{"id":"mn65","title":"With Bhaddāli","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"mn65","title":"With Bhaddāli","units":[{"id":"mn65:0","sourceIds":["mn65:0.1","mn65:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhima Nikāya 65\nBhaddālisutta","en":"Middle Discourses 65\nWith Bhaddāli"}},{"id":"mn65:1","sourceIds":["mn65:1.1","mn65:1.2","mn65:1.3","mn65:1.4","mn65:1.5","mn65:1.6"],"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":"mn65:2","sourceIds":["mn65:2.1","mn65:2.2","mn65:2.3","mn65:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ahaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ekāsanabhojanaṁ bhuñjāmi;\nekāsanabhojanaṁ kho, ahaṁ, bhikkhave, bhuñjamāno appābādhatañca sañjānāmi appātaṅkatañca lahuṭṭhānañca balañca phāsuvihārañca.\nEtha, tumhepi, bhikkhave, ekāsanabhojanaṁ bhuñjatha;\nekāsanabhojanaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tumhepi bhuñjamānā appābādhatañca sañjānissatha appātaṅkatañca lahuṭṭhānañca balañca phāsuvihārañcā”ti.","en":"“Mendicants, I eat my food in one sitting per day.\nDoing so, I find that I’m healthy and well, nimble, strong, and living comfortably.\nYou too should eat your food in one sitting per day.\nDoing so, you’ll find that you’re healthy and well, nimble, strong, and living comfortably.”"}},{"id":"mn65:3","sourceIds":["mn65:3.1","mn65:3.2","mn65:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā bhaddāli bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ahaṁ kho, bhante, na ussahāmi ekāsanabhojanaṁ bhuñjituṁ;\nekāsanabhojanañhi me, bhante, bhuñjato siyā kukkuccaṁ, siyā vippaṭisāro”ti.","en":"When he said this, Venerable Bhaddāli said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, I’m not going to attempt to eat my food in one sitting per day.\nFor when eating once a day I might feel remorse and regret.”"}},{"id":"mn65:4","sourceIds":["mn65:4.1","mn65:4.2","mn65:4.3","mn65:4.4","mn65:4.5","mn65:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tena hi tvaṁ, bhaddāli, yattha nimantito assasi tattha ekadesaṁ bhuñjitvā ekadesaṁ nīharitvāpi bhuñjeyyāsi.\nEvampi kho tvaṁ, bhaddāli, bhuñjamāno ekāsano yāpessasī”ti.\n“Evampi kho ahaṁ, bhante, na ussahāmi bhuñjituṁ;\nevampi hi me, bhante, bhuñjato siyā kukkuccaṁ, siyā vippaṭisāro”ti.\nAtha kho āyasmā bhaddāli bhagavatā sikkhāpade paññāpiyamāne bhikkhusaṅghe sikkhaṁ samādiyamāne anussāhaṁ pavedesi.\nAtha kho āyasmā bhaddāli sabbaṁ taṁ temāsaṁ na bhagavato sammukhībhāvaṁ adāsi, yathā taṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārī.","en":"“Well then, Bhaddāli, eat one part of the meal in the place where you’re invited, and bring the rest back to eat.\nEating this way, too, you will sustain yourself.”\n“Sir, I’m not going to attempt to eat that way, either.\nFor when eating that way I might also feel remorse and regret.”\nThen, as this rule was being laid down by the Buddha and the Saṅgha was undertaking it, Bhaddāli announced he would not attempt to keep it.\nThen for the whole of that three months Bhaddāli would not see the Buddha face to face, as happens when someone doesn’t fulfill the training according to the Teacher’s instructions."}},{"id":"mn65:5","sourceIds":["mn65:5.1","mn65:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena sambahulā bhikkhū bhagavato cīvarakammaṁ karonti—\nniṭṭhitacīvaro bhagavā temāsaccayena cārikaṁ pakkamissatīti.","en":"At that time several mendicants were making a robe for the Buddha, thinking that\nwhen his robe was finished and the three months of the rains residence had passed the Buddha would set out wandering."}},{"id":"mn65:6","sourceIds":["mn65:6.1","mn65:6.2","mn65:6.3","mn65:6.4","mn65:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā bhaddāli yena te bhikkhū tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tehi bhikkhūhi saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho āyasmantaṁ bhaddāliṁ te bhikkhū etadavocuṁ:\n“idaṁ kho, āvuso bhaddāli, bhagavato cīvarakammaṁ karīyati.\nNiṭṭhitacīvaro bhagavā temāsaccayena cārikaṁ pakkamissati.\nIṅghāvuso bhaddāli, etaṁ dosakaṁ sādhukaṁ manasi karohi, mā te pacchā dukkarataraṁ ahosī”ti.","en":"Then Bhaddāli went up to those mendicants, and exchanged greetings with them.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side. The mendicants said to Bhaddāli,\n“Reverend Bhaddāli, this robe is being made for the Buddha.\nWhen it’s finished and the three months of the rains residence have passed the Buddha will set out wandering.\nCome on, Bhaddāli, learn your lesson. Don’t make it hard for yourself later on.”"}},{"id":"mn65:7","sourceIds":["mn65:7.1","mn65:7.2","mn65:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evamāvuso”ti kho āyasmā bhaddāli tesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā bhaddāli bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“accayo maṁ, bhante, accagamā yathābālaṁ yathāmūḷhaṁ yathāakusalaṁ, yohaṁ bhagavatā sikkhāpade paññāpiyamāne bhikkhusaṅghe sikkhaṁ samādiyamāne anussāhaṁ pavedesiṁ.\nTassa me, bhante, bhagavā accayaṁ accayato paṭiggaṇhātu āyatiṁ saṁvarāyā”ti.","en":"“Yes, reverends,” Bhaddāli replied. He went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,\n“I made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me that, as this rule was being laid down by the Buddha and the Saṅgha was undertaking it, I announced I would not attempt to keep it.\nPlease, sir, accept my mistake for what it is, so I will restrain myself in future.”"