁ te kārā amhesu mahapphalā bhavissanti mahānisaṁsā, amhākañcevāyaṁ pabbajjā avañjhā bhavissati saphalā saudrayā’ti.\nEvañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabbaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, people label you as ascetics.\nAnd when they ask you what you are, you claim to be ascetics.\nGiven this label and this claim, you should train like this: ‘We will practice in the way that is proper for an ascetic. That way our label will be accurate and our claim correct.\nThe services of those whose robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick we enjoy shall be very fruitful and beneficial for them. And our going forth will not be barren, but will be fruitful and fertile.’"}},{"id":"mn40:3","sourceIds":["mn40:3.1","mn40:3.2","mn40:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na samaṇasāmīcippaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti?\nYassa kassaci, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno abhijjhālussa abhijjhā appahīnā hoti, byāpannacittassa byāpādo appahīno hoti, kodhanassa kodho appahīno hoti, upanāhissa upanāho appahīno hoti, makkhissa makkho appahīno hoti, paḷāsissa paḷāso appahīno hoti, issukissa issā appahīnā hoti, maccharissa macchariyaṁ appahīnaṁ hoti, saṭhassa sāṭheyyaṁ appahīnaṁ hoti, māyāvissa māyā appahīnā hoti, pāpicchassa pāpikā icchā appahīnā hoti, micchādiṭṭhikassa micchādiṭṭhi appahīnā hoti—\nimesaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, samaṇamalānaṁ samaṇadosānaṁ samaṇakasaṭānaṁ āpāyikānaṁ ṭhānānaṁ duggativedaniyānaṁ appahānā ‘na samaṇasāmīcippaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno’ti vadāmi.","en":"And how does a mendicant not practice in the way that is proper for an ascetic?\nAny mendicant who has not given up covetousness, ill will, irritability, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, stinginess, deviousness, deceit, corrupt wishes, and wrong view\nis not practicing in the way that is proper for an ascetic, I say. And that is due to not giving up these stains, defects, and dregs of an ascetic, these grounds for rebirth in places of loss, to be experienced in bad places."}},{"id":"mn40:4","sourceIds":["mn40:4.1","mn40:4.2","mn40:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, matajaṁ nāma āvudhajātaṁ ubhatodhāraṁ pītanisitaṁ.\nTadassa saṅghāṭiyā sampārutaṁ sampaliveṭhitaṁ.\nTathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imassa bhikkhuno pabbajjaṁ vadāmi.","en":"I say that such a mendicant’s going forth may be compared to the kind of weapon called ‘deadborn’—double-edged, whetted with yellow arsenic—that has been covered and wrapped in an outer robe."}},{"id":"mn40:5","sourceIds":["mn40:5.1","mn40:5.2","mn40:5.3","mn40:5.4","mn40:5.5","mn40:5.6","mn40:5.7","mn40:5.8","mn40:5.9","mn40:5.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, saṅghāṭikassa saṅghāṭidhāraṇamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nNāhaṁ, bhikkhave, acelakassa acelakamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nNāhaṁ, bhikkhave, rajojallikassa rajojallikamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nNāhaṁ, bhikkhave, udakorohakassa udakorohaṇamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nNāhaṁ, bhikkhave, rukkhamūlikassa rukkhamūlikamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nNāhaṁ, bhikkhave, abbhokāsikassa abbhokāsikamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nNāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ubbhaṭṭhakassa ubbhaṭṭhakamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nNāhaṁ, bhikkhave, pariyāyabhattikassa pariyāyabhattikamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nNāhaṁ, bhikkhave, mantajjhāyakassa mantajjhāyakamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nNāhaṁ, bhikkhave, jaṭilakassa jaṭādhāraṇamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.","en":"I say that you don’t deserve the label ‘outer robe wearer’ just because you wear an outer robe.\nYou don’t deserve the label ‘naked ascetic’ just because you go naked.