{"id":"sn8.4","title":"With Ānanda","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn8.4","title":"With Ānanda","units":[{"id":"sn8.4:0","sourceIds":["sn8.4:0.1","sn8.4:0.2","sn8.4:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 8.4\n1. Vaṅgīsavagga\nĀnandasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 8.4\n1. With Vaṅgīsa\nWith Ānanda"}},{"id":"sn8.4:1","sourceIds":["sn8.4:1.1","sn8.4:1.2","sn8.4:1.3","sn8.4:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ānando sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho āyasmā ānando pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi āyasmatā vaṅgīsena pacchāsamaṇena.\nTena kho pana samayena āyasmato vaṅgīsassa anabhirati uppannā hoti, rāgo cittaṁ anuddhaṁseti.\nAtha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"At one time Venerable Ānanda was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen Venerable Ānanda robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Sāvatthī for alms with Venerable Vaṅgīsa as his second monk.\nAnd at that time Venerable Vaṅgīsa became dissatisfied, as lust infected his mind.\nThen he addressed Ānanda in verse:"}},{"id":"sn8.4:2","sourceIds":["sn8.4:2.1","sn8.4:2.2","sn8.4:2.3","sn8.4:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kāmarāgena ḍayhāmi,\ncittaṁ me pariḍayhati;\nSādhu nibbāpanaṁ brūhi,\nanukampāya gotamā”ti.","en":"“I’ve got a burning desire for pleasure;\nMy mind is on fire!\nPlease, out of compassion, Gotama,\ntell me how to quench the flames.”"}},{"id":"sn8.4:3","sourceIds":["sn8.4:3.1","sn8.4:3.2","sn8.4:3.3","sn8.4:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saññāya vipariyesā,\ncittaṁ te pariḍayhati;\nNimittaṁ parivajjehi,\nsubhaṁ rāgūpasaṁhitaṁ.","en":"“Your mind is on fire\nbecause of a perversion of perception.\nTurn away from the feature of things\nthat’s attractive, provoking lust."}},{"id":"sn8.4:4","sourceIds":["sn8.4:4.1","sn8.4:4.2","sn8.4:4.3","sn8.4:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅkhāre parato passa,\ndukkhato mā ca attato;\nNibbāpehi mahārāgaṁ,\nmā ḍayhittho punappunaṁ.","en":"See all conditioned phenomena as alien,\nas suffering and not-self.\nExtinguish the great fire of lust,\ndon’t burn up again and again."}},{"id":"sn8.4:5","sourceIds":["sn8.4:5.1","sn8.4:5.2","sn8.4:5.3","sn8.4:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asubhāya cittaṁ bhāvehi,\nekaggaṁ susamāhitaṁ;\nSati kāyagatā tyatthu,\nnibbidābahulo bhava.","en":"With mind unified and serene,\nmeditate on the ugly aspects of the body.\nWith mindfulness immersed in the body,\nbe full of disillusionment."}},{"id":"sn8.4:6","sourceIds":["sn8.4:6.1","sn8.4:6.2","sn8.4:6.3","sn8.4:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Animittañca bhāvehi,\nmānānusayamujjaha;\nTato mānābhisamayā,\nupasanto carissasī”ti.","en":"Meditate on the signless,\ngive up the underlying tendency to conceit;\nand when you comprehend conceit,\nyou will live at peace.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn8.4/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."}