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Majjhima Nikāya 76

Sandakasutta

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā near Kosambīkosambiyaṁ was stayingviharati in Ghosita’s monasteryghositārāme.

at that timeTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena Sandakasandako wandererparibbājako at the cave of the wavy leaf fig treepilakkhaguhāyaṁ was residingpaṭivasati largemahatiyā with an assembly of wanderersparibbājakaparisāya together withsaddhiṁ around five hundredpañcamattehi wanderers.paribbājakasatehi.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando in the late afternoonsāyanhasamayaṁ from retreatpaṭisallānā came outvuṭṭhito the mendicantsbhikkhū addressedāmantesi:
come, reverends“āyāmāvuso, whereyena Devakata Pooldevakatasobbho let us go theretenupasaṅkamissāma to see the caveguhādassanāyā”ti.
"yes, reverend"“Evamāvuso”ti indeedkho thosete mendicantsbhikkhū venerableāyasmato Ānanda'sānandassa repliedpaccassosuṁ.
thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando severalsambahulehi mendicantsbhikkhūhi together withsaddhiṁ whereyena Devakata Pooldevakatasobbho went theretenupasaṅkami.

by thatTena indeedkho thenpana at the timesamayena Sandakasandako the wandererparibbājako with a largemahatiyā with the assembly of wanderersparibbājakaparisāya together withsaddhiṁ seatednisinno he ishoti making an uproarunnādiniyā with a loud and great noiseuccāsaddamahāsaddāya of many kindsanekavihitaṁ low talktiracchānakathaṁ talkingkathentiyā, that is to sayseyyathidaṁ—
talk about kingsrājakathaṁ talk about banditscorakathaṁ talk about chief ministersmahāmattakathaṁ talk about armiessenākathaṁ talk about threatsbhayakathaṁ talk about warsyuddhakathaṁ talk about foodannakathaṁ talk about drinkpānakathaṁ talk about clothesvatthakathaṁ talk about bedssayanakathaṁ talk about garlandsmālākathaṁ talk about fragrancesgandhakathaṁ talk about relativesñātikathaṁ talk about vehiclesyānakathaṁ talk about villagesgāmakathaṁ talk about townsnigamakathaṁ talk about citiesnagarakathaṁ talk about countriesjanapadakathaṁ talk about womenitthikathaṁ talk about heroessūrakathaṁ talk at street marketsvisikhākathaṁ talk at water-pot placeskumbhaṭṭhānakathaṁ talk about the departedpubbapetakathaṁ motley talknānattakathaṁ tales of landlokakkhāyikaṁ tales of seasamuddakkhāyikaṁ talk about being reborn in this or that placeitibhavābhavakathaṁ thusiti orvā.
he sawAddasā indeedkho Sandakasandako the wandererparibbājako the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ from afardūratova comingāgacchantaṁ.
having seenDisvāna his ownsakaṁ assemblyparisaṁ he hushedsaṇṭhāpesi:
quiet“appasaddā good fellowsbhonto let behontu, do notmā good fellowsbhonto make a soundsaddamakattha;
thisayaṁ of the asceticsamaṇassa Gotamagotamassa disciplesāvako is comingāgacchati the asceticsamaṇo Ānandaānando.
as many asYāvatā indeedkho thenpana of the asceticsamaṇassa Gotamagotamassa disciplessāvakā near Kosambīkosambiyaṁ they residepaṭivasanti, thisayaṁ of themtesaṁ oneaññataro the asceticsamaṇo Ānandaānando.
liking quietAppasaddakāmā indeedkho thenpana thosete venerablesāyasmanto educated to be quietappasaddavinītā of quietappasaddassa praisersvaṇṇavādino;
hopefullyappeva indeednāma quietappasaddaṁ assemblyparisaṁ having knownviditvā to be approachedupasaṅkamitabbaṁ he might thinkmaññeyyā”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho thosete wanderersparibbājakā silenttuṇhī they becameahesuṁ.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando whereyena Sandakasandako wandererparibbājako there he approachedtenupasaṅkami.
thenAtha indeedkho Sandakasandako wandererparibbājako Venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ this he saidetadavoca:
let come“etu indeedkho worthybhavaṁ Ānandaānando, welcomesvāgataṁ of the worthy onebhoto of Ānandaānandassa.
for a long timeCirassaṁ indeedkho worthybhavaṁ Ānandaānando thisimaṁ opportunity madepariyāyamakāsi that isyadidaṁ for coming hereidhāgamanāya.
let sitNisīdatu worthybhavaṁ Ānandaānando, this seatidamāsanaṁ is preparedpaññattan”ti.
satNisīdi indeedkho venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando on the preparedpaññatte seatāsane.
Sandaka tooSandakopi indeedkho wandererparibbājako a certainaññataraṁ lownīcaṁ seatāsanaṁ having takengahetvā to one sideekamantaṁ satnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinnaṁ indeedkho Sandakasandakaṁ wandererparibbājakaṁ venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando this he saidetadavoca:
what“kāya nownuttha, Sandakasandaka, nowetarahi talkkathāya sitting togethersannisinnā, whatkā andca thenpana yourvo unfinished conversationantarākathā was left unfinishedvippakatā”ti?
leave this“Tiṭṭhatesā, worthybho Ānandaānanda, talkkathā whichyāya wemayaṁ nowetarahi talkkathāya sitting togethersannisinnā.
not thisNesā of the worthy onebhoto of Ānandaānandassa talkkathā hard to getdullabhā will bebhavissati even laterpacchāpi for hearingsavanāya.
goodSādhu surelyvata Misterbhavantaṁyeva Ānandaānandaṁ let him explainpaṭibhātu one's ownsake denominationācariyake Dhamma talkdhammīkathā”ti.

