{"id":"snp2.14","title":"With Dhammika","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp2.14","title":"With Dhammika","units":[{"id":"snp2.14:0","sourceIds":["snp2.14:0.1","snp2.14:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 2.14\nDhammikasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 2.14\nWith Dhammika"}},{"id":"snp2.14:1","sourceIds":["snp2.14:1.1","snp2.14:1.2","snp2.14:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho dhammiko upāsako pañcahi upāsakasatehi saddhiṁ yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho dhammiko upāsako bhagavantaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen the lay follower Dhammika, together with five hundred lay followers, went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and addressed him in verse:"}},{"id":"snp2.14:2","sourceIds":["snp2.14:2.1","snp2.14:2.2","snp2.14:2.3","snp2.14:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pucchāmi taṁ gotama bhūripañña,\nKathaṅkaro sāvako sādhu hoti;\nYo vā agārā anagārameti,\nAgārino vā panupāsakāse.","en":"“I ask you, Gotama, whose wisdom is vast:\nwhat does one do to become a good disciple,\nboth one who has left the home,\nand the lay followers staying at home?"}},{"id":"snp2.14:3","sourceIds":["snp2.14:3.1","snp2.14:3.2","snp2.14:3.3","snp2.14:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tuvañhi lokassa sadevakassa,\nGatiṁ pajānāsi parāyaṇañca;\nNa catthi tulyo nipuṇatthadassī,\nTuvañhi buddhaṁ pavaraṁ vadanti.","en":"For you understand the course and destiny\nof the world with all its gods.\nThere is no equal to you who sees the subtle meaning,\nfor you are the Buddha most excellent, they say."}},{"id":"snp2.14:4","sourceIds":["snp2.14:4.1","snp2.14:4.2","snp2.14:4.3","snp2.14:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbaṁ tuvaṁ ñāṇamavecca dhammaṁ,\nPakāsesi satte anukampamāno;\nVivaṭṭacchadosi samantacakkhu,\nVirocasi vimalo sabbaloke.","en":"Having experienced all knowledge,\nyou reveal the teaching out of sympathy for beings.\nAll-seer, you have cast off the veil,\nand immaculate, you dazzle the whole world."}},{"id":"snp2.14:5","sourceIds":["snp2.14:5.1","snp2.14:5.2","snp2.14:5.3","snp2.14:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āgañchi te santike nāgarājā,\nErāvaṇo nāma jinoti sutvā;\nSopi tayā mantayitvājjhagamā,\nSādhūti sutvāna patītarūpo.","en":"The dragon king Erāvaṇa, hearing you called ‘Victor’,\ncame into your presence.\nHe consulted with you then, having heard your words,\nleft consoled, saying ‘Excellent!’"}},{"id":"snp2.14:6","sourceIds":["snp2.14:6.1","snp2.14:6.2","snp2.14:6.3","snp2.14:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rājāpi taṁ vessavaṇo kuvero,\nUpeti dhammaṁ paripucchamāno;\nTassāpi tvaṁ pucchito brūsi dhīra,\nSo cāpi sutvāna patītarūpo.","en":"And King Kuvera Vessavaṇa also\napproached to ask about the teaching.\nYou also answered him, O attentive one,\nand hearing you he too was consoled."}},{"id":"snp2.14:7","sourceIds":["snp2.14:7.1","snp2.14:7.2","snp2.14:7.3","snp2.14:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye kecime titthiyā vādasīlā,\nĀjīvakā vā yadi vā nigaṇṭhā;\nPaññāya taṁ nātitaranti sabbe,\nṬhito vajantaṁ viya sīghagāmiṁ.","en":"Those monastics of other religions given to debate,\nwhether Ājīvakas or Jains,\nall fail to overtake you in wisdom,\nlike a standing man next to a sprinter."