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Majjhima Nikāya 18

Madhupiṇḍikasutta

The Honey-Cake · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā among the Sakyanssakkesu was stayingviharati in Kapilavatthukapilavatthusmiṁ in the Banyan Tree Monasterynigrodhārāme.

thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā morning·timepubbaṇhasamayaṁ down·dressnivāsetvā bowl·robe·takepattacīvaramādāya Kapilavatthukapilavatthuṁ for almspiṇḍāya enteredpāvisi.
in KapilavatthuKapilavatthusmiṁ for almspiṇḍāya having wanderedcaritvā after·mealpacchābhattaṁ alms·drop·returnpiṇḍapātapaṭikkanto whereyena great·woodmahāvanaṁ there he wenttenupasaṅkami for the day's meditationdivāvihārāya.
great·woodMahāvanaṁ deep·plungeajjhogāhetvā wood-apple·young treebeluvalaṭṭhikāya at the rootmūle day·meditationdivāvihāraṁ satnisīdi.

Daṇḍapāṇi·tooDaṇḍapāṇipi indeedkho the Sakyansakko leg·walkingjaṅghāvihāraṁ along·walkinganucaṅkamamāno along·wanderinganuvicaramāno whereyena great·woodmahāvanaṁ it·approachedtenupasaṅkami.
great·woodMahāvanaṁ having plunged intoajjhogāhetvā whereyena the beluvalaṭṭhikābeluvalaṭṭhikā whereyena the Blessed Onebhagavā him·approachedtenupasaṅkami; near·having approachedupasaṅkamitvā with the Blessed Onebhagavatā together withsaddhiṁ together·exchanged greetingssammodi.
greetingSammodanīyaṁ conversationkathaṁ politesāraṇīyaṁ thoroughly·having exchangedvītisāretvā staff·leaning ondaṇḍamolubbha one·sideekamantaṁ he stoodaṭṭhāsi. one·sideEkamantaṁ standingṭhito indeedkho Daṇḍapāṇidaṇḍapāṇi the Sakyansakko the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ this·saidetadavoca:
what is his doctrine?“kiṁvādī the asceticsamaṇo what·assertskimakkhāyī”ti?

speaking accordingly“Yathāvādī indeedkho, friendāvuso, with·godssadevake in the worldloke with·Mārassamārake with·Brahmāssabrahmake with·ascetics and brahminssassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā populationpajāya with·gods and humanssadevamanussāya notna with anyonekenaci in the worldloke having quarreledviggayha standstiṭṭhati, asyathā andca furthermorepana from sensual pleasureskāmehi apart·joinedvisaṁyuttaṁ livingviharantaṁ himtaṁ brahminbrāhmaṇaṁ not·indecisionakathaṅkathiṁ cut·worrychinnakukkuccaṁ for rebirth in this or that statebhavābhave rid of·cravingvītataṇhaṁ perceptionssaññā do not underlienānusenti—
thus·speakingevaṁvādī indeedkho Iahaṁ, friendāvuso, asserting thusevamakkhāyī”ti.

thusEvaṁ when spokenvutte, Daṇḍapāṇidaṇḍapāṇi the Sakyansakko his headsīsaṁ down·shakeokampetvā, his tonguejivhaṁ out·wagglenillāḷetvā, three·furrowedtivisākhaṁ his brownalāṭikaṁ on the foreheadnalāṭe having raisedvuṭṭhāpetvā staff + leaning ondaṇḍamolubbha he departedpakkāmi.

