{"id":"sn22.100","title":"A Leash (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn22.100","title":"A Leash (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn22.100:0","sourceIds":["sn22.100:0.1","sn22.100:0.2","sn22.100:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.100\n10. Pupphavagga\nDutiyagaddulabaddhasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 22.100\n10. Flowers\nA Leash (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn22.100:1","sourceIds":["sn22.100:1.1","sn22.100:1.2","sn22.100:1.3","sn22.100:1.4","sn22.100:1.5","sn22.100:1.6","sn22.100:1.7","sn22.100:1.8","sn22.100:1.9","sn22.100:1.10","sn22.100:1.11","sn22.100:1.12","sn22.100:1.13","sn22.100:1.14","sn22.100:1.15","sn22.100:1.16","sn22.100:1.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\n“Anamataggoyaṁ, bhikkhave, saṁsāro.\nPubbā koṭi na paññāyati avijjānīvaraṇānaṁ sattānaṁ taṇhāsaṁyojanānaṁ sandhāvataṁ saṁsarataṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, sā gaddulabaddho daḷhe khīle vā thambhe vā upanibaddho. So gacchati cepi tameva khīlaṁ vā thambhaṁ vā upagacchati; tiṭṭhati cepi tameva khīlaṁ vā thambhaṁ vā upatiṭṭhati; nisīdati cepi tameva khīlaṁ vā thambhaṁ vā upanisīdati; nipajjati cepi tameva khīlaṁ vā thambhaṁ vā upanipajjati.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati.\nVedanaṁ …\nsaññaṁ …\nsaṅkhāre …\nviññāṇaṁ ‘etaṁ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’ti samanupassati.\nSo gacchati cepi ime pañcupādānakkhandhe upagacchati;\ntiṭṭhati cepi ime pañcupādānakkhandhe upatiṭṭhati;\nnisīdati cepi ime pañcupādānakkhandhe upanisīdati;\nnipajjati cepi ime pañcupādānakkhandhe upanipajjati.\nTasmātiha, bhikkhave, abhikkhaṇaṁ sakaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhitabbaṁ:\n‘dīgharattamidaṁ cittaṁ saṅkiliṭṭhaṁ rāgena dosena mohenā’ti.\nCittasaṅkilesā, bhikkhave, sattā saṅkilissanti;\ncittavodānā sattā visujjhanti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, this transmigration has no known beginning.\nNo first point is found of sentient beings roaming and transmigrating, shrouded by ignorance and fettered by craving.\nSuppose a mutt on a leash was tethered to a strong post or pillar. Whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, it stays right beside that post or pillar.\nIn the same way, an unlearned ordinary person regards form like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self.’\nThey regard feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness like this: ‘This is mine, I am this, this is my self.’\nWhen walking, they walk right beside the five grasping aggregates.\nWhen standing …\nsitting …\nlying down, they lie down right beside the five grasping aggregates.\nSo you should regularly check your own mind:\n‘For a long time this mind has been corrupted by greed, hate, and delusion.’\nSentient beings are corrupted because the mind is corrupted.\nSentient beings are purified because the mind is purified."}},{"id":"sn22.100:2","sourceIds":["sn22.100:2.1","sn22.100:2.2","sn22.100:2.3","sn22.100:2.4","sn22.100:2.5","sn22.100:2.6","sn22.100:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diṭṭhaṁ vo, bhikkhave, caraṇaṁ nāma cittan”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.\n“Tampi kho, bhikkhave, caraṇaṁ nāma cittaṁ citteneva cittitaṁ. Tenapi kho, bhikkhave, caraṇena cittena cittaññeva cittataraṁ.\nTasmātiha, bhikkhave, abhikkhaṇaṁ sakaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhitabbaṁ:\n‘dīgharattamidaṁ cittaṁ saṅkiliṭṭhaṁ rāgena dosena mohenā’ti.\nCittasaṅkilesā, bhikkhave, sattā saṅkilissanti;\ncittavodānā sattā visujjhanti.","en":"Mendicants, have you seen the painting named ‘Conduct’?”\n“Yes, sir.”\n“That painting was devised by the mind, but the mind is even more diverse than that.\nSo you should regularly check your own mind:\n‘For a long time this mind has been corrupted by greed, hate, and delusion.’\nSentient beings are corrupted because the mind is corrupted.\nSentient beings are purified because the mind is purified."}},{"id":"sn22.100:3","sourceIds":["sn22.100:3.1","sn22.100:3.2","sn22.100:3.3","sn22.100:3.4","sn22.100:3.5","sn22.100:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekanikāyampi samanupassāmi evaṁ cittaṁ yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā.\ntepi kho, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā citteneva cittitā, tehipi kho, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatehi pāṇehi cittaññeva cittataraṁ.\nTasmātiha, bhikkhave, abhikkhaṇaṁ sakaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhitabbaṁ:\n‘dīgharattamidaṁ cittaṁ saṅkiliṭṭhaṁ rāgena dosena mohenā’ti.\nCittasaṅkilesā, bhikkhave, sattā saṅkilissanti;\ncittavodānā sattā visujjhanti.","en":"I don’t see any other order of beings as elaborate as the animal realm.\nThe creatures in the animal realm were devised by the mind, but the mind is even more diverse than that.\nSo you should regularly check your own mind:\n‘For a long time this mind has been corrupted by greed, hate, and delusion.’\nSentient beings are corrupted because the mind is corrupted.\nSentient beings are purified because the mind is purified."}},{"id":"sn22.100:4","sourceIds":["sn22.100:4.1","sn22.100:4.2","sn22.100:4.3","sn22.100:4.4","sn22.100:4.5","sn22.100:4.6","sn22.100:4.7","sn22.100:4.8","sn22.100:4.9","sn22.100:4.10","sn22.100:4.11","sn22.100:4.12","sn22.100:4.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rajako vā cittakārako vā rajanāya vā lākhāya vā haliddiyā vā nīliyā vā mañjiṭṭhāya vā suparimaṭṭhe phalake vā bhittiyā vā dussapaṭṭe vā itthirūpaṁ vā purisarūpaṁ vā abhinimmineyya sabbaṅgapaccaṅgiṁ;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, assutavā puthujjano rūpaññeva abhinibbattento abhinibbatteti, vedanaññeva …pe… saññaññeva … saṅkhāreyeva … viññāṇaññeva abhinibbattento abhinibbatteti.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,\nrūpaṁ niccaṁ vā aniccaṁ vā”ti?\n“Aniccaṁ, bhante”.\n“Vedanā …\nsaññā …\nsaṅkhārā …\nviññāṇaṁ …pe…\n“tasmātiha, bhikkhave …pe…\nevaṁ passaṁ …pe…\nnāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"Suppose an artist or painter had some dye, red lac, turmeric, indigo, or rose madder. And on a polished plank or a wall or a canvas they’d create the form of a woman or a man, whole in its major and minor limbs.\nIn the same way, when an unlearned ordinary person generates a future life, all they generate is form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.\nWhat do you think, mendicants?\nIs form permanent or impermanent?”\n“Impermanent, sir.”\n“Is feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness permanent or impermanent?” …\n“So you should truly see …\nSeeing this …\nThey understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.100/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."}