Skip to content
True DhammaLibrary · Community
AN 1.1–102 min read

What Occupies the Mind

Cittapariyādānavagga

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 1Numbered Discourses 1.1–10

0.21. RūpādivaggaThe Chapter on What Occupies the Mind

1.011

1.1PTS 1.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.1.3Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,1.4“bhikkhavo”ti.“Mendicants!”

1.5“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.“Venerable sir,” they replied.1.6Bhagavā etadavoca:The Buddha said this:

2.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekarūpampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, itthirūpaṁ.“Mendicants, I do not see a single sight that occupies a man’s mind like the sight of a woman.2.2Itthirūpaṁ, bhikkhave, purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The sight of a woman occupies a man’s mind.”

2.3Paṭhamaṁ.

1.022

1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekasaddampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, itthisaddo.“Mendicants, I do not see a single sound that occupies a man’s mind like the sound of a woman.1.2Itthisaddo, bhikkhave, purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The sound of a woman occupies a man’s mind.”

1.3Dutiyaṁ.

1.033

1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekagandhampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, itthigandho.“Mendicants, I do not see a single smell that occupies a man’s mind like the smell of a woman.1.2Itthigandho, bhikkhave, purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The smell of a woman occupies a man’s mind.”

1.3Tatiyaṁ.

1.044

1.1PTS 1.2“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekarasampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, itthiraso.“Mendicants, I do not see a single taste that occupies a man’s mind like the taste of a woman.1.2Itthiraso, bhikkhave, purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The taste of a woman occupies a man’s mind.”

1.3Catutthaṁ.

1.055

1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekaphoṭṭhabbampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, itthiphoṭṭhabbo.“Mendicants, I do not see a single touch that occupies a man’s mind like the touch of a woman.1.2Itthiphoṭṭhabbo, bhikkhave, purisassa cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The touch of a woman occupies a man’s mind.”

1.3Pañcamaṁ.

1.066

1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekarūpampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, purisarūpaṁ.“Mendicants, I do not see a single sight that occupies a woman’s mind like the sight of a man.1.2Purisarūpaṁ, bhikkhave, itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The sight of a man occupies a woman’s mind.”

1.3Chaṭṭhaṁ.

1.077

1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekasaddampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, purisasaddo.“Mendicants, I do not see a single sound that occupies a woman’s mind like the sound of a man.1.2Purisasaddo, bhikkhave, itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The sound of a man occupies a woman’s mind.”

1.3Sattamaṁ.

1.088

1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekagandhampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, purisagandho.“Mendicants, I do not see a single smell that occupies a woman’s mind like the smell of a man.1.2Purisagandho, bhikkhave, itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The smell of a man occupies a woman’s mind.”

1.3Aṭṭhamaṁ.

1.099

1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekarasampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, purisaraso.“Mendicants, I do not see a single taste that occupies a woman’s mind like the taste of a man.1.2Purisaraso, bhikkhave, itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The taste of a man occupies a woman’s mind.”

1.3Navamaṁ.

1.01010

1.1“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekaphoṭṭhabbampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhati yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, purisaphoṭṭhabbo.“Mendicants, I do not see a single touch that occupies a woman’s mind like the touch of a man.1.2Purisaphoṭṭhabbo, bhikkhave, itthiyā cittaṁ pariyādāya tiṭṭhatī”ti.The touch of a man occupies a woman’s mind.”

1.3Dasamaṁ.

1.4Rūpādivaggo paṭhamo.