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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 Ghosita·monasteryghositārāme.

at that timeTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena Sandakasandako wandererparibbājako at the cave of the wavy leaf fig treepilakkhaguhāyaṁ against·dwellpaṭivasati largemahatiyā with an assembly of wanderersparibbājakaparisāya together withsaddhiṁ five·measurepañcamattehi wanderers.paribbājakasatehi.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando evening·timesāyanhasamayaṁ 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 wanderer·assemblyparibbājakaparisāya together withsaddhiṁ down·sitnisinno he ishoti up·roarunnādiniyā loud·noise·greatuccāsaddamahāsaddāya many·kindanekavihitaṁ animal·talktiracchānakathaṁ talkingkathentiyā, that is to sayseyyathidaṁ—
king·talkrājakathaṁ bandit·talkcorakathaṁ great·minister·talkmahāmattakathaṁ army·talksenākathaṁ fear·talkbhayakathaṁ war·talkyuddhakathaṁ food·talkannakathaṁ drink·talkpānakathaṁ cloth·talkvatthakathaṁ bed·talksayanakathaṁ garland·talkmālākathaṁ fragrance·talkgandhakathaṁ relative·talkñātikathaṁ vehicle·talkyānakathaṁ village·talkgāmakathaṁ town·talknigamakathaṁ city·talknagarakathaṁ country·talkjanapadakathaṁ woman·talkitthikathaṁ hero·talksūrakathaṁ street·talkvisikhākathaṁ pot·place·talkkumbhaṭṭhānakathaṁ former·departed·talkpubbapetakathaṁ diversity·talknānattakathaṁ world·talelokakkhāyikaṁ sea·talesamuddakkhāyikaṁ talk about being reborn in this or that placeitibhavābhavakathaṁ thusiti orvā.
to·seeAddasā 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 to·goāgacchati 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 quiet·trainedappasaddavinītā 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·speaketadavoca:
let come“etu indeedkho worthybhavaṁ Ānandaānando, welcomesvāgataṁ of the worthy onebhoto of Ānandaānandassa.
for a long timeCirassaṁ indeedkho worthybhavaṁ Ānandaānando thisimaṁ opportunity·makepariyāyamakāsi 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·speaketadavoca:
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 after·evenpacchāpi for hearingsavanāya.
goodSādhu surelyvata Mister·himselfbhavantaṁyeva Ānandaānandaṁ let him explainpaṭibhātu one's ownsake denominationācariyake Dhamma talkdhammīkathā”ti.

well then“Tena indeedhi, Sandakasandaka, listensuṇāhi, wellsādhukaṁ mindmanasi applykarohi, bhās·quotation markerbhāsissāmī”ti.
yes“Evaṁ, bho·quotation markerbho”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 not·holy·conduct·dwellingabrahmacariyavāsā explainedakkhātā fourcattāri andca unreliableanassāsikāni spiritual livesbrahmacariyāni explainedakkhātāni, whereyattha sensibleviññū a personpuriso own·ablesasakkaṁ holy·conductbrahmacariyaṁ 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 not·holy·conduct·dwellingabrahmacariyavāsā explainedakkhātā, whereyattha sensibleviññū a personpuriso own·ablesasakkaṁ holy·conductbrahmacariyaṁ 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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