{"id":"sn7.22","title":"At Khomadussa","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn7.22","title":"At Khomadussa","units":[{"id":"sn7.22:0","sourceIds":["sn7.22:0.1","sn7.22:0.2","sn7.22:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 7.22\n2. Upāsakavagga\nKhomadussasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 7.22\n2. Lay Followers\nAt Khomadussa"}},{"id":"sn7.22:1","sourceIds":["sn7.22:1.1","sn7.22:1.2","sn7.22:1.3","sn7.22:1.4","sn7.22:1.5","sn7.22:1.6","sn7.22:1.7","sn7.22:1.8","sn7.22:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sakkesu viharati khomadussaṁ nāmaṁ sakyānaṁ nigamo.\nAtha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya khomadussaṁ nigamaṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.\nTena kho pana samayena khomadussakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā sabhāyaṁ sannipatitā honti kenacideva karaṇīyena, devo ca ekamekaṁ phusāyati.\nAtha kho bhagavā yena sā sabhā tenupasaṅkami.\nAddasaṁsu khomadussakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā bhagavantaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.\nDisvāna etadavocuṁ:\n“ke ca muṇḍakā samaṇakā, ke ca sabhādhammaṁ jānissantī”ti?\nAtha kho bhagavā khomadussake brāhmaṇagahapatike gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, where they have a town named Khomadussa.\nThen the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Khomadussa for alms.\nNow at that time the brahmins and householders of Khomadussa were gathered in the council hall for some business, while a gentle rain drizzled down.\nThen the Buddha approached that council.\nThe brahmins and householders saw the Buddha coming off in the distance,\nand said,\n“Who are these shavelings, these fake ascetics? Don’t they understand the council rules?”\nThen the Buddha addressed the brahmins and householders of Khomadussa in verse:"}},{"id":"sn7.22:2","sourceIds":["sn7.22:2.1","sn7.22:2.2","sn7.22:2.3","sn7.22:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nesā sabhā yattha na santi santo,\nSanto na te ye na vadanti dhammaṁ;\nRāgañca dosañca pahāya mohaṁ,\nDhammaṁ vadantā ca bhavanti santo”ti.","en":"“If good people are not present it is no true council;\nand those whose speak against principle are not good people.\nHaving given up greed, hate, and delusion,\nspeakers of principle are good people.”"}},{"id":"sn7.22:3","sourceIds":["sn7.22:3.1","sn7.22:3.2","sn7.22:3.3","sn7.22:3.4","sn7.22:3.5","sn7.22:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, khomadussakā brāhmaṇagahapatikā bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama.\nSeyyathāpi, bho gotama, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: ‘cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī’ti; evamevaṁ bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.\nEte mayaṁ bhavantaṁ gotamaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāma dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nUpāsake no bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupete saraṇaṁ gate”ti.\nUpāsakavaggo dutiyo.","en":"When he had spoken, the brahmins and householders of Khomadussa said to the Buddha,\n“Excellent, worthy Gotama! Excellent!\nAs if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, worthy Gotama has made the teaching clear in many ways.\nWe go for refuge to the worthy Gotama, to the teaching, and to the mendicant Saṅgha.\nFrom this day forth, may the worthy Gotama remember us as lay followers who have gone for refuge for life.”"}},{"id":"sn7.22:4","sourceIds":["sn7.22:4.0","sn7.22:4.1","sn7.22:4.2","sn7.22:4.3","sn7.22:4.4","sn7.22:4.5","sn7.22:4.6","sn7.22:4.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nKasi udayo devahito,\nAññataramahāsālaṁ;\nMānatthaddhaṁ paccanīkaṁ,\nNavakammi kaṭṭhahāraṁ;\nMātuposakaṁ bhikkhako,\nSaṅgāravo ca khomadussena dvādasāti.\nBrāhmaṇasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.","en":"The Linked Discourses with Brahmins are complete."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn7.22/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."}