{"id":"sn2.20","title":"With Anāthapiṇḍika","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn2.20","title":"With Anāthapiṇḍika","units":[{"id":"sn2.20:0","sourceIds":["sn2.20:0.1","sn2.20:0.2","sn2.20:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.20\n2. Anāthapiṇḍikavagga\nAnāthapiṇḍikasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 2.20\n2. With Anāthapiṇḍika\nWith Anāthapiṇḍika"}},{"id":"sn2.20:1","sourceIds":["sn2.20:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Standing to one side, the godling Anāthapiṇḍika recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn2.20:2","sourceIds":["sn2.20:2.1","sn2.20:2.2","sn2.20:2.3","sn2.20:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idañhi taṁ jetavanaṁ,\nisisaṅghanisevitaṁ;\nĀvutthaṁ dhammarājena,\npītisañjananaṁ mama.","en":"“This is indeed that Jeta’s Grove,\nfrequented by the Saṅgha of seers,\nwhere the King of Dhamma stayed:\nit brings me joy!"}},{"id":"sn2.20:3","sourceIds":["sn2.20:3.1","sn2.20:3.2","sn2.20:3.3","sn2.20:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kammaṁ vijjā ca dhammo ca,\nsīlaṁ jīvitamuttamaṁ;\nEtena maccā sujjhanti,\nna gottena dhanena vā.","en":"Deeds, knowledge, and principle;\nethical conduct, an excellent livelihood;\nby these are mortals purified,\nnot by clan or wealth."}},{"id":"sn2.20:4","sourceIds":["sn2.20:4.1","sn2.20:4.2","sn2.20:4.3","sn2.20:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi paṇḍito poso,\nsampassaṁ atthamattano;\nYoniso vicine dhammaṁ,\nevaṁ tattha visujjhati.","en":"That’s why an astute person,\nseeing what’s good for themselves,\nwould examine the teaching rationally,\nthat’s how they become purified in that."}},{"id":"sn2.20:5","sourceIds":["sn2.20:5.1","sn2.20:5.2","sn2.20:5.3","sn2.20:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāriputtova paññāya,\nsīlena upasamena ca;\nYopi pāraṅgato bhikkhu,\netāvaparamo siyā”ti.","en":"Sāriputta is full of wisdom,\nethics, and peace.\nEven a mendicant who has crossed over\nmight at best equal him.”"}},{"id":"sn2.20:6","sourceIds":["sn2.20:6.1","sn2.20:6.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto.\nIdaṁ vatvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyi.","en":"That is what the godling Anāthapiṇḍika said.\nThen he bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there."}},{"id":"sn2.20:7","sourceIds":["sn2.20:7.1","sn2.20:7.2","sn2.20:7.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“imaṁ, bhikkhave, rattiṁ aññataro devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhito kho, bhikkhave, so devaputto mama santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"Then, when the night had passed, the Buddha addressed the mendicants:\n“Mendicants, tonight, a certain glorious godling, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, came to me, bowed, stood to one side,\nand recited these verses in my presence.” The Buddha then repeated the verses in full."}},{"id":"sn2.20:8","sourceIds":["sn2.20:8.1","sn2.20:8.2","sn2.20:8.3","sn2.20:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Idañhi taṁ jetavanaṁ,\nisisaṅghanisevitaṁ;\nĀvutthaṁ dhammarājena,\npītisañjananaṁ mama."}},{"id":"sn2.20:9","sourceIds":["sn2.20:9.1","sn2.20:9.2","sn2.20:9.3","sn2.20:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kammaṁ vijjā ca dhammo ca,\nsīlaṁ jīvitamuttamaṁ;\nEtena maccā sujjhanti,\nna gottena dhanena vā."}},{"id":"sn2.20:10","sourceIds":["sn2.20:10.1","sn2.20:10.2","sn2.20:10.3","sn2.20:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi paṇḍito poso,\nsampassaṁ atthamattano;\nYoniso vicine dhammaṁ,\nevaṁ tattha visujjhati."}},{"id":"sn2.20:11","sourceIds":["sn2.20:11.1","sn2.20:11.2","sn2.20:11.3","sn2.20:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāriputtova paññāya,\nsīlena upasamena ca;\nYopi pāraṅgato bhikkhu,\netāvaparamo siyā’ti."}},{"id":"sn2.20:12","sourceIds":["sn2.20:12.1","sn2.20:12.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca, bhikkhave, so devaputto.\nIdaṁ vatvā maṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyī”ti."}},{"id":"sn2.20:13","sourceIds":["sn2.20:13.1","sn2.20:13.2","sn2.20:13.3","sn2.20:13.4","sn2.20:13.5","sn2.20:13.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“so hi nūna, bhante, anāthapiṇḍiko devaputto bhavissati.\nAnāthapiṇḍiko gahapati āyasmante sāriputte abhippasanno ahosī”ti.\n“Sādhu sādhu, ānanda, yāvatakaṁ kho, ānanda, takkāya pattabbaṁ anuppattaṁ taṁ tayā.\nAnāthapiṇḍiko hi so, ānanda, devaputto”ti.\nAnāthapiṇḍikavaggo dutiyo.","en":"When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, that godling must surely have been Anāthapiṇḍika.\nFor the householder Anāthapiṇḍika was devoted to Venerable Sāriputta.”\n“Good, good, Ānanda. You’ve reached the logical conclusion, as far as logic goes.\nFor that was indeed the godling Anāthapiṇḍika.”"}},{"id":"sn2.20:14","sourceIds":["sn2.20:14.0","sn2.20:14.1","sn2.20:14.2","sn2.20:14.3","sn2.20:14.4","sn2.20:14.5","sn2.20:14.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nCandimaso ca veṇḍu ca,\nDīghalaṭṭhi ca nandano;\nCandano vāsudatto ca,\nSubrahmā kakudhena ca;\nUttaro navamo vutto,\nDasamo anāthapiṇḍikoti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.20/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."}