{"id":"mn49","title":"On the Invitation of Divinity","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn49","title":"On the Invitation of Divinity","units":[{"id":"mn49:0","sourceIds":["mn49:0.1","mn49:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 49\nBrahmanimantanikasutta","en":"Middle Discourses 49\nOn the Invitation of Divinity"}},{"id":"mn49:1","sourceIds":["mn49:1.1","mn49:1.2","mn49:1.3","mn49:1.4","mn49:1.5","mn49:1.6"],"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":"mn49:2","sourceIds":["mn49:2.1","mn49:2.2","mn49:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ekamidāhaṁ, bhikkhave, samayaṁ ukkaṭṭhāyaṁ viharāmi subhagavane sālarājamūle.\nTena kho pana, bhikkhave, samayena bakassa brahmuno evarūpaṁ pāpakaṁ diṭṭhigataṁ uppannaṁ hoti:\n‘idaṁ niccaṁ, idaṁ dhuvaṁ, idaṁ sassataṁ, idaṁ kevalaṁ, idaṁ acavanadhammaṁ, idañhi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati, ito ca panaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇaṁ natthī’ti.","en":"“This one time, mendicants, I was staying near Ukkaṭṭhā in the Subhaga Forest at the root of a magnificent sal tree.\nNow at that time Baka the Divinity had the following harmful misconception:\n‘This is permanent, this is everlasting, this is eternal, this is whole, this is not liable to pass away. For this is where there’s no being born, growing old, dying, passing away, or being reborn. And there’s no other escape beyond this.’"}},{"id":"mn49:3","sourceIds":["mn49:3.1","mn49:3.2","mn49:3.3","mn49:3.4","mn49:3.5","mn49:3.6","mn49:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, bakassa brahmuno cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya—\nseyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—ukkaṭṭhāyaṁ subhagavane sālarājamūle antarahito tasmiṁ brahmaloke pāturahosiṁ.\nAddasā kho maṁ, bhikkhave, bako brahmā dūratova āgacchantaṁ;\ndisvāna maṁ etadavoca:\n‘ehi kho, mārisa, svāgataṁ, mārisa.\nCirassaṁ kho, mārisa, imaṁ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṁ idhāgamanāya.\nIdañhi, mārisa, niccaṁ, idaṁ dhuvaṁ, idaṁ sassataṁ, idaṁ kevalaṁ, idaṁ acavanadhammaṁ, idañhi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati. Ito ca panaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇaṁ natthī’ti.","en":"Then I knew what Baka the Divinity was thinking.\nAs easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, I vanished from the Subhaga Forest and reappeared in that realm of divinity.\nBaka saw me coming off in the distance\nand said,\n‘Come, good fellow! Welcome, good fellow!\nIt’s been a long time since you took the opportunity to come here.\nFor this is permanent, this is everlasting, this is eternal, this is whole, this is not liable to pass away. For this is where there’s no being born, growing old, dying, passing away, or being reborn. And there’s no other escape beyond this.’"}},{"id":"mn49:4","sourceIds":["mn49:4.1","mn49:4.2","mn49:4.3","mn49:4.4","mn49:4.5","mn49:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, bakaṁ brahmānaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘avijjāgato vata bho bako brahmā, avijjāgato vata bho bako brahmā;\nyatra hi nāma aniccaṁyeva samānaṁ niccanti vakkhati, addhuvaṁyeva samānaṁ dhuvanti vakkhati, asassataṁyeva samānaṁ sassatanti vakkhati, akevalaṁyeva samānaṁ kevalanti vakkhati, cavanadhammaṁyeva samānaṁ acavanadhammanti vakkhati;\nyattha ca pana jāyati jīyati mīyati cavati upapajjati tañca vakkhati:\n“idañhi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjatī”ti;\nsantañca panaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇaṁ “natthaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇan”ti vakkhatī’ti.","en":"When he had spoken, I said to him,\n‘Oh lord, Baka the Divinity is lost in ignorance! Oh lord, Baka the Divinity is lost in ignorance!