{"id":"sn47.11","title":"A Great Man","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn47.11","title":"A Great Man","units":[{"id":"sn47.11:0","sourceIds":["sn47.11:0.1","sn47.11:0.2","sn47.11:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.11\n2. Nālandavagga\nMahāpurisasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 47.11\n2. At Nāḷandā\nA Great Man"}},{"id":"sn47.11:1","sourceIds":["sn47.11:1.1","sn47.11:1.2","sn47.11:1.3","sn47.11:1.4","sn47.11:1.5","sn47.11:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\nAtha kho āyasmā sāriputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“‘mahāpuriso, mahāpuriso’ti, bhante, vuccati.\nKittāvatā nu kho, bhante, mahāpuriso hotī”ti?\n“Vimuttacittattā khvāhaṁ, sāriputta, ‘mahāpuriso’ti vadāmi.\nAvimuttacittattā ‘no mahāpuriso’ti vadāmi.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\nThen Sāriputta went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:\n“Sir, they speak of ‘a great man’.\nHow is a great man defined?”\n“Sāriputta, someone whose mind is free is a great man, I say.\nIf their mind is not free, I say they’re not a great man."}},{"id":"sn47.11:2","sourceIds":["sn47.11:2.1","sn47.11:2.2","sn47.11:2.3","sn47.11:2.4","sn47.11:2.5","sn47.11:2.6","sn47.11:2.7","sn47.11:2.8","sn47.11:2.9","sn47.11:2.10","sn47.11:2.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, sāriputta, vimuttacitto hoti?\nIdha, sāriputta, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.\nTassa kāye kāyānupassino viharato cittaṁ virajjati, vimuccati anupādāya āsavehi.\nVedanāsu …pe…\ncitte …pe…\ndhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.\nTassa dhammesu dhammānupassino viharato cittaṁ virajjati, vimuccati anupādāya āsavehi.\nEvaṁ kho, sāriputta, vimuttacitto hoti.\nVimuttacittattā khvāhaṁ, sāriputta, ‘mahāpuriso’ti vadāmi.\nAvimuttacittattā ‘no mahāpuriso’ti vadāmī”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"And how does someone have a free mind?\nIt’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nAs they meditate observing an aspect of the body, their mind becomes dispassionate, and is freed from the defilements by not grasping.\nThey meditate observing an aspect of feelings …\nmind …\nprinciples—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nAs they meditate observing an aspect of principles, their mind becomes dispassionate, and is freed from the defilements by not grasping.\nThat’s how someone has a free mind.\nSomeone whose mind is free is a great man, I say.\nIf their mind is not free, I say they’re not a great man.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.11/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."}