}},{"id":"snp2.14:8","sourceIds":["snp2.14:8.1","snp2.14:8.2","snp2.14:8.3","snp2.14:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye kecime brāhmaṇā vādasīlā,\nVuddhā cāpi brāhmaṇā santi keci;\nSabbe tayi atthabaddhā bhavanti,\nYe cāpi aññe vādino maññamānā.","en":"Those brahmins given to debate,\nsome of whom are quite senior,\nall end up beholden to you for the meaning,\nand others too who think themselves debaters."}},{"id":"snp2.14:9","sourceIds":["snp2.14:9.1","snp2.14:9.2","snp2.14:9.3","snp2.14:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayañhi dhammo nipuṇo sukho ca,\nYoyaṁ tayā bhagavā suppavutto;\nTameva sabbepi sussūsamānā,\nTaṁ no vada pucchito buddhaseṭṭha.","en":"So subtle and pleasant is the teaching\nthat is well proclaimed by you, Blessed One.\nIt’s all we long to hear. So when asked,\nO Best of Buddhas, tell us!"}},{"id":"snp2.14:10","sourceIds":["snp2.14:10.1","snp2.14:10.2","snp2.14:10.3","snp2.14:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbepime bhikkhavo sannisinnā,\nUpāsakā cāpi tatheva sotuṁ;\nSuṇantu dhammaṁ vimalenānubuddhaṁ,\nSubhāsitaṁ vāsavasseva devā”.","en":"All these mendicants have gathered,\nand the layfolk too are here to listen.\nLet them hear the teaching the immaculate one discovered,\nlike gods listening to the fine words of Vāsava.”"}},{"id":"snp2.14:11","sourceIds":["snp2.14:11.1","snp2.14:11.2","snp2.14:11.3","snp2.14:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Suṇātha me bhikkhavo sāvayāmi vo,\nDhammaṁ dhutaṁ tañca carātha sabbe;\nIriyāpathaṁ pabbajitānulomikaṁ,\nSevetha naṁ atthadaso mutīmā.","en":"“Listen to me, mendicants, I will educate you\nin the cleansing teaching; all bear it in mind.\nA thoughtful person, seeing the meaning,\nwould adopt the deportment proper to a renunciate."}},{"id":"snp2.14:12","sourceIds":["snp2.14:12.1","snp2.14:12.2","snp2.14:12.3","snp2.14:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"No ve vikāle vicareyya bhikkhu,\nGāme ca piṇḍāya careyya kāle;\nAkālacāriñhi sajanti saṅgā,\nTasmā vikāle na caranti buddhā.","en":"No way would a mendicant go out at the wrong time;\nat the right time, they’d walk the village for alms.\nFor chains bind one who wanders at the wrong time,\nwhich is why the Buddhas avoid it."}},{"id":"snp2.14:13","sourceIds":["snp2.14:13.1","snp2.14:13.2","snp2.14:13.3","snp2.14:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rūpā ca saddā ca rasā ca gandhā,\nPhassā ca ye sammadayanti satte;\nEtesu dhammesu vineyya chandaṁ,\nKālena so pavise pātarāsaṁ.","en":"Sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and touches,\nwhich drive beings mad—\ndispel desire for such things,\nand enter for the morning meal at the right time."}},{"id":"snp2.14:14","sourceIds":["snp2.14:14.1","snp2.14:14.2","snp2.14:14.3","snp2.14:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Piṇḍañca bhikkhu samayena laddhā,\nEko paṭikkamma raho nisīde;\nAjjhattacintī na mano bahiddhā,\nNicchāraye saṅgahitattabhāvo.","en":"After receiving alms for the day,\non returning a mendicant would sit in private alone.\nInwardly reflective, they’d curb their mind\nfrom outside things, keeping themselves collected."}},{"id":"snp2.14:15","sourceIds":["snp2.14:15.1","snp2.14:15.2","snp2.14:15.3","snp2.14:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sacepi so sallape sāvakena,\nAññena vā kenaci bhikkhunā vā;\nDhammaṁ paṇītaṁ tamudāhareyya,\nNa pesuṇaṁ nopi parūpavādaṁ.","en":"Should they converse with a disciple,\nwith anyone else, or with a mendicant,\nthey’d bring up only the sublime teaching,\nnot dividing or blaming."}},{"id":"snp2.14:16","sourceIds":["snp2.14:16.1","snp2.14:16.2","snp2.14:16.3","snp2.14:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vādañhi eke paṭiseniyanti,\nNa te pasaṁsāma parittapaññe;\nTato tato ne pasajanti saṅgā,\nCittañhi te tattha gamenti dūre.","en":"For some contend in debate,\nbut we praise not those of little wisdom.