\nBecause what is actually impermanent, not lasting, transient, incomplete, and liable to pass away, he says is permanent, everlasting, eternal, whole, and not liable to pass away.\nAnd where there is being born, growing old, dying, passing away, and being reborn, he says that\nthere’s no being born, growing old, dying, passing away, or being reborn.\nAnd although there is another escape beyond this, he says that there’s no other escape beyond this.’"}},{"id":"mn49:5","sourceIds":["mn49:5.1","mn49:5.2","mn49:5.3","mn49:5.4","mn49:5.5","mn49:5.6","mn49:5.7","mn49:5.8","mn49:5.9","mn49:5.10","mn49:5.11","mn49:5.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, māro pāpimā aññataraṁ brahmapārisajjaṁ anvāvisitvā maṁ etadavoca:\n‘bhikkhu bhikkhu, metamāsado metamāsado, eso hi, bhikkhu, brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānaṁ.\nAhesuṁ kho ye, bhikkhu, tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṁ pathavīgarahakā pathavījigucchakā, āpagarahakā āpajigucchakā, tejagarahakā tejajigucchakā, vāyagarahakā vāyajigucchakā, bhūtagarahakā bhūtajigucchakā, devagarahakā devajigucchakā, pajāpatigarahakā pajāpatijigucchakā, brahmagarahakā brahmajigucchakā—\nte kāyassa bhedā pāṇupacchedā hīne kāye patiṭṭhitā ahesuṁ.\nYe pana, bhikkhu, tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṁ pathavīpasaṁsakā pathavābhinandino, āpapasaṁsakā āpābhinandino, tejapasaṁsakā tejābhinandino, vāyapasaṁsakā vāyābhinandino, bhūtapasaṁsakā bhūtābhinandino, devapasaṁsakā devābhinandino, pajāpatipasaṁsakā pajāpatābhinandino, brahmapasaṁsakā brahmābhinandino—\nte kāyassa bhedā pāṇupacchedā paṇīte kāye patiṭṭhitā.\nTaṁ tāhaṁ, bhikkhu, evaṁ vadāmi:\n“iṅgha tvaṁ, mārisa, yadeva te brahmā āha tadeva tvaṁ karohi, mā tvaṁ brahmuno vacanaṁ upātivattittho”.\nSace kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, brahmuno vacanaṁ upātivattissasi, seyyathāpi nāma puriso siriṁ āgacchantiṁ daṇḍena paṭippaṇāmeyya, seyyathāpi vā pana, bhikkhu, puriso narakappapāte papatanto hatthehi ca pādehi ca pathaviṁ virādheyya, evaṁ sampadamidaṁ, bhikkhu, tuyhaṁ bhavissati.\nIṅgha tvaṁ, mārisa, yadeva te brahmā āha tadeva tvaṁ karohi, mā tvaṁ brahmuno vacanaṁ upātivattittho.\nNanu tvaṁ, bhikkhu, passasi brahmaparisaṁ sannipatitan’ti?\nIti kho maṁ, bhikkhave, māro pāpimā brahmaparisaṁ upanesi.","en":"Then Māra the Wicked took possession of a member of the retinue of Divinity and said this to me,\n‘Mendicant, mendicant! Don’t attack this one! Don’t attack this one! For this is the Divinity, the Great Divinity, the Vanquisher, the Unvanquished, the Universal Seer, the Wielder of Power, God Almighty, the Maker, the Creator, the First, the Begetter, the Controller, the Father of those who have been born and those yet to be born.\nThere have been ascetics and brahmins before you, mendicant, who criticized and loathed earth, water, fire, air, creatures, gods, the Progenitor, and the Divinity.\nWhen their bodies broke up and their breath was cut off they were established in a lower realm.\nThere have been ascetics and brahmins before you, mendicant, who praised and approved earth, water, fire, air, creatures, gods, the Progenitor, and the Divinity.\nWhen their bodies broke up and their breath was cut off they were established in a higher realm.\nSo, mendicant, I tell you this:\nplease, good fellow, do exactly what the Divinity says. Don’t go beyond the word of the Divinity.