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Majjhima Nikāya 94

Ghoṭamukhasutta

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talking nonsenseSamphappalāpaṁ having given uppahāya from talking nonsensesamphappalāpā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti, time·speakerkālavādī true·speakerbhūtavādī meaning·speakeratthavādī teaching·speakerdhammavādī speaking in line with the trainingvinayavādī, having valuenidhānavatiṁ speechvācaṁ they speakbhāsitā at the right timekālena reasonablesāpadesaṁ succinctpariyantavatiṁ beneficialatthasaṁhitaṁ.
theySo plants-and-seeds·injurybījagāmabhūtagāmasamārambhā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
one·eatingEkabhattiko ishoti abstaining from food at nightrattūparato abstainingvirato from food at the wrong timevikālabhojanā.
dancing·singing·music·show·seeingNaccagītavāditavisūkadassanā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
garland·fragrance·makeup·wearing·adorning·beautifyingMālāgandhavilepanadhāraṇamaṇḍanavibhūsanaṭṭhānā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
high·bed·great·bedUccāsayanamahāsayanā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
gold·currency·receivingJātarūparajatapaṭiggahaṇā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
raw·grains·receivingĀmakadhaññapaṭiggahaṇā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
raw·meat·receivingĀmakamaṁsapaṭiggahaṇā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
women·girls·receivingItthikumārikapaṭiggahaṇā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
female-bondservants·male-bondservants·receivingDāsidāsapaṭiggahaṇā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
goats-and-sheep·receivingAjeḷakapaṭiggahaṇā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
chickens·pigs·receivingKukkuṭasūkarapaṭiggahaṇā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
from receiving elephants, cows, horses, and maresHatthigavassavaḷavapaṭiggahaṇā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
fields·land·receivingKhettavatthupaṭiggahaṇā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
from running errands and messagesDūteyyapahiṇagamanānuyogā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
buying·sellingKayavikkayā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
weights·falsifying·metals·falsifying·measures·falsifyingTulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
bribery·fraud·cheating·duplicityUkkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.
mutilation·murder·abduction·banditry·plunder·violenceChedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā refrainingpaṭivirato ishoti.

heSo contentsantuṭṭho ishoti with body-protectingkāyaparihārikena with robescīvarena, with belly-protectingkucchiparihārikena with almsfoodpiṇḍapātena. heSo whereveryena whereveryeneva forth·gopakkamati together·taking·onlysamādāyeva forth·gopakkamati.
just asSeyyathāpi indeednāma wingedpakkhī birdsakuṇo whereveryena whereveryeneva fliesḍeti wings its only burdensapattabhārova fliesḍeti;
thus·justevameva a mendicantbhikkhu contentsantuṭṭho ishoti with body-protectingkāyaparihārikena with robescīvarena, with belly-protectingkucchiparihārikena with almsfoodpiṇḍapātena. heSo whereveryena whereveryeneva forth·gopakkamati together·taking·onlysamādāyeva forth·gopakkamati.
heSo with thisiminā nobleariyena with spectrum of ethicssīlakkhandhena endowedsamannāgato internallyajjhattaṁ blameless·happinessanavajjasukhaṁ experiencespaṭisaṁvedeti.

heSo with the eyecakkhunā a sightrūpaṁ having seendisvā notna grasping the featuresnimittaggāhī ishoti not grasping the detailsnānubyañjanaggāhī.
for whatever reasonYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ eye·facultycakkhundriyaṁ not·restrainedasaṁvutaṁ dwellingviharantaṁ covetousness·displeasureabhijjhādomanassā badpāpakā not·skillfulakusalā qualitiesdhammā would become overwhelminganvāssaveyyuṁ for that onetassa together·restrainsaṁvarāya practicespaṭipajjati, protectsrakkhati the faculty of sightcakkhundriyaṁ, eye·facultycakkhundriye together·restrainsaṁvaraṁ achievesāpajjati.
with the earSotena a soundsaddaṁ having heardsutvā pe…pe…
with the noseghānena an odorgandhaṁ having smelledghāyitvā pe…
with the tonguejivhāya a flavorrasaṁ having tastedsāyitvā pe…
with the bodykāyena a touchphoṭṭhabbaṁ having feltphusitvā pe…
with the mindmanasā an ideadhammaṁ apart·knowviññāya notna grasping the featuresnimittaggāhī ishoti not grasping the detailsnānubyañjanaggāhī.
for whatever reasonYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ mind·facultymanindriyaṁ not·restrainedasaṁvutaṁ dwellingviharantaṁ covetousness·displeasureabhijjhādomanassā badpāpakā not·skillfulakusalā qualitiesdhammā would become overwhelminganvāssaveyyuṁ for that onetassa together·restrainsaṁvarāya practicespaṭipajjati, protectsrakkhati the faculty of mindmanindriyaṁ, mind·facultymanindriye together·restrainsaṁvaraṁ achievesāpajjati.
heSo with thisiminā nobleariyena faculty·together·restraintindriyasaṁvarena together·bringsamannāgato internallyajjhattaṁ not·sullied·blissabyāsekasukhaṁ experiencespaṭisaṁvedeti.

