{"id":"sn23.2","title":"Sentient Beings","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn23.2","title":"Sentient Beings","units":[{"id":"sn23.2:0","sourceIds":["sn23.2:0.1","sn23.2:0.2","sn23.2:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.2\n1. Paṭhamamāravagga\nSattasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 23.2\n1. About Māra\nSentient Beings"}},{"id":"sn23.2:1","sourceIds":["sn23.2:1.1","sn23.2:1.2","sn23.2:1.3","sn23.2:1.4","sn23.2:1.5","sn23.2:1.6","sn23.2:1.7","sn23.2:1.8","sn23.2:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nEkamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“‘satto, satto’ti, bhante, vuccati.\nKittāvatā nu kho, bhante, sattoti vuccatī”ti?\n“Rūpe kho, rādha, yo chando yo rāgo yā nandī yā taṇhā, tatra satto, tatra visatto, tasmā sattoti vuccati.\nVedanāya …\nsaññāya …\nsaṅkhāresu …\nviññāṇe yo chando yo rāgo yā nandī yā taṇhā, tatra satto, tatra visatto, tasmā sattoti vuccati.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nSeated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:\n“Sir, they speak of this thing called a ‘sentient being’.\nHow is a sentient being defined?”\n“Rādha, when you cling, strongly cling, to desire, greed, relishing, and craving for form, then a being is spoken of.\nWhen you cling, strongly cling, to desire, greed, relishing, and craving for feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness, then a being is spoken of."}},{"id":"sn23.2:2","sourceIds":["sn23.2:2.1","sn23.2:2.2","sn23.2:2.3","sn23.2:2.4","sn23.2:2.5","sn23.2:2.6","sn23.2:2.7","sn23.2:2.8","sn23.2:2.9","sn23.2:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, rādha, kumārakā vā kumārikāyo vā paṁsvāgārakehi kīḷanti.\nYāvakīvañca tesu paṁsvāgārakesu avigatarāgā honti avigatacchandā avigatapemā avigatapipāsā avigatapariḷāhā avigatataṇhā, tāva tāni paṁsvāgārakāni allīyanti keḷāyanti dhanāyanti mamāyanti.\nYato ca kho, rādha, kumārakā vā kumārikāyo vā tesu paṁsvāgārakesu vigatarāgā honti vigatacchandā vigatapemā vigatapipāsā vigatapariḷāhā vigatataṇhā, atha kho tāni paṁsvāgārakāni hatthehi ca pādehi ca vikiranti vidhamanti viddhaṁsenti vikīḷaniyaṁ karonti.\nEvameva kho, rādha, tumhepi rūpaṁ vikiratha vidhamatha viddhaṁsetha vikīḷaniyaṁ karotha taṇhākkhayāya paṭipajjatha.\nVedanaṁ vikiratha vidhamatha viddhaṁsetha vikīḷaniyaṁ karotha taṇhākkhayāya paṭipajjatha.\nSaññaṁ …\nsaṅkhāre vikiratha vidhamatha viddhaṁsetha vikīḷaniyaṁ karotha taṇhākkhayāya paṭipajjatha.\nViññāṇaṁ vikiratha vidhamatha viddhaṁsetha vikīḷaniyaṁ karotha taṇhākkhayāya paṭipajjatha.\nTaṇhākkhayo hi, rādha, nibbānan”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"Suppose some boys or girls were playing with sandcastles.\nAs long as they’re not rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for those sandcastles, they cling to them, dally with them, treasure them, and treat them as their own.\nBut when they are rid of greed, desire, fondness, thirst, passion, and craving for those sandcastles, they scatter, smash, and destroy them with their hands and feet, making them unplayable.\nIn the same way, you should scatter, smash, and destroy form, making it unplayable. And you should practice for the ending of craving.\nYou should scatter, smash, and destroy feeling …\nperception …\nchoices …\nconsciousness, making it unplayable. And you should practice for the ending of craving.\nFor the ending of craving is extinguishment.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn23.2/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."}