}},{"id":"mn65:8","sourceIds":["mn65:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taggha tvaṁ, bhaddāli, accayo accagamā yathābālaṁ yathāmūḷhaṁ yathāakusalaṁ, yaṁ tvaṁ mayā sikkhāpade paññāpiyamāne bhikkhusaṅghe sikkhaṁ samādiyamāne anussāhaṁ pavedesi.","en":"“Indeed, Bhaddāli, you made a mistake. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of you that, as this rule was being laid down by the Buddha and the Saṅgha was undertaking it, you announced you would not attempt to keep it."}},{"id":"mn65:9","sourceIds":["mn65:9.1","mn65:9.2","mn65:9.3","mn65:9.4","mn65:9.5","mn65:9.6","mn65:9.7","mn65:9.8","mn65:9.9","mn65:9.10","mn65:9.11","mn65:9.12","mn65:9.13","mn65:9.14","mn65:9.15","mn65:9.16","mn65:9.17","mn65:9.18","mn65:9.19","mn65:9.20","mn65:9.21","mn65:9.22","mn65:9.23","mn65:9.24"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samayopi kho te, bhaddāli, appaṭividdho ahosi:\n‘bhagavā kho sāvatthiyaṁ viharati, bhagavāpi maṁ jānissati—\nbhaddāli nāma bhikkhu satthusāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārī’ti.\nAyampi kho te, bhaddāli, samayo appaṭividdho ahosi.\nSamayopi kho te, bhaddāli, appaṭividdho ahosi:\n‘sambahulā kho bhikkhū sāvatthiyaṁ vassaṁ upagatā, tepi maṁ jānissanti—\nbhaddāli nāma bhikkhu satthusāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārī’ti.\nAyampi kho te, bhaddāli, samayo appaṭividdho ahosi.\nSamayopi kho te, bhaddāli, appaṭividdho ahosi:\n‘sambahulā kho bhikkhuniyo sāvatthiyaṁ vassaṁ upagatā, tāpi maṁ jānissanti—\nbhaddāli nāma bhikkhu satthusāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārī’ti.\nAyampi kho te, bhaddāli, samayo appaṭividdho ahosi.\nSamayopi kho te, bhaddāli, appaṭividdho ahosi:\n‘sambahulā kho upāsakā sāvatthiyaṁ paṭivasanti, tepi maṁ jānissanti—\nbhaddāli nāma bhikkhu satthusāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārī’ti.\nAyampi kho te, bhaddāli, samayo appaṭividdho ahosi.\nSamayopi kho te, bhaddāli, appaṭividdho ahosi:\n‘sambahulā kho upāsikā sāvatthiyaṁ paṭivasanti, tāpi maṁ jānissanti—\nbhaddāli nāma bhikkhu satthusāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārī’ti.\nAyampi kho te, bhaddāli, samayo appaṭividdho ahosi.\nSamayopi kho te, bhaddāli, appaṭividdho ahosi:\n‘sambahulā kho nānātitthiyā samaṇabrāhmaṇā sāvatthiyaṁ vassaṁ upagatā, tepi maṁ jānissanti—\nbhaddāli nāma bhikkhu samaṇassa gotamassa sāvako theraññataro bhikkhu sāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārī’ti.\nAyampi kho te, bhaddāli, samayo appaṭividdho ahosī”ti.","en":"And you didn’t realize this situation:\n‘The Buddha is staying in Sāvatthī, and he’ll know me\nas the mendicant named Bhaddāli who doesn’t fulfill the training according to the Teacher’s instructions.’\nAnd you didn’t realize this situation:\n‘Several monks have commenced the rains retreat in Sāvatthī …\nseveral nuns have commenced the rains retreat in Sāvatthī …\nseveral laymen reside in Sāvatthī …\nseveral laywomen reside in Sāvatthī, and they’ll know me\nas the mendicant named Bhaddāli who doesn’t fulfill the training according to the Teacher’s instructions. …\nSeveral ascetics and brahmins who follow various other religions have commenced the rains retreat in Sāvatthī, and they’ll know me\nas the mendicant named Bhaddāli, one of the senior disciples of Gotama, who doesn’t fulfill the training according to the Teacher’s instructions.’\nYou also didn’t realize this situation.”"}},{"id":"mn65:10","sourceIds":["mn65:10.1","mn65:10.2","mn65:10.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Accayo maṁ, bhante, accagamā yathābālaṁ yathāmūḷhaṁ yathāakusalaṁ, yohaṁ bhagavatā sikkhāpade paññāpiyamāne bhikkhusaṅghe sikkhaṁ samādiyamāne anussāhaṁ pavedesiṁ.\nTassa me, bhante, bhagavā accayaṁ accayato paṭiggaṇhātu āyatiṁ saṁvarāyā”ti.\n“Taggha tvaṁ, bhaddāli, accayo accagamā yathābālaṁ yathāmūḷhaṁ yathāakusalaṁ, yaṁ tvaṁ mayā sikkhāpade paññāpiyamāne bhikkhusaṅghe sikkhaṁ samādiyamāne anussāhaṁ pavedesi.","en":"“I made a mistake, sir. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of me that, as this rule was being laid down by the Buddha and the Saṅgha was undertaking it, I announced I would not attempt to keep it.\nPlease, sir, accept my mistake for what it is, so I will restrain myself in future.”\n“Indeed, Bhaddāli, you made a mistake. It was foolish, stupid, and unskillful of you that, as this rule was being laid down by the Buddha and the Saṅgha was undertaking it, you announced you would not attempt to keep it."}},{"id":"mn65:11","sourceIds":["mn65:11.1","mn65:11.2","mn65:11.3","mn65:11.4","mn65:11.5","mn65:11.6","mn65:11.7","mn65:11.8","mn65:11.9","mn65:11.10","mn65:11.11","mn65:11.12","mn65:11.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, bhaddāli,\nidhassa bhikkhu ubhatobhāgavimutto, tamahaṁ evaṁ vadeyyaṁ:\n‘ehi me tvaṁ, bhikkhu, paṅke saṅkamo hohī’ti, api nu kho so saṅkameyya vā aññena vā kāyaṁ sannāmeyya, ‘no’ti vā vadeyyā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, bhaddāli,\nidhassa bhikkhu paññāvimutto …\nkāyasakkhi …\ndiṭṭhippatto …\nsaddhāvimutto …\ndhammānusārī …\nsaddhānusārī, tamahaṁ evaṁ vadeyyaṁ:\n‘ehi me tvaṁ, bhikkhu, paṅke saṅkamo hohī’ti, api nu kho so saṅkameyya vā aññena vā kāyaṁ sannāmeyya, ‘no’ti vā vadeyyā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.","en":"What do you think, Bhaddāli?\nSuppose I was to say this to a mendicant who is freed both ways:\n‘Please, mendicant, be a bridge for me to cross over the mud.’ Would they cross over themselves, or struggle to get out of it, or just say no?”\n“No, sir.”\n“What do you think, Bhaddāli?