0.3SamiddhisuttaWith Samiddhi
1.1Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati tapodārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Hot Springs Monastery.
1.3Atha kho āyasmā samiddhi rattiyā paccūsasamayaṁ paccuṭṭhāya yena tapodā tenupasaṅkami gattāni parisiñcituṁ.Then Venerable Samiddhi rose at the crack of dawn and went to the hot springs to bathe.11.4Tapode gattāni parisiñcitvā paccuttaritvā ekacīvaro aṭṭhāsi gattāni pubbāpayamāno.When he had bathed and emerged from the water he stood in one robe drying his limbs.
1.5Atha kho aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ tapodaṁ obhāsetvā yena āyasmā samiddhi tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā vehāsaṁ ṭhitā āyasmantaṁ samiddhiṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:Then, late at night, a glorious deity, lighting up the entire hot springs, went up to Samiddhi, and, standing in the air, addressed him in verse:2
2.1“Abhutvā bhikkhasi bhikkhu,“Mendicant, you seek alms before you eat;2.2na hi bhutvāna bhikkhasi;you don’t seek alms after eating.2.3Bhutvāna bhikkhu bhikkhassu,But you should eat first, then seek alms:32.4mā taṁ kālo upaccagā”ti.don’t let the time pass you by.”
3.1“Kālaṁ vohaṁ na jānāmi,“I actually don’t know the time;43.2channo kālo na dissati;it’s hidden and unseen.3.3Tasmā abhutvā bhikkhāmi,That’s why I seek alms before eating,3.4mā maṁ kālo upaccagā”ti.so that the time may not pass me by!”
4.1Atha kho sā devatā pathaviyaṁ patiṭṭhahitvā āyasmantaṁ samiddhiṁ etadavoca:Then that deity landed on the ground and said to Samiddhi,4.2“daharo tvaṁ, bhikkhu, pabbajito susu kāḷakeso, bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato, paṭhamena vayasā, anikkīḷitāvī kāmesu.“You’ve gone forth while young, mendicant. With pristine black hair, you’re blessed with youth, in the prime of life, and you’ve never flirted with sensual pleasures.4.3Bhuñja, bhikkhu, mānusake kāme;Enjoy human sensual pleasures!4.4mā sandiṭṭhikaṁ hitvā kālikaṁ anudhāvī”ti.Don’t give up what is apparent in the present to chase after what takes effect over time.”
5.1“Na khvāhaṁ, āvuso, sandiṭṭhikaṁ hitvā kālikaṁ anudhāvāmi.“I’m not, respectable sir.5.2Kālikañca khvāhaṁ, āvuso, hitvā sandiṭṭhikaṁ anudhāvāmi.I’m giving up what takes effect over time to chase after what is apparent in the present.55.3Kālikā hi, āvuso, kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā; ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.For the Buddha has said that sensual pleasures take effect over time, with much suffering and distress, and they’re all the more full of drawbacks.5.4Sandiṭṭhiko ayaṁ dhammo akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī”ti.But this teaching is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.”
6.1“Kathañca, bhikkhu, kālikā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā, ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo?“But in what way, mendicant, has the Buddha said that sensual pleasures take effect over time, with much suffering and distress, and they’re all the more full of drawbacks?6.2Kathaṁ sandiṭṭhiko ayaṁ dhammo akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī”ti?And how is this teaching apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves?”
7.1“Ahaṁ kho, āvuso, navo acirapabbajito adhunāgato imaṁ dhammavinayaṁ.“I’m junior, respectable sir, recently gone forth, newly come to this teaching and training.7.2Na tāhaṁ sakkomi vitthārena ācikkhituṁ.I’m not able to explain this in detail.7.3Ayaṁ so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho rājagahe viharati tapodārāme.But he, that Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, is staying near Rājagaha in the Hot Springs Monastery.7.4Taṁ bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamitvā etamatthaṁ puccha.You should approach him and ask about this matter.7.5Yathā te bhagavā byākaroti tathā naṁ dhāreyyāsī”ti.And you should remember it in line with the Buddha’s answer.”
