{"id":"snp1.10","title":"With Āḷavaka","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp1.10","title":"With Āḷavaka","units":[{"id":"snp1.10:0","sourceIds":["snp1.10:0.1","snp1.10:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 1.10\nĀḷavakasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 1.10\nWith Āḷavaka"}},{"id":"snp1.10:1","sourceIds":["snp1.10:1.1","snp1.10:1.2","snp1.10:1.3","snp1.10:1.4","snp1.10:1.5","snp1.10:1.6","snp1.10:1.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā āḷaviyaṁ viharati āḷavakassa yakkhassa bhavane.\nAtha kho āḷavako yakkho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“nikkhama, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā nikkhami.\n“Pavisa, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā pāvisi.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Āḷavī in the haunt of the native spirit Āḷavaka.\nThen the native spirit Āḷavaka went up to the Buddha, and said to him:\n“Get out, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went out.\n“Get in, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went in."}},{"id":"snp1.10:2","sourceIds":["snp1.10:2.1","snp1.10:2.2","snp1.10:2.3","snp1.10:2.4","snp1.10:2.5","snp1.10:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dutiyampi kho …pe…\ntatiyampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“nikkhama, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā nikkhami.\n“Pavisa, samaṇā”ti.\n“Sādhāvuso”ti bhagavā pāvisi.","en":"For a second time …\nAnd for a third time the native spirit Āḷavaka said to the Buddha,\n“Get out, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went out.\n“Get in, ascetic!”\nSaying, “All right, respectable sir,” the Buddha went in."}},{"id":"snp1.10:3","sourceIds":["snp1.10:3.1","snp1.10:3.2","snp1.10:3.3","snp1.10:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Catutthampi kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“nikkhama, samaṇā”ti.\n“Na khvāhaṁ taṁ, āvuso, nikkhamissāmi.\nYaṁ te karaṇīyaṁ, taṁ karohī”ti.","en":"And for a fourth time the native spirit Āḷavaka said to the Buddha,\n“Get out, ascetic!”\n“No, respectable sir, I won’t get out.\nDo what you must.”"}},{"id":"snp1.10:4","sourceIds":["snp1.10:4.1","snp1.10:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañhaṁ taṁ, samaṇa, pucchissāmi.\nSace me na byākarissasi, cittaṁ vā te khipissāmi, hadayaṁ vā te phālessāmi, pādesu vā gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipissāmī”ti.","en":"“I will ask you a question, ascetic.\nIf you don’t answer me, I’ll drive you insane, or explode your heart, or grab you by the feet and throw you to the far shore of the Ganges!”"}},{"id":"snp1.10:5","sourceIds":["snp1.10:5.1","snp1.10:5.2","snp1.10:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na khvāhaṁ taṁ, āvuso, passāmi sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya yo me cittaṁ vā khipeyya hadayaṁ vā phāleyya pādesu vā gahetvā pāragaṅgāya khipeyya.\nApi ca tvaṁ, āvuso, puccha yadākaṅkhasī”ti.\nAtha kho āḷavako yakkho bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:","en":"“I don’t see anyone in this world with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans who could do that to me.\nBut anyway, ask what you wish.”\nThen the native spirit Āḷavaka addressed the Buddha in verse:"}},{"id":"snp1.10:6","sourceIds":["snp1.10:6.1","snp1.10:6.2","snp1.10:6.3","snp1.10:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ sūdha vittaṁ purisassa seṭṭhaṁ,\nKiṁ su suciṇṇaṁ sukhamāvahāti;\nKiṁ su have sādutaraṁ rasānaṁ,\nKathaṁjīviṁ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhaṁ”.","en":"“What’s a person’s best wealth?\nWhat brings happiness when practiced well?\nWhat’s the sweetest taste of all?\nThe one they say has the best life: how do they live?”"}},{"id":"snp1.10:7","sourceIds":["snp1.10:7.1","snp1.10:7.2","snp1.10:7.3","snp1.10:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddhīdha vittaṁ purisassa seṭṭhaṁ,\nDhammo suciṇṇo sukhamāvahāti;\nSaccaṁ have sādutaraṁ rasānaṁ,\nPaññājīviṁ jīvitamāhu seṭṭhaṁ”.","en":"“Faith here is a person’s best wealth.\nThe teaching brings happiness when practiced well.\nTruth is the sweetest taste of all.