\nSuppose I was to say the same thing to a mendicant who is freed by wisdom,\nor a direct witness,\nor attained to view,\nor freed by faith,\nor a follower of teachings,\nor a follower by faith:\n‘Please, mendicant, be a bridge for me to cross over the mud.’ Would they cross over themselves, or struggle to get out of it, or just say no?”\n“No, sir.”"}},{"id":"mn65:12","sourceIds":["mn65:12.1","mn65:12.2","mn65:12.3","mn65:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, bhaddāli,\napi nu tvaṁ, bhaddāli, tasmiṁ samaye ubhatobhāgavimutto vā hosi paññāvimutto vā kāyasakkhi vā diṭṭhippatto vā saddhāvimutto vā dhammānusārī vā saddhānusārī vā”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Nanu tvaṁ, bhaddāli, tasmiṁ samaye ritto tuccho aparaddho”ti?","en":"“What do you think, Bhaddāli?\nAt that time were you freed both ways, freed by wisdom, a direct witness, attained to view, freed by faith, a follower of teachings, or a follower by faith?”\n“No, sir.”\n“Weren’t you vacuous, hollow, and mistaken?”"}},{"id":"mn65:13","sourceIds":["mn65:13.1","mn65:13.2","mn65:13.3","mn65:13.4","mn65:13.5","mn65:13.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evaṁ, bhante.\nAccayo maṁ, bhante, accagamā yathābālaṁ yathāmūḷhaṁ yathāakusalaṁ, yohaṁ bhagavatā sikkhāpade paññāpiyamāne bhikkhusaṅghe sikkhaṁ samādiyamāne anussāhaṁ pavedesiṁ.\nTassa me, bhante, bhagavā accayaṁ accayato paṭiggaṇhātu āyatiṁ saṁvarāyā”ti.\n“Taggha tvaṁ, bhaddāli, accayo accagamā yathābālaṁ yathāmūḷhaṁ yathāakusalaṁ, yaṁ tvaṁ mayā sikkhāpade paññāpiyamāne bhikkhusaṅghe sikkhaṁ samādiyamāne anussāhaṁ pavedesi.\nYato ca kho tvaṁ, bhaddāli, accayaṁ accayato disvā yathādhammaṁ paṭikarosi, taṁ te mayaṁ paṭiggaṇhāma.\nVuddhihesā, bhaddāli, ariyassa vinaye yo accayaṁ accayato disvā yathādhammaṁ paṭikaroti, āyatiṁ saṁvaraṁ āpajjati.","en":"“Yes, sir.\nI made a mistake …\nPlease, sir, accept my mistake for what it is, so I will restrain myself in future.”\n“Indeed, Bhaddāli, you made a mistake. …\nBut since you have recognized your mistake for what it is, and have dealt with it properly, I accept it.\nFor it is growth in the training of the Noble One to recognize a mistake for what it is, deal with it properly, and commit to restraint in the future."}},{"id":"mn65:14","sourceIds":["mn65:14.1","mn65:14.2","mn65:14.3","mn65:14.4","mn65:14.5","mn65:14.6","mn65:14.7","mn65:14.8","mn65:14.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha, bhaddāli, ekacco bhikkhu satthusāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārī hoti.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ vivittaṁ senāsanaṁ bhajeyyaṁ araññaṁ rukkhamūlaṁ pabbataṁ kandaraṁ giriguhaṁ susānaṁ vanapatthaṁ abbhokāsaṁ palālapuñjaṁ.\nAppeva nāmāhaṁ uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ sacchikareyyan’ti.\nSo vivittaṁ senāsanaṁ bhajati araññaṁ rukkhamūlaṁ pabbataṁ kandaraṁ giriguhaṁ susānaṁ vanapatthaṁ abbhokāsaṁ palālapuñjaṁ.\nTassa tathāvūpakaṭṭhassa viharato satthāpi upavadati, anuviccapi viññū sabrahmacārī upavadanti, devatāpi upavadanti, attāpi attānaṁ upavadati.\nSo satthārāpi upavadito, anuviccapi viññūhi sabrahmacārīhi upavadito, devatāhipi upavadito, attanāpi attānaṁ upavadito na uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ sacchikaroti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvañhi taṁ, bhaddāli, hoti yathā taṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārissa.","en":"Bhaddāli, take a mendicant who doesn’t fulfill the training according to the Teacher’s instructions.\nThey think,\n‘Why don’t I frequent a secluded lodging—a wilderness, the root of a tree, a hill, a ravine, a mountain cave, a charnel ground, a forest, the open air, a heap of straw.\nHopefully I’ll realize a superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.’\nSo they frequent a secluded lodging.\nWhile they’re living withdrawn, they’re reprimanded by the Teacher, by sensible spiritual companions after examination, by deities, and by themselves.\nBeing reprimanded in this way, they don’t realize any superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.\nWhy is that?\nBecause that’s how it is when someone doesn’t fulfill the training according to the Teacher’s instructions."}},{"id":"mn65:15","sourceIds":["mn65:15.1","mn65:15.2","mn65:15.3","mn65:15.4","mn65:15.5","mn65:15.6","mn65:15.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha pana, bhaddāli, ekacco bhikkhu satthusāsane sikkhāya paripūrakārī hoti.\nTassa evaṁ hoti:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ vivittaṁ senāsanaṁ bhajeyyaṁ araññaṁ rukkhamūlaṁ pabbataṁ kandaraṁ giriguhaṁ susānaṁ vanapatthaṁ abbhokāsaṁ palālapuñjaṁ.\nAppeva nāmāhaṁ uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ sacchikareyyan’ti.\nSo vivittaṁ senāsanaṁ bhajati araññaṁ rukkhamūlaṁ pabbataṁ kandaraṁ giriguhaṁ susānaṁ vanapatthaṁ abbhokāsaṁ palālapuñjaṁ.\nTassa tathāvūpakaṭṭhassa viharato satthāpi na upavadati, anuviccapi viññū sabrahmacārī na upavadanti, devatāpi na upavadanti, attāpi attānaṁ na upavadati.\nSo satthārāpi anupavadito, anuviccapi viññūhi sabrahmacārīhi anupavadito, devatāhipi anupavadito, attanāpi attānaṁ anupavadito uttari manussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṁ sacchikaroti.","en":"But take a mendicant who does fulfill the training according to the Teacher’s instructions.\nThey think,\n‘Why don’t I frequent a secluded lodging—a wilderness, the root of a tree, a hill, a ravine, a mountain cave, a charnel ground, a forest, the open air, a heap of straw.