{"id":"sn47.7","title":"A Monkey","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn47.7","title":"A Monkey","units":[{"id":"sn47.7:0","sourceIds":["sn47.7:0.1","sn47.7:0.2","sn47.7:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.7\n1. Ambapālivagga\nMakkaṭasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 47.7\n1. In Ambapālī’s Mango Grove\nA Monkey"}},{"id":"sn47.7:1","sourceIds":["sn47.7:1.1","sn47.7:1.2","sn47.7:1.3","sn47.7:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthi, bhikkhave, himavato pabbatarājassa duggā visamā desā, yattha neva makkaṭānaṁ cārī na manussānaṁ.\nAtthi, bhikkhave, himavato pabbatarājassa duggā visamā desā, yattha makkaṭānañhi kho cārī, na manussānaṁ.\nAtthi, bhikkhave, himavato pabbatarājassa samā bhūmibhāgā ramaṇīyā, yattha makkaṭānañceva cārī manussānañca.\nTatra, bhikkhave, luddā makkaṭavīthīsu lepaṁ oḍḍenti makkaṭānaṁ bādhanāya.","en":"“Mendicants, in the Himalayas there are regions that are rugged and impassable. In some such regions, neither monkeys nor humans can go,\nwhile in others, monkeys can go but not humans.\nThere are also level, pleasant places where both monkeys and humans can go.\nThere hunters set snares of tar on the monkey trails to catch the monkeys."}},{"id":"sn47.7:2","sourceIds":["sn47.7:2.1","sn47.7:2.2","sn47.7:2.3","sn47.7:2.4","sn47.7:2.5","sn47.7:2.6","sn47.7:2.7","sn47.7:2.8","sn47.7:2.9","sn47.7:2.10","sn47.7:2.11","sn47.7:2.12","sn47.7:2.13","sn47.7:2.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra, bhikkhave, ye te makkaṭā abālajātikā alolajātikā, te taṁ lepaṁ disvā ārakā parivajjanti.\nYo pana so hoti makkaṭo bālajātiko lolajātiko, so taṁ lepaṁ upasaṅkamitvā hatthena gaṇhāti.\nSo tattha bajjhati.\n‘Hatthaṁ mocessāmī’ti dutiyena hatthena gaṇhāti.\nSo tattha bajjhati.\n‘Ubho hatthe mocessāmī’ti pādena gaṇhāti.\nSo tattha bajjhati.\n‘Ubho hatthe mocessāmi pādañcā’ti dutiyena pādena gaṇhāti.\nSo tattha bajjhati.\n‘Ubho hatthe mocessāmi pāde cā’ti tuṇḍena gaṇhāti.\nSo tattha bajjhati.\nEvañhi so, bhikkhave, makkaṭo pañcoḍḍito thunaṁ seti anayaṁ āpanno byasanaṁ āpanno yathākāmakaraṇīyo luddassa.\nTamenaṁ, bhikkhave, luddo vijjhitvā tasmiṁyeva kaṭṭhakataṅgāre avassajjetvā yena kāmaṁ pakkamati.\nEvaṁ so taṁ, bhikkhave, hoti yo agocare carati paravisaye.","en":"The monkeys who are not foolhardy and reckless see the tar and avoid it from afar.\nBut a foolish and reckless monkey goes up to the tar and grabs it with a hand.\nHe gets stuck there.\nThinking to free his hand, he grabs it with his other hand.\nHe gets stuck there.\nThinking to free both hands, he grabs it with a foot.\nHe gets stuck there.\nThinking to free both hands and foot, he grabs it with his other foot.\nHe gets stuck there.\nThinking to free both hands and feet, he grabs it with his snout.\nHe gets stuck there.\nAnd so the monkey, trapped at five points, just lies there screeching. He’d meet with tragedy and disaster, and the hunter can do what he wants with him.\nThe hunter spears him on that very banana tree, pries him off, and goes wherever he wants.\nThat’s what happens when you roam out of your territory into the domain of others."}},{"id":"sn47.7:3","sourceIds":["sn47.7:3.1","sn47.7:3.2","sn47.7:3.3","sn47.7:3.4","sn47.7:3.5","sn47.7:3.6","sn47.7:3.7","sn47.7:3.8","sn47.7:3.9","sn47.7:3.10","sn47.7:3.11","sn47.7:3.12"],"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—\npañca 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":"sn47.7:4","sourceIds":["sn47.7:4.1","sn47.7:4.2","sn47.7:4.3","sn47.7:4.4","sn47.7:4.5","sn47.7:4.6","sn47.7:4.7","sn47.7:4.8","sn47.7:4.9","sn47.7:4.10","sn47.7:4.11","sn47.7:4.12"],"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.\nSattamaṁ.","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 and 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/sn47.7/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."}