\nYou don’t deserve the label ‘dust and dirt wearer’ just because you’re caked in dust and dirt.\nYou don’t deserve the label ‘water immerser’ just because you immerse yourself in water.\nYou don’t deserve the label ‘tree root dweller’ just because you stay at the root of a tree.\nYou don’t deserve the label ‘open air dweller’ just because you stay in the open air.\nYou don’t deserve the label ‘stander’ just because you continually stand.\nYou don’t deserve the label ‘interval eater’ just because you eat food at set intervals.\nYou don’t deserve the label ‘reciter’ just because you recite hymns.\nYou don’t deserve the label ‘matted-hair ascetic’ just because you have matted hair."}},{"id":"mn40:6","sourceIds":["mn40:6.1","mn40:6.2","mn40:6.3","mn40:6.4","mn40:6.5","mn40:6.6","mn40:6.7","mn40:6.8","mn40:6.9","mn40:6.10","mn40:6.11","mn40:6.12","mn40:6.13","mn40:6.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅghāṭikassa ce, bhikkhave, saṅghāṭidhāraṇamattena abhijjhālussa abhijjhā pahīyetha, byāpannacittassa byāpādo pahīyetha, kodhanassa kodho pahīyetha, upanāhissa upanāho pahīyetha, makkhissa makkho pahīyetha, paḷāsissa paḷāso pahīyetha, issukissa issā pahīyetha, maccharissa macchariyaṁ pahīyetha, saṭhassa sāṭheyyaṁ pahīyetha, māyāvissa māyā pahīyetha, pāpicchassa pāpikā icchā pahīyetha, micchādiṭṭhikassa micchādiṭṭhi pahīyetha, tamenaṁ mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā jātameva naṁ saṅghāṭikaṁ kareyyuṁ, saṅghāṭikattameva samādapeyyuṁ:\n‘ehi tvaṁ, bhadramukha, saṅghāṭiko hohi, saṅghāṭikassa te sato saṅghāṭidhāraṇamattena abhijjhālussa abhijjhā pahīyissati, byāpannacittassa byāpādo pahīyissati, kodhanassa kodho pahīyissati, upanāhissa upanāho pahīyissati, makkhissa makkho pahīyissati, paḷāsissa paḷāso pahīyissati, issukissa issā pahīyissati, maccharissa macchariyaṁ pahīyissati, saṭhassa sāṭheyyaṁ pahīyissati, māyāvissa māyā pahīyissati, pāpicchassa pāpikā icchā pahīyissati, micchādiṭṭhikassa micchādiṭṭhi pahīyissatī’ti.\nYasmā ca kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, saṅghāṭikampi idhekaccaṁ passāmi abhijjhāluṁ byāpannacittaṁ kodhanaṁ upanāhiṁ makkhiṁ paḷāsiṁ issukiṁ macchariṁ saṭhaṁ māyāviṁ pāpicchaṁ micchādiṭṭhikaṁ, tasmā na saṅghāṭikassa saṅghāṭidhāraṇamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.\nAcelakassa ce, bhikkhave …pe…\nrajojallikassa ce, bhikkhave …pe…\nudakorohakassa ce, bhikkhave …pe…\nrukkhamūlikassa ce, bhikkhave …pe…\nabbhokāsikassa ce, bhikkhave …pe…\nubbhaṭṭhakassa ce, bhikkhave …pe…\npariyāyabhattikassa ce, bhikkhave …pe…\nmantajjhāyakassa ce, bhikkhave …pe…\njaṭilakassa ce, bhikkhave, jaṭādhāraṇamattena abhijjhālussa abhijjhā pahīyetha, byāpannacittassa byāpādo pahīyetha, kodhanassa kodho pahīyetha, upanāhissa upanāho pahīyetha, makkhissa makkho pahīyetha, paḷāsissa paḷāso pahīyetha, issukissa issā pahīyetha, maccharissa macchariyaṁ pahīyetha, saṭhassa sāṭheyyaṁ pahīyetha, māyāvissa māyā pahīyetha, pāpicchassa pāpikā icchā pahīyetha, micchādiṭṭhikassa micchādiṭṭhi pahīyetha, tamenaṁ mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā jātameva naṁ jaṭilakaṁ kareyyuṁ, jaṭilakattameva samādapeyyuṁ:\n‘ehi tvaṁ, bhadramukha, jaṭilako hohi, jaṭilakassa te sato jaṭādhāraṇamattena abhijjhālussa abhijjhā pahīyissati byāpannacittassa byāpādo pahīyissati, kodhanassa kodho pahīyissati …pe… pāpicchassa pāpikā icchā pahīyissati micchādiṭṭhikassa micchādiṭṭhi pahīyissatī’ti.\nYasmā ca kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, jaṭilakampi idhekaccaṁ passāmi abhijjhāluṁ byāpannacittaṁ kodhanaṁ upanāhiṁ makkhiṁ palāsiṁ issukiṁ macchariṁ saṭhaṁ māyāviṁ pāpicchaṁ micchādiṭṭhiṁ, tasmā na jaṭilakassa jaṭādhāraṇamattena sāmaññaṁ vadāmi.","en":"Imagine that just by wearing an outer robe someone with covetousness, ill will, irritability, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, stinginess, deviousness, deceit, corrupt wishes, and wrong view could give up these things. If that were the case, your friends and colleagues, relatives and kin would make you an outer robe wearer as soon as you were born. They’d encourage you:\n‘Please, dearest, wear an outer robe! By doing so you will give up covetousness, ill will, irritability, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, stinginess, deviousness, deceit, corrupt wishes, and wrong view.’