\nHopefully I’ll realize a superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones.’\nThey frequent a secluded lodging—a wilderness, the root of a tree, a hill, a ravine, a mountain cave, a charnel ground, a forest, the open air, a heap of straw.\nWhile they’re living withdrawn, they’re not reprimanded by the Teacher, by sensible spiritual companions after examination, by deities, or by themselves.\nNot being reprimanded in this way, they realize a superhuman distinction in knowledge and vision worthy of the noble ones."}},{"id":"mn65:16","sourceIds":["mn65:16.1","mn65:16.2","mn65:16.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvañhi taṁ, bhaddāli, hoti yathā taṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya paripūrakārissa.","en":"Quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, they enter and remain in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nWhy is that?\nBecause that’s what happens when someone fulfills the training according to the Teacher’s instructions."}},{"id":"mn65:17","sourceIds":["mn65:17.1","mn65:17.2","mn65:17.3","mn65:17.4","mn65:17.5","mn65:17.6","mn65:17.7","mn65:17.8","mn65:17.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhaddāli, bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṁ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvañhi taṁ, bhaddāli, hoti yathā taṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya paripūrakārissa.\nPuna caparaṁ, bhaddāli, bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca viharati, sato ca sampajāno sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṁvedeti, yaṁ taṁ ariyā ācikkhanti: ‘upekkhako satimā sukhavihārī’ti tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvañhi taṁ, bhaddāli, hoti yathā taṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya paripūrakārissa.\nPuna caparaṁ, bhaddāli, bhikkhu sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṁ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṁ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvañhi taṁ, bhaddāli, hoti yathā taṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya paripūrakārissa.","en":"Furthermore, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, a mendicant enters and remains in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nWhy is that?\nBecause that’s what happens when someone fulfills the training according to the Teacher’s instructions.\nFurthermore, with the fading away of rapture, a mendicant enters and remains in the third absorption, where they meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.’\nWhy is that?\nBecause that’s what happens when someone fulfills the training according to the Teacher’s instructions.\nFurthermore, with the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, a mendicant enters and remains in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.\nWhy is that?\nBecause that’s what happens when someone fulfills the training according to the Teacher’s instructions."}},{"id":"mn65:18","sourceIds":["mn65:18.1","mn65:18.2","mn65:18.3","mn65:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So evaṁ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudubhūte kammaniye ṭhite āneñjappatte pubbenivāsānussatiñāṇāya cittaṁ abhininnāmeti.\nSo anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati, seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ dvepi jātiyo …pe… iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvañhi taṁ, bhaddāli, hoti yathā taṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya paripūrakārissa.","en":"When their mind has become immersed in samādhi like this—purified, bright, flawless, rid of corruptions, pliable, workable, steady, and imperturbable—they extend it toward recollection of past lives.\nThey recollect many kinds of past lives, that is, one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. … They recollect their many kinds of past lives, with features and details.\nWhy is that?\nBecause that’s what happens when someone fulfills the training according to the Teacher’s instructions."}},{"id":"mn65:19","sourceIds":["mn65:19.1","mn65:19.2","mn65:19.3","mn65:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So evaṁ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudubhūte kammaniye ṭhite āneñjappatte sattānaṁ cutūpapātañāṇāya cittaṁ abhininnāmeti.\nSo dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate yathākammūpage satte pajānāti: ‘ime vata bhonto sattā kāyaduccaritena samannāgatā …pe… vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannā; ime vā pana bhonto sattā kāyasucaritena samannāgatā …pe… sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapannā’ti iti dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena …pe… yathākammūpage satte pajānāti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvañhi taṁ, bhaddāli, hoti yathā taṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya paripūrakārissa.","en":"When their mind has become immersed in samādhi like this—purified, bright, flawless, rid of corruptions, pliable, workable, steady, and imperturbable—they extend it toward knowledge of the death and rebirth of sentient beings.\nWith clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, they see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. They understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds: ‘These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. … they’re reborn in the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. … they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’ And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman … they understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.