{"id":"sn1.36","title":"Faith","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn1.36","title":"Faith","units":[{"id":"sn1.36:0","sourceIds":["sn1.36:0.1","sn1.36:0.2","sn1.36:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.36\n4. Satullapakāyikavagga\nSaddhāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 1.36\n4. The Host of a Hundred Felicities\nFaith"}},{"id":"sn1.36:1","sourceIds":["sn1.36:1.1","sn1.36:1.2","sn1.36:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho sambahulā satullapakāyikā devatāyo abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen, late at night, several glorious deities of the host of a hundred felicities, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side.\nStanding to one side, one deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.36:2","sourceIds":["sn1.36:2.1","sn1.36:2.2","sn1.36:2.3","sn1.36:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddhā dutiyā purisassa hoti,\nNo ce assaddhiyaṁ avatiṭṭhati;\nYaso ca kittī ca tatvassa hoti,\nSaggañca so gacchati sarīraṁ vihāyā”ti.","en":"“Faith is a person’s partner.\nIf faithlessness doesn’t linger,\nfame and renown are theirs,\nand when they discard this corpse they go to heaven.”"}},{"id":"sn1.36:3","sourceIds":["sn1.36:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.36:4","sourceIds":["sn1.36:4.1","sn1.36:4.2","sn1.36:4.3","sn1.36:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kodhaṁ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṁ,\nSaṁyojanaṁ sabbamatikkameyya;\nTaṁ nāmarūpasmimasajjamānaṁ,\nAkiñcanaṁ nānupatanti saṅgā”ti.","en":"“Give up anger, get rid of conceit,\nand get past all the fetters.\nChains don’t torment one who has nothing,\nnot clinging to name and form.”"}},{"id":"sn1.36:5","sourceIds":["sn1.36:5.1","sn1.36:5.2","sn1.36:5.3","sn1.36:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pamādamanuyuñjanti,\nbālā dummedhino janā;\nAppamādañca medhāvī,\ndhanaṁ seṭṭhaṁva rakkhati.","en":"“Fools and simpletons\ndevote themselves to negligence.\nBut the wise protect diligence\nas their best treasure."}},{"id":"sn1.36:6","sourceIds":["sn1.36:6.1","sn1.36:6.2","sn1.36:6.3","sn1.36:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mā pamādamanuyuñjetha,\nmā kāmarati santhavaṁ;\nAppamatto hi jhāyanto,\npappoti paramaṁ sukhan”ti.","en":"Don’t devote yourself to negligence,\nor delight in erotic intimacy.\nFor if you’re diligent and practice absorption,\nyou’ll attain ultimate happiness.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.36/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."}