{"id":"sn46.1","title":"The Himalaya","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn46.1","title":"The Himalaya","units":[{"id":"sn46.1:0","sourceIds":["sn46.1:0.1","sn46.1:0.2","sn46.1:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.1\n1. Pabbatavagga\nHimavantasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 46.1\n1. Mountains\nThe Himalaya"}},{"id":"sn46.1:1","sourceIds":["sn46.1:1.1","sn46.1:1.2","sn46.1:1.3","sn46.1:1.4","sn46.1:1.5","sn46.1:1.6","sn46.1:1.7","sn46.1:1.8","sn46.1:1.9","sn46.1:1.10","sn46.1:1.11","sn46.1:1.12","sn46.1:1.13","sn46.1:1.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\n“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, himavantaṁ pabbatarājānaṁ nissāya nāgā kāyaṁ vaḍḍhenti, balaṁ gāhenti;\nte tattha kāyaṁ vaḍḍhetvā balaṁ gāhetvā kusobbhe otaranti, kusobbhe otaritvā mahāsobbhe otaranti, mahāsobbhe otaritvā kunnadiyo otaranti, kunnadiyo otaritvā mahānadiyo otaranti, mahānadiyo otaritvā mahāsamuddasāgaraṁ otaranti; te tattha mahantattaṁ vepullattaṁ āpajjanti kāyena;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya satta bojjhaṅge bhāvento satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkaronto mahantattaṁ vepullattaṁ pāpuṇāti dhammesu.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya satta bojjhaṅge bhāvento satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkaronto mahantattaṁ vepullattaṁ pāpuṇāti dhammesūti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu satisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ;\ndhammavicayasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\nvīriyasambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\npītisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\npassaddhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\nsamādhisambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti …pe…\nupekkhāsambojjhaṅgaṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlaṁ nissāya sīle patiṭṭhāya satta bojjhaṅge bhāvento satta bojjhaṅge bahulīkaronto mahantattaṁ vepullattaṁ pāpuṇāti dhammesū”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, dragons grow and wax strong supported by the Himalayas, the king of mountains.\nWhen they’re strong they dive into the pools. Then they dive into the lakes, the streams, the rivers, and finally the ocean. There they acquire a great and abundant body.\nIn the same way, a mendicant develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors depending on and grounded on ethics, acquiring great and abundant good qualities.\nAnd how does a mendicant develop the seven awakening factors depending on and grounded on ethics, acquiring great and abundant good qualities?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops the awakening factor of mindfulness, which relies on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripens as letting go.\nThey develop the awakening factor of investigation of principles …\nThey develop the awakening factor of energy …\nThey develop the awakening factor of rapture …\nThey develop the awakening factor of tranquility …\nThey develop the awakening factor of immersion …\nThey develop the awakening factor of equanimity, which relies on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripens as letting go.\nThat’s how a mendicant develops and cultivates the seven awakening factors depending on and grounded on ethics, acquiring great and abundant good qualities.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn46.1/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."}