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SN 46.4PTS SN 5.701 min read

Clothes

Vatthasutta

The various awakening factors can be donned at different times of the day, like a man who puts on bright colored clothes whenever he wants.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.4Linked Discourses 46.4
  • 0.21. Pabbatavagga1. Mountains

0.3VatthasuttaClothes

1.1PTS 5.71Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā sāriputto sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time Venerable Sāriputta was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.1.2Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:There Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:1.3“āvuso bhikkhavo”ti.“Reverends, mendicants!”

1.4“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.“Reverend,” they replied.1.5Āyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:Sāriputta said this:

2.1“Sattime, āvuso, bojjhaṅgā.“There are these seven awakening factors.2.2Katame satta?What seven?2.3Satisambojjhaṅgo, dhammavicayasambojjhaṅgo, vīriyasambojjhaṅgo, pītisambojjhaṅgo, passaddhisambojjhaṅgo, samādhisambojjhaṅgo, upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo—The awakening factors of mindfulness, investigation of principles, energy, rapture, tranquility, immersion, and equanimity.2.4ime kho, āvuso, satta bojjhaṅgā.These are the seven awakening factors.

2.5Imesaṁ khvāhaṁ, āvuso, sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ yena yena bojjhaṅgena ākaṅkhāmi pubbaṇhasamayaṁ viharituṁ, tena tena bojjhaṅgena pubbaṇhasamayaṁ viharāmi;In the morning, I meditate on whichever of these seven awakening factors I want.12.6yena yena bojjhaṅgena ākaṅkhāmi majjhanhikaṁ samayaṁ viharituṁ, tena tena bojjhaṅgena majjhanhikaṁ samayaṁ viharāmi;At midday,2.7yena yena bojjhaṅgena ākaṅkhāmi sāyanhasamayaṁ viharituṁ, tena tena bojjhaṅgena sāyanhasamayaṁ viharāmi.and in the evening, I meditate on whichever of these seven awakening factors I want.2.8Satisambojjhaṅgo iti ce me, āvuso, hoti, ‘appamāṇo’ti me hoti, ‘susamāraddho’ti me hoti, tiṭṭhantañca naṁ ‘tiṭṭhatī’ti pajānāmi.If it’s the awakening factor of mindfulness, I know that it’s limitless and that it’s properly implemented. While it remains I understand that it remains.2.9Sacepi me cavati, ‘idappaccayā me cavatī’ti pajānāmi …pe…And if it subsides in me I understand the specific reason it subsides. …2.10upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo iti ce me, āvuso, hoti, ‘appamāṇo’ti me hoti, ‘susamāraddho’ti me hoti, tiṭṭhantañca naṁ ‘tiṭṭhatī’ti pajānāmi.If it’s the awakening factor of equanimity, I know that it’s limitless and that it’s properly implemented. While it remains I understand that it remains.2.11Sacepi me cavati, ‘idappaccayā me cavatī’ti pajānāmi.And if it subsides I understand the specific reason it subsides.

3.1PTS 5.72Seyyathāpi, āvuso, rañño vā rājamahāmattassa vā nānārattānaṁ dussānaṁ dussakaraṇḍako pūro assa.Suppose that a ruler or their chief minister had a chest full of garments of different colors.3.2So yaññadeva dussayugaṁ ākaṅkheyya pubbaṇhasamayaṁ pārupituṁ, taṁ tadeva dussayugaṁ pubbaṇhasamayaṁ pārupeyya;In the morning, they’d don whatever pair of garments they wanted.3.3yaññadeva dussayugaṁ ākaṅkheyya majjhanhikaṁ samayaṁ pārupituṁ, taṁ tadeva dussayugaṁ majjhanhikaṁ samayaṁ pārupeyya;At midday,3.4yaññadeva dussayugaṁ ākaṅkheyya sāyanhasamayaṁ pārupituṁ, taṁ tadeva dussayugaṁ sāyanhasamayaṁ pārupeyya.and in the evening, they’d don whatever pair of garments they wanted.

3.5Evameva khvāhaṁ, āvuso, imesaṁ sattannaṁ bojjhaṅgānaṁ yena yena bojjhaṅgena ākaṅkhāmi pubbaṇhasamayaṁ viharituṁ, tena tena bojjhaṅgena pubbaṇhasamayaṁ viharāmi;In the same way, in the morning,3.6yena yena bojjhaṅgena ākaṅkhāmi majjhanhikaṁ samayaṁ viharituṁ, tena tena bojjhaṅgena majjhanhikaṁ samayaṁ viharāmi;at midday,3.7yena yena bojjhaṅgena ākaṅkhāmi sāyanhasamayaṁ viharituṁ, tena tena bojjhaṅgena sāyanhasamayaṁ viharāmi.and in the evening, I meditate on whichever of these seven awakening factors I want.3.8Satisambojjhaṅgo iti ce me, āvuso, hoti, ‘appamāṇo’ti me hoti, ‘susamāraddho’ti me hoti, tiṭṭhantañca naṁ ‘tiṭṭhatī’ti pajānāmi.If it’s the awakening factor of mindfulness, I know that it’s limitless and that it’s properly implemented. While it remains I understand that it remains.3.9Sacepi me cavati, ‘idappaccayā me cavatī’ti pajānāmi …pe…And if it subsides I understand the specific reason it subsides. …3.10upekkhāsambojjhaṅgo iti ce me, āvuso, hoti, ‘appamāṇo’ti me hoti, ‘susamāraddho’ti me hoti, tiṭṭhantañca naṁ ‘tiṭṭhatī’ti pajānāmi.If it’s the awakening factor of equanimity, I know that it’s limitless and that it’s properly implemented. While it remains I understand that it remains.3.11Sacepi me cavati, ‘idappaccayā me cavatī’ti pajānāmī”ti.And if it subsides I understand the specific reason it subsides.”

3.12Catutthaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This discourse shows a method of development by focusing on each individual factor. Sāriputta is not contradicting the idea that they arise in mutual dependence; rather, it is because he understands their relationship that he can evoke them at will.

    ↩ sn46.4:2.5