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Majjhima Nikāya 75

Māgaṇḍiyasutta

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the body“Kāyo indeedkho, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, delighting in touchesphoṭṭhabbārāmo loving touchesphoṭṭhabbarato …pe……pe…
the mindmano indeedkho, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, delighting in ideasdhammārāmo loving ideasdhammarato enjoying ideasdhammasammudito.
thatSo by the Realized Onetathāgatassa tameddanto guardedgutto protectedrakkhito restrainedsaṁvuto, itstassa andca for restraintsaṁvarāya Dhammadhammaṁ he teachesdeseti.
is thisIdaṁ thennu by youte thisetaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, referring tosandhāya spokenbhāsitaṁ:
baby-killer‘bhūnahu the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo’”ti?
this very“Etadeva indeedkho thenpana by meme, sirbho Gotamagotama, referring tosandhāya spokenbhāsitaṁ:
baby-killer‘bhūnahu the asceticsamaṇo Gotamagotamo’ti.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa is the reasonhetu?
for soEvañhi to meno while sleepingsutte it cameocaratī”ti.

that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya:
here someone‘idhekacco known by the eyecakkhuviññeyyehi by sightsrūpehi used to amuse themselvesparicāritapubbo would beassa with likableiṭṭhehi with desirablekantehi with agreeablemanāpehi with pleasantpiyarūpehi with sensualkāmūpasaṁhitehi with arousingrajanīyehi, theyso some time lateraparena some time latersamayena of sights themselvesrūpānaṁyeva and originsamudayañca and endingatthaṅgamañca and gratificationassādañca and drawbackādīnavañca and escapenissaraṇañca trulyyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā craving for sightsrūpataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya passion for sightsrūpapariḷāhaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā rid of thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ with settled mindvūpasantacitto would livevihareyya.
of this oneImassa thenpana youte, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, what would there bekimassa to be saidvacanīyan’”ti?
nothing“Na anythingkiñci, worthybho Gotamagotama”.
that“Taṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya:
here someone‘idhekacco known by the earsotaviññeyyehi by soundssaddehi pe…pe…
known by the noseghānaviññeyyehi by smellsgandhehi ……
known by the tonguejivhāviññeyyehi by tastesrasehi ……
known by the bodykāyaviññeyyehi by touchesphoṭṭhabbehi used to amuse themselvesparicāritapubbo would beassa with likableiṭṭhehi with desirablekantehi with agreeablemanāpehi with pleasantpiyarūpehi with sensualkāmūpasaṁhitehi with arousingrajanīyehi,
theyso some time lateraparena some time latersamayena of touches themselvesphoṭṭhabbānaṁyeva and originsamudayañca and endingatthaṅgamañca and gratificationassādañca and drawbackādīnavañca and escapenissaraṇañca trulyyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā craving for touchesphoṭṭhabbataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya passion for touchesphoṭṭhabbapariḷāhaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā rid of thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ with settled mindvūpasantacitto would livevihareyya.
of this oneImassa thenpana youte, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, what would there bekimassa to be saidvacanīyan’”ti?
nothing“Na anythingkiñci, worthybho Gotamagotama”.

I“Ahaṁ indeedkho butpana, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, formerlypubbe being a laypersonagāriyabhūto beingsamāno with fivepañcahi with strands of sensual pleasurekāmaguṇehi suppliedsamappito providedsamaṅgībhūto I used to amuse myselfparicāresiṁ known by the eyecakkhuviññeyyehi with sightsrūpehi likableiṭṭhehi desirablekantehi agreeablemanāpehi pleasantpiyarūpehi connected with sensual pleasurekāmūpasaṁhitehi arousingrajanīyehi, known by the earsotaviññeyyehi with soundssaddehi …pe……pe…
known by the noseghānaviññeyyehi with smellsgandhehi ……
known by the tonguejivhāviññeyyehi with tastesrasehi ……
known by the bodykāyaviññeyyehi with touchesphoṭṭhabbehi likableiṭṭhehi desirablekantehi agreeablemanāpehi pleasantpiyarūpehi connected with sensual pleasurekāmūpasaṁhitehi arousingrajanīyehi.
of meTassa minemayhaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, threetayo stilt longhousespāsādā there wereahesuṁ—
oneeko for the rainy seasonvassiko, oneeko for the winterhemantiko, oneeko for the summergimhiko.
thatSo indeedkho Iahaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, in the rainy-seasonvassike in the longhousepāsāde for the rainy seasonvassike fourcattāro monthsmāse with no mennippurisehi with musicianstūriyehi being entertainedparicārayamāno notna downstairsheṭṭhāpāsādaṁ I descendorohāmi.
thatSo lateraparena with timesamayena of sensual pleasures themselveskāmānaṁyeva the originsamudayañca the endingatthaṅgamañca the gratificationassādañca the drawbackādīnavañca the escapenissaraṇañca as it really isyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā craving for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā rid of thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ with settled mindvūpasantacitto I liveviharāmi.
thatSo otheraññe sentient beingssatte I seepassāmi in sensual pleasureskāmesu not free from passionavītarāge by craving for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhāhi being consumedkhajjamāne by passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhena burningpariḍayhamāne in sensual pleasureskāme indulgingpaṭisevante.