\nBut sometimes I see someone with these bad qualities who is an outer robe wearer. That’s why I say that you don’t deserve the label ‘outer robe wearer’ just because you wear an outer robe.\nImagine that just by going naked …\nwearing dust and dirt …\nimmersing in water …\nstaying at the root of a tree …\nstaying in the open air …\nstanding continually …\neating at set intervals …\nreciting hymns …\nhaving matted hair someone with covetousness, ill will, irritability, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, stinginess, deviousness, deceit, corrupt wishes, and wrong view could give up these things. If that were the case, your friends and colleagues, relatives and kin would make you a matted-hair ascetic as soon as you were born. They’d encourage you:\n‘Please, dearest, become a matted-hair ascetic! By doing so you will give up covetousness, ill will, irritability, hostility, disdain, contempt, jealousy, stinginess, deviousness, deceit, corrupt wishes, and wrong view.’\nBut sometimes I see someone with these bad qualities who is a matted-hair ascetic. That’s why I say that you don’t deserve the label ‘matted-hair ascetic’ just because you have matted hair."}},{"id":"mn40:7","sourceIds":["mn40:7.1","mn40:7.2","mn40:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samaṇasāmīcippaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti?\nYassa kassaci, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno abhijjhālussa abhijjhā pahīnā hoti, byāpannacittassa byāpādo pahīno hoti, kodhanassa kodho pahīno hoti, upanāhissa upanāho pahīno hoti, makkhissa makkho pahīno hoti, paḷāsissa paḷāso pahīno hoti, issukissa issā pahīnā hoti, maccharissa macchariyaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, saṭhassa sāṭheyyaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, māyāvissa māyā pahīnā hoti, pāpicchassa pāpikā icchā pahīnā hoti, micchādiṭṭhikassa micchādiṭṭhi pahīnā hoti—\nimesaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, samaṇamalānaṁ samaṇadosānaṁ samaṇakasaṭānaṁ āpāyikānaṁ ṭhānānaṁ duggativedaniyānaṁ pahānā ‘samaṇasāmīcippaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno’ti vadāmi.","en":"And how does a mendicant practice in the way that is proper for an ascetic?\nAny mendicant who has given up covetousness, ill will, irritability, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, stinginess, deviousness, deceit, corrupt wishes, and wrong view\nis practicing in the way that is proper for an ascetic, I say. And that is due to giving up these stains, defects, and dregs of an ascetic, these grounds for rebirth in places of loss, to be experienced in bad places."}},{"id":"mn40:8","sourceIds":["mn40:8.1","mn40:8.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So sabbehi imehi pāpakehi akusalehi dhammehi visuddhamattānaṁ samanupassati (…).\nTassa sabbehi imehi pāpakehi akusalehi dhammehi visuddhamattānaṁ samanupassato (…) pāmojjaṁ jāyati, pamuditassa pīti jāyati, pītimanassa kāyo passambhati, passaddhakāyo sukhaṁ vedeti, sukhino cittaṁ samādhiyati.","en":"They see themselves purified from all these bad, unskillful qualities.\nSeeing this, joy springs up. Being joyful, rapture springs up. When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes tranquil. When the body is tranquil, they feel bliss. And when blissful, the mind becomes immersed in samādhi."}},{"id":"mn40:9","sourceIds":["mn40:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ, tathā catutthaṁ. Iti uddhamadho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyābajjhena pharitvā viharati.","en":"They meditate spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will."}},{"id":"mn40:10-12","sourceIds":["mn40:10-12.1","mn40:10-12.2","mn40:10-12.