\nThe one they say has the best life lives by wisdom.”"}},{"id":"snp1.10:8","sourceIds":["snp1.10:8.1","snp1.10:8.2","snp1.10:8.3","snp1.10:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁ su tarati oghaṁ,\nkathaṁ su tarati aṇṇavaṁ;\nKathaṁ su dukkhamacceti,\nkathaṁ su parisujjhati”.","en":"“How do you cross the flood?\nHow do you cross the deluge?\nHow do you get over suffering?\nHow do you get purified?”"}},{"id":"snp1.10:9","sourceIds":["snp1.10:9.1","snp1.10:9.2","snp1.10:9.3","snp1.10:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddhāya tarati oghaṁ,\nappamādena aṇṇavaṁ;\nVīriyena dukkhamacceti,\npaññāya parisujjhati”.","en":"“By faith you cross the flood,\nand by diligence the deluge.\nBy energy you get past suffering,\nand you’re purified by wisdom.”"}},{"id":"snp1.10:10","sourceIds":["snp1.10:10.1","snp1.10:10.2","snp1.10:10.3","snp1.10:10.4","snp1.10:10.5","snp1.10:10.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁ su labhate paññaṁ,\nkathaṁ su vindate dhanaṁ;\nKathaṁ su kittiṁ pappoti,\nkathaṁ mittāni ganthati;\nAsmā lokā paraṁ lokaṁ,\nkathaṁ pecca na socati”.","en":"“How do you get wisdom?\nHow do you earn wealth?\nHow do you get a good reputation?\nHow do you hold on to friends?\nHow do the departed not grieve\nwhen passing from this world to the next?”"}},{"id":"snp1.10:11","sourceIds":["snp1.10:11.1","snp1.10:11.2","snp1.10:11.3","snp1.10:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddahāno arahataṁ,\ndhammaṁ nibbānapattiyā;\nSussūsaṁ labhate paññaṁ,\nappamatto vicakkhaṇo.","en":"“One who is diligent and discerning\ngains wisdom by wanting to learn,\nhaving faith in the perfected ones,\nand the teaching for becoming extinguished."}},{"id":"snp1.10:12","sourceIds":["snp1.10:12.1","snp1.10:12.2","snp1.10:12.3","snp1.10:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Patirūpakārī dhuravā,\nuṭṭhātā vindate dhanaṁ;\nSaccena kittiṁ pappoti,\ndadaṁ mittāni ganthati.","en":"Being responsible, acting appropriately,\nand working hard you earn wealth.\nTruthfulness wins you a good reputation.\nYou hold on to friends by giving."}},{"id":"snp1.10:13","sourceIds":["snp1.10:13.1","snp1.10:13.2","snp1.10:13.3","snp1.10:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassete caturo dhammā,\nsaddhassa gharamesino;\nSaccaṁ dhammo dhiti cāgo,\nsa ve pecca na socati.","en":"A faithful householder of discernment\nwho possesses these four qualities\ndoes not grieve after passing away:\ntruth, principle, steadfastness, and generosity."}},{"id":"snp1.10:14","sourceIds":["snp1.10:14.1","snp1.10:14.2","snp1.10:14.3","snp1.10:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iṅgha aññepi pucchassu,\nputhū samaṇabrāhmaṇe;\nYadi saccā damā cāgā,\nkhantyā bhiyyodha vijjati”.","en":"Go ahead, ask others as well,\nthere are many ascetics and brahmins.\nSee whether anything better is found\nthan truth, principle, generosity, and patience.”"}},{"id":"snp1.10:15","sourceIds":["snp1.10:15.1","snp1.10:15.2","snp1.10:15.3","snp1.10:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁ nu dāni puccheyyaṁ,\nPuthū samaṇabrāhmaṇe;\nYohaṁ ajja pajānāmi,\nYo attho samparāyiko.","en":"“Why now would I question\nthe many ascetics and brahmins?\nToday I understand\nwhat’s good for lives to come."}},{"id":"snp1.10:16","sourceIds":["snp1.10:16.1","snp1.10:16.2","snp1.10:16.3","snp1.10:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atthāya vata me buddho,\nVāsāyāḷavimāgamā;\nYohaṁ ajja pajānāmi,\nYattha dinnaṁ mahapphalaṁ.","en":"It was truly for my benefit\nthat the Buddha came to stay at Āḷavī.\nToday I understand\nwhere a gift is very fruitful."}},{"id":"snp1.10:17","sourceIds":["snp1.10:17.1","snp1.10:17.2","snp1.10:17.3","snp1.10:17.4","snp1.10:17.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So ahaṁ vicarissāmi,\nGāmā gāmaṁ purā puraṁ;\nNamassamāno sambuddhaṁ,\nDhammassa ca sudhammatan”ti.\nĀḷavakasuttaṁ dasamaṁ.","en":"I myself will journey\nvillage to village, town to town,\npaying homage to the Buddha,\nand the clear rightness of the teaching!”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp1.10/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."}