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Majjhima Nikāya 88

Bāhitikasutta

The Foreign Cloth · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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thusEvaṁ by meme heard—sutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ the Buddhabhagavā near Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ was stayingviharati in Jeta’s Grovejetavane of Anāthapiṇḍikaanāthapiṇḍikassa monastery.ārāme.

thenAtha indeedkho venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando in the morningpubbaṇhasamayaṁ having robed upnivāsetvā taking his bowl and robepattacīvaramādāya in Sāvatthīsāvatthiyaṁ for almspiṇḍāya enteredpāvisi.
in SāvatthīSāvatthiyaṁ for almspiṇḍāya having wanderedcaritvā after the mealpacchābhattaṁ on his return from almsroundpiṇḍapātapaṭikkanto whereyena the Eastern Monasterypubbārāmo the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mothermigāramātupāsādo he went totenupasaṅkami for the day’s meditationdivāvihārāya.

by thatTena indeedkho nowpana at the timesamayena kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo single-lotusekapuṇḍarīkaṁ elephantnāgaṁ having mountedabhiruhitvā from Sāvatthīsāvatthiyā drives outniyyāti by daydivā at midday.divassa.
he sawAddasā indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ from afardūratova coming.āgacchantaṁ.
having seenDisvāna Sirivaḍḍhasirivaḍḍhaṁ chief ministermahāmattaṁ he addressed:āmantesi:
venerable“āyasmā indeedno thateso, my dearsamma Sirivaḍḍha,sirivaḍḍha, Ānanda”ānando”ti.
“Yes,“Evaṁ, great king,mahārāja, venerableāyasmā thateso Ānanda”ānando”ti.

thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo a certainaññataraṁ manpurisaṁ addressedāmantesi:
come“ehi youtvaṁ, goodambho manpurisa, where Venerableyenāyasmā Ānandaānando to him approachtenupasaṅkama; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā mymama with wordsvacanena of Venerableāyasmato of Ānandaānandassa at feetpāde with headsirasā bowvandāhi:
King‘rājā, sirbhante, Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo of Venerableāyasmato of Ānandaānandassa at feetpāde with headsirasā bowsvandatī’ti;
and thusevañca sayvadehi:
if‘sace indeedkira, sirbhante, for Venerableāyasmato for Ānandaānandassa notna anythingkiñci urgentaccāyikaṁ to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, let waitāgametu indeedkira, sirbhante, Venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando for a momentmuhuttaṁ sympathyanukampaṁ out ofupādāyā’”ti.

thus“Evaṁ, your majesty (quotation marker)devā”ti indeedkho thatso manpuriso of the kingrañño Pasenadipasenadissa of Kosalakosalassa having repliedpaṭissutvā where the venerableyenāyasmā Ānandaānando there he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ having greetedabhivādetvā to one sideekamantaṁ stoodaṭṭhāsi. to one sideEkamantaṁ standingṭhito indeedkho thatso manpuriso the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ said thisetadavoca:
king“rājā, venerable sirbhante, Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo of the venerableāyasmato of Ānandaānandassa feetpāde with the headsirasā worshipsvandati;
and thusevañca saysvadeti:
if‘sace indeedkira, venerable sirbhante, of the venerableāyasmato of Ānandaānandassa notna anythingkiñci urgentaccāyikaṁ to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, may he comeāgametu indeedkira, venerable sirbhante, the venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando for a momentmuhuttaṁ compassionanukampaṁ out ofupādāyā’”ti.

he consentedAdhivāsesi indeedkho venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando with silencetuṇhībhāvena.
thenAtha indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo as far asyāvatikā of the elephantnāgassa groundbhūmi by elephantnāgena having gonegantvā from the elephantnāgā having descendedpaccorohitvā on foot justpattikova to where venerableyenāyasmā Ānandaānando he approached theretenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ having greetedabhivādetvā to one sideekamantaṁ he stoodaṭṭhāsi. to one sideEkamantaṁ standingṭhito indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi Kosalankosalo venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ he said thisetadavoca:
if“sace, sirbhante, of venerableāyasmato Ānandaānandassa notna anythingkiñci urgentaccāyikaṁ to be donekaraṇīyaṁ, pleasesādhu, sirbhante, venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando whereyena of the Aciravatīaciravatiyā of the rivernadiyā banktīraṁ let him go theretenupasaṅkamatu sympathyanukampaṁ having regardupādāyā”ti.