\nWhy is that?\nBecause that’s what happens when someone fulfills the training according to the Teacher’s instructions."}},{"id":"mn65:20","sourceIds":["mn65:20.1","mn65:20.2","mn65:20.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So evaṁ samāhite citte parisuddhe pariyodāte anaṅgaṇe vigatūpakkilese mudubhūte kammaniye ṭhite āneñjappatte āsavānaṁ khayañāṇāya cittaṁ abhininnāmeti.\nSo ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;\n‘ime āsavā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ āsavasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ āsavanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ āsavanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.","en":"When their mind has become immersed in samādhi like this—purified, bright, flawless, rid of corruptions, pliable, workable, steady, and imperturbable—they extend it toward knowledge of the ending of defilements.\nThey truly understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.\nThey truly understand: ‘These are defilements’ … ‘This is the origin of defilements’ … ‘This is the cessation of defilements’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of defilements’."}},{"id":"mn65:21","sourceIds":["mn65:21.1","mn65:21.2","mn65:21.3","mn65:21.4","mn65:21.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa evaṁ jānato evaṁ passato kāmāsavāpi cittaṁ vimuccati, bhavāsavāpi cittaṁ vimuccati, avijjāsavāpi cittaṁ vimuccati.\nVimuttasmiṁ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṁ hoti.\n‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānāti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nEvañhi taṁ, bhaddāli, hoti yathā taṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya paripūrakārissā”ti.","en":"Knowing and seeing like this, their mind is freed from the defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.\nWhen they’re freed, they know they’re freed.\nThey understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’\nWhy is that?\nBecause that’s what happens when someone fulfills the training according to the Teacher’s instructions.”"}},{"id":"mn65:22","sourceIds":["mn65:22.1","mn65:22.2","mn65:22.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā bhaddāli bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena midhekaccaṁ bhikkhuṁ pasayha pasayha kāraṇaṁ karonti?\nKo pana, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena midhekaccaṁ bhikkhuṁ no tathā pasayha pasayha kāraṇaṁ karontī”ti?","en":"When he said this, Venerable Bhaddāli said to the Buddha,\n“What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why they punish some monk, repeatedly pressuring him?\nAnd what is the cause, what is the reason why they don’t similarly punish another monk, repeatedly pressuring him?”"}},{"id":"mn65:23","sourceIds":["mn65:23.1","mn65:23.2","mn65:23.3","mn65:23.4","mn65:23.5","mn65:23.6","mn65:23.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idha, bhaddāli, ekacco bhikkhu abhiṇhāpattiko hoti āpattibahulo.\nSo bhikkhūhi vuccamāno aññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeti, kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti, na sammā vattati, na lomaṁ pāteti, na netthāraṁ vattati, ‘yena saṅgho attamano hoti taṁ karomī’ti nāha.\nTatra, bhaddāli, bhikkhūnaṁ evaṁ hoti:\n‘ayaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu abhiṇhāpattiko āpattibahulo.\nSo bhikkhūhi vuccamāno aññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeti, kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti, na sammā vattati, na lomaṁ pāteti, na netthāraṁ vattati, “yena saṅgho attamano hoti taṁ karomī”ti nāha.\nSādhu vatāyasmanto imassa bhikkhuno tathā tathā upaparikkhatha yathāssidaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ na khippameva vūpasameyyā’ti.\nTassa kho evaṁ, bhaddāli, bhikkhuno bhikkhū tathā tathā upaparikkhanti yathāssidaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ na khippameva vūpasammati.","en":"“Take a monk who is a frequent offender with many offenses.\nWhen admonished by the monks, he dodges the issue, distracting the discussion with irrelevant points. He displays annoyance, hate, and bitterness. He doesn’t proceed properly, he doesn’t fall in line, he doesn’t proceed to get past it, and he doesn’t say: ‘I’ll do what pleases the Saṅgha.’\nIn such a case, the monks say:\n‘Reverends, this monk is a frequent offender, with many offenses.\nWhen admonished by the monks, he dodges the issue, distracting the discussion with irrelevant points. He displays annoyance, hate, and bitterness. He doesn’t proceed properly, he doesn’t fall in line, he doesn’t proceed to get past it, and he doesn’t say: “I’ll do what pleases the Saṅgha.”\nIt’d be good for the venerables to examine this monk in such a way that this disciplinary issue is not quickly settled.’\nAnd that’s what they do."}},{"id":"mn65:24","sourceIds":["mn65:24.1","mn65:24.2","mn65:24.3","mn65:24.4","mn65:24.5","mn65:24.6","mn65:24.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha pana, bhaddāli, ekacco bhikkhu abhiṇhāpattiko hoti āpattibahulo.\nSo bhikkhūhi vuccamāno nāññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, bahiddhā kathaṁ na apanāmeti, na kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti, sammā vattati, lomaṁ pāteti, netthāraṁ vattati, ‘yena saṅgho attamano hoti taṁ karomī’ti āha.