well then“Tena indeedhi, Sandakasandaka, listensuṇāhi, wellsādhukaṁ mindmanasi applykarohi, I will speakbhāsissāmī”ti.
yes“Evaṁ, worthy sirbho”ti indeedkho Sandakasandako wandererparibbājako venerableāyasmato Ānandaānandassa repliedpaccassosi.
VenerableĀyasmā Ānandaānando said thisetadavoca:

four, Sandaka“cattārome, Sandakasandaka, by thattena Blessed Onebhagavatā who knowsjānatā who seespassatā perfected onearahatā fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhena ways that negate the spiritual lifeabrahmacariyavāsā explainedakkhātā fourcattāri andca unreliableanassāsikāni spiritual livesbrahmacariyāni explainedakkhātāni, whereyattha sensibleviññū a personpuriso to the best of their abilitysasakkaṁ the spiritual lifebrahmacariyaṁ notna would practicevaseyya, practicingvasanto andca would not succeednārādheyya the systemñāyaṁ teachingdhammaṁ the skillful”kusalan”ti.
But which“Katame thenpana thesete, worthybho Ānandaānanda, by thattena Blessed Onebhagavatā who knowsjānatā who seespassatā perfected onearahatā fully awakened Buddhasammāsambuddhena fourcattāro ways that negate the spiritual lifeabrahmacariyavāsā explainedakkhātā, whereyattha sensibleviññū a personpuriso to the best of their abilitysasakkaṁ the spiritual lifebrahmacariyaṁ notna would practicevaseyya, practicingvasanto andca would not succeednārādheyya the systemñāyaṁ teachingdhammaṁ the skillful”kusalan”ti?

“Here,“Idha, Sandaka,sandaka, someekacco teachersatthā holding such a doctrineevaṁvādī ishoti holding such a view:evaṁdiṭṭhi:
“there is not‘natthi giving,dinnaṁ, there is notnatthi sacrifice,yiṭṭhaṁ, there is notnatthi offerings,hutaṁ, there is notnatthi of good and bad deedssukatadukkaṭānaṁ of actionskammānaṁ fruitphalaṁ result,vipāko, there is notnatthi thisayaṁ world,loko, there is notnatthi the next world,paroloko, there is notnatthi mother,mātā, there is notnatthi father,pitā, there are notnatthi beingssattā spontaneously reborn,opapātikā, there are notnatthi in the worldloke ascetics and brahminssamaṇabrāhmaṇā rightly comportedsammaggatā rightly practicedsammāpaṭipannā whoye both thisimañca worldlokaṁ and the nextparañca worldlokaṁ themselvessayaṁ with direct knowledgeabhiññā having realizedsacchikatvā they describe.pavedenti.
made up of the four great elementsCātumahābhūtiko thisayaṁ personpuriso whenyadā timekālaṁ makes,karoti, earthpathavī to the substance of earthpathavīkāyaṁ progressesanupeti proceeds,anupagacchati, waterāpo to the substance of waterāpokāyaṁ progressesanupeti proceeds,anupagacchati, firetejo to the substance of firetejokāyaṁ progressesanupeti proceeds,anupagacchati, airvāyo to the substance of airvāyokāyaṁ progressesanupeti proceeds,anupagacchati, to spaceākāsaṁ the facultiesindriyāni are transferred.saṅkamanti.
with a bier as fifthĀsandipañcamā menpurisā the corpsemataṁ having takenādāya they carry away,gacchanti,
as far as the charnel groundyāvāḷāhanā footprintspadāni are discerned.paññāyanti.
dove-coloredKāpotakāni bonesaṭṭhīni become.bhavanti.
ending in ashesBhassantā offerings;āhutiyo;
a doctrine of moronsdattupaññattaṁ that is,yadidaṁ giving.dānaṁ.
of thoseTesaṁ hollowtucchā falsemusā nonsensevilāpo when anyye whoeverkeci a positive teachingatthikavādaṁ they affirm.vadanti.

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