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One Who Lives Happily

Sukhavihārijātaka

“The man who guards not.”—This story was told by the Master while in the Anupiya Mango-grove near the town of Anupiya, about the Elder Bhaddiya (the Happy), who joined the Brotherhood in the company of the six young nobles with whom was Upali. Of these the Elders Bhaddiya, Kimbila, Bhagu, and Upali attained to Arahatship; the Elder Ananda entered the First Path; the Elder Anuruddha gained all-seeing vision; and Devadatta obtained the power of ecstatic self-abstraction. The story of the six young nobles, up to the events at Anupiya, will be related in the Khandahala-jataka.

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

  • 0.1JātakaStories of Past Lives 10
  • 0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • 0.3ApaṇṇakavaggaSure Bet

0.410. SukhavihārijātakaLiving at Ease: a past life story

1.1PTS 1.141“Yañca aññe na rakkhanti,He who is not guarded by others,11.2yo ca aññe na rakkhati;and who does not guard others,1.3Sa ve rāja sukhaṁ seti,truly sleeps at ease, O King,21.4kāmesu anapekkhavā”ti.unconcerned for sensual pleasures.

2.1Sukhavihārijātakaṁ dasamaṁ.

2.2Apaṇṇakavaggo paṭhamo.

3.1Tassuddānaṁ

4.1Varāpaṇṇaka vaṇṇupatha serivaro,4.2Suvicakkhaṇa taṇḍulanāḷikassā;4.3Hiri puttavaruttagāmaṇinā,4.4Yo ca na rakkhati tena dasāti.

Translator’s notes

  1. The story concerns an ascetic who, lying down in bliss, does not rise to greet the king.

    ↩ ja10:1.1

  2. This verse is identical to Thag 11.1:4.1, except that is addressed to a mendicant.

    ↩ ja10:1.3