1.1PTS 5.378Kapilavatthunidānaṁ.At Kapilavatthu.

1.2Tena kho pana samayena saraṇāni sakko kālaṅkato hoti.Now at that time Sarakāni the Sakyan had passed away.1.3So bhagavatā byākato:The Buddha declared that he was1.4“sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo”ti.a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.

1.5Tatra sudaṁ sambahulā sakkā saṅgamma samāgamma ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti:At that, several Sakyans came together complaining, grumbling, and objecting,1.6“acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho.“Oh lord, how incredible, how amazing!1.7Ettha dāni ko na sotāpanno bhavissati.Who can’t become a stream-enterer these days?1.8Yatra hi nāma saraṇāni sakko kālaṅkato.For the Buddha even declared Sarakāni to be a stream-enterer after he passed away.1.9So bhagavatā byākato:1.10‘sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’ti.1.11Saraṇāni sakko sikkhāya aparipūrakārī ahosī”ti.Sarakāni didn’t fulfill the training.”¹

1.12Atha kho mahānāmo sakko yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho mahānāmo sakko bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then Mahānāma the Sakyan went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and told him what had happened. The Buddha said:

2.1“Idha, bhante, saraṇāni sakko kālaṅkato.2.2So bhagavatā byākato:2.3‘sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’ti.2.4Tatra sudaṁ, bhante, sambahulā sakkā saṅgamma samāgamma ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti:2.5‘acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho.2.6Ettha dāni ko na sotāpanno bhavissati.2.7Yatra hi nāma saraṇāni sakko kālaṅkato.2.8So bhagavatā byākato—2.9sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇoti.2.10Saraṇāni sakko sikkhāya aparipūrakārī ahosī’”ti.

3.1“Yo so, mahānāma, dīgharattaṁ upāsako buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gato dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gato saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gato, so kathaṁ vinipātaṁ gaccheyya.“Mahānāma, when a lay follower has for a long time gone for refuge to the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, how could they go to the underworld?3.2Yañhi taṁ, mahānāma, sammā vadamāno vadeyya:And if anyone should rightly be said to3.3‘dīgharattaṁ upāsako buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gato dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gato saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gato’, saraṇāniṁ sakkaṁ sammā vadamāno vadeyya.have for a long time gone for refuge to the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, it’s Sarakāni the Sakyan.3.4Saraṇāni, mahānāma, sakko dīgharattaṁ upāsako buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gato dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gato saṅghaṁ saraṇaṁ gato, so kathaṁ vinipātaṁ gaccheyya.Sarakāni the Sakyan has for a long time gone for refuge to the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha.

4.1Idha, mahānāma, ekacco puggalo buddhe ekantagato hoti abhippasanno—Take a certain individual who is sure and devoted to the Buddha …4.2itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.4.3Dhamme …pe…the teaching …4.4saṅghe …pe…the Saṅgha …4.5hāsapañño javanapañño vimuttiyā ca samannāgato.They have laughing wisdom and swift wisdom, and are endowed with freedom.4.6So āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.4.7Ayampi kho, mahānāma, puggalo parimutto nirayā parimutto tiracchānayoniyā parimutto pettivisayā parimutto apāyaduggativinipātā.This individual is exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They’re exempt from places of loss, bad places, the underworld.

5.1Idha pana, mahānāma, ekacco puggalo buddhe ekantagato hoti abhippasanno—Take another individual who is sure and devoted to the Buddha …5.2itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.5.3Dhamme …pe…the teaching …5.4saṅghe …pe…the Saṅgha …5.5hāsapañño javanapañño na ca vimuttiyā samannāgato.They have laughing wisdom and swift wisdom, but are not endowed with freedom.5.6So pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā antarāparinibbāyī hoti, upahaccaparinibbāyī hoti, asaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti, sasaṅkhāraparinibbāyī hoti, uddhaṁsoto hoti akaniṭṭhagāmī.With the ending of the five lower fetters, they’re extinguished between one life and the next … they’re extinguished upon landing … they’re extinguished without extra effort … they’re extinguished with extra effort … they head upstream, going to the Akaniṭṭha realm.5.7Ayampi kho, mahānāma, puggalo parimutto nirayā parimutto tiracchānayoniyā parimutto pettivisayā parimutto apāyaduggativinipātā.This individual, too, is exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They’re exempt from places of loss, bad places, the underworld.

6.1PTS 5.379Idha pana, mahānāma, ekacco puggalo buddhe ekantagato hoti abhippasanno—Take another individual who is sure and devoted to the Buddha …6.2itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.6.3Dhamme …pe…the teaching …6.4saṅghe …pe…the Saṅgha …6.5na hāsapañño na javanapañño na ca vimuttiyā samannāgato.But they don’t have laughing wisdom or swift wisdom, nor are they endowed with freedom.6.6So tiṇṇaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā rāgadosamohānaṁ tanuttā sakadāgāmī hoti, sakideva imaṁ lokaṁ āgantvā dukkhassantaṁ karoti.With the ending of three fetters, and the weakening of greed, hate, and delusion, they’re a once-returner. They come back to this world once only, then make an end of suffering.6.7Ayampi kho, mahānāma, puggalo parimutto nirayā parimutto tiracchānayoniyā parimutto pettivisayā parimutto apāyaduggativinipātā.This individual, too, is exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They’re exempt from places of loss, bad places, the underworld.

