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Over His Head

Sasīsakasutta

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 19.11Linked Discourses 19.11
  • 0.22. DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.3SasīsakasuttaOver His Head

1.1PTS 2.259Evaṁ me sutaṁ—So I have heard.1.2ekaṁ samayaṁ rājagahe veḷuvane.At one time near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove …

1.3“Idhāhaṁ, āvuso, gijjhakūṭā pabbatā orohanto addasaṁ purisaṁ gūthakūpe sasīsakaṁ nimuggaṁ …pe…“Just now, reverend, as I was descending from Vulture’s Peak Mountain I saw a man sunk over his head in a sewer. …” …

1.4eso, bhikkhave, satto imasmiṁyeva rājagahe pāradāriko ahosi …pe….“That being used to be an adulterer right here in Rājagaha. …”1

1.5Paṭhamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. DN 23:9.1 tells how a man who has escaped a sewer and been provided with all sensual pleasures would not return. Thus the sewer is the inverse of the pleasures of the flesh.

    ↩ sn19.11:1.4