{"id":"sn2.24","title":"With Ghaṭīkāra","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn2.24","title":"With Ghaṭīkāra","units":[{"id":"sn2.24:0","sourceIds":["sn2.24:0.1","sn2.24:0.2","sn2.24:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.24\n3. Nānātitthiyavagga\nGhaṭīkārasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 2.24\n3. Various Sectarians\nWith Ghaṭīkāra"}},{"id":"sn2.24:1","sourceIds":["sn2.24:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho ghaṭīkāro devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Standing to one side, the godling Ghaṭīkāra spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn2.24:2","sourceIds":["sn2.24:2.1","sn2.24:2.2","sn2.24:2.3","sn2.24:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Avihaṁ upapannāse,\nvimuttā satta bhikkhavo;\nRāgadosaparikkhīṇā,\ntiṇṇā loke visattikan”ti.","en":"“Seven mendicants reborn in Aviha\nhave been freed.\nWith the complete ending of greed and hate,\nthey’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”"}},{"id":"sn2.24:3","sourceIds":["sn2.24:3.1","sn2.24:3.2","sn2.24:3.3","sn2.24:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ke ca te ataruṁ paṅkaṁ,\nmaccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ;\nKe hitvā mānusaṁ dehaṁ,\ndibbayogaṁ upaccagun”ti.","en":"“Who are those who’ve crossed the bog,\nDeath’s dominion so hard to pass?\nWho, after leaving behind the human body,\nhave risen above celestial yokes?”"}},{"id":"sn2.24:4","sourceIds":["sn2.24:4.1","sn2.24:4.2","sn2.24:4.3","sn2.24:4.4","sn2.24:4.5","sn2.24:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Upako palagaṇḍo ca,\npukkusāti ca te tayo;\nBhaddiyo khaṇḍadevo ca,\nbāhuraggi ca saṅgiyo;\nTe hitvā mānusaṁ dehaṁ,\ndibbayogaṁ upaccagun”ti.","en":"“Upaka and Palagaṇḍa,\nand Pukkusāti, these three;\nBhaddiya and Bhaddadeva,\nand Bāhudantī and Piṅgiya.\nThey, after leaving behind the human body,\nhave risen above celestial yokes.”"}},{"id":"sn2.24:5","sourceIds":["sn2.24:5.1","sn2.24:5.2","sn2.24:5.3","sn2.24:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kusalī bhāsasī tesaṁ,\nmārapāsappahāyinaṁ;\nKassa te dhammamaññāya,\nacchiduṁ bhavabandhanan”ti.","en":"“You speak well of them,\nwho have let go the snares of Māra.\nWhose teaching did they understand\nto cut the bonds of rebirth?”"}},{"id":"sn2.24:6","sourceIds":["sn2.24:6.1","sn2.24:6.2","sn2.24:6.3","sn2.24:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na aññatra bhagavatā,\nnāññatra tava sāsanā;\nYassa te dhammamaññāya,\nacchiduṁ bhavabandhanaṁ.","en":"“None other than the Blessed One!\nNone other than your instruction!\nIt was your teaching that they understood\nto cut the bonds of rebirth."}},{"id":"sn2.24:7","sourceIds":["sn2.24:7.1","sn2.24:7.2","sn2.24:7.3","sn2.24:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yattha nāmañca rūpañca,\nasesaṁ uparujjhati;\nTaṁ te dhammaṁ idhaññāya,\nacchiduṁ bhavabandhanan”ti.","en":"Where name and form\ncease with no residue left behind;\nunderstanding this teaching,\nthey cut the bonds of rebirth.”"}},{"id":"sn2.24:8","sourceIds":["sn2.24:8.1","sn2.24:8.2","sn2.24:8.3","sn2.24:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Gambhīraṁ bhāsasī vācaṁ,\ndubbijānaṁ sudubbudhaṁ;\nKassa tvaṁ dhammamaññāya,\nvācaṁ bhāsasi īdisan”ti.","en":"“The words you say are deep,\nhard to understand, so very hard to wake up to.\nWhose teaching did you understand\nto be able to say such things?”"}},{"id":"sn2.24:9","sourceIds":["sn2.24:9.1","sn2.24:9.2","sn2.24:9.3","sn2.24:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kumbhakāro pure āsiṁ,\nvekaḷiṅge ghaṭīkaro;\nMātāpettibharo āsiṁ,\nkassapassa upāsako.","en":"“In the past I was a potter\nin Vebhaliṅga named Ghaṭīkāra.\nI took care of my parents\nas a lay follower of Buddha Kassapa."}},{"id":"sn2.24:10","sourceIds":["sn2.24:10.1","sn2.24:10.2","sn2.24:10.3","sn2.24:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Virato methunā dhammā,\nbrahmacārī nirāmiso;\nAhuvā te sagāmeyyo,\nahuvā te pure sakhā.","en":"I refrained from sexual intercourse,\nI was chaste, spiritual.\nWe lived in the same village;\nin the past I was your comrade."}},{"id":"sn2.24:11","sourceIds":["sn2.24:11.1","sn2.24:11.2","sn2.24:11.3","sn2.24:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sohamete pajānāmi,\nvimutte satta bhikkhavo;\nRāgadosaparikkhīṇe,\ntiṇṇe loke visattikan”ti.","en":"I am the one who understands\nthat these seven mendicants have been freed.\nWith the complete ending of greed and hate,\nthey’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”"}},{"id":"sn2.24:12","sourceIds":["sn2.24:12.1","sn2.24:12.2","sn2.24:12.3","sn2.24:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evametaṁ tadā āsi,\nyathā bhāsasi bhaggava;\nKumbhakāro pure āsi,\nvekaḷiṅge ghaṭīkaro.","en":"“That’s exactly how it was,\njust as you say, Bhaggava.\nIn the past you were a potter\nin Vebhaliṅga named Ghaṭīkāra."}},{"id":"sn2.24:13","sourceIds":["sn2.24:13.1","sn2.24:13.2","sn2.24:13.3","sn2.24:13.4","sn2.24:13.5","sn2.24:13.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātāpettibharo āsi,\nkassapassa upāsako;\nVirato methunā dhammā,\nbrahmacārī nirāmiso;\nAhuvā me sagāmeyyo,\nahuvā me pure sakhā”ti.","en":"You took care of your parents\nas a lay follower of Buddha Kassapa.\nYou refrained from sexual intercourse,\nyou were chaste, spiritual.\nWe lived in the same village;\nin the past you were my comrade.”"}},{"id":"sn2.24:14","sourceIds":["sn2.24:14.1","sn2.24:14.2","sn2.24:14.3","sn2.24:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evametaṁ purāṇānaṁ,\nsahāyānaṁ ahu saṅgamo;\nUbhinnaṁ bhāvitattānaṁ,\nsarīrantimadhārinan”ti.","en":"“That’s how it was\nwhen those friends of old met again.\nBoth of them are evolved,\nand bear their final body.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.24/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."}