{"id":"sn2.6","title":"With Kāmada","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn2.6","title":"With Kāmada","units":[{"id":"sn2.6:0","sourceIds":["sn2.6:0.1","sn2.6:0.2","sn2.6:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.6\n1. Paṭhamavagga\nKāmadasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 2.6\nChapter One\nWith Kāmada"}},{"id":"sn2.6:1","sourceIds":["sn2.6:1.1","sn2.6:1.2","sn2.6:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhito kho kāmado devaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“dukkaraṁ, bhagavā, sudukkaraṁ, bhagavā”ti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nStanding to one side, the godling Kāmada said to the Buddha,\n“It’s too hard, Blessed One! It’s just too hard!”"}},{"id":"sn2.6:2","sourceIds":["sn2.6:2.1","sn2.6:2.2","sn2.6:2.3","sn2.6:2.4","sn2.6:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dukkaraṁ vāpi karonti,\n(kāmadāti bhagavā)\nSekhā sīlasamāhitā;\nṬhitattā anagāriyupetassa,\nTuṭṭhi hoti sukhāvahā”ti.","en":"“They do it even though it’s hard,”\nsaid the Buddha to Kāmada,\n“the stable trainees with ethics, and immersion.\nFor one who has entered the homeless life,\ncontentment brings happiness.”"}},{"id":"sn2.6:3","sourceIds":["sn2.6:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dullabhā, bhagavā, yadidaṁ tuṭṭhī”ti.","en":"“Such contentment, Blessed One, is hard to find.”"}},{"id":"sn2.6:4","sourceIds":["sn2.6:4.1","sn2.6:4.2","sn2.6:4.3","sn2.6:4.4","sn2.6:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dullabhaṁ vāpi labhanti,\n(kāmadāti bhagavā)\nCittavūpasame ratā;\nYesaṁ divā ca ratto ca,\nBhāvanāya rato mano”ti.","en":"“They find it even though it’s hard,”\nsaid the Buddha to Kāmada,\n“those who love to settle the mind;\nwhose minds love to meditate\nday and night.”"}},{"id":"sn2.6:5","sourceIds":["sn2.6:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dussamādahaṁ, bhagavā, yadidaṁ cittan”ti.","en":"“But it’s hard, Blessed One, to immerse this mind in samādhi.”"}},{"id":"sn2.6:6","sourceIds":["sn2.6:6.1","sn2.6:6.2","sn2.6:6.3","sn2.6:6.4","sn2.6:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dussamādahaṁ vāpi samādahanti,\n(kāmadāti bhagavā)\nIndriyūpasame ratā;\nTe chetvā maccuno jālaṁ,\nAriyā gacchanti kāmadā”ti.","en":"“They become immersed in samādhi even though it’s hard,”\nsaid the Buddha to Kāmada,\n“those who love calming the faculties.\nHaving cut through the net of Death,\nthe noble ones, Kāmada, go on their way.”"}},{"id":"sn2.6:7","sourceIds":["sn2.6:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Duggamo, bhagavā, visamo maggo”ti.","en":"“But this path, Blessed One, is rough and hard to travel.”"}},{"id":"sn2.6:8","sourceIds":["sn2.6:8.1","sn2.6:8.2","sn2.6:8.3","sn2.6:8.4","sn2.6:8.5","sn2.6:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Duggame visame vāpi,\nAriyā gacchanti kāmada;\nAnariyā visame magge,\nPapatanti avaṁsirā;\nAriyānaṁ samo maggo,\nAriyā hi visame samā”ti.","en":"“Though it’s rough, hard to travel,\nthe noble ones, Kāmada, go on their way.\nThe ignoble fall headfirst\non a rough path.\nBut the path of the noble ones is smooth,\nfor the noble ones are smooth amid the rough.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn2.6/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."}