{"id":"sn46.39","title":"Trees","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn46.39","title":"Trees","units":[{"id":"sn46.39:0","sourceIds":["sn46.39:0.1","sn46.39:0.2","sn46.39:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.39\n4. Nīvaraṇavagga\nRukkhasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 46.39\n4. Hindrances\nTrees"}},{"id":"sn46.39:1","sourceIds":["sn46.39:1.1","sn46.39:1.2","sn46.39:1.3","sn46.39:1.4","sn46.39:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Santi, bhikkhave, mahārukkhā aṇubījā mahākāyā rukkhānaṁ ajjhāruhā, yehi rukkhā ajjhārūḷhā obhaggavibhaggā vipatitā senti.\nKatame ca te, bhikkhave, mahārukkhā aṇubījā mahākāyā rukkhānaṁ ajjhāruhā, yehi rukkhā ajjhārūḷhā obhaggavibhaggā vipatitā senti?\nAssattho, nigrodho, pilakkho, udumbaro, kacchako, kapitthano—\nime kho te, bhikkhave, mahārukkhā aṇubījā mahākāyā rukkhānaṁ ajjhāruhā, yehi rukkhā ajjhārūḷhā obhaggavibhaggā vipatitā senti.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, idhekacco kulaputto yādisake kāme ohāya agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti, so tādisakehi kāmehi tato vā pāpiṭṭhatarehi obhaggavibhaggo vipatito seti.","en":"“Mendicants, there are large trees with tiny seeds and big bodies, which grow up and around other trees as parasites. The trees they engulf break apart, collapse, and fall.\nAnd what are those large trees with tiny seeds and big bodies?\nThe peepal, banyan, wavy leaf fig, cluster fig, Moreton Bay fig, and white fig.\nThese are the large trees with tiny seeds and big bodies, which grow up and around other trees as parasites. The trees they engulf break apart, collapse, and fall.\nIn the same way, take a certain gentleman who has gone forth from the lay life to homelessness, abandoning sensual pleasures. But beset by sensual pleasures that are similar, or even worse, he breaks apart, collapses, and falls."}},{"id":"sn46.39:2","sourceIds":["sn46.39:2.1","sn46.39:2.2","sn46.39:2.3","sn46.39:2.4","sn46.39:2.5","sn46.39:2.6","sn46.39:2.7","sn46.39:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pañcime, bhikkhave, āvaraṇā nīvaraṇā cetaso ajjhāruhā paññāya dubbalīkaraṇā.\nKatame pañca?\nKāmacchando, bhikkhave, āvaraṇo nīvaraṇo cetaso ajjhāruho paññāya dubbalīkaraṇo.\nByāpādo, bhikkhave, āvaraṇo nīvaraṇo cetaso ajjhāruho paññāya dubbalīkaraṇo.\nThinamiddhaṁ, bhikkhave, āvaraṇaṁ nīvaraṇaṁ cetaso ajjhāruhaṁ paññāya dubbalīkaraṇaṁ.\nUddhaccakukkuccaṁ, bhikkhave, āvaraṇaṁ nīvaraṇaṁ cetaso ajjhāruhaṁ paññāya dubbalīkaraṇaṁ.\nVicikicchā, bhikkhave, āvaraṇā nīvaraṇā cetaso ajjhāruhā paññāya dubbalīkaraṇā.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca āvaraṇā nīvaraṇā cetaso ajjhāruhā paññāya dubbalīkaraṇā.","en":"There are these five obstacles and hindrances, parasites of the mind that weaken wisdom.\nWhat five?\nSensual desire,\nill will,\ndullness and drowsiness,\nrestlessness and remorse,\nand doubt.\nThese are the five obstacles and hindrances, parasites of the mind that weaken wisdom."}},{"id":"sn46.39:3","sourceIds":["sn46.39:3.1","sn46.39:3.2","sn46.39:3.3","sn46.39:3.4","sn46.39:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattime, bhikkhave, bojjhaṅgā anāvaraṇā anīvaraṇā cetaso anajjhāruhā bhāvitā bahulīkatā vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyāya saṁvattanti.\nKatame satta?\nSatisambojjhaṅgo, bhikkhave, anāvaraṇo anīvaraṇo cetaso anajjhāruho bhāvito bahulīkato vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyāya saṁvattati …pe… upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo, bhikkhave, anāvaraṇo anīvaraṇo cetaso anajjhāruho bhāvito bahulīkato vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyāya saṁvattati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā anāvaraṇā anīvaraṇā cetaso anajjhāruhā bhāvitā bahulīkatā vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyāya saṁvattantī”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"These seven awakening factors are not obstacles, hindrances, or parasites of the mind. When developed and cultivated they lead to the realization of the fruit of knowledge and freedom.\nWhat seven?\nThe awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.\nThese seven awakening factors are not obstacles, hindrances, or parasites of the mind. When developed and cultivated they lead to the realization of the fruit of knowledge and freedom.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn46.39/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."}