8.1“Na kho, bhikkhu, sukaro so bhagavā amhehi upasaṅkamituṁ, aññāhi mahesakkhāhi devatāhi parivuto.“It’s not easy for us to approach the Buddha, as he is surrounded by other illustrious deities.8.2Sace kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, taṁ bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamitvā etamatthaṁ puccheyyāsi, mayampi āgaccheyyāma dhammassavanāyā”ti.If you go to the Buddha and ask him about this matter, we’ll come along and listen to the teaching.”
8.3“Evamāvuso”ti kho āyasmā samiddhi tassā devatāya paṭissutvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā samiddhi bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:“Yes, reverend,” Venerable Samiddhi replied. He went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. Then he added:
9.1“Idhāhaṁ, bhante, rattiyā paccūsasamayaṁ paccuṭṭhāya yena tapodā tenupasaṅkamiṁ gattāni parisiñcituṁ.9.2Tapode gattāni parisiñcitvā paccuttaritvā ekacīvaro aṭṭhāsiṁ gattāni pubbāpayamāno.9.3Atha kho, bhante, aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ tapodaṁ obhāsetvā yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā vehāsaṁ ṭhitā imāya gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:
10.1‘Abhutvā bhikkhasi bhikkhu,10.2na hi bhutvāna bhikkhasi;10.3Bhutvāna bhikkhu bhikkhassu,10.4mā taṁ kālo upaccagā’ti.
11.1Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, bhante, taṁ devataṁ gāthāya paccabhāsiṁ:
12.1‘Kālaṁ vohaṁ na jānāmi,12.2channo kālo na dissati;12.3Tasmā abhutvā bhikkhāmi,12.4mā maṁ kālo upaccagā’ti.
13.1Atha kho, bhante, sā devatā pathaviyaṁ patiṭṭhahitvā maṁ etadavoca:13.2‘daharo tvaṁ, bhikkhu, pabbajito susu kāḷakeso, bhadrena yobbanena samannāgato, paṭhamena vayasā, anikkīḷitāvī kāmesu.13.3Bhuñja, bhikkhu, mānusake kāme;13.4mā sandiṭṭhikaṁ hitvā kālikaṁ anudhāvī’ti.
14.1Evaṁ vuttāhaṁ, bhante, taṁ devataṁ etadavocaṁ:14.2‘na khvāhaṁ, āvuso, sandiṭṭhikaṁ hitvā kālikaṁ anudhāvāmi;14.3kālikañca khvāhaṁ, āvuso, hitvā sandiṭṭhikaṁ anudhāvāmi.14.4Kālikā hi, āvuso, kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā; ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo.14.5Sandiṭṭhiko ayaṁ dhammo akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī’ti.
15.1Evaṁ vutte, bhante, sā devatā maṁ etadavoca:15.2‘kathañca, bhikkhu, kālikā kāmā vuttā bhagavatā bahudukkhā bahupāyāsā; ādīnavo ettha bhiyyo?15.3Kathaṁ sandiṭṭhiko ayaṁ dhammo akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī’ti?
16.1Evaṁ vuttāhaṁ, bhante, taṁ devataṁ etadavocaṁ:16.2‘ahaṁ kho, āvuso, navo acirapabbajito adhunāgato imaṁ dhammavinayaṁ, na tāhaṁ sakkomi vitthārena ācikkhituṁ.16.3Ayaṁ so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho rājagahe viharati tapodārāme.16.4Taṁ bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamitvā etamatthaṁ puccha.16.5Yathā te bhagavā byākaroti tathā naṁ dhāreyyāsī’ti.
