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Majjhima Nikāya 94

Ghoṭamukhasutta

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thusEvaṁ by meme heardsutaṁ—
oneekaṁ timesamayaṁ Venerableāyasmā Udenaudeno near Varanasibārāṇasiyaṁ was stayingviharati in the Khemiya Mango Grovekhemiyambavane.

by thatTena indeedkho thenpana at the timesamayena Ghoṭamukhaghoṭamukho brahminbrāhmaṇo to Varanasibārāṇasiṁ arrivedanuppatto washoti some·some·justkenacideva businesskaraṇīyena.
thenAtha indeedkho Ghoṭamukhaghoṭamukho brahminbrāhmaṇo walk·walkjaṅghāvihāraṁ walking alonganucaṅkamamāno wandering alonganuvicaramāno whereyena Khemiya·mango grovekhemiyambavanaṁ that·up·approachtenupasaṅkami.
by thatTena indeedkho thenpana at the timesamayena venerableāyasmā Udenaudeno in the open airabbhokāse was walking mindfullycaṅkamati.
thenAtha indeedkho Ghoṭamukhaghoṭamukho brahminbrāhmaṇo where + venerableyenāyasmā Udenaudeno that·up·approachtenupasaṅkami; up·approachupasaṅkamitvā with venerableāyasmatā Udenaudenena withsaddhiṁ together·greetsammodi.
courteousSammodanīyaṁ conversationkathaṁ memorablesāraṇīyaṁ thoroughly·exchangevītisāretvā Venerableāyasmantaṁ Udenaudenaṁ walkingcaṅkamantaṁ walking alonganucaṅkamamāno thus + sayevamāha:
sir“ambho asceticsamaṇa, there is not‘natthi principleddhammiko renunciate lifeparibbajo’—
thusevaṁ for meme hereettha it ishoti.
that + andTañca indeedkho honorable·formbhavantarūpānaṁ orvā not·seeadassanā, whichyo orvā and + herepanettha teaching·quotation markerdhammo”ti.

thusEvaṁ when saidvutte, venerableāyasmā Udenaudeno from the walking pathcaṅkamā down·descendorohitvā dwellingvihāraṁ into·enterpavisitvā spread outpaññatte on the seatāsane down·sitnisīdi.
Ghoṭamukha·tooGhoṭamukhopi indeedkho brahminbrāhmaṇo from the walking pathcaṅkamā down·descendorohitvā dwellingvihāraṁ into·enterpavisitvā to one sideekamantaṁ stoodaṭṭhāsi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ standingṭhitaṁ indeedkho Ghoṭamukhaghoṭamukhaṁ brahminbrāhmaṇaṁ venerableāyasmā Udenaudeno this·saidetadavoca:
“there are“saṁvijjanti indeed,kho, brahmin,brāhmaṇa, seats.āsanāni.
IfSace to·wishākaṅkhasi, down·sit + quotation-markernisīdā”ti.
this·very“Etadeva indeedkho thenpana wemayaṁ of masterbhoto Udenaudenassa to·awaitāgamayamānā we sitnisīdāma.
how·forKathañhi indeednāma like-me·resemblemādiso firstpubbe not·inviteanimantito on the seatāsane down·sitnisīditabbaṁ think + quotation-markermaññeyyā”ti?

thenAtha indeedkho Ghoṭamukhaghoṭamukho brahminbrāhmaṇo a certainaññataraṁ lownīcaṁ seatāsanaṁ having takengahetvā to one sideekamantaṁ sat downnisīdi.
to one sideEkamantaṁ seatednisinno indeedkho Ghoṭamukhaghoṭamukho brahminbrāhmaṇo venerableāyasmantaṁ Udenaudenaṁ said thisetadavoca:
sir“ambho asceticsamaṇa, there is not‘natthi principleddhammiko renunciate lifeparibbajo’—
thusevaṁ to meme hereettha it ishoti.
and thatTañca indeedkho worthy ones such as yourselfbhavantarūpānaṁ orvā from not seeingadassanā, whichyo orvā but herepanettha teachingdhammo”ti.
if“Sace indeedkho thenpana to meme youtvaṁ, brahminbrāhmaṇa, what should be grantedanuññeyyaṁ you should grantanujāneyyāsi, and what should be rejectedpaṭikkositabbañca you should rejectpaṭikkoseyyāsi; of whichyassa andca thenpana myme spokenbhāsitassa meaningatthaṁ notna you should understandjāneyyāsi, me + alonemamaṁyeva theretattha furtheruttari you should askpaṭipuccheyyāsi:
this‘idaṁ, sirbho Udenaudena, whykathaṁ, of thisimassa what is the meaningkvattho’ti? thusEvaṁ having donekatvā there may besiyā for usno hereettha conversationkathāsallāpo”ti.