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Karuṇāsahagatena cetasā …pe…\nmuditāsahagatena cetasā …pe…\nupekkhāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ, tathā catutthaṁ. Iti uddhamadho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ upekkhāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyābajjhena pharitvā viharati.","en":"They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion …\nThey meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing …\nThey meditate spreading a heart full of equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of equanimity to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will."}},{"id":"mn40:13","sourceIds":["mn40:13.1","mn40:13.2","mn40:13.3","mn40:13.4","mn40:13.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, pokkharaṇī acchodakā sātodakā sītodakā setakā supatitthā ramaṇīyā.\nPuratthimāya cepi disāya puriso āgaccheyya ghammābhitatto ghammapareto kilanto tasito pipāsito.\nSo taṁ pokkharaṇiṁ āgamma vineyya udakapipāsaṁ vineyya ghammapariḷāhaṁ …pe… pacchimāya cepi disāya puriso āgaccheyya …pe… uttarāya cepi disāya puriso āgaccheyya …pe… dakkhiṇāya cepi disāya puriso āgaccheyya. Yato kuto cepi naṁ puriso āgaccheyya ghammābhitatto ghammapareto, kilanto tasito pipāsito. So taṁ pokkharaṇiṁ āgamma vineyya udakapipāsaṁ, vineyya ghammapariḷāhaṁ.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, khattiyakulā cepi agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti, so ca tathāgatappaveditaṁ dhammavinayaṁ āgamma, evaṁ mettaṁ karuṇaṁ muditaṁ upekkhaṁ bhāvetvā labhati ajjhattaṁ vūpasamaṁ. Ajjhattaṁ vūpasamā ‘samaṇasāmīcippaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno’ti vadāmi. Brāhmaṇakulā cepi …pe… vessakulā cepi …pe… suddakulā cepi …pe… yasmā kasmā cepi kulā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti, so ca tathāgatappaveditaṁ dhammavinayaṁ āgamma, evaṁ mettaṁ karuṇaṁ muditaṁ upekkhaṁ bhāvetvā labhati ajjhattaṁ vūpasamaṁ.\nAjjhattaṁ vūpasamā ‘samaṇasāmīcippaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno’ti vadāmi.","en":"Suppose there was a lotus pond with clear, sweet, cool water, clean, with smooth banks, delightful.\nThen along comes a person—whether from the east, west, north, or south—struggling in the oppressive heat, weary, thirsty, and parched.\nNo matter what direction they come from, when they arrive at that lotus pond they would alleviate their thirst and heat exhaustion.\nIn the same way, suppose someone has gone forth from the lay life to homelessness—whether from a family of aristocrats, brahmins, peasants, or menials—and has arrived at the teaching and training proclaimed by a Realized One. Having developed love, compassion, rejoicing, and equanimity in this way they find inner peace.\nBecause of that inner peace they are practicing the way proper for an ascetic, I say."}},{"id":"mn40:14","sourceIds":["mn40:14.1","mn40:14.2","mn40:14.3","mn40:14.4","mn40:14.5","mn40:14.6","mn40:14.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khattiyakulā cepi agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti.\nSo ca āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.\nĀsavānaṁ khayā samaṇo hoti. Brāhmaṇakulā cepi …pe… vessakulā cepi … suddakulā cepi … yasmā kasmā cepi kulā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti, so ca āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. Āsavānaṁ khayā samaṇo hotī”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.\nCūḷaassapurasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ dasamaṁ.\nMahāyamakavaggo niṭṭhito catuttho.","en":"And suppose someone has gone forth from the lay life to homelessness—whether from a family of aristocrats, brahmins, peasants, or workers—\nand they realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\nThey’re an ascetic because of the ending of defilements.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said."}},{"id":"mn40:15","sourceIds":["mn40:15.0","mn40:15.1","mn40:15.2","mn40:15.3","mn40:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nGiñjakasālavanaṁ pariharituṁ,\nPaññavato puna saccakanisedho;\nMukhavaṇṇapasīdanatāpindo,\nKevaṭṭaassapurajaṭilena."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn40/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."}