17.1Evaṁ vutte, bhante, sā devatā maṁ etadavoca:17.2‘na kho, bhikkhu, sukaro so bhagavā amhehi upasaṅkamituṁ, aññāhi mahesakkhāhi devatāhi parivuto.17.3Sace kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, taṁ bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamitvā etamatthaṁ puccheyyāsi, mayampi āgaccheyyāma dhammassavanāyā’ti.17.4Sace, bhante, tassā devatāya saccaṁ vacanaṁ, idheva sā devatā avidūre”ti.“Sir, if that deity spoke the truth, he’ll be close by.”
18.1Evaṁ vutte, sā devatā āyasmantaṁ samiddhiṁ etadavoca:When he had spoken, that deity said to Samiddhi,18.2“puccha, bhikkhu, puccha, bhikkhu, yamahaṁ anuppattā”ti.“Ask, mendicant, ask! For I have arrived.”
19.1Atha kho bhagavā taṁ devataṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:Then the Buddha addressed the deity in verse:
20.1“Akkheyyasaññino sattā,“Sentient beings who perceive the communicable,20.2akkheyyasmiṁ patiṭṭhitā;become established in the communicable.20.3Akkheyyaṁ apariññāya,Not understanding the communicable,20.4yogamāyanti maccuno.they fall under the yoke of Death.
21.1Akkheyyañca pariññāya,But having fully understood the communicable,21.2Akkhātāraṁ na maññati;they don’t conceive a communicator,21.3Tañhi tassa na hotīti,for they have nothing21.4Yena naṁ vajjā na tassa atthi;by which they might be described.
21.5Sace vijānāsi vadehi yakkhā”ti.Tell me if you understand, spirit.”
22.1“Na khvāhaṁ, bhante, imassa bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāmi.“I don’t understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement.22.2Sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā tathā bhāsatu yathāhaṁ imassa bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ jāneyyan”ti.Please teach me this matter so I can understand the detailed meaning.”
23.1“Samo visesī uda vā nihīno,“If you think that ‘I’m equal,23.2Yo maññatī so vivadetha tena;special, or worse’, you’ll dispute about that.23.3Tīsu vidhāsu avikampamāno,Unwavering in the face of the three discriminations,23.4Samo visesīti na tassa hoti;they have no thought, ‘I’m equal or special’.6
23.5Sace vijānāsi vadehi yakkhā”ti.Tell me if you understand, spirit.”
24.1“Imassapi khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa na vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāmi.“I don’t understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement.24.2Sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā tathā bhāsatu yathāhaṁ imassa bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa vitthārena atthaṁ jāneyyan”ti.Please teach me this matter so I can understand the detailed meaning.”
25.1“Pahāsi saṅkhaṁ na vimānamajjhagā,“They gave up judgment without falling into conceit;725.2Acchecchi taṇhaṁ idha nāmarūpe;craving for name and form was cut off right here.25.3Taṁ chinnaganthaṁ anighaṁ nirāsaṁ,They cut the ties, untroubled, <j>with no need for hope.25.4Pariyesamānā nājjhagamuṁ;Though gods and humans search for them25.5Devā manussā idha vā huraṁ vā,in this life or the next, they never find them,25.6Saggesu vā sabbanivesanesu.not in heaven nor in any abode.
26.1Sace vijānāsi vadehi yakkhā”ti.Tell me if you understand, spirit.”
27.1“Imassa khvāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena atthaṁ ājānāmi—“This is how I understand the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement:
28.1Pāpaṁ na kayirā vacasā manasā,You should never do anything bad28.2Kāyena vā kiñcana sabbaloke;by speech or mind or body in all the world.28.3Kāme pahāya satimā sampajāno,Having given up sensual pleasures, <j>mindful and aware,28.4Dukkhaṁ na sevetha anatthasaṁhitan”ti.you shouldn’t keep doing <j>what’s painful and pointless.”
28.5Nandanavaggo dutiyo.
29.0Tassuddānaṁ
29.1Nandanā nandati ceva,29.2Natthiputtasamena ca;29.3Khattiyo saṇamāno ca,29.4Niddātandī ca dukkaraṁ;29.5Hirī kuṭikā navamo,29.6Dasamo vutto samiddhināti.