{"id":"sn4.14","title":"Appropriate","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn4.14","title":"Appropriate","units":[{"id":"sn4.14:0","sourceIds":["sn4.14:0.1","sn4.14:0.2","sn4.14:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 4.14\n2. Dutiyavagga\nPatirūpasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 4.14\n2. Rule\nAppropriate"}},{"id":"sn4.14:1","sourceIds":["sn4.14:1.1","sn4.14:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā kosalesu viharati ekasālāyaṁ brāhmaṇagāme.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā mahatiyā gihiparisāya parivuto dhammaṁ deseti.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Kosalans near the brahmin village of Ekasālā.\nNow, at that time the Buddha was teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly of laypeople."}},{"id":"sn4.14:2","sourceIds":["sn4.14:2.1","sn4.14:2.2","sn4.14:2.3","sn4.14:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho mārassa pāpimato etadahosi:\n“ayaṁ kho samaṇo gotamo mahatiyā gihiparisāya parivuto dhammaṁ deseti.\nYannūnāhaṁ yena samaṇo gotamo tenupasaṅkameyyaṁ vicakkhukammāyā”ti.\nAtha kho māro pāpimā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"Then Māra thought,\n“The ascetic Gotama is teaching Dhamma, surrounded by a large assembly of laypeople.\nWhy don’t I go and pull the wool over their eyes?”\nThen Māra the Wicked went up to the Buddha and addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"sn4.14:3","sourceIds":["sn4.14:3.1","sn4.14:3.2","sn4.14:3.3","sn4.14:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Netaṁ tava patirūpaṁ,\nyadaññamanusāsasi;\nAnurodhavirodhesu,\nmā sajjittho tadācaran”ti.","en":"“It’s not appropriate for you\nto instruct others.\nAs you engage in this,\ndon’t get caught up in favoring and opposing.”"}},{"id":"sn4.14:4","sourceIds":["sn4.14:4.1","sn4.14:4.2","sn4.14:4.3","sn4.14:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Hitānukampī sambuddho,\nyadaññamanusāsati;\nAnurodhavirodhehi,\nvippamutto tathāgato”ti.","en":"“The Buddha instructs others\nout of compassion for their welfare.\nThe Realized One is liberated\nfrom favoring and opposing.”"}},{"id":"sn4.14:5","sourceIds":["sn4.14:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho māro pāpimā “jānāti maṁ bhagavā, jānāti maṁ sugato”ti dukkhī dummano tatthevantaradhāyīti.","en":"Then Māra the Wicked, thinking, “The Buddha knows me! The Holy One knows me!” miserable and sad, vanished right there."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn4.14/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."}