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Majjhima Nikāya 134

Lomasakaṅgiyabhaddekarattasutta

Lomasakaṅgiya and One Fine Night · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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do you know“Jānāsi butpana youtvaṁ, mendicantbhikkhu, thattaṁ goddevaputtan”ti?
not“Na indeedkho Iahaṁ, sirbhante, I knowjānāmi thattaṁ goddevaputtan”ti.
Candana“Candano namednāma heso, mendicantbhikkhu, godlingdevaputto.
CandanaCandano, mendicantbhikkhu, godlingdevaputto attentionaṭṭhiṁ having madekatvā having applied the mindmanasikatvā wholeheartedlysabbacetasā having concentratedsamannāharitvā actively listeningohitasoto to the teachingdhammaṁ listenssuṇāti.
thereforeTena thenhi, mendicantbhikkhu, listensuṇāhi, wellsādhukaṁ apply your mindmanasi dokarohi; I will speakbhāsissāmī”ti.
yes“Evaṁ, sirbhante”ti indeedkho venerableāyasmā Lomasakaṅgiyalomasakaṅgiyo to the Buddhabhagavato repliedpaccassosi.
the BuddhaBhagavā said thisetadavoca:

“But mendicant, do you know that god?” “I do not, sir.” “That godling was named Candana. Candana pays attention, applies the mind, concentrates wholeheartedly, and actively listens to the teaching. Well then, mendicant, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.” “Yes, sir,” Lomasakaṅgiya replied. The Buddha said this:

the past“Atītaṁ one should not run back tonānvāgameyya,
one should not anticipatenappaṭikaṅkhe the futureanāgataṁ;
what is pastYadatītaṁ left behindpahīnaṁ thattaṁ,
and not arrivedappattañca the futureanāgataṁ.
and any presentPaccuppannañca whichyo phenomenondhammaṁ,
theretattha theretattha clearly discernsvipassati;
unfalteringAsaṁhīraṁ unshakableasaṅkuppaṁ,
thattaṁ having knownvidvā one should fostermanubrūhaye.
today indeedAjjeva the work, the keen effortkiccamātappaṁ,
whoko may knowjaññā deathmaraṇaṁ tomorrowsuve;
notNa indeedhi for usno a bargainsaṅgaraṁ with thattena,
with the mighty-hordedmahāsenena with deathmaccunā.
one who dwells thusEvaṁvihāriṁ keenly meditatingātāpiṁ,
tireless all night and dayahorattamatanditaṁ;
that oneTaṁ indeedve is one who has one fine nightbhaddekarattoti,
peacefulsanto declaresācikkhate sagemuni.

“Don’t run back to the past, don’t anticipate the future. What’s past is left behind, the future has not arrived; and any present phenomenon you clearly discern in every case. The unfaltering, the unshakable: having known that, foster it. Today’s the day to keenly work— who knows, tomorrow may bring death! For there is no bargain to be struck with Death and his mighty horde. One who keenly meditates like this, tireless all night and day: that’s who has one fine night— so declares the peaceful sage.

and howKathañca, monkbhikkhu, the pastatītaṁ runs back toanvāgameti and so on…pe…
thusevaṁ indeedkho, monkbhikkhu, the pastatītaṁ runs back toanvāgameti.
and howKathañca, monkbhikkhu, the pastatītaṁ does not run back tonānvāgameti and so on…pe…
thusevaṁ indeedkho, monkbhikkhu, the pastatītaṁ does not run back tonānvāgameti.
and howKathañca, monkbhikkhu, the futureanāgataṁ longs forpaṭikaṅkhati and so on…pe…
thusevaṁ indeedkho, monkbhikkhu, the futureanāgataṁ longs forpaṭikaṅkhati.
and howKathañca, monkbhikkhu, the futureanāgataṁ does not long fornappaṭikaṅkhati and so on…pe…
thusevaṁ indeedkho, monkbhikkhu, the futureanāgataṁ does not long fornappaṭikaṅkhati.
and howKathañca, monkbhikkhu, presentpaccuppannesu dhammadhammesu is drawn insaṁhīrati and so on…pe…
thusevaṁ indeedkho, monkbhikkhu, presentpaccuppannesu dhammadhammesu is drawn insaṁhīrati.
and howKathañca, monkbhikkhu, presentpaccuppannesu dhammadhammesu notna is drawn insaṁhīrati and so on…pe…
thusevaṁ indeedkho, monkbhikkhu, presentpaccuppannesu dhammadhammesu notna is drawn insaṁhīrati.

And how do you run back to the past? …”

the pastAtītaṁ one should not return tonānvāgameyya,
one should not long fornappaṭikaṅkhe the futureanāgataṁ;
what is pastYadatītaṁ abandonedpahīnaṁ thattaṁ,
and the unattainedappattañca futureanāgataṁ.
and the presentPaccuppannañca whoeveryo dhammadhammaṁ,
theretattha theretattha sees clearlyvipassati;
unshakableAsaṁhīraṁ unwaveringasaṅkuppaṁ,
thattaṁ the wise onevidvā should cultivatemanubrūhaye.
today indeedAjjeva the duty of ardorkiccamātappaṁ,
whoko knowsjaññā deathmaraṇaṁ tomorrowsuve;
notNa indeedhi for usno trucesaṅgaraṁ with himtena,
with the great armymahāsenena of deathmaccunā.
one who dwells thusEvaṁvihāriṁ ardentātāpiṁ,
tireless day and nightahorattamatanditaṁ;
himTaṁ indeedve one fine nightbhaddekarattoti,
the peaceful onesanto declaresācikkhate the sagemunī”ti.
this he saidIdamavoca the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamano Venerableāyasmā Lomasakaṅgiyalomasakaṅgiyo of the Blessed Onebhagavato speechbhāsitaṁ approvedabhinandīti.
LomasakaṅgiyabhaddekarattasuttaLomasakaṅgiyabhaddekarattasuttaṁ finishedniṭṭhitaṁ fourthcatutthaṁ.

That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, Venerable Lomasakaṅgiya approved what the Buddha said.

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