{"id":"sn35.118","title":"The Question of Sakka","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.118","title":"The Question of Sakka","units":[{"id":"sn35.118:0","sourceIds":["sn35.118:0.1","sn35.118:0.2","sn35.118:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.118\n12. Lokakāmaguṇavagga\nSakkapañhasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.118\n12. The World and the Kinds of Sensual Stimulation\nThe Question of Sakka"}},{"id":"sn35.118:1","sourceIds":["sn35.118:1.1","sn35.118:1.2","sn35.118:1.3","sn35.118:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate.\nAtha kho sakko devānamindo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho sakko devānamindo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme no parinibbāyanti?\nKo pana, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme parinibbāyantī”ti?","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain.\nAnd then Sakka, lord of gods, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him:\n“What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life?\nWhat is the cause, what is the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life?”"}},{"id":"sn35.118:2","sourceIds":["sn35.118:2.1","sn35.118:2.2","sn35.118:2.3","sn35.118:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Santi kho, devānaminda, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nTassa taṁ abhinandato abhivadato ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti tadupādānaṁ.\nSaupādāno, devānaminda, bhikkhu no parinibbāyati …pe….","en":"“Lord of gods, there are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,\ntheir consciousness has that as support and fuel for grasping.\nA mendicant with fuel for grasping does not become extinguished."}},{"id":"sn35.118:3","sourceIds":["sn35.118:3.1","sn35.118:3.2","sn35.118:3.3","sn35.118:3.4","sn35.118:3.5","sn35.118:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi kho, devānaminda, jivhāviññeyyā rasā …pe…\nsanti kho, devānaminda, manoviññeyyā dhammā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nTassa taṁ abhinandato abhivadato ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti tadupādānaṁ.\nSaupādāno, devānaminda, bhikkhu no parinibbāyati.\nAyaṁ kho, devānaminda, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme no parinibbāyanti.","en":"There are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …\nideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,\ntheir consciousness has that as support and fuel for grasping.\nA mendicant with fuel for grasping does not become extinguished.\nThat’s the cause, that’s the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life."}},{"id":"sn35.118:4","sourceIds":["sn35.118:4.1","sn35.118:4.2","sn35.118:4.3","sn35.118:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi ca kho, devānaminda, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā, iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nTassa taṁ anabhinandato anabhivadato anajjhosāya tiṭṭhato na tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti, na tadupādānaṁ.\nAnupādāno, devānaminda, bhikkhu parinibbāyati …pe….","en":"There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them,\ntheir consciousness doesn’t have that as support and fuel for grasping.\nA mendicant free of grasping becomes extinguished."}},{"id":"sn35.118:5","sourceIds":["sn35.118:5.1","sn35.118:5.2","sn35.118:5.3","sn35.118:5.4","sn35.118:5.5","sn35.118:5.6","sn35.118:5.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi kho, devānaminda, jivhāviññeyyā rasā …pe…\nsanti kho, devānaminda, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nTassa taṁ anabhinandato anabhivadato anajjhosāya tiṭṭhato na tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti na tadupādānaṁ.\nAnupādāno, devānaminda, bhikkhu parinibbāyati.\nAyaṁ kho, devānaminda, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme parinibbāyantī”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"There are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …\nideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them,\ntheir consciousness doesn’t have that as support and fuel for grasping.\nA mendicant free of grasping becomes extinguished.\nThat’s the cause, that’s the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.118/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."}