{"id":"sn10.12","title":"With Āḷavaka","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn10.12","title":"With Āḷavaka","units":[{"id":"sn10.12:0","sourceIds":["sn10.12:0.1","sn10.12:0.2","sn10.12:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 10.12\n1. Indakavagga\nĀḷavakasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 10.12\n1. With Indaka\nWith Āḷavaka"}},{"id":"sn10.12:1","sourceIds":["sn10.12:1.1","sn10.12:1.2","sn10.12:1.3","sn10.12:1.4","sn10.12:1.5","sn10.12:1.6","sn10.12:1.7","sn10.12:1.8","sn10.12:1.9","sn10.12:1.10","sn10.12:1.11","sn10.12:1.12","sn10.12:1.13","sn10.12:1.14","sn10.12:1.15","sn10.12:1.16","sn10.12:1.17","sn10.12:1.18","sn10.12:1.19","sn10.12:1.20","sn10.12:1.21","sn10.12:1.22","sn10.12:1.23","sn10.12:1.24","sn10.12:1.25"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā āḷaviyaṁ viharati āḷavakassa yakkhassa bhavane.\nAtha kho āḷavako yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“nikkhama, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā nikkhami.\n“Pavisa, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā pāvisi.\nDutiyampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“nikkhama, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā nikkhami.\n“Pavisa, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā pāvisi.\nTatiyampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“nikkhama, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā nikkhami.\n“Pavisa, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā pāvisi.\nCatutthampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“nikkhama, samaṇā”ti.\n“Na khvāhaṁ taṁ, āvuso, nikkhamissāmi.\nYaṁ te karaṇīyaṁ taṁ karohī”ti.\n“Pañhaṁ taṁ, samaṇa, pucchissāmi.\nSace me na byākarissasi, cittaṁ vā te khipissāmi, hadayaṁ vā te phālessāmi, pādesu vā gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipissāmī”ti.\n“Na khvāhaṁ taṁ, āvuso, passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya, yo me cittaṁ vā khipeyya hadayaṁ vā phāleyya, pādesu vā gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipeyya.\nApi ca tvaṁ, āvuso, puccha yadā kaṅkhasī”ti (…).","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Āḷavī in the haunt of the native spirit Āḷavaka.\nThen the native spirit Āḷavaka went up to the Buddha, and said to him:\n“Get out, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went out.\n“Get in, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went in.\nAnd for a second time the native spirit Āḷavaka said to the Buddha,\n“Get out, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went out.\n“Get in, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went in.\nAnd for a third time the native spirit Āḷavaka said to the Buddha,\n“Get out, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went out.\n“Get in, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went in.\nAnd for a fourth time the native spirit Āḷavaka said to the Buddha,\n“Get out, ascetic!”\n“No, respectable sir, I won’t get out.\nDo what you must.”\n“I will ask you a question, ascetic.\nIf you don’t answer me, I’ll drive you insane, or explode your heart, or grab you by the feet and throw you to the far shore of the Ganges!”\n“I don’t see anyone in this world with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans who could do that to me.\nBut anyway, ask what you wish.”"}},{"id":"sn10.12:2","sourceIds":["sn10.12:2.1","sn10.12:2.2","sn10.12:2.3","sn10.12:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁsūdha vittaṁ purisassa seṭṭhaṁ,\nKiṁsu suciṇṇaṁ sukhamāvahāti;\nKiṁsu have sādutaraṁ rasānaṁ,\nKathaṁjīviṁ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhan”ti.","en":"“What’s a person’s best wealth?\nWhat brings happiness when practiced well?\nWhat’s the sweetest taste of all?\nThe one they say has the best life: how do they live?”"}},{"id":"sn10.12:3","sourceIds":["sn10.12:3.1","sn10.12:3.2","sn10.12:3.3","sn10.12:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddhīdha vittaṁ purisassa seṭṭhaṁ,\nDhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti;\nSaccaṁ have sādutaraṁ rasānaṁ,\nPaññājīviṁ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhan”ti.","en":"“Faith here is a person’s best wealth.\nThe teaching brings happiness when practiced well.\nTruth is the sweetest taste of all.\nThe one they say has the best life lives by wisdom.”"}},{"id":"sn10.12:4","sourceIds":["sn10.12:4.1","sn10.12:4.2","sn10.12:4.3","sn10.12:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁsu tarati oghaṁ,\nkathaṁsu tarati aṇṇavaṁ;\nKathaṁsu dukkhamacceti,\nkathaṁsu parisujjhatī”ti.","en":"“How do you cross the flood?