\nIf you do, then you’ll end up like a person who, when approached by Lady Luck, would fend her off with a staff; or who, as they are falling over a cliff, would push away the ground with their hands and feet.\nPlease, good fellow, do exactly what the Divinity says. Don’t go beyond the word of the Divinity.\nDo you not see the assembly of the Divinity gathered here?’\nAnd so Māra the Wicked presented the assembly of the Divinity to me."}},{"id":"mn49:6","sourceIds":["mn49:6.1","mn49:6.2","mn49:6.3","mn49:6.4","mn49:6.5","mn49:6.6","mn49:6.7","mn49:6.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, māraṁ pāpimantaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘jānāmi kho tāhaṁ, pāpima; mā tvaṁ maññittho:\n“na maṁ jānātī”ti.\nMāro tvamasi, pāpima.\nYo ceva, pāpima, brahmā, yā ca brahmaparisā, ye ca brahmapārisajjā, sabbeva tava hatthagatā sabbeva tava vasaṅgatā.\nTuyhañhi, pāpima, evaṁ hoti:\n“esopi me assa hatthagato, esopi me assa vasaṅgato”ti.\nAhaṁ kho pana, pāpima, neva tava hatthagato neva tava vasaṅgato’ti.","en":"When he had spoken, I said to Māra,\n‘I know you, Wicked One. Do not think,\n“He does not know me.”\nYou are Māra the Wicked.\nAnd the Divinity, the Divinity’s assembly, and the retinue of Divinity have all fallen into your hands; they’re under your sway.\nAnd you think,\n“Maybe this one, too, has fallen into my hands; maybe he’s under my sway!”\nBut I haven’t fallen into your hands; I’m not under your sway.’"}},{"id":"mn49:7","sourceIds":["mn49:7.1","mn49:7.2","mn49:7.3","mn49:7.4","mn49:7.5","mn49:7.6","mn49:7.7","mn49:7.8","mn49:7.9","mn49:7.10","mn49:7.11","mn49:7.12","mn49:7.13","mn49:7.14","mn49:7.15","mn49:7.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, bako brahmā maṁ etadavoca:\n‘ahañhi, mārisa, niccaṁyeva samānaṁ “niccan”ti vadāmi, dhuvaṁyeva samānaṁ “dhuvan”ti vadāmi, sassataṁyeva samānaṁ “sassatan”ti vadāmi, kevalaṁyeva samānaṁ “kevalan”ti vadāmi, acavanadhammaṁyeva samānaṁ “acavanadhamman”ti vadāmi, yattha ca pana na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjati tadevāhaṁ vadāmi:\n“idañhi na jāyati na jīyati na mīyati na cavati na upapajjatī”ti.\nAsantañca panaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇaṁ “natthaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇan”ti vadāmi.\nAhesuṁ kho, bhikkhu, tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṁ yāvatakaṁ tuyhaṁ kasiṇaṁ āyu tāvatakaṁ tesaṁ tapokammameva ahosi.\nTe kho evaṁ jāneyyuṁ santañca panaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇaṁ “atthaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇan”ti, asantaṁ vā aññaṁ uttari nissaraṇaṁ “natthaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇan”ti.\nTaṁ tāhaṁ, bhikkhu, evaṁ vadāmi:\n“na cevaññaṁ uttari nissaraṇaṁ dakkhissasi, yāvadeva ca pana kilamathassa vighātassa bhāgī bhavissasi.\nSace kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, pathaviṁ ajjhosissasi, opasāyiko me bhavissasi vatthusāyiko, yathākāmakaraṇīyo bāhiteyyo.\nSace āpaṁ …\ntejaṁ …\nvāyaṁ …\nbhūte …\ndeve …\npajāpatiṁ …\nbrahmaṁ ajjhosissasi, opasāyiko me bhavissasi vatthusāyiko, yathākāmakaraṇīyo bāhiteyyo”’ti.","en":"When I had spoken, Baka the Divinity said to me,\n‘But, good fellow, what I say is permanent, everlasting, eternal, whole, and not liable to pass away is in fact permanent, everlasting, eternal, whole, and not liable to pass away. And where I say there’s no being born, growing old, dying, passing away, or being reborn there is in fact\nno being born, growing old, dying, passing away, or being reborn.\nAnd when I say there’s no other escape beyond this there is in fact no other escape beyond this.