thenAtha indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā evening·timesāyanhasamayaṁ from retreatpaṭisallānā emergedvuṭṭhito whereyena the Banyan Tree Monasterynigrodhārāmo went theretenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā spread outpaññatte on the seatāsane down·sitnisīdi.
having satNisajja indeedkho the Blessed Onebhagavā the mendicantsbhikkhū to·speakāmantesi:
here I“idhāhaṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, morning·timepubbaṇhasamayaṁ down·dressnivāsetvā bowl·robe + takepattacīvaramādāya Kapilavatthukapilavatthuṁ for almspiṇḍāya enteredpāvisiṁ.
in KapilavatthuKapilavatthusmiṁ for almspiṇḍāya having wanderedcaritvā after·mealpacchābhattaṁ returned from alms-gatheringpiṇḍapātapaṭikkanto whereyena great·woodmahāvanaṁ went theretenupasaṅkamiṁ for the day's abidingdivāvihārāya.
the Great WoodMahāvanaṁ having plunged intoajjhogāhetvā of a young bamboobeluvalaṭṭhikāya at the rootmūle day·abidingdivāvihāraṁ sat downnisīdiṁ.
Daṇḍapāṇi + tooDaṇḍapāṇipi indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, the Sakyansakko leg·walkingjaṅghāvihāraṁ walking back and forthanucaṅkamamāno roaming aboutanuvicaramāno whereyena great·woodmahāvanaṁ went theretenupasaṅkami.
the Great WoodMahāvanaṁ having plunged intoajjhogāhetvā whereyena the young bamboobeluvalaṭṭhikā where I wasyenāhaṁ approached theretenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā with memayā togethersaddhiṁ exchanged greetingssammodi.
cordialSammodanīyaṁ conversationkathaṁ courteoussāraṇīyaṁ having exchangedvītisāretvā staff·lean ondaṇḍamolubbha on one sideekamantaṁ stoodaṭṭhāsi. on one sideEkamantaṁ standingṭhito indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, Daṇḍapāṇidaṇḍapāṇi the Sakyansakko to memaṁ this·saidetadavoca:
what does the ascetic assert‘kiṁvādī the asceticsamaṇo what does he proclaimkimakkhāyī’ti?
thusEvaṁ when this was saidvutte, Iahaṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, to Daṇḍapāṇidaṇḍapāṇiṁ the Sakyansakkaṁ this·saidetadavocaṁ:

speaking thus‘yathāvādī indeedkho, friendāvuso, with·godssadevake in the worldloke with·Mārassamārake with·Brahmāssabrahmake with its ascetics and brahminssassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā for the peoplepajāya with its gods and humanssadevamanussāya notna with anyonekenaci in the worldloke apart·seizeviggayha standstiṭṭhati, asyathā andca furtherpana from sensual pleasureskāmehi apart·joinedvisaṁyuttaṁ dwellingviharantaṁ thattaṁ brahminbrāhmaṇaṁ not·doubtakathaṅkathiṁ with remorse cut offchinnakukkuccaṁ existence·existencebhavābhave free from·cravingvītataṇhaṁ perceptionssaññā do not lie latentnānusenti—
thus·speakerevaṁvādī indeedkho Iahaṁ, friendāvuso, thus I declareevamakkhāyī’ti.
thusEvaṁ when spokenvutte, monksbhikkhave, stick·handdaṇḍapāṇi the Sakyansakko his headsīsaṁ having shakenokampetvā, his tonguejivhaṁ having wagglednillāḷetvā, three·forkedtivisākhaṁ forehead-furrownalāṭikaṁ on his foreheadnalāṭe having raisedvuṭṭhāpetvā stick·leandaṇḍamolubbha he departedpakkāmī”ti.
thusEvaṁ when spokenvutte, a certainaññataro monkbhikkhu to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ said thisetadavoca:

asserting what doctrine“kiṁvādī butpana, sirbhante, the Buddhabhagavā with·godssadevake worldloke with·Mārassamārake with·divinitiessabrahmake with·ascetics and brahminssassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā populationpajāya with·gods and humanssadevamanussāya notna with anyonekenaci worldloke argueviggayha does he standtiṭṭhati?
how·andKathañca butpana, sirbhante, the Buddhabhagavantaṁ from sensual pleasureskāmehi detachedvisaṁyuttaṁ livingviharantaṁ thattaṁ brahminbrāhmaṇaṁ without·indecisionakathaṅkathiṁ cut·worrychinnakukkuccaṁ in this or that statebhavābhave rid of·cravingvītataṇhaṁ perceptionssaññā do not underlienānusentī”ti?

