{"id":"sn1.37","title":"The Congregation","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn1.37","title":"The Congregation","units":[{"id":"sn1.37:0","sourceIds":["sn1.37:0.1","sn1.37:0.2","sn1.37:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.37\n4. Satullapakāyikavagga\nSamayasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 1.37\n4. The Host of a Hundred Felicities\nThe Congregation"}},{"id":"sn1.37:1","sourceIds":["sn1.37:1.1","sn1.37:1.2","sn1.37:1.3","sn1.37:1.4","sn1.37:1.5","sn1.37:1.6","sn1.37:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṁ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi;\ndasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṁ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nAtha kho catunnaṁ suddhāvāsakāyikānaṁ devatānaṁ etadahosi:\n“ayaṁ kho bhagavā sakkesu viharati kapilavatthusmiṁ mahāvane mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi;\ndasahi ca lokadhātūhi devatā yebhuyyena sannipatitā honti bhagavantaṁ dassanāya bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nYannūna mayampi yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkameyyāma; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavato santike paccekaṁ gāthaṁ bhāseyyāmā”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, in the Great Wood near Kapilavatthu, together with a large Saṅgha of five hundred mendicants, all of whom were perfected ones.\nAnd most of the deities from ten solar systems had gathered to see the Buddha and the Saṅgha of mendicants.\nThen four deities of the pure abodes, aware of what was happening, thought:\n“Why don’t we go to the Buddha and each recite a verse in his presence?”"}},{"id":"sn1.37:2","sourceIds":["sn1.37:2.1","sn1.37:2.2","sn1.37:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho tā devatā—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—suddhāvāsesu devesu antarahitā bhagavato purato pāturahesuṁ.\nAtha kho tā devatā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, they vanished from the Pure Abodes and reappeared in front of the Buddha.\nThey bowed to the Buddha and stood to one side.\nStanding to one side, one deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.37:3","sourceIds":["sn1.37:3.1","sn1.37:3.2","sn1.37:3.3","sn1.37:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mahāsamayo pavanasmiṁ,\nDevakāyā samāgatā;\nĀgatamha imaṁ dhammasamayaṁ,\nDakkhitāye aparājitasaṅghan”ti.","en":"“There’s a great congregation in the woods,\nwhere heavenly hosts have assembled.\nWe’ve come to this righteous congregation\nto see the invincible Saṅgha!”"}},{"id":"sn1.37:4","sourceIds":["sn1.37:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.37:5","sourceIds":["sn1.37:5.1","sn1.37:5.2","sn1.37:5.3","sn1.37:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tatra bhikkhavo samādahaṁsu,\nCittamattano ujukaṁ akaṁsu;\nSārathīva nettāni gahetvā,\nIndriyāni rakkhanti paṇḍitā”ti.","en":"“The mendicants there are immersed in samādhi,\nthey’ve straightened their own minds.\nLike a charioteer holding the reins,\nthe astute ones protect their senses.”"}},{"id":"sn1.37:6","sourceIds":["sn1.37:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.37:7","sourceIds":["sn1.37:7.1","sn1.37:7.2","sn1.37:7.3","sn1.37:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Chetvā khīlaṁ chetvā palighaṁ,\nIndakhīlaṁ ūhacca manejā;\nTe caranti suddhā vimalā,\nCakkhumatā sudantā susunāgā”ti.","en":"“They snapped the post and snapped the cross-bar,\nunstirred, they tore out Indra’s pillar.\nThey live pure and immaculate,\nthe young giants tamed by the Clear-eyed One.”"}},{"id":"sn1.37:8","sourceIds":["sn1.37:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.37:9","sourceIds":["sn1.37:9.1","sn1.37:9.2","sn1.37:9.3","sn1.37:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ye keci buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gatāse,\nNa te gamissanti apāyabhūmiṁ;\nPahāya mānusaṁ dehaṁ,\nDevakāyaṁ paripūressantī”ti.","en":"“Anyone who has gone to the Buddha for refuge\nwon’t go to a plane of loss.\nAfter giving up this human body,\nthey swell the heavenly host.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.37/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."}