\nThere have been ascetics and brahmins in the world before you, mendicant, whose deeds of fervent mortification lasted as long as your entire life.\nWhen there was another escape beyond this they knew it, and when there was no other escape beyond this, they knew it.\nSo, mendicant, I tell you this:\nyou will never find another escape beyond this, and you will eventually get weary and frustrated.\nIf you attach to earth, you will lie close to me, in my domain, subject to my will, and expendable.\nIf you attach to water …\nfire …\nair …\ncreatures …\ngods …\nthe Progenitor …\nthe Divinity, you will lie close to me, in my domain, subject to my will, and expendable.’"}},{"id":"mn49:8","sourceIds":["mn49:8.1","mn49:8.2","mn49:8.3","mn49:8.4","mn49:8.5","mn49:8.6","mn49:8.7","mn49:8.8","mn49:8.9","mn49:8.10","mn49:8.11","mn49:8.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Ahampi kho evaṁ, brahme, jānāmi:\n“sace pathaviṁ ajjhosissāmi, opasāyiko te bhavissāmi vatthusāyiko, yathākāmakaraṇīyo bāhiteyyo.\nSace āpaṁ …\ntejaṁ …\nvāyaṁ …\nbhūte …\ndeve …\npajāpatiṁ …\nbrahmaṁ ajjhosissāmi, opasāyiko te bhavissāmi vatthusāyiko, yathākāmakaraṇīyo bāhiteyyo”ti api ca te ahaṁ, brahme, gatiñca pajānāmi, jutiñca pajānāmi:\n“evaṁ mahiddhiko bako brahmā, evaṁ mahānubhāvo bako brahmā, evaṁ mahesakkho bako brahmā”ti.\nYathākathaṁ pana me tvaṁ, mārisa, gatiñca pajānāsi, jutiñca pajānāsi:\n“evaṁ mahiddhiko bako brahmā, evaṁ mahānubhāvo bako brahmā, evaṁ mahesakkho bako brahmā”’ti?","en":"‘Divinity, I too know that\nif I attach to earth, I will lie close to you, in your domain, subject to your will, and expendable.\nIf I attach to water …\nfire …\nair …\ncreatures …\ngods …\nthe Progenitor …\nthe Divinity, I will lie close to you, in your domain, subject to your will, and expendable. And in addition, Divinity, I understand your range and your light:\n“That’s how powerful is Baka the Divinity, how illustrious and mighty.”’\n‘But in what way do you understand my range and my light?’"}},{"id":"mn49:9","sourceIds":["mn49:9.1","mn49:9.2","mn49:9.3","mn49:9.4","mn49:9.5","mn49:9.6","mn49:9.7","mn49:9.8","mn49:9.9","mn49:9.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Yāvatā candimasūriyā,\nPariharanti disā bhanti virocanā;\nTāva sahassadhā loko,\nEttha te vattate vaso.\nParoparañca jānāsi,\natho rāgavirāginaṁ;\nItthabhāvaññathābhāvaṁ,\nsattānaṁ āgatiṁ gatinti.\nEvaṁ kho te ahaṁ, brahme, gatiñca pajānāmi jutiñca pajānāmi:\n“evaṁ mahiddhiko bako brahmā, evaṁ mahānubhāvo bako brahmā, evaṁ mahesakkho bako brahmā”ti.","en":"‘A galaxy extends a thousand times as far\nas the moon and sun revolve\nand the dazzling ones light up the quarters.\nAnd there you wield your power.\nYou know the high and low,\nthe passionate and dispassionate,\nand the coming and going of sentient beings\nfrom this realm to another.\nThat’s how I understand your range and your light."}},{"id":"mn49:10","sourceIds":["mn49:10.1","mn49:10.2","mn49:10.3","mn49:10.4","mn49:10.5","mn49:10.6","mn49:10.7","mn49:10.8","mn49:10.9","mn49:10.10","mn49:10.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atthi kho, brahme, añño kāyo, taṁ tvaṁ na jānāsi na passasi;\ntamahaṁ jānāmi passāmi.\nAtthi kho, brahme, ābhassarā nāma kāyo yato tvaṁ cuto idhūpapanno.\nTassa te aticiranivāsena sā sati pamuṭṭhā, tena taṁ tvaṁ na jānāsi na passasi;\ntamahaṁ jānāmi passāmi.\nEvampi kho ahaṁ, brahme, neva te samasamo abhiññāya, kuto nīceyyaṁ?\nAtha kho ahameva tayā bhiyyo.\nAtthi kho, brahme, subhakiṇho nāma kāyo, vehapphalo nāma kāyo, abhibhū nāma kāyo, taṁ tvaṁ na jānāsi na passasi;\ntamahaṁ jānāmi passāmi.\nEvampi kho ahaṁ, brahme, neva te samasamo abhiññāya, kuto nīceyyaṁ?