7.1Idha pana, mahānāma, ekacco puggalo buddhe ekantagato hoti abhippasanno—Take another individual who is sure and devoted to the Buddha …7.2itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.7.3Dhamme …pe…the teaching …7.4saṅghe …pe…the Saṅgha …7.5na hāsapañño na javanapañño na ca vimuttiyā samannāgato.But they don’t have laughing wisdom or swift wisdom, nor are they endowed with freedom.7.6So tiṇṇaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo.With the ending of three fetters they’re a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.7.7Ayampi kho, mahānāma, puggalo parimutto nirayā parimutto tiracchānayoniyā parimutto pettivisayā parimutto apāyaduggativinipātā.This individual, too, is exempt from hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They’re exempt from places of loss, bad places, the underworld.

8.1Idha pana, mahānāma, ekacco puggalo na heva kho buddhe ekantagato hoti abhippasanno …pe…Take another individual who isn’t sure or devoted to the Buddha …8.2na dhamme …pe…the teaching …8.3na saṅghe …pe…the Saṅgha …8.4na hāsapañño na javanapañño na ca vimuttiyā samannāgato;They don’t have laughing wisdom or swift wisdom, nor are they endowed with freedom.8.5api cassa ime dhammā honti—Still, they have these qualities:8.6saddhindriyaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ.the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.8.7Tathāgatappaveditā cassa dhammā paññāya mattaso nijjhānaṁ khamanti.And they accept the teachings proclaimed by the Realized One after deliberating them with a degree of wisdom.8.8Ayampi kho, mahānāma, puggalo agantā nirayaṁ agantā tiracchānayoniṁ agantā pettivisayaṁ agantā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ.This individual, too, doesn’t go to hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They don’t go to places of loss, bad places, the underworld.

9.1Idha pana, mahānāma, ekacco puggalo na heva kho buddhe ekantagato hoti abhippasanno …Take another individual who isn’t sure or devoted to the Buddha …9.2na dhamme …pe…the teaching …9.3na saṅghe …pe…the Saṅgha …9.4na hāsapañño na javanapañño na ca vimuttiyā samannāgato;They don’t have laughing wisdom or swift wisdom, nor are they endowed with freedom.9.5api cassa ime dhammā honti—Still, they have these qualities:9.6saddhindriyaṁ …pe… paññindriyaṁ.the faculties of faith, energy, mindfulness, immersion, and wisdom.9.7Tathāgate cassa saddhāmattaṁ hoti pemamattaṁ.And they have a degree of faith and love for the Buddha.9.8Ayampi kho, mahānāma, puggalo agantā nirayaṁ agantā tiracchānayoniṁ agantā pettivisayaṁ agantā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ.This individual, too, doesn’t go to hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. They don’t go to places of loss, bad places, the underworld.

10.1PTS 5.380Seyyathāpi, mahānāma, dukkhettaṁ dubbhūmaṁ avihatakhāṇukaṁ, bījāni cassu khaṇḍāni pūtīni vātātapahatāni asārādāni asukhasayitāni, devo ca na sammā dhāraṁ anuppaveccheyya.Suppose there was a barren field, a barren ground, with uncleared stumps. And you had seeds that were broken, spoiled, weather-damaged, infertile, and ill kept. And the heavens didn’t provide enough rain.10.2Api nu tāni bījāni vuddhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjeyyun”ti?Would those seeds grow, increase, and mature?”

10.3“No hetaṁ, bhante”.“No, sir.”

10.4“Evameva kho, mahānāma, idha dhammo durakkhāto hoti duppavedito aniyyāniko anupasamasaṁvattaniko asammāsambuddhappavedito—“In the same way, take a teaching that’s badly explained and badly propounded, not emancipating, not leading to peace, proclaimed by someone who is not a fully awakened Buddha.10.5idamahaṁ dukkhettasmiṁ vadāmi.This is what I call a barren field.10.6Tasmiñca dhamme sāvako viharati dhammānudhammappaṭipanno sāmīcippaṭipanno anudhammacārī—A disciple remains in such a teaching, practicing in line with that teaching, practicing it properly, living in line with that teaching.10.7idamahaṁ dubbījasmiṁ vadāmi.This is what I call a bad seed.

11.1Seyyathāpi, mahānāma, sukhettaṁ subhūmaṁ suvihatakhāṇukaṁ, bījāni cassu akhaṇḍāni apūtīni avātātapahatāni sārādāni sukhasayitāni;Suppose there was a fertile field, a fertile ground, well-cleared of stumps. And you had seeds that were intact, unspoiled, not weather-damaged, fertile, and well-kept. And there’s plenty of rainfall.11.2devo ca sammā dhāraṁ anuppaveccheyya.11.3Api nu tāni bījāni vuddhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjeyyun”ti?Would those seeds grow, increase, and mature?”

11.4“Evaṁ, bhante”.“Yes, sir.”

11.5“Evameva kho, mahānāma, idha dhammo svākkhāto hoti suppavedito niyyāniko upasamasaṁvattaniko sammāsambuddhappavedito—“In the same way, take a teaching that’s well explained and well propounded, emancipating, leading to peace, proclaimed by someone who is a fully awakened Buddha.11.6idamahaṁ sukhettasmiṁ vadāmi.This is what I call a fertile field.11.7Tasmiñca dhamme sāvako viharati dhammānudhammappaṭipanno sāmīcippaṭipanno anudhammacārī—A disciple remains in such a teaching, practicing in line with that teaching, practicing it properly, living in line with that teaching.11.8idamahaṁ subījasmiṁ vadāmi.This is what I call a good seed.11.9Kimaṅgaṁ pana saraṇāniṁ sakkaṁ.Why can’t this apply to Sarakāni?11.10Saraṇāni, mahānāma, sakko maraṇakāle sikkhāya paripūrakārī ahosī”ti.Mahānāma, Sarakāni the Sakyan fulfilled the training at the time of his death.”

11.11Pañcamaṁ.