{"id":"sn48.39","title":"The Simile of the Fire Sticks","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn48.39","title":"The Simile of the Fire Sticks","units":[{"id":"sn48.39:0","sourceIds":["sn48.39:0.1","sn48.39:0.2","sn48.39:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 48.39\n4. Sukhindriyavagga\nKaṭṭhopamasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 48.39\n4. The Pleasure Faculty\nThe Simile of the Fire Sticks"}},{"id":"sn48.39:1","sourceIds":["sn48.39:1.1","sn48.39:1.2","sn48.39:1.3","sn48.39:1.4","sn48.39:1.5","sn48.39:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni.\nKatamāni pañca?\nSukhindriyaṁ, dukkhindriyaṁ, somanassindriyaṁ, domanassindriyaṁ, upekkhindriyaṁ.\nSukhavedaniyaṁ, bhikkhave, phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati sukhindriyaṁ.\nSo sukhitova samāno ‘sukhitosmī’ti pajānāti.\nTasseva sukhavedaniyassa phassassa nirodhā ‘yaṁ tajjaṁ vedayitaṁ sukhavedaniyaṁ phassaṁ paṭicca uppannaṁ sukhindriyaṁ taṁ nirujjhati, taṁ vūpasammatī’ti pajānāti.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five faculties.\nWhat five?\nThe faculties of pleasure, pain, happiness, sadness, and equanimity.\nThe faculty of pleasure arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as pleasant.\nWhen in a state of pleasure, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of pleasure.’\nWith the cessation of that contact to be experienced as pleasant, you understand that the corresponding faculty of pleasure that had arisen ceases and stops."}},{"id":"sn48.39:2","sourceIds":["sn48.39:2.1","sn48.39:2.2","sn48.39:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dukkhavedaniyaṁ, bhikkhave, phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati dukkhindriyaṁ.\nSo dukkhitova samāno ‘dukkhitosmī’ti pajānāti.\nTasseva dukkhavedaniyassa phassassa nirodhā ‘yaṁ tajjaṁ vedayitaṁ dukkhavedaniyaṁ phassaṁ paṭicca uppannaṁ dukkhindriyaṁ taṁ nirujjhati, taṁ vūpasammatī’ti pajānāti.","en":"The faculty of pain arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as painful.\nWhen in a state of pain, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of pain.’\nWith the cessation of that contact to be experienced as painful, you understand that the corresponding faculty of pain that had arisen ceases and stops."}},{"id":"sn48.39:3","sourceIds":["sn48.39:3.1","sn48.39:3.2","sn48.39:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Somanassavedaniyaṁ, bhikkhave, phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati somanassindriyaṁ.\nSo sumanova samāno ‘sumanosmī’ti pajānāti.\nTasseva somanassavedaniyassa phassassa nirodhā ‘yaṁ tajjaṁ vedayitaṁ somanassavedaniyaṁ phassaṁ paṭicca uppannaṁ somanassindriyaṁ taṁ nirujjhati, taṁ vūpasammatī’ti pajānāti.","en":"The faculty of happiness arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as happiness.\nWhen in a state of happiness, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of happiness.’\nWith the cessation of that contact to be experienced as happiness, you understand that the corresponding faculty of happiness that had arisen ceases and stops."}},{"id":"sn48.39:4","sourceIds":["sn48.39:4.1","sn48.39:4.2","sn48.39:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Domanassavedaniyaṁ, bhikkhave, phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati domanassindriyaṁ.\nSo dummanova samāno ‘dummanosmī’ti pajānāti.\nTasseva domanassavedaniyassa phassassa nirodhā ‘yaṁ tajjaṁ vedayitaṁ domanassavedaniyaṁ phassaṁ paṭicca uppannaṁ domanassindriyaṁ taṁ nirujjhati, taṁ vūpasammatī’ti pajānāti.","en":"The faculty of sadness arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as sadness.\nWhen in a state of sadness, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of sadness.’\nWith the cessation of that contact to be experienced as sadness, you understand that the corresponding faculty of sadness that had arisen ceases and stops."}},{"id":"sn48.39:5","sourceIds":["sn48.39:5.1","sn48.39:5.2","sn48.39:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upekkhāvedaniyaṁ, bhikkhave, phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati upekkhindriyaṁ.\nSo upekkhakova samāno ‘upekkhakosmī’ti pajānāti.\nTasseva upekkhāvedaniyassa phassassa nirodhā ‘yaṁ tajjaṁ vedayitaṁ upekkhāvedaniyaṁ phassaṁ paṭicca uppannaṁ upekkhindriyaṁ taṁ nirujjhati, taṁ vūpasammatī’ti pajānāti.","en":"The faculty of equanimity arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as equanimous.\nWhen in a state of equanimity, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of equanimity.’\nWith the cessation of that contact to be experienced as equanimous, you understand that the corresponding faculty of equanimity that had arisen ceases and stops."}},{"id":"sn48.39:6","sourceIds":["sn48.39:6.1","sn48.39:6.2","sn48.39:6.3","sn48.39:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ kaṭṭhānaṁ saṅghaṭṭanasamodhānā usmā jāyati, tejo abhinibbattati; tesaṁyeva kaṭṭhānaṁ nānābhāvāvinikkhepā yā tajjā usmā sā nirujjhati sā vūpasammati;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, sukhavedaniyaṁ phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati sukhindriyaṁ.\nSo sukhitova samāno ‘sukhitosmī’ti pajānāti.\nTasseva sukhavedaniyassa phassassa nirodhā ‘yaṁ tajjaṁ vedayitaṁ sukhavedaniyaṁ phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati sukhindriyaṁ taṁ nirujjhati, taṁ vūpasammatī’ti pajānāti.","en":"When you rub two sticks together, heat is generated and fire is produced. But when you part the sticks and lay them aside, any corresponding heat ceases and stops.\nIn the same way, the faculty of pleasure arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as pleasant.\nWhen in a state of pleasure, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of pleasure.’\nWith the cessation of that contact to be experienced as pleasant, you understand that the corresponding faculty of pleasure that arises ceases and stops."}},{"id":"sn48.39:7","sourceIds":["sn48.39:7.1","sn48.39:7.2","sn48.39:7.3","sn48.39:7.4","sn48.39:7.5","sn48.39:7.6","sn48.39:7.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dukkhavedaniyaṁ, bhikkhave, phassaṁ paṭicca …pe…\nsomanassavedaniyaṁ, bhikkhave, phassaṁ paṭicca …pe…\ndomanassavedaniyaṁ, bhikkhave, phassaṁ paṭicca …pe…\nupekkhāvedaniyaṁ, bhikkhave, phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati upekkhindriyaṁ.\nSo upekkhakova samāno ‘upekkhakosmī’ti pajānāti.\nTasseva upekkhāvedaniyassa phassassa nirodhā ‘yaṁ tajjaṁ vedayitaṁ upekkhāvedaniyaṁ phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati upekkhindriyaṁ taṁ nirujjhati, taṁ vūpasammatī’ti pajānāti”.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"The faculty of pain …\nhappiness …\nsadness …\nequanimity arises dependent on a contact to be experienced as equanimous.\nWhen in a state of equanimity, you understand: ‘I’m in a state of equanimity.’\nWith the cessation of that contact to be experienced as equanimous, you understand that the corresponding faculty of equanimity that arises ceases and stops.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn48.39/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."}