\nAtha kho ahameva tayā bhiyyo.","en":"But there are three other realms that you don’t know or see,\nbut which I know and see.\nThere is the realm named after the gods of sublime luminosity. You passed away from there and were reborn here.\nYou’ve dwelt here so long that you’ve forgotten about that, so you don’t know it or see it.\nBut I know it and see it.\nSo Divinity, I am not your equal in knowledge, let alone your inferior.\nRather, I know more than you.\nThere is the realm named after the gods of universal beauty … There is the realm named after the gods of abundant fruit, which you don’t know or see.\nBut I know it and see it.\nSo Divinity, I am not your equal in knowledge, let alone your inferior.\nRather, I know more than you."}},{"id":"mn49:11","sourceIds":["mn49:11.1","mn49:11.2","mn49:11.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pathaviṁ kho ahaṁ, brahme, pathavito abhiññāya yāvatā pathaviyā pathavattena ananubhūtaṁ tadabhiññāya pathaviṁ nāpahosiṁ, pathaviyā nāpahosiṁ, pathavito nāpahosiṁ, pathaviṁ meti nāpahosiṁ, pathaviṁ nābhivadiṁ.\nEvampi kho ahaṁ, brahme, neva te samasamo abhiññāya, kuto nīceyyaṁ?\nAtha kho ahameva tayā bhiyyo.","en":"Since directly knowing earth as earth, and since directly knowing that which does not fall within the scope of experience characterized by earth, I have not become earth, I have not become in earth, I have not become as earth, I have not become one who thinks ‘earth is mine’, I have not affirmed earth.\nSo Divinity, I am not your equal in knowledge, let alone your inferior.\nRather, I know more than you."}},{"id":"mn49:12","sourceIds":["mn49:12.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āpaṁ kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"Since directly knowing water …"}},{"id":"mn49:13","sourceIds":["mn49:13.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"tejaṁ kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"fire …"}},{"id":"mn49:14","sourceIds":["mn49:14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"vāyaṁ kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"air …"}},{"id":"mn49:15","sourceIds":["mn49:15.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"bhūte kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"creatures …"}},{"id":"mn49:16","sourceIds":["mn49:16.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"deve kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"gods …"}},{"id":"mn49:17","sourceIds":["mn49:17.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"pajāpatiṁ kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"the Progenitor …"}},{"id":"mn49:18","sourceIds":["mn49:18.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"brahmaṁ kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"the Divinity …"}},{"id":"mn49:19","sourceIds":["mn49:19.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"ābhassare kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"the gods of sublime luminosity …"}},{"id":"mn49:20","sourceIds":["mn49:20.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"subhakiṇhe kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"the gods of universal beauty …"}},{"id":"mn49:21","sourceIds":["mn49:21.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"vehapphale kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"the gods of abundant fruit …"}},{"id":"mn49:22","sourceIds":["mn49:22.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"abhibhuṁ kho ahaṁ, brahme …pe…","en":"the Vanquisher …"}},{"id":"mn49:23","sourceIds":["mn49:23.1","mn49:23.2","mn49:23.