{"id":"sn22.36","title":"A Mendicant (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn22.36","title":"A Mendicant (2nd)","units":[{"id":"sn22.36:0","sourceIds":["sn22.36:0.1","sn22.36:0.2","sn22.36:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.36\n4. Natumhākavagga\nDutiyaaññatarabhikkhusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 22.36\n4. It’s Not Yours\nA Mendicant (2nd)"}},{"id":"sn22.36:1","sourceIds":["sn22.36:1.1","sn22.36:1.2","sn22.36:1.3","sn22.36:1.4","sn22.36:1.5","sn22.36:1.6","sn22.36:1.7","sn22.36:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nAtha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti.\n“Yaṁ kho, bhikkhu, anuseti taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ anumīyati tena saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nYaṁ nānuseti na taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ nānumīyati na tena saṅkhaṁ gacchatī”ti.\n“Aññātaṁ, bhagavā, aññātaṁ, sugatā”ti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,\n“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”\n“Mendicant, you’re measured against what you have an underlying tendency for,\nand you’re reckoned by what you’re measured against.\nYou’re not measured against what you have no underlying tendency for,\nand you’re not reckoned by what you’re not measured against.”\n“Understood, Blessed One! Understood, Holy One!”"}},{"id":"sn22.36:2","sourceIds":["sn22.36:2.1","sn22.36:2.2","sn22.36:2.3","sn22.36:2.4","sn22.36:2.5","sn22.36:2.6","sn22.36:2.7","sn22.36:2.8","sn22.36:2.9","sn22.36:2.10","sn22.36:2.11","sn22.36:2.12","sn22.36:2.13","sn22.36:2.14","sn22.36:2.15","sn22.36:2.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yathā kathaṁ pana tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsī”ti?\n“Rūpañce, bhante, anuseti taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ anumīyati tena saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nVedanañce anuseti …\nsaññañce anuseti …\nsaṅkhāre ce anuseti …\nviññāṇañce anuseti taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ anumīyati tena saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nRūpañce, bhante, nānuseti na taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ nānumīyati na tena saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nVedanañce nānuseti …\nsaññañce nānuseti …\nsaṅkhāre ce nānuseti …\nviññāṇañce nānuseti na taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ nānumīyati na tena saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nImassa khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāmī”ti.","en":"“But how do you see the detailed meaning of my brief statement?”\n“If you have an underlying tendency for form, you’re measured against that,\nand you’re reckoned by what you’re measured against.\nIf you have an underlying tendency for feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness, you’re measured against that,\nand you’re reckoned by what you’re measured against.\nIf you have no underlying tendency for form, you’re not measured against that,\nand you’re not reckoned by what you’re not measured against.\nIf you have no underlying tendency for feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness, you’re not measured against that,\nand you’re not reckoned by what you’re not measured against.\nThat’s how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement.”"}},{"id":"sn22.36:3","sourceIds":["sn22.36:3.1","sn22.36:3.2","sn22.36:3.3","sn22.36:3.4","sn22.36:3.5","sn22.36:3.6","sn22.36:3.7","sn22.36:3.8","sn22.36:3.9","sn22.36:3.10","sn22.36:3.11","sn22.36:3.12","sn22.36:3.13","sn22.36:3.14","sn22.36:3.15","sn22.36:3.16","sn22.36:3.17","sn22.36:3.18","sn22.36:3.19"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu sādhu, bhikkhu.\nSādhu kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāsi.\nRūpañce, bhikkhu, anuseti taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ anumīyati tena saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nVedanañce, bhikkhu …\nsaññañce, bhikkhu …\nsaṅkhāre ce, bhikkhu …\nviññāṇañce, bhikkhu, anuseti taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ anumīyati tena saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nRūpañce, bhikkhu, nānuseti na taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ nānumīyati na tena saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nVedanañce nānuseti …\nsaññañce nānuseti …\nsaṅkhāre ce nānuseti …\nviññāṇañce nānuseti na taṁ anumīyati;\nyaṁ nānumīyati na tena saṅkhaṁ gacchati.\nImassa kho, bhikkhu, mayā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena attho daṭṭhabbo”ti …pe…\naññataro ca pana so bhikkhu arahataṁ ahosīti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"“Good, good, mendicant!\nIt’s good that you understand the detailed meaning of what I’ve said in brief like this.\nIf you have an underlying tendency for form, you’re measured against that,\nand you’re reckoned by what you’re measured against.\nIf you have an underlying tendency for feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness, you’re measured against that,\nand you’re reckoned by what you’re measured against.\nIf you have no underlying tendency for form, you’re not measured against that,\nand you’re not reckoned by what you’re not measured against.\nIf you have no underlying tendency for feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness, you’re not measured against that,\nand you’re not reckoned by what you’re not measured against.\nThis is how to see the detailed meaning of what I said in brief.” …\nAnd that mendicant became one of the perfected."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.36/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."}