\nIn place after place they are bound in chains,\nfor they send their mind over there far away."}},{"id":"snp2.14:17","sourceIds":["snp2.14:17.1","snp2.14:17.2","snp2.14:17.3","snp2.14:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Piṇḍaṁ vihāraṁ sayanāsanañca,\nĀpañca saṅghāṭirajūpavāhanaṁ;\nSutvāna dhammaṁ sugatena desitaṁ,\nSaṅkhāya seve varapaññasāvako.","en":"Alms, a dwelling, a bed and seat,\nand water for rinsing the dust from the cloak—\nafter hearing the teaching of the Holy One,\na disciple of outstanding wisdom would use these after appraisal."}},{"id":"snp2.14:18","sourceIds":["snp2.14:18.1","snp2.14:18.2","snp2.14:18.3","snp2.14:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi piṇḍe sayanāsane ca,\nĀpe ca saṅghāṭirajūpavāhane;\nEtesu dhammesu anūpalitto,\nBhikkhu yathā pokkhare vāribindu.","en":"That’s why, when it comes to alms and lodgings,\nand water for rinsing the dust from the cloak,\na mendicant is unsullied in the midst of these things,\nlike a droplet on a lotus-leaf."}},{"id":"snp2.14:19","sourceIds":["snp2.14:19.1","snp2.14:19.2","snp2.14:19.3","snp2.14:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gahaṭṭhavattaṁ pana vo vadāmi,\nYathākaro sāvako sādhu hoti;\nNa hesa labbhā sapariggahena,\nPhassetuṁ yo kevalo bhikkhudhammo.","en":"Now I shall tell you the householder’s duty,\ndoing which one becomes a good disciple.\nFor one burdened with possessions does not get to realize\nthe whole of the mendicant’s practice."}},{"id":"snp2.14:20","sourceIds":["snp2.14:20.1","snp2.14:20.2","snp2.14:20.3","snp2.14:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pāṇaṁ na hane na ca ghātayeyya,\nNa cānujaññā hanataṁ paresaṁ;\nSabbesu bhūtesu nidhāya daṇḍaṁ,\nYe thāvarā ye ca tasā santi loke.","en":"They’d not kill any creature, nor have them killed,\nnor grant permission for others to kill.\nThey’ve laid aside violence toward all creatures\nfrail or firm that there are in the world."}},{"id":"snp2.14:21","sourceIds":["snp2.14:21.1","snp2.14:21.2","snp2.14:21.3","snp2.14:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato adinnaṁ parivajjayeyya,\nKiñci kvaci sāvako bujjhamāno;\nNa hāraye harataṁ nānujaññā,\nSabbaṁ adinnaṁ parivajjayeyya.","en":"Next, a disciple would avoid knowingly\ntaking anything not given at all,\nthey’d not get others to do it, nor grant them permission to steal;\nthey’d avoid all theft."}},{"id":"snp2.14:22","sourceIds":["snp2.14:22.1","snp2.14:22.2","snp2.14:22.3","snp2.14:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abrahmacariyaṁ parivajjayeyya,\nAṅgārakāsuṁ jalitaṁva viññū;\nAsambhuṇanto pana brahmacariyaṁ,\nParassa dāraṁ na atikkameyya.","en":"A sensible person would avoid the unchaste life,\nlike a burning pit of coals.\nBut if unable to remain chaste,\nthey’d not transgress with another’s partner."}},{"id":"snp2.14:23","sourceIds":["snp2.14:23.1","snp2.14:23.2","snp2.14:23.3","snp2.14:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabhaggato vā parisaggato vā,\nEkassa veko na musā bhaṇeyya;\nNa bhāṇaye bhaṇataṁ nānujaññā,\nSabbaṁ abhūtaṁ parivajjayeyya.","en":"In a council or assembly,\nor one on one, they would not lie.\nThey’d not get others to lie, nor grant them permission to lie;\nthey’d avoid all untruths."}},{"id":"snp2.14:24","sourceIds":["snp2.14:24.1","snp2.14:24.2","snp2.14:24.3","snp2.14:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjañca pānaṁ na samācareyya,\nDhammaṁ imaṁ rocaye yo gahaṭṭho;\nNa pāyaye pivataṁ nānujaññā,\nUmmādanantaṁ iti naṁ viditvā.","en":"A householder espousing this teaching\nwould not consume liquor or drink.