{"id":"sn20.4","title":"Cauldrons","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn20.4","title":"Cauldrons","units":[{"id":"sn20.4:0","sourceIds":["sn20.4:0.1","sn20.4:0.2","sn20.4:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 20.4\n1. Opammavagga\nOkkhāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 20.4\n1. Similes\nCauldrons"}},{"id":"sn20.4:1","sourceIds":["sn20.4:1.1","sn20.4:1.2","sn20.4:1.3","sn20.4:1.4","sn20.4:1.5","sn20.4:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Yo, bhikkhave, pubbaṇhasamayaṁ okkhāsataṁ dānaṁ dadeyya, yo majjhanhikasamayaṁ okkhāsataṁ dānaṁ dadeyya, yo sāyanhasamayaṁ okkhāsataṁ dānaṁ dadeyya, yo vā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ antamaso gadduhanamattampi mettacittaṁ bhāveyya, yo vā majjhanhikasamayaṁ antamaso gadduhanamattampi mettacittaṁ bhāveyya, yo vā sāyanhasamayaṁ antamaso gadduhanamattampi mettacittaṁ bhāveyya, idaṁ tato mahapphalataraṁ.\nTasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘mettā no cetovimutti bhāvitā bhavissati bahulīkatā yānīkatā vatthukatā anuṭṭhitā paricitā susamāraddhā’ti.\nEvañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, suppose one person was to give a gift of a hundred cauldrons of rice in the morning, at midday, and in the evening. And someone else was to develop a heart of love, even just as long as it takes to pull a cow’s udder. The latter would be more fruitful.\nSo you should train like this:\n‘We will develop the heart’s release by love. We’ll cultivate it, make it our vehicle and our basis, keep it up, consolidate it, and properly implement it.’\nThat’s how you should train.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn20.4/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."}