{"id":"sn55.20","title":"A Visit to the Gods (3rd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn55.20","title":"A Visit to the Gods (3rd)","units":[{"id":"sn55.20:0","sourceIds":["sn55.20:0.1","sn55.20:0.2","sn55.20:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.20\n2. Rājakārāmavagga\nTatiyadevacārikasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 55.20\n2. The Royal Monastery\nA Visit to the Gods (3rd)"}},{"id":"sn55.20:1","sourceIds":["sn55.20:1.1","sn55.20:1.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—jetavane antarahito devesu tāvatiṁsesu pāturahosi.\nAtha kho sambahulā tāvatiṁsakāyikā devatāyo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho tā devatāyo bhagavā etadavoca:","en":"Then the Buddha, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, vanished from Jeta’s Grove and reappeared among the gods of the thirty-three.\nThen several deities of the company of the thirty-three went up to the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side. The Buddha said to them:"}},{"id":"sn55.20:2","sourceIds":["sn55.20:2.1","sn55.20:2.2","sn55.20:2.3","sn55.20:2.4","sn55.20:2.5","sn55.20:2.6","sn55.20:2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu kho, āvuso, buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanaṁ hoti—\nitipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.\nBuddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanahetu kho, āvuso, evam’idhekacce sattā sotāpannā avinipātadhammā niyatā sambodhiparāyaṇā.\nSādhu kho, āvuso, dhamme …pe…\nsaṅghe …pe…\nariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgamanaṁ hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.\nAriyakantehi sīlehi samannāgamanahetu kho, āvuso, evam’idhekacce sattā sotāpannā avinipātadhammā niyatā sambodhiparāyaṇā”ti.","en":"“Reverends, it’s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha. …\nIt’s the reason why some sentient beings are stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.\nIt’s good to have experiential confidence in the teaching. …\nthe Saṅgha …\nand to have the ethical conduct that’s loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.\nIt’s the reason why some sentient beings are stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”"}},{"id":"sn55.20:3","sourceIds":["sn55.20:3.1","sn55.20:3.2","sn55.20:3.3","sn55.20:3.4","sn55.20:3.5","sn55.20:3.6","sn55.20:3.7","sn55.20:3.8","sn55.20:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sādhu kho, mārisa, buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanaṁ hoti—\nitipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.\nBuddhe aveccappasādena samannāgamanahetu kho, mārisa, evamayaṁ pajā sotāpannā avinipātadhammā niyatā sambodhiparāyaṇā.\nSādhu kho, mārisa, dhamme …pe…\nsaṅghe …pe…\nariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgamanaṁ hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.\nAriyakantehi sīlehi samannāgamanahetu kho, mārisa, evamayaṁ pajā sotāpannā avinipātadhammā niyatā sambodhiparāyaṇā”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nRājakārāmavaggo dutiyo.","en":"“Good fellow, it’s good to have experiential confidence in the Buddha …\nIt’s the reason why some sentient beings are stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.\nIt’s good to have experiential confidence in the teaching. …\nthe Saṅgha …\nand to have the ethical conduct that’s loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.\nIt’s the reason why some sentient beings are stream-enterers, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”"}},{"id":"sn55.20:4","sourceIds":["sn55.20:4.0","sn55.20:4.1","sn55.20:4.2","sn55.20:4.3","sn55.20:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nSahassabrāhmaṇānanda,\nduggati apare duve;\nMittāmaccā duve vuttā,\ntayo ca devacārikāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn55.20/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."}