\nTatra, bhaddāli, bhikkhūnaṁ evaṁ hoti:\n‘ayaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu abhiṇhāpattiko āpattibahulo.\nSo bhikkhūhi vuccamāno nāññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, bahiddhā kathaṁ na apanāmeti, na kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti, sammā vattati, lomaṁ pāteti, netthāraṁ vattati, “yena saṅgho attamano hoti taṁ karomī”ti āha.\nSādhu vatāyasmanto, imassa bhikkhuno tathā tathā upaparikkhatha yathāssidaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ khippameva vūpasameyyā’ti.\nTassa kho evaṁ, bhaddāli, bhikkhuno bhikkhū tathā tathā upaparikkhanti yathāssidaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ khippameva vūpasammati.","en":"Take some other monk who is a frequent offender with many offenses.\nWhen admonished by the monks, he doesn’t dodge the issue, distracting the discussion with irrelevant points. He doesn’t display annoyance, hate, and bitterness. He proceeds properly, he falls in line, he proceeds to get past it, and he says: ‘I’ll do what pleases the Saṅgha.’\nIn such a case, the monks say:\n‘Reverends, this monk is a frequent offender, with many offenses.\nWhen admonished by the monks, he doesn’t dodge the issue, distracting the discussion with irrelevant points. He doesn’t display annoyance, hate, and bitterness. He proceeds properly, he falls in line, he proceeds to get past it, and he says: “I’ll do what pleases the Saṅgha.”\nIt’d be good for the venerables to examine this monk in such a way that this disciplinary issue is quickly settled.’\nAnd that’s what they do."}},{"id":"mn65:25","sourceIds":["mn65:25.1","mn65:25.2","mn65:25.3","mn65:25.4","mn65:25.5","mn65:25.6","mn65:25.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha, bhaddāli, ekacco bhikkhu adhiccāpattiko hoti anāpattibahulo.\nSo bhikkhūhi vuccamāno aññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeti, kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti, na sammā vattati, na lomaṁ pāteti, na netthāraṁ vattati, ‘yena saṅgho attamano hoti taṁ karomī’ti nāha.\nTatra, bhaddāli, bhikkhūnaṁ evaṁ hoti:\n‘ayaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu adhiccāpattiko anāpattibahulo.\nSo bhikkhūhi vuccamāno aññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeti, kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti, na sammā vattati, na lomaṁ pāteti, na netthāraṁ vattati, “yena saṅgho attamano hoti taṁ karomī”ti nāha.\nSādhu vatāyasmanto, imassa bhikkhuno tathā tathā upaparikkhatha yathāssidaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ na khippameva vūpasameyyā’ti.\nTassa kho evaṁ, bhaddāli, bhikkhuno bhikkhū tathā tathā upaparikkhanti yathāssidaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ na khippameva vūpasammati.","en":"Take some other monk who is an occasional offender without many offenses.\nWhen admonished by the monks, he dodges the issue …\nIn such a case, the monks say:\n‘Reverends, this monk is an occasional offender without many offenses.\nWhen admonished by the monks, he dodges the issue …\nIt’d be good for the venerables to examine this monk in such a way that this disciplinary issue is not quickly settled.’\nAnd that’s what they do."}},{"id":"mn65:26","sourceIds":["mn65:26.1","mn65:26.2","mn65:26.3","mn65:26.4","mn65:26.5","mn65:26.6","mn65:26.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha pana, bhaddāli, ekacco bhikkhu adhiccāpattiko hoti anāpattibahulo.\nSo bhikkhūhi vuccamāno nāññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, na bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeti, na kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti, sammā vattati, lomaṁ pāteti, netthāraṁ vattati, ‘yena saṅgho attamano hoti taṁ karomī’ti āha.\nTatra, bhaddāli, bhikkhūnaṁ evaṁ hoti:\n‘ayaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu adhiccāpattiko anāpattibahulo.\nSo bhikkhūhi vuccamāno nāññenaññaṁ paṭicarati, na bahiddhā kathaṁ apanāmeti, na kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti, sammā vattati, lomaṁ pāteti, netthāraṁ vattati, “yena saṅgho attamano hoti taṁ karomī”ti āha.\nSādhu vatāyasmanto, imassa bhikkhuno tathā tathā upaparikkhatha yathāssidaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ khippameva vūpasameyyā’ti.\nTassa kho evaṁ, bhaddāli, bhikkhuno bhikkhū tathā tathā upaparikkhanti yathāssidaṁ adhikaraṇaṁ khippameva vūpasammati.","en":"Take some other monk who is an occasional offender without many offenses.\nWhen admonished by the monks, he doesn’t dodge the issue …\nIn such a case, the monks say:\n‘Reverends, this monk is an occasional offender without many offenses.\nWhen admonished by the monks, he doesn’t dodge the issue …\nIt’d be good for the venerables to examine this monk in such a way that this disciplinary issue is quickly settled.’\nAnd that’s what they do."}},{"id":"mn65:27","sourceIds":["mn65:27.1","mn65:27.2","mn65:27.3","mn65:27.4","mn65:27.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha, bhaddāli, ekacco bhikkhu saddhāmattakena vahati pemamattakena.\nTatra, bhaddāli, bhikkhūnaṁ evaṁ hoti:\n‘ayaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu saddhāmattakena vahati pemamattakena.\nSace mayaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ pasayha pasayha kāraṇaṁ karissāma—\nmā yampissa taṁ saddhāmattakaṁ pemamattakaṁ tamhāpi parihāyī’ti.","en":"Take some other monk who gets by with mere faith and fondness.\nIn such a case, the monks say:\n‘Reverends, this monk gets by with mere faith and fondness.