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"sabbaṁ kho ahaṁ, brahme, sabbato abhiññāya yāvatā sabbassa sabbattena ananubhūtaṁ tadabhiññāya sabbaṁ nāpahosiṁ sabbasmiṁ nāpahosiṁ sabbato nāpahosiṁ sabbaṁ meti nāpahosiṁ, sabbaṁ nābhivadiṁ.\nEvampi kho ahaṁ, brahme, neva te samasamo abhiññāya, kuto nīceyyaṁ?\nAtha kho ahameva tayā bhiyyo’ti.","en":"Since directly knowing all as all, and since directly knowing that which does not fall within the scope of experience characterized by all, I have not become all, I have not become in all, I have not become as all, I have not become one who thinks ‘all is mine’, I have not affirmed all.\nSo Divinity, I am not your equal in knowledge, let alone your inferior.\nRather, I know more than you.’"}},{"id":"mn49:24","sourceIds":["mn49:24.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Sace kho, mārisa, sabbassa sabbattena ananubhūtaṁ, tadabhiññāya mā heva te rittakameva ahosi, tucchakameva ahosīti.","en":"‘Well, good fellow, if you have directly known that which does not fall within the scope of experience characterized by all, may that not be vacuous and hollow for you!"}},{"id":"mn49:25","sourceIds":["mn49:25.1","mn49:25.2","mn49:25.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Viññāṇaṁ anidassanaṁ\nanantaṁ sabbato pabhaṁ.\nTaṁ pathaviyā pathavattena ananubhūtaṁ, āpassa āpattena ananubhūtaṁ, tejassa tejattena ananubhūtaṁ, vāyassa vāyattena ananubhūtaṁ, bhūtānaṁ bhūtattena ananubhūtaṁ, devānaṁ devattena ananubhūtaṁ, pajāpatissa pajāpatittena ananubhūtaṁ, brahmānaṁ brahmattena ananubhūtaṁ, ābhassarānaṁ ābhassarattena ananubhūtaṁ, subhakiṇhānaṁ subhakiṇhattena ananubhūtaṁ, vehapphalānaṁ vehapphalattena ananubhūtaṁ, abhibhussa abhibhuttena ananubhūtaṁ, sabbassa sabbattena ananubhūtaṁ.","en":"Consciousness where no form appears,\ninfinite, radiant all-round.\nThat is what does not fall within the scope of experience characterized by earth, water, fire, air, creatures, gods, the Progenitor, the Divinity, the gods of sublime luminosity, the gods of universal beauty, the gods of abundant fruit, the Vanquisher, and the all."}},{"id":"mn49:26","sourceIds":["mn49:26.1","mn49:26.2","mn49:26.3","mn49:26.4","mn49:26.5","mn49:26.6","mn49:26.7","mn49:26.8","mn49:26.9","mn49:26.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Handa carahi te, mārisa, passa antaradhāyāmī’ti.\n‘Handa carahi me tvaṁ, brahme, antaradhāyassu, sace visahasī’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, bako brahmā:\n‘antaradhāyissāmi samaṇassa gotamassa, antaradhāyissāmi samaṇassa gotamassā’ti nevassu me sakkoti antaradhāyituṁ.\nEvaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, bakaṁ brahmānaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘handa carahi te brahme antaradhāyāmī’ti.\n‘Handa carahi me tvaṁ, mārisa, antaradhāyassu sace visahasī’ti.\nAtha kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, tathārūpaṁ iddhābhisaṅkhāraṁ abhisaṅkhāsiṁ:\n‘ettāvatā brahmā ca brahmaparisā ca brahmapārisajjā ca saddañca me sossanti, na ca maṁ dakkhantī’ti.\nAntarahito imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsiṁ:","en":"Come then, good fellow, see me vanish from you!’\n‘Come on then, Divinity, vanish from me—if you can.’\nThen Baka the Divinity said,\n‘I will vanish from the ascetic Gotama! I will vanish from the ascetic Gotama!’ But he was unable to vanish from me.\nSo I said to him,\n‘Come then, Divinity, see me vanish from you!’\n‘Come on then, good fellow, vanish from me—if you can.’\nThen I used my psychic power to will that\nmy voice would extend so that divinity, his assembly, and his retinue would hear me, but they would not see me.