from whatever source“Yatonidānaṁ, mendicantbhikkhu, personpurisaṁ proliferation·perception·reckoningpapañcasaññāsaṅkhā together·movesamudācaranti.
hereEttha ifce there is notnatthi towards·to be delighted inabhinanditabbaṁ towards·to be spokenabhivaditabbaṁ worth getting attached toajjhositabbaṁ.
just this is the endEsevanto of the underlying tendency to desirerāgānusayānaṁ, just this is the endesevanto of the underlying tendency to aversionpaṭighānusayānaṁ, just this is the endesevanto of the underlying tendency to viewsdiṭṭhānusayānaṁ, just this is the endesevanto of the underlying tendency to doubtvicikicchānusayānaṁ, just this is the endesevanto of the underlying tendency to conceitmānānusayānaṁ, just this is the endesevanto of the underlying tendency to the desire for continued existencebhavarāgānusayānaṁ, just this is the endesevanto of the underlying tendency to ignoranceavijjānusayānaṁ, just this is the endesevanto of taking up the rod and the sword, of quarrels, arguments, disputes, accusations, backbiting, and liesdaṇḍādānasatthādānakalahaviggahavivādatuvaṁtuvaṁpesuññamusāvādānaṁ.
here·theseEtthete badpāpakā not·skillfulakusalā qualitiesdhammā not·remainderaparisesā cease·quotation markernirujjhantī”ti.

this + spokeIdamavoca the Blessed Onebhagavā.
thisIdaṁ having spokenvatvāna the Holy Onesugato risen + seatuṭṭhāyāsanā dwellingvihāraṁ he enteredpāvisi.

thenAtha indeedkho of thosetesaṁ of the mendicantsbhikkhūnaṁ recent·leftacirapakkantassa of the Buddhabhagavato this occurredetadahosi:
"this“idaṁ indeedkho to us,no, friends,āvuso, the Buddhabhagavā in briefsaṅkhittena recitaluddesaṁ having givenuddisitvā, in detailvitthārena meaningatthaṁ without explainingavibhajitvā, rising from his seatuṭṭhāyāsanā dwellingvihāraṁ enteredpaviṭṭho:
'depending on what‘yatonidānaṁ, monk,bhikkhu, a personpurisaṁ proliferation·perception·reckoningpapañcasaññāsaṅkhā assailsamudācaranti.
HereEttha ifce there is notnatthi toward·delightabhinanditabbaṁ toward·speakabhivaditabbaṁ to be clung toajjhositabbaṁ.
this + endEsevanto greed·underlying tendencyrāgānusayānaṁ …pe……pe…
here + theseetthete badpāpakā not·skillfulakusalā dhammasdhammā not·remainderaparisesā cease'nirujjhantī’ti.
WhoKo nownu indeedkho of thisimassa by the Buddhabhagavatā in briefsaṅkhittena of the recitaluddesassa givenuddiṭṭhassa in detailvitthārena meaningatthaṁ not·dividedavibhattassa in detailvitthārena meaningatthaṁ would explain?"vibhajeyyā”ti?
ThenAtha indeedkho of thosetesaṁ of the mendicantsbhikkhūnaṁ this occurredetadahosi:
"this“ayaṁ indeedkho venerableāyasmā Mahākaccānamahākaccāno by the Teachersatthu andceva thoroughly·praisesaṁvaṇṇito esteemedsambhāvito andca by the wiseviññūnaṁ fellow celibatessabrahmacārīnaṁ.
He is capablePahoti venerablecāyasmā Mahākaccānamahākaccāno of thisimassa by the Buddhabhagavatā in briefsaṅkhittena of the recitaluddesassa givenuddiṭṭhassa in detailvitthārena meaningatthaṁ not·dividedavibhattassa in detailvitthārena meaningatthaṁ to explainvibhajituṁ.
PerhapsYannūna wemayaṁ to the venerableyenāyasmā Mahākaccānamahākaccāno to him would approachtenupasaṅkameyyāma; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā venerableāyasmantaṁ Mahākaccānamahākaccānaṁ this·matteretamatthaṁ would ask about"paṭipuccheyyāmā”ti.

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