{"id":"sn47.21","title":"Ethics","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn47.21","title":"Ethics","units":[{"id":"sn47.21:0","sourceIds":["sn47.21:0.1","sn47.21:0.2","sn47.21:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.21\n3. Sīlaṭṭhitivagga\nSīlasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 47.21\n3. Ethics and Duration\nEthics"}},{"id":"sn47.21:1","sourceIds":["sn47.21:1.1","sn47.21:1.2","sn47.21:1.3","sn47.21:1.4","sn47.21:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ca ānando āyasmā ca bhaddo pāṭaliputte viharanti kukkuṭārāme.\nAtha kho āyasmā bhaddo sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā bhaddo āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ etadavoca:\n“yānimāni, āvuso ānanda, kusalāni sīlāni vuttāni bhagavatā, imāni kusalāni sīlāni kimatthiyāni vuttāni bhagavatā”ti?","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the venerables Ānanda and Bhadda were staying near Pāṭaliputta, in the Chicken Monastery.\nThen in the late afternoon, Venerable Bhadda came out of retreat, went to Venerable Ānanda, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Ānanda:\n“Reverend Ānanda, the Buddha has spoken of skillful ethics. What’s their purpose?”"}},{"id":"sn47.21:2","sourceIds":["sn47.21:2.1","sn47.21:2.2","sn47.21:2.3","sn47.21:2.4","sn47.21:2.5","sn47.21:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda.\nBhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā.\nEvañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi:\n‘yānimāni, āvuso ānanda, kusalāni sīlāni vuttāni bhagavatā, imāni kusalāni sīlāni kimatthiyāni vuttāni bhagavatā’”ti?\n“Evamāvuso”ti.\n“Yānimāni, āvuso bhadda, kusalāni sīlāni vuttāni bhagavatā, imāni kusalāni sīlāni yāvadeva catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvanāya vuttāni bhagavatā.","en":"“Good, good, Reverend Bhadda!\nYour approach and eloquence are excellent, and it’s a good question.\nFor you asked:\n‘The Buddha has spoken of skillful ethics. What’s their purpose?’”\n“Yes, reverend.”\n“The Buddha has spoken of skillful ethics to the extent necessary for developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation."}},{"id":"sn47.21:3","sourceIds":["sn47.21:3.1","sn47.21:3.2","sn47.21:3.3","sn47.21:3.4","sn47.21:3.5","sn47.21:3.6","sn47.21:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?\nIdhāvuso, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;\nvedanāsu …pe…\ncitte …pe…\ndhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.\nYānimāni, āvuso bhadda, kusalāni sīlāni vuttāni bhagavatā, imāni kusalāni sīlāni yāvadeva imesaṁ catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvanāya vuttāni bhagavatā”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"What four?\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.\nThey meditate observing an aspect of feelings …\nmind …\nprinciples—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.\nThe Buddha has spoken of skillful ethics to the extent necessary for developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.21/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."}