\nThey’d not get others to drink, nor grant them permission to drink;\nknowing that ends in intoxication."}},{"id":"snp2.14:25","sourceIds":["snp2.14:25.1","snp2.14:25.2","snp2.14:25.3","snp2.14:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Madā hi pāpāni karonti bālā,\nKārenti caññepi jane pamatte;\nEtaṁ apuññāyatanaṁ vivajjaye,\nUmmādanaṁ mohanaṁ bālakantaṁ.","en":"For drunken fools do bad things,\nand encourage other heedless folk.\nShun this field of demerit,\nthe maddening, deluding frolic of fools."}},{"id":"snp2.14:26","sourceIds":["snp2.14:26.1","snp2.14:26.2","snp2.14:26.3","snp2.14:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pāṇaṁ na hane na cādinnamādiye,\nMusā na bhāse na ca majjapo siyā;\nAbrahmacariyā virameyya methunā,\nRattiṁ na bhuñjeyya vikālabhojanaṁ.","en":"You shouldn’t kill living creatures, or steal,\nor lie, or drink liquor.\nBe chaste, refraining from sex,\nand don’t eat at night, the wrong time."}},{"id":"snp2.14:27","sourceIds":["snp2.14:27.1","snp2.14:27.2","snp2.14:27.3","snp2.14:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mālaṁ na dhāre na ca gandhamācare,\nMañce chamāyaṁ va sayetha santhate;\nEtañhi aṭṭhaṅgikamāhuposathaṁ,\nBuddhena dukkhantagunā pakāsitaṁ.","en":"Not wearing garlands or applying fragrance,\nyou should sleep on a low bed, or a mat on the ground.\nThis is the eight-factored sabbath, they say,\nrevealed by the Buddha, who has gone to suffering’s end."}},{"id":"snp2.14:28","sourceIds":["snp2.14:28.1","snp2.14:28.2","snp2.14:28.3","snp2.14:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato ca pakkhassupavassuposathaṁ,\nCātuddasiṁ pañcadasiñca aṭṭhamiṁ;\nPāṭihāriyapakkhañca pasannamānaso,\nAṭṭhaṅgupetaṁ susamattarūpaṁ.","en":"Then having rightly undertaken the sabbath\ncomplete in all its eight factors\non the fourteenth, fifteenth, and eighth of the fortnight,\nas well as on the fortnightly special displays,"}},{"id":"snp2.14:29","sourceIds":["snp2.14:29.1","snp2.14:29.2","snp2.14:29.3","snp2.14:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato ca pāto upavutthuposatho,\nAnnena pānena ca bhikkhusaṅghaṁ;\nPasannacitto anumodamāno,\nYathārahaṁ saṁvibhajetha viññū.","en":"at daybreak after the sabbath\na clever person, rejoicing with confident heart,\nwould distribute food and drink\nto the mendicant Saṅgha as is fitting."}},{"id":"snp2.14:30","sourceIds":["snp2.14:30.1","snp2.14:30.2","snp2.14:30.3","snp2.14:30.4","snp2.14:30.5","snp2.14:30.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammena mātāpitaro bhareyya,\nPayojaye dhammikaṁ so vaṇijjaṁ;\nEtaṁ gihī vattayamappamatto,\nSayampabhe nāma upeti deve”ti.\nDhammikasuttaṁ cuddasamaṁ.\nCūḷavaggo dutiyo.","en":"One should rightfully support one’s parents,\nand undertake a legitimate business.\nA diligent layperson observing these duties\nascends to the gods named ‘self-radiant’.”"}},{"id":"snp2.14:31","sourceIds":["snp2.14:31.0","snp2.14:31.1","snp2.14:31.2","snp2.14:31.3","snp2.14:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nRatanāmagandho hiri ca,\nmaṅgalaṁ sūcilomena;\nDhammacariyañca brāhmaṇo,\nnāvā kiṁsīlamuṭṭhānaṁ."}},{"id":"snp2.14:32","sourceIds":["snp2.14:32.1","snp2.14:32.2","snp2.14:32.3","snp2.14:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rāhulo puna kappo ca,\nparibbājaniyaṁ tathā;\nDhammikañca viduno āhu,\ncūḷavagganti cuddasāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp2.14/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."}