heSo of themtesaṁ notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa causehetu?
this whichYāhayaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, satisfactionrati, quite apartaññatreva from sensual pleasureskāmehi apartaññatra from unskillfulakusalehi qualitiesdhammehi—
evenapi heavenlydibbaṁ pleasuresukhaṁ having attainedsamadhigayha one standstiṭṭhati—
with thattāya satisfactionratiyā delightingramamāno in what is inferiorhīnassa notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.

supposeSeyyathāpi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, householdergahapati orvā householder's childgahapatiputto orvā richaḍḍho affluentmahaddhano wealthymahābhogo with the fivepañcahi kinds of sensual stimulationkāmaguṇehi suppliedsamappito provided withsamaṅgībhūto would amuse themselvesparicāreyya sights known by the eyecakkhuviññeyyehi by sightsrūpehi ……
pe…pe…
touchesphoṭṭhabbehi likableiṭṭhehi desirablekantehi agreeablemanāpehi pleasantpiyarūpehi sensualkāmūpasaṁhitehi arousingrajanīyehi.
theySo by bodykāyena good conductsucaritaṁ having practicedcaritvā by speechvācāya good conductsucaritaṁ having practicedcaritvā by mindmanasā good conductsucaritaṁ having practicedcaritvā of the bodykāyassa breaking upbhedā afterparaṁ after deathmaraṇā in a good placesugatiṁ heavenly realmsaggaṁ worldlokaṁ would be rebornupapajjeyya of the godsdevānaṁ of the thirty-threetāvatiṁsānaṁ in the company ofsahabyataṁ.
theySo theretattha in Nandananandane gardenvane escorted by a band of nymphsaccharāsaṅghaparivuto heavenlydibbehi with the fivepañcahi kinds of sensual stimulationkāmaguṇehi suppliedsamappito provided withsamaṅgībhūto would amuse themselvesparicāreyya.
theySo would seepasseyya householdergahapatiṁ orvā householder's childgahapatiputtaṁ orvā with the fivepañcahi kinds of sensual stimulationkāmaguṇehi suppliedsamappitaṁ provided withsamaṅgībhūtaṁ amusing themselvesparicārayamānaṁ.
thatTaṁ whatkiṁ do you thinkmaññasi, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, wouldapi indeednu thatso goddevaputto in Nandananandane gardenvane escorted by a band of nymphsaccharāsaṅghaparivuto heavenlydibbehi with the fivepañcahi kinds of sensual stimulationkāmaguṇehi suppliedsamappito provided withsamaṅgībhūto amusing themselvesparicārayamāno thatamussa householdergahapatissa orvā householder's childgahapatiputtassa orvā envypiheyya, humanmānusakānaṁ orvā of the fivepañcannaṁ kinds of sensual stimulationkāmaguṇānaṁ humanmānusakehi orvā sensual pleasureskāmehi returnāvaṭṭeyyā”ti?

no“No indeed thishidaṁ, worthybho Gotamagotama.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa causehetu?
humanMānusakehi, worthybho Gotamagotama, sensual pleasureskāmehi heavenly sensual pleasuresdibbakāmā betterabhikkantatarā andca more excellentpaṇītatarā andcā”ti.

just so“Evameva indeedkho Iahaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, formerlypubbe being a laypersonagāriyabhūto beingsamāno with fivepañcahi with strings of sensual pleasurekāmaguṇehi endowedsamappito possessedsamaṅgībhūto I amused myselfparicāresiṁ with cognizable by the eyecakkhuviññeyyehi with formsrūpehi with likableiṭṭhehi with desirablekantehi with agreeablemanāpehi with pleasantpiyarūpehi with connected with sensual pleasurekāmūpasaṁhitehi with arousingrajanīyehi, with cognizable by the earsotaviññeyyehi with soundssaddehi …pe……pe…
with cognizable by the noseghānaviññeyyehi with smellsgandhehi ……
with cognizable by the tonguejivhāviññeyyehi with tastesrasehi ……
with cognizable by the bodykāyaviññeyyehi with touchesphoṭṭhabbehi with likableiṭṭhehi with desirablekantehi with agreeablemanāpehi with pleasantpiyarūpehi with connected with sensual pleasurekāmūpasaṁhitehi with arousingrajanīyehi.
thatSo with lateraparena with timesamayena of sensual pleasures justkāmānaṁyeva and the originsamudayañca and the endingatthaṅgamañca and the gratificationassādañca and the drawbackādīnavañca and the escapenissaraṇañca as it truly isyathābhūtaṁ having understoodviditvā craving for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhaṁ having given uppahāya passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhaṁ having dispelledpaṭivinodetvā rid of thirstvigatapipāso internallyajjhattaṁ with mind settledvūpasantacitto I liveviharāmi.
ISo otheraññe beingssatte I seepassāmi in sensual pleasureskāmesu not free from passionavītarāge by cravings for sensual pleasureskāmataṇhāhi being consumedkhajjamāne with passion for sensual pleasureskāmapariḷāhena being burnedpariḍayhamāne sensual pleasureskāme indulging inpaṭisevante, Iso themtesaṁ notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.
thatTaṁ of whatkissa reason?hetu?
that whichYāhayaṁ, Māgaṇḍiyamāgaṇḍiya, satisfactionrati apart justaññatreva from sensual pleasureskāmehi apartaññatra from unskillfulakusalehi qualities—dhammehi—
evenapi heavenlydibbaṁ pleasuresukhaṁ having attainedsamadhigayha it stands—tiṭṭhati—
with thattāya with satisfactionratiyā delightingramamāno of the inferiorhīnassa notna I envypihemi, notna theretattha I delightabhiramāmi.

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