approvable“Anuññeyyaṁ indeed Ikhvāhaṁ of the honorablebhoto Udena'sudenassa I will approveanujānissāmi, rejectable·andpaṭikkositabbañca I will rejectpaṭikkosissāmi; of whichyassa andca but Ipanāhaṁ of the honorablebhoto Udena'sudenassa of the statementbhāsitassa meaningatthaṁ notna I will knowjānissāmi, the honorable one himselfbhavantaṁyeva theretattha Udenaudenaṁ furtheruttari I will ask in returnpaṭipucchissāmi: this‘idaṁ, sirbho Udenaudena, howkathaṁ, of thisimassa what is the meaningkvattho’ti? thusEvaṁ having donekatvā let there behotu for usno hereettha conversational exchangekathāsallāpo”ti.

four“Cattārome, brahminbrāhmaṇa, individualspuggalā beingsanto together·knowsaṁvijjamānā in the worldlokasmiṁ.
whichKatame fourcattāro?
hereIdha, brahminbrāhmaṇa, oneekacco individualpuggalo self-mortifyingattantapo ishoti committed to the practice of mortifying themselvesattaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto.
hereIdha butpana, brahminbrāhmaṇa, oneekacco individualpuggalo other-mortifyingparantapo ishoti committed to the practice of mortifying othersparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto.
hereIdha butpana, brahminbrāhmaṇa, oneekacco individualpuggalo self-mortifyingattantapo andca ishoti committed to the practice of mortifying themselvesattaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto other-mortifyingparantapo andca committed to the practice of mortifying othersparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto.
hereIdha butpana, brahminbrāhmaṇa, oneekacco individualpuggalo not self-mortifyingnevattantapo ishoti not committed to the practice of mortifying themselvesnāttaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto, notna other-mortifyingparantapo notna committed to the practice of mortifying othersparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto.
heSo not self-mortifyinganattantapo not other-mortifyingaparantapo in this very lifediṭṭheva dhammadhamme without·wishnicchāto down·benibbuto cool·becomesītībhūto bliss·experiencingsukhappaṭisaṁvedī divine·becomebrahmabhūtena with selfattanā livesviharati.
of theseImesaṁ, brahminbrāhmaṇa, fourcatunnaṁ individualspuggalānaṁ whichkatamo to youte individualpuggalo mindcittaṁ pleasesārādhetī”ti?
that which“Yvāyaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, individualpuggalo self-mortifyingattantapo committed to the practice of mortifying themselvesattaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto thisayaṁ myme individualpuggalo mindcittaṁ does not pleasenārādheti;
that whichyopāyaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, individualpuggalo other-mortifyingparantapo committed to the practice of mortifying othersparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto this·tooayampi myme individualpuggalo mindcittaṁ does not pleasenārādheti;

who·thisyopāyaṁ, sirbho Udenaudena, individualpuggalo self·mortifyattantapo andca self·torment·devotion·devotedattaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto other·mortifyparantapo andca other·torment·devotion·devotedparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto this one tooayampi myme individualpuggalo mindcittaṁ does not satisfynārādheti;
whoyo andca indeedkho thisayaṁ, sirbho Udenaudena, individualpuggalo neither self-tormentingnevattantapo not + self-torment·devotion·devotednāttaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto notna other·mortifyparantapo notna other·torment·devotion·devotedparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto heso not·self·mortifyanattantapo not·other·mortifyaparantapo in this very lifediṭṭheva in the dhammadhamme hungerlessnicchāto quenchednibbuto cool·becomesītībhūto happiness·experiencingsukhappaṭisaṁvedī brahma·becomebrahmabhūtena with selfattanā dwellsviharati.
this very oneAyameva myme individualpuggalo mindcittaṁ satisfiesārādhetī”ti.

why“Kasmā thenpana to youte, brahminbrāhmaṇa, theseime threetayo individualspuggalā the mindcittaṁ they do not pleasenārādhentī”ti?
this one“Yvāyaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, individualpuggalo self·mortifyingattantapo self·mortification·practice·devotedattaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto heso himselfattānaṁ happiness·desiringsukhakāmaṁ pain·recoilingdukkhapaṭikkūlaṁ tormentsātāpeti mortifiesparitāpeti;
by thisiminā meme thisayaṁ individualpuggalo the mindcittaṁ does not pleasenārādheti.
this oneYopāyaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, individualpuggalo other·mortifyingparantapo other·mortification·practice·devotedparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto heso anotherparaṁ happiness·desiringsukhakāmaṁ pain·recoilingdukkhapaṭikkūlaṁ tormentsātāpeti mortifiesparitāpeti;
by thisiminā meme thisayaṁ individualpuggalo the mindcittaṁ does not pleasenārādheti.
this oneYopāyaṁ, worthybho Udenaudena, individualpuggalo self·mortifyingattantapo andca self·mortification·practice·devotedattaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto other·mortifyingparantapo andca other·mortification·practice·devotedparaparitāpanānuyogamanuyutto heso self·andattānañca other·andparañca happiness·desiringsukhakāmaṁ pain·recoilingdukkhapaṭikkūlaṁ tormentsātāpeti mortifiesparitāpeti;
by thisiminā meme thisayaṁ individualpuggalo the mindcittaṁ does not pleasenārādheti.

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