\nSuppose we punish him, repeatedly pressuring him—\nno, let him not lose what little faith and fondness he has!’"}},{"id":"mn65:28","sourceIds":["mn65:28.1","mn65:28.2","mn65:28.3","mn65:28.4","mn65:28.5","mn65:28.6","mn65:28.7","mn65:28.8","mn65:28.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhaddāli, purisassa ekaṁ cakkhuṁ, tassa mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā taṁ ekaṁ cakkhuṁ rakkheyyuṁ:\n‘mā yampissa taṁ ekaṁ cakkhuṁ tamhāpi parihāyī’ti;\nevameva kho, bhaddāli, idhekacco bhikkhu saddhāmattakena vahati pemamattakena.\nTatra, bhaddāli, bhikkhūnaṁ evaṁ hoti:\n‘ayaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu saddhāmattakena vahati pemamattakena.\nSace mayaṁ imaṁ bhikkhuṁ pasayha pasayha kāraṇaṁ karissāma—\nmā yampissa taṁ saddhāmattakaṁ pemamattakaṁ tamhāpi parihāyī’ti.\nAyaṁ kho, bhaddāli, hetu ayaṁ paccayo yena midhekaccaṁ bhikkhuṁ pasayha pasayha kāraṇaṁ karonti.\nAyaṁ pana, bhaddāli, hetu ayaṁ paccayo, yena midhekaccaṁ bhikkhuṁ no tathā pasayha pasayha kāraṇaṁ karontī”ti.","en":"Suppose there was a person with one eye. Their friends and colleagues, relatives and kin would protect that one eye:\n‘Let them not lose the one eye that they have!’\nIn the same way, some monk gets by with mere faith and fondness.\nIn such a case, the monks say:\n‘Reverends, this monk gets by with mere faith and fondness.\nSuppose we punish him, repeatedly pressuring him—\nno, let him not lose what little faith and love he has!’\nThis is the cause, this is the reason why they punish some monk, repeatedly pressuring him.\nAnd this is the cause, this is the reason why they don’t similarly punish another monk, repeatedly pressuring him.”"}},{"id":"mn65:29","sourceIds":["mn65:29.1","mn65:29.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena pubbe appatarāni ceva sikkhāpadāni ahesuṁ bahutarā ca bhikkhū aññāya saṇṭhahiṁsu?\nKo pana, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena etarahi bahutarāni ceva sikkhāpadāni honti appatarā ca bhikkhū aññāya saṇṭhahantī”ti?","en":"“What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why there used to be fewer training rules but more enlightened mendicants?\nAnd what is the cause, what is the reason why these days there are more training rules and fewer enlightened mendicants?”"}},{"id":"mn65:30","sourceIds":["mn65:30.1","mn65:30.2","mn65:30.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evametaṁ, bhaddāli, hoti sattesu hāyamānesu, saddhamme antaradhāyamāne, bahutarāni ceva sikkhāpadāni honti appatarā ca bhikkhū aññāya saṇṭhahantīti.\nNa tāva, bhaddāli, satthā sāvakānaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññāpeti yāva na idhekacce āsavaṭṭhānīyā dhammā saṅghe pātubhavanti.\nYato ca kho, bhaddāli, idhekacce āsavaṭṭhānīyā dhammā saṅghe pātubhavanti, atha satthā sāvakānaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññāpeti tesaṁyeva āsavaṭṭhānīyānaṁ dhammānaṁ paṭighātāya.","en":"“That’s how it is, Bhaddāli. When sentient beings are in decline and the true teaching is disappearing there are more training rules and fewer enlightened mendicants.\nThe Teacher does not lay down training rules for disciples as long as certain defiling influences have not appeared in the Saṅgha.\nBut when such defiling influences appear in the Saṅgha, the Teacher lays down training rules for disciples to protect against them."}},{"id":"mn65:31","sourceIds":["mn65:31.1","mn65:31.2","mn65:31.3","mn65:31.4","mn65:31.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na tāva, bhaddāli, idhekacce āsavaṭṭhānīyā dhammā saṅghe pātubhavanti yāva na saṅgho mahattaṁ patto hoti.\nYato ca kho, bhaddāli, saṅgho mahattaṁ patto hoti, atha idhekacce āsavaṭṭhānīyā dhammā saṅghe pātubhavanti.\nAtha satthā sāvakānaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññāpeti tesaṁyeva āsavaṭṭhānīyānaṁ dhammānaṁ paṭighātāya.\nNa tāva, bhaddāli, idhekacce āsavaṭṭhānīyā dhammā saṅghe pātubhavanti yāva na saṅgho lābhaggaṁ patto hoti, yasaggaṁ patto hoti, bāhusaccaṁ patto hoti, rattaññutaṁ patto hoti.\nYato ca kho, bhaddāli, saṅgho rattaññutaṁ patto hoti, atha idhekacce āsavaṭṭhānīyā dhammā saṅghe pātubhavanti, atha satthā sāvakānaṁ sikkhāpadaṁ paññāpeti tesaṁyeva āsavaṭṭhānīyānaṁ dhammānaṁ paṭighātāya.","en":"And they don’t appear until the Saṅgha has attained a great size,\nan abundance of material support and fame, learning, and seniority.\nBut when the Saṅgha has attained these things, then such defiling influences appear in the Saṅgha, and the Teacher lays down training rules for disciples to protect against them."}},{"id":"mn65:32","sourceIds":["mn65:32.1","mn65:32.2","mn65:32.3","mn65:32.4","mn65:32.5","mn65:32.6","mn65:32.7","mn65:32.8","mn65:32.9","mn65:32.10","mn65:32.11","mn65:32.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appakā kho tumhe, bhaddāli, tena samayena ahuvattha yadā vo ahaṁ ājānīyasusūpamaṁ dhammapariyāyaṁ desesiṁ.\nTaṁ sarasi bhaddālī”ti?\n“No hetaṁ, bhante”.\n“Tatra, bhaddāli, kaṁ hetuṁ paccesī”ti?\n“So hi nūnāhaṁ, bhante, dīgharattaṁ satthusāsane sikkhāya aparipūrakārī ahosin”ti.\n“Na kho, bhaddāli, eseva hetu, esa paccayo.\nApi ca me tvaṁ, bhaddāli, dīgharattaṁ cetasā cetoparicca vidito:\n‘na cāyaṁ moghapuriso mayā dhamme desiyamāne aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetaso samannāharitvā ohitasoto dhammaṁ suṇātī’ti.\nApi ca te ahaṁ, bhaddāli, ājānīyasusūpamaṁ dhammapariyāyaṁ desessāmi.\nTaṁ suṇāhi, sādhukaṁ manasi karohi; bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā bhaddāli bhagavato paccassosi.