{"id":"sn8.7","title":"The Invitation to Admonish","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn8.7","title":"The Invitation to Admonish","units":[{"id":"sn8.7:0","sourceIds":["sn8.7:0.1","sn8.7:0.2","sn8.7:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 8.7\n1. Vaṅgīsavagga\nPavāraṇāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 8.7\n1. With Vaṅgīsa\nThe Invitation to Admonish"}},{"id":"sn8.7:1","sourceIds":["sn8.7:1.1","sn8.7:1.2","sn8.7:1.3","sn8.7:1.4","sn8.7:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati pubbārāme migāramātupāsāde mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā tadahuposathe pannarase pavāraṇāya bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto abbhokāse nisinno hoti.\nAtha kho bhagavā tuṇhībhūtaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ anuviloketvā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“handa dāni, bhikkhave, pavāremi vo.\nNa ca me kiñci garahatha kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā”ti.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother in the Eastern Monastery, together with a large Saṅgha of around five hundred monks, all of whom were perfected ones.\nNow, at that time it was the sabbath—the full moon on the fifteenth day—and the Buddha was sitting in the open surrounded by the Saṅgha of monks for the invitation to admonish.\nThen the Buddha looked around the Saṅgha of monks, who were silent. He addressed them:\n“Come now, monks, I invite you all:\nIs there anything I’ve done by way of body or speech that you would criticize?”"}},{"id":"sn8.7:2","sourceIds":["sn8.7:2.1","sn8.7:2.2","sn8.7:2.3","sn8.7:2.4","sn8.7:2.5","sn8.7:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā sāriputto uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“na kho mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavato kiñci garahāma kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā.\nBhagavā hi, bhante, anuppannassa maggassa uppādetā, asañjātassa maggassa sañjanetā, anakkhātassa maggassa akkhātā, maggaññū maggavidū maggakovido.\nMaggānugā ca, bhante, etarahi sāvakā viharanti pacchā samannāgatā;\nahañca kho, bhante, bhagavantaṁ pavāremi.\nNa ca me bhagavā kiñci garahati kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā”ti.","en":"When he had spoken, Venerable Sāriputta rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and said:\n“There is nothing, sir, that you’ve done by way of body or speech that we would criticize.\nFor the Blessed One gave rise to the unarisen path, gave birth to the unborn path, and explained the unexplained path. He is the knower of the path, the discoverer of the path, the expert on the path.\nAnd now the disciples live following the path; they acquire it later.\nAnd sir, I invite the Blessed One.\nIs there anything I’ve done by way of body or speech that you would criticize?”"}},{"id":"sn8.7:3","sourceIds":["sn8.7:3.1","sn8.7:3.2","sn8.7:3.3","sn8.7:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na khvāhaṁ te, sāriputta, kiñci garahāmi kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā.\nPaṇḍito tvaṁ, sāriputta, mahāpañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, puthupañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, hāsapañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, javanapañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, tikkhapañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, nibbedhikapañño tvaṁ, sāriputta.\nSeyyathāpi, sāriputta, rañño cakkavattissa jeṭṭhaputto pitarā pavattitaṁ cakkaṁ sammadeva anuppavatteti;\nevameva kho tvaṁ, sāriputta, mayā anuttaraṁ dhammacakkaṁ pavattitaṁ sammadeva anuppavattesī”ti.","en":"“There is nothing, Sāriputta, that you’ve done by way of body or speech that I would criticize.\nSāriputta, you are astute. You have great wisdom, widespread wisdom, laughing wisdom, swift wisdom, sharp wisdom, penetrating wisdom.\nA wheel-turning monarch’s oldest son rightly keeps wielding the power set in motion by his father.\nIn the same way, Sāriputta rightly keeps rolling the supreme Wheel of Dhamma that was rolled forth by me.”"}},{"id":"sn8.7:4","sourceIds":["sn8.7:4.1","sn8.7:4.2","sn8.7:4.3","sn8.7:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“No ce kira me, bhante, bhagavā kiñci garahati kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā.\nImesaṁ pana, bhante, bhagavā pañcannaṁ bhikkhusatānaṁ na kiñci garahati kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā”ti.\n“Imesampi khvāhaṁ, sāriputta, pañcannaṁ bhikkhusatānaṁ na kiñci garahāmi kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā.\nImesañhi, sāriputta, pañcannaṁ bhikkhusatānaṁ saṭṭhi bhikkhū tevijjā, saṭṭhi bhikkhū chaḷabhiññā, saṭṭhi bhikkhū ubhatobhāgavimuttā, atha itare paññāvimuttā”ti.","en":"“Since it seems I have done nothing worthy of the Blessed One’s criticism,\nis there anything these five hundred monks have done by way of body or speech that you would criticize?”\n“There is nothing, Sāriputta, that these five hundred monks have done by way of body or speech that I would criticize.\nFor of these five hundred monks, sixty have the three knowledges, sixty have the six direct knowledges, sixty are freed both ways, and the rest are freed by wisdom.”"}},{"id":"sn8.7:5","sourceIds":["sn8.7:5.1","sn8.7:5.2","sn8.7:5.3","sn8.7:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“paṭibhāti maṁ, bhagavā, paṭibhāti maṁ, sugatā”ti.\n“Paṭibhātu taṁ, vaṅgīsā”ti bhagavā avoca.\nAtha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso bhagavantaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi:","en":"Then Venerable Vaṅgīsa rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and said,\n“I feel inspired to speak, Blessed One! I feel inspired to speak, Holy One!”\n“Then speak as you feel inspired,” said the Buddha.\nThen Vaṅgīsa extolled the Buddha in his presence with fitting verses:"}},{"id":"sn8.7:6","sourceIds":["sn8.7:6.1","sn8.7:6.2","sn8.7:6.3","sn8.7:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ajja pannarase visuddhiyā,\nBhikkhū pañcasatā samāgatā;\nSaṁyojanabandhanacchidā,\nAnīghā khīṇapunabbhavā isī.","en":"“Today, on the fifteenth day sabbath,\nfive hundred monks have gathered together to purify their precepts.\nThese untroubled sages have cut off their fetters and bonds,\nthey will not be reborn again."}},{"id":"sn8.7:7","sourceIds":["sn8.7:7.1","sn8.7:7.2","sn8.7:7.3","sn8.7:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cakkavattī yathā rājā,\namaccaparivārito;\nSamantā anupariyeti,\nsāgarantaṁ mahiṁ imaṁ.","en":"Just as a wheel-turning monarch\nsurrounded by ministers\ntravels all around this\nland girt by sea."}},{"id":"sn8.7:8","sourceIds":["sn8.7:8.1","sn8.7:8.2","sn8.7:8.3","sn8.7:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vijitasaṅgāmaṁ,\nsatthavāhaṁ anuttaraṁ;\nSāvakā payirupāsanti,\ntevijjā maccuhāyino.","en":"So disciples with the three knowledges,\nconquerors of death,\nrevere the winner of the battle,\nthe unsurpassed caravan leader."}},{"id":"sn8.7:9","sourceIds":["sn8.7:9.1","sn8.7:9.2","sn8.7:9.3","sn8.7:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbe bhagavato puttā,\npalāpettha na vijjati;\nTaṇhāsallassa hantāraṁ,\nvande ādiccabandhunan”ti.","en":"All are sons of the Blessed One—\nthere is no rubbish here.\nI bow to the Kinsman of the Sun,\ndestroyer of the dart of craving.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn8.7/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."}