- 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.34Linked Discourses 1.34
- 0.24. Satullapakāyikavagga4. The Host of a Hundred Felicities
0.3NasantisuttaThere Are None
1.1Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
1.2Atha kho sambahulā satullapakāyikā devatāyo abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.Then, late at night, several glorious deities of the host of a hundred felicities, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side.1.3Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:Standing to one side, one deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:
2.1“Na santi kāmā manujesu niccā,“Among mankind there are no sensual pleasures that are permanent.2.2Santīdha kamanīyāni yesu baddho;Here there are sensuous things, bound to which,2.3Yesu pamatto apunāgamanaṁ,drunk on which, there’s no coming back.2.4Anāgantā puriso maccudheyyā”ti.That person doesn’t return from Death’s dominion.”1
3.1“Chandajaṁ aghaṁ chandajaṁ dukkhaṁ,“Gloom is born of desire; suffering is born of desire;23.2Chandavinayā aghavinayo;when desire is removed, gloom is removed;3.3Aghavinayā dukkhavinayo”ti.when gloom is removed, suffering is removed.”
4.1“Na te kāmā yāni citrāni loke,“The world’s pretty things aren’t sensual pleasures.4.2Saṅkapparāgo purisassa kāmo;Greedy intention is a person’s sensual pleasure.4.3Tiṭṭhanti citrāni tatheva loke,The world’s pretty things stay just as they are,4.4Athettha dhīrā vinayanti chandaṁ.but the attentive remove desire for them.
5.1Kodhaṁ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṁ,Give up anger, get rid of conceit,5.2Saṁyojanaṁ sabbamatikkameyya;and get past all the fetters.5.3Taṁ nāmarūpasmimasajjamānaṁ,Sufferings don’t torment the one who has nothing,5.4Akiñcanaṁ nānupatanti dukkhā.not clinging to name and form.
6.1Pahāsi saṅkhaṁ na vimānamajjhagā,They gave up judgment without falling into conceit;6.2Acchecchi taṇhaṁ idha nāmarūpe;craving for name and form was cut off right here.6.3Taṁ chinnaganthaṁ anighaṁ nirāsaṁ,They cut the ties, untroubled, <j>with no need for hope.6.4Pariyesamānā nājjhagamuṁ;Though gods and humans search for them6.5Devā manussā idha vā huraṁ vā,in this life or the next, they never find them,6.6Saggesu vā sabbanivesanesū”ti.not in heaven nor in any abode.”
7.1“Tañce hi nāddakkhuṁ tathāvimuttaṁ,“If neither gods nor humans see one freed in this way,”7.2(iccāyasmā mogharājā)said Venerable Mogharāja,37.3Devā manussā idha vā huraṁ vā;“in this life or the next,7.4Naruttamaṁ atthacaraṁ narānaṁ,are those who revere that supreme man,7.5Ye taṁ namassanti pasaṁsiyā te”ti.who lives for the good of mankind, <j>also worthy of praise?”
8.1“Pasaṁsiyā tepi bhavanti bhikkhū,“The mendicants who revere one freed in this way,”8.2(mogharājāti bhagavā)said the Buddha,8.3Ye taṁ namassanti tathāvimuttaṁ;“are also worthy of praise, Mogharāja.8.4Aññāya dhammaṁ vicikicchaṁ pahāya,Having understood the teaching <j>and given up doubt,8.5Saṅgātigā tepi bhavanti bhikkhū”ti.those mendicants slip their chains.”