{"id":"sn3.22","title":"Grandmother","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn3.22","title":"Grandmother","units":[{"id":"sn3.22:0","sourceIds":["sn3.22:0.1","sn3.22:0.2","sn3.22:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 3.22\n3. Tatiyavagga\nAyyikāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 3.22\n3. Kosala\nGrandmother"}},{"id":"sn3.22:1","sourceIds":["sn3.22:1.1","sn3.22:1.2","sn3.22:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nEkamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho rājānaṁ pasenadiṁ kosalaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:\n“handa kuto nu tvaṁ, mahārāja, āgacchasi divādivassā”ti?","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nKing Pasenadi of Kosala sat to one side, and the Buddha said to him,\n“So, Great King, where are you coming from in the middle of the day?”"}},{"id":"sn3.22:2","sourceIds":["sn3.22:2.1","sn3.22:2.2","sn3.22:2.3","sn3.22:2.4","sn3.22:2.5","sn3.22:2.6","sn3.22:2.7","sn3.22:2.8","sn3.22:2.9","sn3.22:2.10","sn3.22:2.11","sn3.22:2.12","sn3.22:2.13","sn3.22:2.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ayyikā me, bhante, kālaṅkatā jiṇṇā vuḍḍhā mahallikā addhagatā vayoanuppattā vīsavassasatikā jātiyā.\nAyyikā kho pana me, bhante, piyā hoti manāpā.\nHatthiratanena cepāhaṁ, bhante, labheyyaṁ ‘mā me ayyikā kālamakāsī’ti, hatthiratanampāhaṁ dadeyyaṁ:\n‘mā me ayyikā kālamakāsī’ti.\nAssaratanena cepāhaṁ, bhante, labheyyaṁ ‘mā me ayyikā kālamakāsī’ti, assaratanampāhaṁ dadeyyaṁ:\n‘mā me ayyikā kālamakāsī’ti.\nGāmavarena cepāhaṁ, bhante, labheyyaṁ ‘mā me ayyikā kālamakāsī’ti, gāmavarampāhaṁ dadeyyaṁ:\n‘mā me ayyikā kālamakāsī’ti.\nJanapadapadesena cepāhaṁ, bhante, labheyyaṁ ‘mā me ayyikā kālamakāsī’ti, janapadapadesampāhaṁ dadeyyaṁ:\n‘mā me ayyikā kālamakāsī’”ti.\n“Sabbe sattā, mahārāja, maraṇadhammā maraṇapariyosānā maraṇaṁ anatītā”ti.\n“Acchariyaṁ, bhante, abbhutaṁ, bhante.\nYāvasubhāsitamidaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā—\nsabbe sattā maraṇadhammā maraṇapariyosānā maraṇaṁ anatītā’”ti.","en":"“Sir, my grandmother has passed away. She was old, elderly and senior. She was advanced in years and had reached the final stage of life; she was a hundred and twenty years old.\nBut I loved my grandmother; she was dear to me.\nIf by giving away the elephant-treasure I could get my grandmother back, I’d do it.\nIf by giving away the horse-treasure I could get my grandmother back, I’d do it.\nIf by giving away a prize village I could get my grandmother back, I’d do it.\nIf by giving away the whole country I could get my grandmother back, I’d do it.”\n“Great king, all sentient beings are liable to die. Death is their end; they’re not exempt from death.”\n“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing,\nhow well said this was by the Buddha:\n‘All sentient beings are liable to die. Death is their end; they’re not exempt from death.’”"}},{"id":"sn3.22:3","sourceIds":["sn3.22:3.1","sn3.22:3.2","sn3.22:3.3","sn3.22:3.4","sn3.22:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evametaṁ, mahārāja, evametaṁ, mahārāja.\nSabbe sattā maraṇadhammā maraṇapariyosānā maraṇaṁ anatītā.\nSeyyathāpi, mahārāja, yāni kānici kumbhakārabhājanāni āmakāni ceva pakkāni ca sabbāni tāni bhedanadhammāni bhedanapariyosānāni bhedanaṁ anatītāni;\nevameva kho, mahārāja, sabbe sattā maraṇadhammā maraṇapariyosānā maraṇaṁ anatītā”ti.\nIdamavoca …pe…","en":"“That’s so true, Great King! That’s so true!\nAll sentient beings are liable to die. Death is their end; they’re not exempt from death.\nIt’s like the vessels made by potters. Whatever kind they are, whether baked or unbaked, all of them are liable to break apart. Breaking is their end; they’re not exempt from breakage.\nIn the same way, all sentient beings are liable to die. Death is their end; they’re not exempt from death.”\nThat is what the Buddha said. …"}},{"id":"sn3.22:4","sourceIds":["sn3.22:4.1","sn3.22:4.2","sn3.22:4.3","sn3.22:4.4","sn3.22:4.5","sn3.22:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbe sattā marissanti,\nmaraṇantañhi jīvitaṁ;\nYathākammaṁ gamissanti,\npuññapāpaphalūpagā;\nNirayaṁ pāpakammantā,\npuññakammā ca suggatiṁ.","en":"“All beings will die,\nfor life ends in death.\nThey pass on according to their deeds,\nreaping the fruits of good and bad.\nThose who do bad go to hell,\nand if you do good you go to heaven."}},{"id":"sn3.22:5","sourceIds":["sn3.22:5.1","sn3.22:5.2","sn3.22:5.3","sn3.22:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā kareyya kalyāṇaṁ,\nnicayaṁ samparāyikaṁ;\nPuññāni paralokasmiṁ,\npatiṭṭhā honti pāṇinan”ti.","en":"That’s why you should do good,\ninvesting in the future life.\nThe good deeds of sentient beings\nsupport them in the next world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn3.22/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."}