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"There were only a few of you there at the time when I taught the exposition on the simile of the thoroughbred colt.\nDo you remember that, Bhaddāli?”\n“No, sir.”\n“What do you believe the reason for that is?”\n“Sir, it’s surely because for a long time now I haven’t fulfilled the training according to the Teacher’s instructions.”\n“That’s not the only reason, Bhaddāli.\nRather, for a long time I have encompassed your mind and known:\n‘While I’m teaching, this futile man doesn’t pay attention, apply the mind, concentrate wholeheartedly, or actively listen to the teaching.’\nStill, Bhaddāli, I shall teach the exposition on the simile of the thoroughbred colt.\nListen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” Bhaddāli replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"mn65:33","sourceIds":["mn65:33.1","mn65:33.2","mn65:33.3","mn65:33.4","mn65:33.5","mn65:33.6","mn65:33.7","mn65:33.8","mn65:33.9","mn65:33.10","mn65:33.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhaddāli, dakkho assadamako bhadraṁ assājānīyaṁ labhitvā paṭhameneva mukhādhāne kāraṇaṁ kāreti.\nTassa mukhādhāne kāraṇaṁ kāriyamānassa hontiyeva visūkāyitāni visevitāni vipphanditāni kānici kānici, yathā taṁ akāritapubbaṁ kāraṇaṁ kāriyamānassa.\nSo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṁ ṭhāne parinibbāyati.\nYato kho, bhaddāli, bhadro assājānīyo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṁ ṭhāne parinibbuto hoti, tamenaṁ assadamako uttari kāraṇaṁ kāreti yugādhāne.\nTassa yugādhāne kāraṇaṁ kāriyamānassa hontiyeva visūkāyitāni visevitāni vipphanditāni kānici kānici, yathā taṁ akāritapubbaṁ kāraṇaṁ kāriyamānassa.\nSo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṁ ṭhāne parinibbāyati.\nYato kho, bhaddāli, bhadro assājānīyo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṁ ṭhāne parinibbuto hoti, tamenaṁ assadamako uttari kāraṇaṁ kāreti anukkame maṇḍale khurakāse dhāve davatte rājaguṇe rājavaṁse uttame jave uttame haye uttame sākhalye.\nTassa uttame jave uttame haye uttame sākhalye kāraṇaṁ kāriyamānassa hontiyeva visūkāyitāni visevitāni vipphanditāni kānici kānici, yathā taṁ akāritapubbaṁ kāraṇaṁ kāriyamānassa.\nSo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṁ ṭhāne parinibbāyati.\nYato kho, bhaddāli, bhadro assājānīyo abhiṇhakāraṇā anupubbakāraṇā tasmiṁ ṭhāne parinibbuto hoti, tamenaṁ assadamako uttari vaṇṇiyañca pāṇiyañca anuppavecchati.\nImehi kho, bhaddāli, dasahaṅgehi samannāgato bhadro assājānīyo rājāraho hoti rājabhoggo rañño aṅganteva saṅkhyaṁ gacchati.","en":"“Suppose a deft horse trainer were to obtain a fine thoroughbred. First of all he’d make it get used to wearing the bit.\nBecause it has not done this before, it still resorts to some twists, ducks, and dodges.\nBut with regular and gradual practice its bad behavior is extinguished.\nWhen it has done this, the horse trainer next makes it get used to wearing the harness.\nBecause it has not done this before, it still resorts to some twists, ducks, and dodges.\nBut with regular and gradual practice its bad behavior is extinguished.\nWhen it has done this, the horse trainer next makes it get used to walking in procession, circling, prancing, galloping, charging, the protocols and customs of court, and in the very best speed, fleetness, and camaraderie.\nBecause it has not done this before, it still resorts to some twists, ducks, and dodges.\nBut with regular and gradual practice its bad behavior is extinguished.\nWhen it has done this, the horse trainer next rewards it with a grooming and a rub down.\nA fine royal thoroughbred with these ten factors is worthy of a king, fit to serve a king, and reckoned as a factor of kingship."}},{"id":"mn65:34","sourceIds":["mn65:34.1","mn65:34.2","mn65:34.3","mn65:34.4","mn65:34.5","mn65:34.6","mn65:34.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evameva kho, bhaddāli, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu āhuneyyo hoti pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassa.\nKatamehi dasahi?\nIdha, bhaddāli, bhikkhu asekhāya sammādiṭṭhiyā samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāsaṅkappena samannāgato hoti, asekhāya sammāvācāya samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammākammantena samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāājīvena samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāvāyāmena samannāgato hoti, asekhāya sammāsatiyā samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāsamādhinā samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāñāṇena samannāgato hoti, asekhāya sammāvimuttiyā samannāgato hoti—\nimehi kho, bhaddāli, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu āhuneyyo hoti pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassā”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamano āyasmā bhaddāli bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandīti.\nBhaddālisuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ pañcamaṁ.","en":"In the same way, a mendicant with ten qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.\nWhat ten?\nIt’s when a mendicant has an adept’s right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.\nA mendicant with these ten qualities is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of veneration with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, Venerable Bhaddāli approved what the Buddha said."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/mn65/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."}