he consentedAdhivāsesi indeedkho the venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando with silencetuṇhībhāvena.
thenAtha indeedkho the venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando whereyena of the Aciravatīaciravatiyā rivernadiyā the banktīraṁ he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā at a certainaññatarasmiṁ at the root of a treerukkhamūle spread outpaññatte on a seatāsane he satnisīdi.
thenAtha indeedkho the kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi the Kosalankosalo as far asyāvatikā of the elephantnāgassa the terrainbhūmi by elephantnāgena having gonegantvā from the elephantnāgā having descendedpaccorohitvā on foot onlypattikova where the venerableyenāyasmā Ānandaānando he approachedtenupasaṅkami; having approachedupasaṅkamitvā the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ having bowedabhivādetvā to one sideekamantaṁ he stoodaṭṭhāsi. to one sideEkamantaṁ standingṭhito indeedkho the kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi the Kosalankosalo the venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ he said thisetadavoca:
here“idha, venerable sirbhante, the venerableāyasmā Ānandaānando on the elephant rughatthatthare may he sitnisīdatū”ti.
enough“Alaṁ, great kingmahārāja.
sitNisīda youtvaṁ;
seatednisinno Iahaṁ on my ownsake on the seatāsane”ti.

sat downNisīdi indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo spread outpaññatte on the seatāsane.
having sat downNisajja indeedkho kingrājā Pasenadipasenadi of Kosalakosalo venerableāyasmantaṁ Ānandaānandaṁ said thisetadavoca:
what?“kiṁ nownu indeed,kho, venerablebhante Ānanda,ānanda, theso Blessed Onebhagavā such a kindtathārūpaṁ bodily conductkāyasamācāraṁ would engage insamācareyya, which hisyvāssa bodily conductkāyasamācāro to be faultedopārambho by asceticssamaṇehi by brahmins?"brāhmaṇehī”ti?
no“Na indeed,kho, great king,mahārāja, theso Blessed Onebhagavā such a kindtathārūpaṁ bodily conductkāyasamācāraṁ would engage insamācareyya, which hisyvāssa bodily conductkāyasamācāro to be faultedopārambho by asceticssamaṇehi by brahminsbrāhmaṇehi by sensible ones."viññūhī”ti.
what“Kiṁ but,pana, venerablebhante Ānanda,ānanda, theso Blessed Onebhagavā such a kindtathārūpaṁ verbal conductvacīsamācāraṁ …pe……pe…
mental conductmanosamācāraṁ would engage insamācareyya, which hisyvāssa mental conductmanosamācāro to be faultedopārambho by asceticssamaṇehi by brahmins?"brāhmaṇehī”ti?
no“Na indeed,kho, great king,mahārāja, theso Blessed Onebhagavā such a kindtathārūpaṁ mental conductmanosamācāraṁ would engage insamācareyya, which hisyvāssa mental conductmanosamācāro to be faultedopārambho by asceticssamaṇehi by brahminsbrāhmaṇehi by sensible ones."viññūhī”ti.

wonderful“Acchariyaṁ, sirbhante, amazingabbhutaṁ, sirbhante.
that which indeedYañhi wemayaṁ, sirbhante, were not ablenāsakkhimhā with the questionpañhena to completeparipūretuṁ thattaṁ, sirbhante, by the venerableāyasmatā by Ānandaānandena of the questionpañhassa by the explanationveyyākaraṇena completedparipūritaṁ.
whoYe thosete, sirbhante, foolsbālā incompetentabyattā without examiningananuvicca without scrutinizingapariyogāhetvā of othersparesaṁ praisevaṇṇaṁ orvā criticismavaṇṇaṁ orvā speakbhāsanti, notna wemayaṁ thattaṁ as essentialsārato we acceptpaccāgacchāma;
whoye butpana thosete, sirbhante, wisepaṇḍitā competentviyattā intelligentmedhāvino having examinedanuvicca having scrutinizedpariyogāhetvā of othersparesaṁ praisevaṇṇaṁ orvā criticismavaṇṇaṁ orvā speakbhāsanti, wemayaṁ thattaṁ as essentialsārato we acceptpaccāgacchāma.

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