Kīṭāgirisutta

Majjhima Nikāya 70

At Kīṭāgiri · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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Mendicants, there has not been that faith, that approaching, that paying homage, that listening, that hearing the teachings, that remembering the teachings, that examining their meaning, that acceptance after deliberation, that enthusiasm, that making an attempt, that weighing up, or that striving. You’re on a bad path, mendicants! You’re practicing the wrong way! How far these futile men have strayed from this teaching and training!

there isAtthi, monksbhikkhave, fourfoldcatuppadaṁ expositionveyyākaraṇaṁ when recitedyassuddiṭṭhassa sensible personviññū personpuriso quicklynacirasseva for the sake of wisdompaññāyatthaṁ would understandājāneyya.
I shall reciteUddisissāmi to youvo, monksbhikkhave, you will understandājānissatha meme thistan”ti?
who“Ke andca wemayaṁ, sirbhante, whoke andca of the teachingdhammassa knowersaññātāro”ti?

There is an exposition in four statements, which a sensible person would quickly understand when it is recited. I shall recite it for you, mendicants. Try to understand it.” “Sir, who are we next to those who understand the teaching?”

even who“Yopi heso, monksbhikkhave, teachersatthā valuing things of the fleshāmisagaru heir in things of the fleshāmisadāyādo with things of the fleshāmisehi caught upsaṁsaṭṭho livesviharati for himtassa thispāyaṁ suchevarūpī hagglingpaṇopaṇaviyā notna gets intoupeti:
if this‘evañca for usno would beassa thenatha itnaṁ we would dokareyyāma, notna andca for usno thus it would beevamassa notna itnaṁ we would not dokareyyāmā’ti, whatkiṁ thenpana, monksbhikkhave, sinceyaṁ the Realized Onetathāgato utterlysabbaso from things of the fleshāmisehi detachedvisaṁsaṭṭho livesviharati.

“Even with a teacher who values things of the flesh, is an heir in things of the flesh, who lives caught up in things of the flesh, you wouldn’t get into such haggling: ‘If we get this, we’ll do that. If we don’t get this, we won’t do it.’ What then of the Realized One, who lives utterly detached from things of the flesh?

for one with faithSaddhassa, monksbhikkhave, for a disciplesāvakassa in the Teacher’s instructionsatthusāsane having penetratedpariyogāhiya for one practicingvattato this is in line with the teachingayamanudhammo ishoti:
the Teacher‘satthā the Blessed Onebhagavā, I am a disciplesāvakohamasmi;
knowsjānāti the Blessed Onebhagavā, I do not knownāhaṁ I do not knowjānāmī’ti.
for one with faithSaddhassa, monksbhikkhave, for a disciplesāvakassa in the Teacher’s instructionsatthusāsane having penetratedpariyogāhiya for one practicingvattato causing growthruḷhanīyaṁ the Teacher’s instructionsatthusāsanaṁ ishoti nutritiousojavantaṁ.
for one with faithSaddhassa, monksbhikkhave, for a disciplesāvakassa in the Teacher’s instructionsatthusāsane having penetratedpariyogāhiya for one practicingvattato this is in line with the teachingayamanudhammo ishoti:
gladly‘kāmaṁ skintaco andca sinewsnhāru andca bonesaṭṭhi andca let remainavasissatu, in the bodysarīre let waste awayupassussatu flesh and bloodmaṁsalohitaṁ, whateveryaṁ thattaṁ by human strengthpurisathāmena by human energypurisavīriyena by human vigorpurisaparakkamena to be attainedpattabbaṁ notna thattaṁ not having attainedapāpuṇitvā of energyvīriyassa relaxationsaṇṭhānaṁ will bebhavissatī’ti.
for one with faithSaddhassa, monksbhikkhave, for a disciplesāvakassa in the Teacher’s instructionsatthusāsane having penetratedpariyogāhiya for one practicingvattato of twodvinnaṁ of resultsphalānaṁ one or the otheraññataraṁ resultphalaṁ to be expectedpāṭikaṅkhaṁ—
in this very lifediṭṭheva in the teachingdhamme enlightenmentaññā, when there issati orvā with residue remainingupādisese non-returnanāgāmitā”ti.
this he saidIdamavoca the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamanā thosete monksbhikkhū of the Blessed Onebhagavato speechbhāsitaṁ approvedabhinandunti.
The Kīṭāgiri SuttaKīṭāgirisuttaṁ is finishedniṭṭhitaṁ the tenthdasamaṁ.
The Bhikkhu ChapterBhikkhuvaggo is finishedniṭṭhito the seconddutiyo.

For a faithful disciple who is practicing to fathom the Teacher’s instructions, this is in line with the teaching: ‘The Buddha is my Teacher, I am his disciple. The Buddha knows, I do not know.’ For a faithful disciple who is practicing to fathom the Teacher’s instructions, the Teacher’s instructions are nourishing and nutritious. For a faithful disciple who is practicing to fathom the Teacher’s instructions, this is in line with the teaching: ‘Gladly, let only skin, sinews, and bones remain! Let the flesh and blood waste away in my body! I will not relax my energy until I have achieved what is possible by human strength, energy, and vigor.’ For a faithful disciple who is practicing to fathom the Teacher’s instructions, one of two results can be expected: enlightenment in this very life, or if there’s residue left behind, non-return.” That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.

its summaryTassuddānaṁ
elephantKuñjara Rāhularāhula eternal-worldsassataloko,
MālukyaputtaMālukyaputto andca Bhaddālibhaddāli namednāmo;
smallKhudda twice-borndijātha Sahampati’s requestsahampatiyācaṁ,
NāḷakaNāḷaka king Kīṭāgiri namedraññikiṭāgirināmo.

Its summary: Kuñjara, Rāhula, the eternal world, and Mālukyaputta; named Bhaddāli; the small twice-born, Sahampati’s request, Nāḷaka, and the king named Kīṭāgiri.

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