{"id":"thag3.8","title":"Vassika","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag3.8","title":"Vassika","units":[{"id":"thag3.8:0","sourceIds":["thag3.8:0.1","thag3.8:0.2","thag3.8:0.3","thag3.8:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 3.8\nTikanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nVassikattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 3.8\nThe Book of the Threes\nChapter One\nVassika"}},{"id":"thag3.8:1","sourceIds":["thag3.8:1.1","thag3.8:1.2","thag3.8:1.3","thag3.8:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ekopi saddho medhāvī,\nassaddhānīdha ñātinaṁ;\nDhammaṭṭho sīlasampanno,\nhoti atthāya bandhunaṁ.","en":"I was the only one in my family\nwho had faith and wisdom.\nIt’s good for my relatives that I’m\nfirm in principle, and ethical."}},{"id":"thag3.8:2","sourceIds":["thag3.8:2.1","thag3.8:2.2","thag3.8:2.3","thag3.8:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Niggayha anukampāya,\ncoditā ñātayo mayā;\nÑātibandhavapemena,\nkāraṁ katvāna bhikkhusu.","en":"I curbed my family out of sympathy,\ntelling them off out of love\nfor my family and relatives.\nThey performed a service for the monks"}},{"id":"thag3.8:3","sourceIds":["thag3.8:3.1","thag3.8:3.2","thag3.8:3.3","thag3.8:3.4","thag3.8:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te abbhatītā kālaṅkatā,\npattā te tidivaṁ sukhaṁ;\nBhātaro mayhaṁ mātā ca,\nmodanti kāmakāmino”ti.\n… Vassiko thero ….","en":"and then they passed away,\nfinding happiness in the Third Heaven.\nThere, my brothers and mother\nenjoy all the pleasures they desire."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag3.8/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."}