One Might Wish · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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might wishĀkaṅkheyya
ifce,
monksbhikkhave,
a monkbhikkhu:
manifold‘anekavihitaṁ
past livespubbenivāsaṁ
may I recollectanussareyyaṁ,
namely—oneseyyathidaṁ—ekampi
birthjātiṁ
twodvepi
birthsjātiyo
threetissopi
birthsjātiyo
fourcatassopi
birthsjātiyo
fivepañcapi
birthsjātiyo
tendasapi
birthsjātiyo
twentyvīsampi
birthsjātiyo
thirtytiṁsampi
birthsjātiyo
fortycattālīsampi
birthsjātiyo
fiftypaññāsampi
birthsjātiyo
a hundred birthsjātisatampi
a thousand birthsjātisahassampi
birthsjāti
a hundred thousandsatasahassampi
manyanekepi
eons of contractionsaṁvaṭṭakappe
manyanekepi
eons of expansionvivaṭṭakappe
manyanekepi
eons of both—there I wassaṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe—amutrāsiṁ
so namedevaṁnāmo
of such a clanevaṅgotto
of such appearanceevaṁvaṇṇo
with such foodevamāhāro
feeling such pleasure and painevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī
with such a lifespanevamāyupariyanto,
he (I)so
from theretato
passed awaycuto
elsewhereamutra
I aroseudapādiṁ;
there too I wastatrāpāsiṁ
so namedevaṁnāmo
of such a clanevaṅgotto
of such appearanceevaṁvaṇṇo
with such foodevamāhāro
feeling such pleasure and painevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī
with such a lifespanevamāyupariyanto,
he (I)so
from theretato
passed awaycuto
reborn here (quote)idhūpapannoti.
thusIti
with featuressākāraṁ
with detailssauddesaṁ
manifoldanekavihitaṁ
past livespubbenivāsaṁ
may I recollect (quote)anussareyyan’ti,
in precepts he should besīlesvevassa
a fulfillerparipūrakārī
and so on…pe…
a cultivatorbrūhetā
of empty hutssuññāgārānaṁ.
A mendicant might wish: ‘May I recollect many kinds of past lives. That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. May I remember: “There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.” May I thus recollect my many kinds of past lives, with features and details.’ So let them fulfill their precepts …
might wishĀkaṅkheyya
ifce,
monksbhikkhave,
a monkbhikkhu:
with divine‘dibbena
eyecakkhunā
purifiedvisuddhena
superhumanatikkantamānusakena
beingssatte
may I seepasseyyaṁ
passing awaycavamāne
being rebornupapajjamāne
inferiorhīne
superiorpaṇīte
beautifulsuvaṇṇe
uglydubbaṇṇe
in good placessugate
in bad placesduggate
faring according to deedsyathākammūpage
beingssatte
may I understand—thesepajāneyyaṁ—ime
indeedvata
dearbhonto
beingssattā
with bodily misconductkāyaduccaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
with verbal misconductvacīduccaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
with mental misconductmanoduccaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
of the noble onesariyānaṁ
revilersupavādakā
of wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhikā
acting on wrong viewmicchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā,
theyte
of the bodykāyassa
with the breakupbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
in a place of lossapāyaṁ
a bad destinationduggatiṁ
the underworldvinipātaṁ
hellnirayaṁ
rebornupapannā;
theseime
orvā
howeverpana
dearbhonto
beingssattā
with bodily good conductkāyasucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
with verbal good conductvacīsucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
with mental good conductmanosucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
of the noble onesariyānaṁ
not revilersanupavādakā
of right viewsammādiṭṭhikā
acting on right viewsammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā,
theyte
of the bodykāyassa
with the breakupbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
in a good destinationsugatiṁ
heavenlysaggaṁ
worldlokaṁ
reborn (quote)upapannāti,
thusiti
with divinedibbena
eyecakkhunā
purifiedvisuddhena
superhumanatikkantamānusakena
beingssatte
may I seepasseyyaṁ
passing awaycavamāne
being rebornupapajjamāne
inferiorhīne
superiorpaṇīte
beautifulsuvaṇṇe
uglydubbaṇṇe
in good placessugate
in bad placesduggate
faring according to deedsyathākammūpage
beingssatte
may I understand (quote)pajāneyyan’ti,
in precepts he should besīlesvevassa
a fulfillerparipūrakārī
inwardlyajjhattaṁ
devoted to serenity of mindcetosamathamanuyutto
not neglecting jhānaanirākatajjhāno
with insightvipassanāya
endowedsamannāgato
a cultivatorbrūhetā
of empty hutssuññāgārānaṁ.
A mendicant might wish: ‘With clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, may I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place—and understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds: “These dear beings did bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. They denounced the noble ones; they had wrong view; and they chose to act out of that wrong view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. These dear beings, however, did good things by way of body, speech, and mind. They never denounced the noble ones; they had right view; and they chose to act out of that right view. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.” And so, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, may I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. And may I understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.’ So let them fulfill their precepts …
might wishĀkaṅkheyya
ifce,
monksbhikkhave,
a monkbhikkhu:
of the defilements‘āsavānaṁ
with the endingkhayā
undefiledanāsavaṁ
freedom of heartcetovimuttiṁ
freedom by wisdompaññāvimuttiṁ
in this verydiṭṭheva
lifedhamme
myselfsayaṁ
with direct knowledgeabhiññā
having realizedsacchikatvā
having attainedupasampajja
may I dwell (quote)vihareyyan’ti,
in precepts he should besīlesvevassa
a fulfillerparipūrakārī
inwardlyajjhattaṁ
devoted to serenity of mindcetosamathamanuyutto
not neglecting jhānaanirākatajjhāno
with insightvipassanāya
endowedsamannāgato
a cultivatorbrūhetā
of empty hutssuññāgārānaṁ.
A mendicant might wish: ‘May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.’ So let them fulfill their precepts, be committed to inner serenity of the heart, not neglect absorption, be endowed with discernment, and frequent empty huts.
accomplished in virtue‘Sampannasīlā,
monksbhikkhave,
dwellviharatha
accomplished in the monastic codesampannapātimokkhā;
restrained by the monastic codepātimokkhasaṁvarasaṁvutā
dwellviharatha
accomplished in conduct and resortācāragocarasampannā
in the slightestaṇumattesu
in faultsvajjesu
seeing dangerbhayadassāvino;
having undertakensamādāya
trainsikkhatha
in the training rules (quote)sikkhāpadesū’ti—
thusiti
whatyaṁ
thattaṁ
was saidvuttaṁ
thisidametaṁ
because ofpaṭicca
was said (quote)vuttan”ti.
this saidIdamavoca
the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamanā
thosete
monksbhikkhū
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
the speechbhāsitaṁ
rejoiced in (quote)abhinandunti.
the Discourse on One Might WishĀkaṅkheyyasuttaṁ
is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ
the sixthchaṭṭhaṁ.
‘Mendicants, live by the ethical precepts and the monastic code. Live restrained in the monastic code, conducting yourselves well and resorting for alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, keep the rules you’ve undertaken.’ That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.” That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.
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