{"id":"sn2.21","title":"With Shiva","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn2.21","title":"With Shiva","units":[{"id":"sn2.21:0","sourceIds":["sn2.21:0.1","sn2.21:0.2","sn2.21:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.21\n3. Nānātitthiyavagga\nSivasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 2.21\n3. Various Sectarians\nWith Shiva"}},{"id":"sn2.21:1","sourceIds":["sn2.21:1.1","sn2.21:1.2","sn2.21:1.3","sn2.21:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho sivo devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhito kho sivo devaputto bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen, late at night, the glorious godling Shiva, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side,\nand recited these verses in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn2.21:2","sourceIds":["sn2.21:2.1","sn2.21:2.2","sn2.21:2.3","sn2.21:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nseyyo hoti na pāpiyo.","en":"“Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nthings get better, not worse."}},{"id":"sn2.21:3","sourceIds":["sn2.21:3.1","sn2.21:3.2","sn2.21:3.3","sn2.21:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\npaññā labbhati nāññato.","en":"Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nwisdom is gained—but not from anyone else."}},{"id":"sn2.21:4","sourceIds":["sn2.21:4.1","sn2.21:4.2","sn2.21:4.3","sn2.21:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nsokamajjhe na socati.","en":"Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nyou grieve not among the grieving."}},{"id":"sn2.21:5","sourceIds":["sn2.21:5.1","sn2.21:5.2","sn2.21:5.3","sn2.21:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nñātimajjhe virocati.","en":"Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nyou dazzle among your relatives."}},{"id":"sn2.21:6","sourceIds":["sn2.21:6.1","sn2.21:6.2","sn2.21:6.3","sn2.21:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nsattā gacchanti suggatiṁ.","en":"Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nsentient beings go to a good place."}},{"id":"sn2.21:7","sourceIds":["sn2.21:7.1","sn2.21:7.2","sn2.21:7.3","sn2.21:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nsattā tiṭṭhanti sātatan”ti.","en":"Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nsentient beings live happily.”"}},{"id":"sn2.21:8","sourceIds":["sn2.21:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā sivaṁ devaputtaṁ gāthāya paccabhāsi:","en":"Then the Buddha replied to Shiva in verse:"}},{"id":"sn2.21:9","sourceIds":["sn2.21:9.1","sn2.21:9.2","sn2.21:9.3","sn2.21:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nsabbadukkhā pamuccatī”ti.","en":"“Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nyou’re released from all suffering.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.21/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."}