{"id":"sn8.8","title":"Over a Thousand","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn8.8","title":"Over a Thousand","units":[{"id":"sn8.8:0","sourceIds":["sn8.8:0.1","sn8.8:0.2","sn8.8:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 8.8\n1. Vaṅgīsavagga\nParosahassasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 8.8\n1. With Vaṅgīsa\nOver a Thousand"}},{"id":"sn8.8:1","sourceIds":["sn8.8:1.1","sn8.8:1.2","sn8.8:1.3","sn8.8:1.4","sn8.8:1.5","sn8.8:1.6","sn8.8:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ aḍḍhatelasehi bhikkhusatehi.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā bhikkhū nibbānapaṭisaṁyuttāya dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti.\nTe ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.\nAtha kho āyasmato vaṅgīsassa etadahosi:\n“ayaṁ kho bhagavā bhikkhū nibbānapaṭisaṁyuttāya dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti.\nTe ca bhikkhū aṭṭhiṁ katvā manasi katvā sabbacetasā samannāharitvā ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.\nYannūnāhaṁ bhagavantaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthaveyyan”ti.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery, together with a large Saṅgha of 1,250 mendicants.\nNow at that time the Buddha was educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk about extinguishment.\nAnd those mendicants were paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.\nThen Venerable Vaṅgīsa thought,\n“The Buddha is educating, encouraging, firing up, and inspiring the mendicants with a Dhamma talk about extinguishment.\nAnd those mendicants are paying attention, applying the mind, concentrating wholeheartedly, and actively listening.\nWhy don’t I extoll him in his presence with fitting verses?”"}},{"id":"sn8.8:2","sourceIds":["sn8.8:2.1","sn8.8:2.2","sn8.8:2.3","sn8.8:2.4"],"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":"sn8.8:3","sourceIds":["sn8.8:3.1","sn8.8:3.2","sn8.8:3.3","sn8.8:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Parosahassaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ,\nsugataṁ payirupāsati;\nDesentaṁ virajaṁ dhammaṁ,\nnibbānaṁ akutobhayaṁ.","en":"“Over a thousand mendicants\nrevere the Holy One\nas he teaches the immaculate Dhamma,\nextinguishment, fearing nothing from any quarter."}},{"id":"sn8.8:4","sourceIds":["sn8.8:4.1","sn8.8:4.2","sn8.8:4.3","sn8.8:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suṇanti dhammaṁ vimalaṁ,\nsammāsambuddhadesitaṁ;\nSobhati vata sambuddho,\nbhikkhusaṅghapurakkhato.","en":"They listen to the immaculate Dhamma\ntaught by the fully awakened Buddha;\nthe Buddha shines\nat the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha."}},{"id":"sn8.8:5","sourceIds":["sn8.8:5.1","sn8.8:5.2","sn8.8:5.3","sn8.8:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nāganāmosi bhagavā,\nisīnaṁ isisattamo;\nMahāmeghova hutvāna,\nsāvake abhivassati.","en":"Blessed One, your name is ‘Giant’,\nseventh of the seers.\nYou are like a great cloud\nthat rains on your disciples."}},{"id":"sn8.8:6","sourceIds":["sn8.8:6.1","sn8.8:6.2","sn8.8:6.3","sn8.8:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Divāvihārā nikkhamma,\nsatthudassanakamyatā;\nSāvako te mahāvīra,\npāde vandati vaṅgiso”ti.","en":"I left my day’s meditation\nout of desire to see the Teacher.\nGreat hero, your disciple Vaṅgīsa\nbows at your feet.”"}},{"id":"sn8.8:7","sourceIds":["sn8.8:7.1","sn8.8:7.2","sn8.8:7.3","sn8.8:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ nu te, vaṅgīsa, imā gāthāyo pubbe parivitakkitā, udāhu ṭhānasova taṁ paṭibhantī”ti?\n“Na kho me, bhante, imā gāthāyo pubbe parivitakkitā, atha kho ṭhānasova maṁ paṭibhantī”ti.\n“Tena hi taṁ, vaṅgīsa, bhiyyoso mattāya pubbe aparivitakkitā gāthāyo paṭibhantū”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho āyasmā vaṅgīso bhagavato paṭissutvā bhiyyoso mattāya bhagavantaṁ pubbe aparivitakkitāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi:","en":"“Vaṅgīsa, had you previously composed these verses, or did they spring to mind in the moment?”\n“They sprang to mind in the moment, sir.”\n“Well then, Vaṅgīsa, speak some more spontaneously inspired verses.”\n“Yes, sir,” replied Vaṅgīsa. Then he extolled the Buddha with some more spontaneously inspired verses, not previously composed:"}},{"id":"sn8.8:8","sourceIds":["sn8.8:8.1","sn8.8:8.2","sn8.8:8.3","sn8.8:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ummaggapathaṁ mārassa abhibhuyya,\nCarasi pabhijja khilāni;\nTaṁ passatha bandhapamuñcakaraṁ,\nAsitaṁ bhāgaso pavibhajaṁ.","en":"“Having overcome Māra’s wrong path,\nyou wander with hard-heartedness dissolved.\nSee him, the liberator from bonds,\ndissecting the unattached section by section."}},{"id":"sn8.8:9","sourceIds":["sn8.8:9.1","sn8.8:9.2","sn8.8:9.3","sn8.8:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Oghassa nittharaṇatthaṁ,\nAnekavihitaṁ maggaṁ akkhāsi;\nTasmiñce amate akkhāte,\nDhammaddasā ṭhitā asaṁhīrā.","en":"You have explained in many ways\nthe path to cross the flood.\nThe Seers of Truth stand unfaltering\nin the freedom from death explained by you."}},{"id":"sn8.8:10","sourceIds":["sn8.8:10.1","sn8.8:10.2","sn8.8:10.3","sn8.8:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pajjotakaro ativijjha,\nSabbaṭṭhitīnaṁ atikkamamaddasa;\nÑatvā ca sacchikatvā ca,\nAggaṁ so desayi dasaddhānaṁ.","en":"As the bringer of light who has pierced the truth,\nyou’ve seen what lies beyond all planes.\nWhen you saw and realized this for yourself,\nyou taught it first to the group of five."}},{"id":"sn8.8:11","sourceIds":["sn8.8:11.1","sn8.8:11.2","sn8.8:11.3","sn8.8:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ sudesite dhamme,\nKo pamādo vijānataṁ dhammaṁ;\nTasmā hi tassa bhagavato sāsane,\nAppamatto sadā namassamanusikkhe”ti.","en":"When the Dhamma has been so well taught,\nhow could those who know it be negligent?\nThat’s why, being diligent, we should always train\nrespectfully in the Buddha’s teaching.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn8.8/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."}