\nAnd while vanished I spoke this verse:"}},{"id":"mn49:27","sourceIds":["mn49:27.1","mn49:27.2","mn49:27.3","mn49:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Bhavevāhaṁ bhayaṁ disvā,\nbhavañca vibhavesinaṁ;\nBhavaṁ nābhivadiṁ kiñci,\nnandiñca na upādiyin’ti.","en":"‘Seeing the danger in existence—\nthat life in any existence will cease to be—\nI didn’t affirm any kind of existence,\nand didn’t grasp at relishing.’"}},{"id":"mn49:28","sourceIds":["mn49:28.1","mn49:28.2","mn49:28.3","mn49:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, brahmā ca brahmaparisā ca brahmapārisajjā ca acchariyabbhutacittajātā ahesuṁ:\n‘acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho.\nSamaṇassa gotamassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā, na ca vata no ito pubbe diṭṭho vā, suto vā, añño samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā evaṁ mahiddhiko evaṁ mahānubhāvo yathāyaṁ samaṇo gotamo sakyaputto sakyakulā pabbajito.\nBhavarāmāya vata, bho, pajāya bhavaratāya bhavasammuditāya samūlaṁ bhavaṁ udabbahī’ti.","en":"Then the Divinity, his assembly, and his retinue, their minds full of wonder and amazement, thought,\n‘Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing!\nThe ascetic Gotama has such psychic power and might! We’ve never before seen or heard of any other ascetic or brahmin with psychic power and might like the ascetic Gotama, who has gone forth from the Sakyan clan.\nThough people enjoy continued existence, loving it so much, he has extracted it, root and all.’"}},{"id":"mn49:29","sourceIds":["mn49:29.1","mn49:29.2","mn49:29.3","mn49:29.4","mn49:29.5","mn49:29.6","mn49:29.7","mn49:29.8","mn49:29.9","mn49:29.10","mn49:29.11","mn49:29.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, māro pāpimā aññataraṁ brahmapārisajjaṁ anvāvisitvā maṁ etadavoca:\n‘sace kho tvaṁ, mārisa, evaṁ pajānāsi, sace tvaṁ evaṁ anubuddho, mā sāvake upanesi, mā pabbajite;\nmā sāvakānaṁ dhammaṁ desesi, mā pabbajitānaṁ;\nmā sāvakesu gedhimakāsi, mā pabbajitesu.\nAhesuṁ kho, bhikkhu, tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṁ arahanto sammāsambuddhā paṭijānamānā.\nTe sāvake upanesuṁ pabbajite, sāvakānaṁ dhammaṁ desesuṁ pabbajitānaṁ, sāvakesu gedhimakaṁsu pabbajitesu, te sāvake upanetvā pabbajite, sāvakānaṁ dhammaṁ desetvā pabbajitānaṁ, sāvakesu gedhitacittā pabbajitesu,\nkāyassa bhedā pāṇupacchedā hīne kāye patiṭṭhitā.\nAhesuṁ ye pana, bhikkhu, tayā pubbe samaṇabrāhmaṇā lokasmiṁ arahanto sammāsambuddhā paṭijānamānā.\nTe na sāvake upanesuṁ na pabbajite, na sāvakānaṁ dhammaṁ desesuṁ na pabbajitānaṁ, na sāvakesu gedhimakaṁsu na pabbajitesu, te na sāvake upanetvā na pabbajite, na sāvakānaṁ dhammaṁ desetvā na pabbajitānaṁ, na sāvakesu gedhitacittā na pabbajitesu,\nkāyassa bhedā pāṇupacchedā paṇīte kāye patiṭṭhitā.\nTaṁ tāhaṁ, bhikkhu, evaṁ vadāmi—\niṅgha tvaṁ, mārisa, appossukko diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāramanuyutto viharassu, anakkhātaṁ kusalañhi, mārisa, mā paraṁ ovadāhī’ti.","en":"Then Māra the Wicked took possession of a member of the retinue of Divinity and said this to me,\n‘If such is your understanding, good fellow, do not present it to your disciples or those gone forth!\nDo not teach this Dhamma to your disciples or those gone forth!\nDo not wish this for your disciples or those gone forth!\nThere have been ascetics and brahmins before you, mendicant, who claimed to be perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas.\nThey presented, taught, and wished this for their disciples and those gone forth.\nWhen their bodies broke up and their breath was cut off they were established in a lower realm.\nBut there have also been other ascetics and brahmins before you, mendicant, who claimed to be perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas.