{"id":"sn47.6","title":"A Hawk","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn47.6","title":"A Hawk","units":[{"id":"sn47.6:0","sourceIds":["sn47.6:0.1","sn47.6:0.2","sn47.6:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.6\n1. Ambapālivagga\nSakuṇagghisutta","en":"Linked Discourses 47.6\n1. In Ambapālī’s Mango Grove\nA Hawk"}},{"id":"sn47.6:1","sourceIds":["sn47.6:1.1","sn47.6:1.2","sn47.6:1.3","sn47.6:1.4","sn47.6:1.5","sn47.6:1.6","sn47.6:1.7","sn47.6:1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, sakuṇagghi lāpaṁ sakuṇaṁ sahasā ajjhappattā aggahesi.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, lāpo sakuṇo sakuṇagghiyā hariyamāno evaṁ paridevasi:\n‘mayamevamha alakkhikā, mayaṁ appapuññā, ye mayaṁ agocare carimha paravisaye.\nSacejja mayaṁ gocare careyyāma sake pettike visaye, na myāyaṁ, sakuṇagghi, alaṁ abhavissa, yadidaṁ—yuddhāyā’ti.\n‘Ko pana te, lāpa, gocaro sako pettiko visayo’ti?\n‘Yadidaṁ—naṅgalakaṭṭhakaraṇaṁ leḍḍuṭṭhānan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, sakuṇagghi sake bale apatthaddhā sake bale asaṁvadamānā lāpaṁ sakuṇaṁ pamuñci:\n‘gaccha kho tvaṁ, lāpa, tatrapi me gantvā na mokkhasī’ti.","en":"“Once upon a time, mendicants, a hawk suddenly swooped down and grabbed a quail.\nAnd as the quail was being carried off he wailed,\n‘I’m so unlucky, of so little merit, to have roamed out of my territory into the domain of others.\nIf today I’d roamed within my own territory, the domain of my fathers, this hawk wouldn’t have stood a chance against me in a fight.’\n‘So, quail, what is your own territory, the domain of your fathers?’\n‘It’s a ploughed field covered with clods of earth.’\nConfident in her own strength, the hawk was not daunted or intimidated. She released the quail, saying,\n‘Go now, quail. But even there you won’t escape me!’"}},{"id":"sn47.6:2","sourceIds":["sn47.6:2.1","sn47.6:2.2","sn47.6:2.3","sn47.6:2.4","sn47.6:2.5","sn47.6:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, lāpo sakuṇo naṅgalakaṭṭhakaraṇaṁ leḍḍuṭṭhānaṁ gantvā mahantaṁ leḍḍuṁ abhiruhitvā sakuṇagghiṁ vadamāno aṭṭhāsi:\n‘ehi kho dāni me, sakuṇagghi, ehi kho dāni me, sakuṇagghī’ti.\nAtha kho sā, bhikkhave, sakuṇagghi sake bale apatthaddhā sake bale asaṁvadamānā ubho pakkhe sannayha lāpaṁ sakuṇaṁ sahasā ajjhappattā.\nYadā kho, bhikkhave, aññāsi lāpo sakuṇo ‘bahuāgato kho myāyaṁ sakuṇagghī’ti, atha tasseva leḍḍussa antaraṁ paccupādi.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, sakuṇagghi tattheva uraṁ paccatāḷesi.\nEvañhi taṁ, bhikkhave, hoti yo agocare carati paravisaye.","en":"Then the quail went to a ploughed field covered with clods of earth. He climbed up a big clod, and standing there, he said to the hawk:\n‘Come get me, hawk! Come get me, hawk!’\nConfident in her own strength, the hawk was not daunted or intimidated. She folded her wings and suddenly swooped down on the quail.\nWhen the quail knew that the hawk was nearly there, he slipped under that clod.\nBut the hawk crashed chest-first right there.\nThat’s what happens when you roam out of your territory into the domain of others."}},{"id":"sn47.6:3","sourceIds":["sn47.6:3.1","sn47.6:3.2","sn47.6:3.3","sn47.6:3.4","sn47.6:3.5","sn47.6:3.6","sn47.6:3.7","sn47.6:3.8","sn47.6:3.9","sn47.6:3.10","sn47.6:3.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, mā agocare carittha paravisaye.\nAgocare, bhikkhave, carataṁ paravisaye lacchati māro otāraṁ, lacchati māro ārammaṇaṁ.\nKo ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno agocaro paravisayo?\nYadidaṁ—pañca kāmaguṇā.\nKatame pañca?\nCakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā,\nsotaviññeyyā saddā …pe…\nghānaviññeyyā gandhā …pe…\njivhāviññeyyā rasā …pe…\nkāyaviññeyyā phoṭṭhabbā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno agocaro paravisayo.","en":"So, mendicants, don’t roam out of your own territory into the domain of others.\nIf you roam out of your own territory into the domain of others, Māra will find a vulnerability and get an opportunity.\nAnd what is not a mendicant’s own territory but the domain of others?\nIt’s the five kinds of sensual stimulation.\nWhat five?\nSights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nSounds known by the ear …\nSmells known by the nose …\nTastes known by the tongue …\nTouches known by the body, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nThis is not a mendicant’s own territory but the domain of others."}},{"id":"sn47.6:4","sourceIds":["sn47.6:4.1","sn47.6:4.2","sn47.6:4.3","sn47.6:4.4","sn47.6:4.5","sn47.6:4.6","sn47.6:4.7","sn47.6:4.8","sn47.6:4.9","sn47.6:4.10","sn47.6:4.11","sn47.6:4.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gocare, bhikkhave, caratha sake pettike visaye.\nGocare, bhikkhave, carataṁ sake pettike visaye na lacchati māro otāraṁ, na lacchati māro ārammaṇaṁ.\nKo ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno gocaro sako pettiko visayo?\nYadidaṁ—\ncattāro satipaṭṭhānā.\nKatame cattāro?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;\nvedanāsu …pe…\ncitte …pe…\ndhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ—\nayaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno gocaro sako pettiko visayo”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"You should roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers.\nIf you roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers, Māra won’t find a vulnerability or get an opportunity.\nAnd what is a mendicant’s own territory, the domain of the fathers?\nIt’s the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.\nWhat 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.\nThis is a mendicant’s own territory, the domain of the fathers.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn47.6/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."}