{"id":"sn9.11","title":"Unskillful Thoughts","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn9.11","title":"Unskillful Thoughts","units":[{"id":"sn9.11:0","sourceIds":["sn9.11:0.1","sn9.11:0.2","sn9.11:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.11\n1. Vanavagga\nAkusalavitakkasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 9.11\n1. In the Woods\nUnskillful Thoughts"}},{"id":"sn9.11:1","sourceIds":["sn9.11:1.1","sn9.11:1.2","sn9.11:1.3","sn9.11:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ aññataro bhikkhu kosalesu viharati aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe.\nTena kho pana samayena so bhikkhu divāvihāragato pāpake akusale vitakke vitakketi, seyyathidaṁ—\nkāmavitakkaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ.\nAtha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tassa bhikkhuno anukampikā atthakāmā taṁ bhikkhuṁ saṁvejetukāmā yena so bhikkhu tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:","en":"At one time one of the mendicants was staying in the land of the Kosalans in a certain forest grove.\nNow at that time that mendicant, during their day’s meditation, was thinking bad, unskillful thoughts, that is,\nsensual, malicious, and cruel thoughts.\nThe deity haunting that forest had sympathy for that mendicant, and wanted what’s best for them. So they approached that mendicant wanting to stir them up, and addressed them in verse:"}},{"id":"sn9.11:2","sourceIds":["sn9.11:2.1","sn9.11:2.2","sn9.11:2.3","sn9.11:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ayoniso manasikārā,\nso vitakkehi khajjasi;\nAyoniso paṭinissajja,\nyoniso anucintaya.","en":"“Because of irrational application of mind,\nyou’re consumed by your thoughts.\nWhen you’ve given up irrationality,\nmake sure your thoughts are rational."}},{"id":"sn9.11:3","sourceIds":["sn9.11:3.1","sn9.11:3.2","sn9.11:3.3","sn9.11:3.4","sn9.11:3.5","sn9.11:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Satthāraṁ dhammamārabbha,\nsaṅghaṁ sīlāni attano;\nAdhigacchasi pāmojjaṁ,\npītisukhamasaṁsayaṁ;\nTato pāmojjabahulo,\ndukkhassantaṁ karissasī”ti.","en":"Thinking about the Teacher, the teaching,\nthe Saṅgha, and your own ethics,\nyou’ll find gladness,\nand rapture and bliss as well, no doubt.\nAnd when you’re full of joy,\nyou’ll make an end to suffering.”"}},{"id":"sn9.11:4","sourceIds":["sn9.11:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho so bhikkhu tāya devatāya saṁvejito saṁvegamāpādīti.","en":"Impelled by that deity, that mendicant was struck with a sense of urgency."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn9.11/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."}