\nThey did not present, teach, or wish this for their disciples and those gone forth.\nWhen their bodies broke up and their breath was cut off they were established in a higher realm.\nSo, mendicant, I tell you this:\nplease, good fellow, remain passive, dwelling in blissful meditation in this life, for this is better left unsaid. Good fellow, do not instruct others.’"}},{"id":"mn49:30","sourceIds":["mn49:30.1","mn49:30.2","mn49:30.3","mn49:30.4","mn49:30.5","mn49:30.6","mn49:30.7","mn49:30.8","mn49:30.9","mn49:30.10","mn49:30.11","mn49:30.12","mn49:30.13","mn49:30.14","mn49:30.15","mn49:30.16","mn49:30.17","mn49:30.18"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, māraṁ pāpimantaṁ etadavocaṁ:\n‘jānāmi kho tāhaṁ, pāpima, mā tvaṁ maññittho:\n“na maṁ jānātī”ti.\nMāro tvamasi, pāpima.\nNa maṁ tvaṁ, pāpima, hitānukampī evaṁ vadesi;\nahitānukampī maṁ tvaṁ, pāpima, evaṁ vadesi.\nTuyhañhi, pāpima, evaṁ hoti:\n“yesaṁ samaṇo gotamo dhammaṁ desessati, te me visayaṁ upātivattissantī”ti.\nAsammāsambuddhāva pana te, pāpima, samānā sammāsambuddhāmhāti paṭijāniṁsu.\nAhaṁ kho pana, pāpima, sammāsambuddhova samāno sammāsambuddhomhīti paṭijānāmi.\nDesentopi hi, pāpima, tathāgato sāvakānaṁ dhammaṁ tādisova adesentopi hi, pāpima, tathāgato sāvakānaṁ dhammaṁ tādisova.\nUpanentopi hi, pāpima, tathāgato sāvake tādisova, anupanentopi hi, pāpima, tathāgato sāvake tādisova.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nTathāgatassa, pāpima, ye āsavā saṅkilesikā ponobbhavikā sadarā dukkhavipākā āyatiṁ jātijarāmaraṇiyā—\nte pahīnā ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā.\nSeyyathāpi, pāpima, tālo matthakacchinno abhabbo puna virūḷhiyā;\nevameva kho, pāpima, tathāgatassa ye āsavā saṅkilesikā ponobbhavikā sadarā dukkhavipākā āyatiṁ jātijarāmaraṇiyā—\nte pahīnā ucchinnamūlā tālāvatthukatā anabhāvaṅkatā āyatiṁ anuppādadhammā’ti.","en":"When he had spoken, I said to Māra,\n‘I know you, Wicked One. Do not think,\n“He doesn’t know me.”\nYou are Māra the Wicked.\nYou don’t speak to me like this out of sympathy,\nbut with no sympathy.\nFor you think,\n“Those who the ascetic Gotama teaches will go beyond my reach.”\nThose who formerly claimed to be fully awakened Buddhas were not in fact fully awakened Buddhas.\nBut I am.\nThe Realized One remains such whether or not he teaches disciples.\nThe Realized One remains as such whether or not he presents the teaching to disciples.\nWhy is that?\nBecause the Realized One has given up the defilements that are corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death.\nHe has cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, obliterated them so they are unable to arise in the future.\nJust as a palm tree with its crown cut off is incapable of further growth,\nthe Realized One has given up the defilements that are corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death.\nHe has cut them off at the root, made them like a palm stump, obliterated them so they are unable to arise in the future.’”"}},{"id":"mn49:31","sourceIds":["mn49:31.1","mn49:31.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iti hidaṁ mārassa ca anālapanatāya brahmuno ca abhinimantanatāya, tasmā imassa veyyākaraṇassa brahmanimantanikantveva adhivacanan”ti.\nBrahmanimantanikasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ navamaṁ.","en":"And so, because of the silencing of Māra, and because of the invitation of the Divinity, the name of this discussion is “On the Invitation of Divinity”."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn49/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."}