\nHow do you cross the deluge?\nHow do you get over suffering?\nHow do you get purified?”"}},{"id":"sn10.12:5","sourceIds":["sn10.12:5.1","sn10.12:5.2","sn10.12:5.3","sn10.12:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddhāya tarati oghaṁ,\nappamādena aṇṇavaṁ;\nVīriyena dukkhamacceti,\npaññāya parisujjhatī”ti.","en":"“By faith you cross the flood,\nand by diligence the deluge.\nBy energy you get past suffering,\nand you’re purified by wisdom.”"}},{"id":"sn10.12:6","sourceIds":["sn10.12:6.1","sn10.12:6.2","sn10.12:6.3","sn10.12:6.4","sn10.12:6.5","sn10.12:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁsu labhate paññaṁ,\nkathaṁsu vindate dhanaṁ;\nKathaṁsu kittiṁ pappoti,\nkathaṁ mittāni ganthati;\nAsmā lokā paraṁ lokaṁ,\nkathaṁ pecca na socatī”ti.","en":"“How do you get wisdom?\nHow do you earn wealth?\nHow do you get a good reputation?\nHow do you hold on to friends?\nHow do the departed not grieve\nwhen passing from this world to the next?”"}},{"id":"sn10.12:7","sourceIds":["sn10.12:7.1","sn10.12:7.2","sn10.12:7.3","sn10.12:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddahāno arahataṁ,\ndhammaṁ nibbānapattiyā;\nSussūsaṁ labhate paññaṁ,\nappamatto vicakkhaṇo.","en":"“One who is diligent and discerning\ngains wisdom by wanting to learn,\nhaving faith in the perfected ones,\nand the teaching for becoming extinguished."}},{"id":"sn10.12:8","sourceIds":["sn10.12:8.1","sn10.12:8.2","sn10.12:8.3","sn10.12:8.4","sn10.12:8.5","sn10.12:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Patirūpakārī dhuravā,\nuṭṭhātā vindate dhanaṁ;\nSaccena kittiṁ pappoti,\ndadaṁ mittāni ganthati;\nAsmā lokā paraṁ lokaṁ,\nevaṁ pecca na socati.","en":"Being responsible, acting appropriately,\nand working hard you earn wealth.\nTruthfulness wins you a good reputation.\nYou hold on to friends by giving.\nThat’s how the departed do not grieve\nwhen passing from this world to the next."}},{"id":"sn10.12:9","sourceIds":["sn10.12:9.1","sn10.12:9.2","sn10.12:9.3","sn10.12:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassete caturo dhammā,\nsaddhassa gharamesino;\nSaccaṁ dhammo dhiti cāgo,\nsa ve pecca na socati.","en":"A faithful householder of discernment\nwho possesses these four qualities\ndoes not grieve after passing away:\ntruth, principle, steadfastness, and generosity."}},{"id":"sn10.12:10","sourceIds":["sn10.12:10.1","sn10.12:10.2","sn10.12:10.3","sn10.12:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iṅgha aññepi pucchassu,\nputhū samaṇabrāhmaṇe;\nYadi saccā dhammā cāgā,\nkhantyā bhiyyodha vijjatī”ti.","en":"Go ahead, ask others as well,\nthere are many ascetics and brahmins.\nSee whether anything better is found\nthan truth, principle, generosity, and patience.”"}},{"id":"sn10.12:11","sourceIds":["sn10.12:11.1","sn10.12:11.2","sn10.12:11.3","sn10.12:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁ nu dāni puccheyyaṁ,\nputhū samaṇabrāhmaṇe;\nYohaṁ ajja pajānāmi,\nyo attho samparāyiko.","en":"“Why now would I question\nthe many ascetics and brahmins?\nToday I understand\nwhat’s good for lives to come."}},{"id":"sn10.12:12","sourceIds":["sn10.12:12.1","sn10.12:12.2","sn10.12:12.3","sn10.12:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atthāya vata me buddho,\nvāsāyāḷavimāgamā;\nYohaṁ ajja pajānāmi,\nyattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ.","en":"It was truly for my benefit\nthat the Buddha came to stay at Āḷavī.\nToday I understand\nwhere a gift is very fruitful."}},{"id":"sn10.12:13","sourceIds":["sn10.12:13.1","sn10.12:13.2","sn10.12:13.3","sn10.12:13.4","sn10.12:13.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So ahaṁ vicarissāmi,\nGāmā gāmaṁ purā puraṁ;\nNamassamāno sambuddhaṁ,\nDhammassa ca sudhammatan”ti.\nIndakavaggo paṭhamo.","en":"I myself will journey\nvillage to village, town to town,\npaying homage to the Buddha,\nand the clear rightness of the teaching!”"}},{"id":"sn10.12:14","sourceIds":["sn10.12:14.0","sn10.12:14.1","sn10.12:14.2","sn10.12:14.3","sn10.12:14.4","sn10.12:14.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nIndako sakka sūci ca,\nMaṇibhaddo ca sānu ca;\nPiyaṅkara punabbasu sudatto ca,\nDve sukkā cīraāḷavīti dvādasa.\nYakkhasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.","en":"The Linked Discourses with Native Spirits are complete."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn10.12/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."}