{"id":"sn20.8","title":"Wood Blocks","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn20.8","title":"Wood Blocks","units":[{"id":"sn20.8:0","sourceIds":["sn20.8:0.1","sn20.8:0.2","sn20.8:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 20.8\n1. Opammavagga\nKaliṅgarasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 20.8\n1. Similes\nWood Blocks"}},{"id":"sn20.8:1","sourceIds":["sn20.8:1.1","sn20.8:1.2","sn20.8:1.3","sn20.8:1.4","sn20.8:1.5","sn20.8:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ.\nTatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“bhikkhavo”ti.\n“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.\nThere the Buddha addressed the mendicants,\n“Mendicants!”\n“Venerable sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"sn20.8:2","sourceIds":["sn20.8:2.1","sn20.8:2.2","sn20.8:2.3","sn20.8:2.4","sn20.8:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kaliṅgarūpadhānā, bhikkhave, etarahi licchavī viharanti appamattā ātāpino upāsanasmiṁ.\nTesaṁ rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto na labhati otāraṁ na labhati ārammaṇaṁ.\nBhavissanti, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ licchavī sukhumālā mudutalunahatthapādā\nte mudukāsu seyyāsu tūlabibbohanāsu yāvasūriyuggamanā seyyaṁ kappissanti.\nTesaṁ rājā māgadho ajātasattu vedehiputto lacchati otāraṁ lacchati ārammaṇaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, these days the Licchavis live using wood blocks as pillows, and they exercise diligently and keenly.\nKing Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, finds no vulnerability, he’s got no opportunity.\nBut in the future the Licchavis will become delicate, with soft and tender hands and feet.\nThey’ll sleep on soft beds with down pillows until the sun comes up.\nKing Ajātasattu of Magadha, son of the princess of Videha, will find a vulnerability and get an opportunity."}},{"id":"sn20.8:3","sourceIds":["sn20.8:3.1","sn20.8:3.2","sn20.8:3.3","sn20.8:3.4","sn20.8:3.5","sn20.8:3.6","sn20.8:3.7","sn20.8:3.8","sn20.8:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kaliṅgarūpadhānā, bhikkhave, etarahi bhikkhū viharanti appamattā ātāpino padhānasmiṁ.\nTesaṁ māro pāpimā na labhati otāraṁ na labhati ārammaṇaṁ.\nBhavissanti, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ bhikkhū sukhumā mudutalunahatthapādā.\nTe mudukāsu seyyāsu tūlabibbohanāsu yāvasūriyuggamanā seyyaṁ kappissanti.\nTesaṁ māro pāpimā lacchati otāraṁ lacchati ārammaṇaṁ.\nTasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘kaliṅgarūpadhānā viharissāma appamattā ātāpino padhānasmin’ti.\nEvañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"These days the mendicants live using wood blocks as pillows, and they meditate diligently and keenly.\nMāra the Wicked finds no vulnerability, he’s got no opportunity.\nBut in the future the mendicants will become delicate, with soft and tender hands and feet.\nThey’ll sleep on soft beds with down pillows until the sun comes up.\nMāra the Wicked will find a vulnerability and get an opportunity.\nSo you should train like this:\n‘We will live using wood blocks as pillows, and we will meditate diligently and keenly.’\nThat’s how you should train.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn20.8/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."}