heSo going outabhikkante coming backpaṭikkante acting with situational awarenesssampajānakārī ishoti, looking aheadālokite looking asidevilokite acting with situational awarenesssampajānakārī ishoti, bendingsamiñjite extendingpasārite acting with situational awarenesssampajānakārī ishoti, bearing the outer robe, bowl and robessaṅghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇe acting with situational awarenesssampajānakārī ishoti, eatingasite drinkingpīte chewingkhāyite tastingsāyite acting with situational awarenesssampajānakārī ishoti, urinating and defecatinguccārapassāvakamme acting with situational awarenesssampajānakārī ishoti, walkinggate standingṭhite sittingnisinne sleepingsutte wakingjāgarite speakingbhāsite keeping silenttuṇhībhāve acting with situational awarenesssampajānakārī ishoti.

heSo with thisiminā andca nobleariyena ethics·spectrumsīlakkhandhena endowedsamannāgato, with thisimāya andca nobleariyāya with contentmentsantuṭṭhiyā endowedsamannāgato, with thisiminā andca nobleariyena sense·restraintindriyasaṁvarena endowedsamannāgato, with thisiminā andca nobleariyena mindfulness·situational awarenesssatisampajaññena endowedsamannāgato
secludedvivittaṁ lodgingsenāsanaṁ they frequentbhajati a wildernessaraññaṁ tree·rootrukkhamūlaṁ a hillpabbataṁ a ravinekandaraṁ mountain·cavegiriguhaṁ a charnel groundsusānaṁ a forestvanapatthaṁ the open airabbhokāsaṁ a heap of strawpalālapuñjaṁ.

that oneSo after·mealpacchābhattaṁ almsround·returnedpiṇḍapātapaṭikkanto down·sit·3sgnisīdati cross-leggedpallaṅkaṁ having bentābhujitvā, straightujuṁ bodykāyaṁ having setpaṇidhāya, around·faceparimukhaṁ mindfulnesssatiṁ having establishedupaṭṭhapetvā.
that oneSo toward·covetabhijjhaṁ for the worldloke forth·leavepahāya with a heart rid of covetousnessvigatābhijjhena with mindcetasā meditatesviharati, toward·covetabhijjhāya mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti;
ill will·malevolencebyāpādapadosaṁ forth·leavepahāya not·ill-willed·mindabyāpannacitto apart·dwell·3sgviharati full of sympathy for all living beingssabbapāṇabhūtahitānukampī, ill will·malevolencebyāpādapadosā mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti;
dullness·drowsinessthinamiddhaṁ forth·leavepahāya rid of·dullness·drowsinessvigatathinamiddho apart·dwell·3sgviharati light·perceivingālokasaññī mindfulsato awaresampajāno, dullness·drowsinessthinamiddhā mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti;
restlessness·remorseuddhaccakukkuccaṁ forth·leavepahāya not·restlessanuddhato apart·dwell·3sgviharati internallyajjhattaṁ with settled mindvūpasantacitto, restlessness·remorseuddhaccakukkuccā mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti;
doubtvicikicchaṁ forth·leavepahāya crossed·doubttiṇṇavicikiccho apart·dwell·3sgviharati not·undecidedakathaṅkathī about skillfulkusalesu qualitiesdhammesu, of doubtvicikicchāya mindcittaṁ cleansesparisodheti.

heSo theseime fivepañca hindrancesnīvaraṇe having given uppahāya of the heartcetaso near·defilementupakkilese of wisdompaññāya weak·makingdubbalīkaraṇe
quite secludedvivicceva from sensual pleasureskāmehi secludedvivicca not·skillfulakusalehi qualitiesdhammehi with·placingsavitakkaṁ with·keepingsavicāraṁ seclusion·bornvivekajaṁ rapture·blisspītisukhaṁ firstpaṭhamaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ near·attainupasampajja he remainsviharati.

placing the mind + keeping it connectedVitakkavicārānaṁ through the stillingvūpasamā internalajjhattaṁ with·forth·claritysampasādanaṁ of mindcetaso one·stateekodibhāvaṁ without·placing the mindavitakkaṁ without·keeping it connectedavicāraṁ immersion·bornsamādhijaṁ rapture·blisspītisukhaṁ seconddutiyaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ near·with·enteredupasampajja they remain.viharati.

with the fading away of rapturePītiyā andca away·fadevirāgā equanimousupekkhako andca one meditatesviharati mindfulsato andca fully·knowsampajāno, bliss + andsukhañca with the bodykāyena for oneself·experiencepaṭisaṁvedeti, whichyaṁ thattaṁ the noble onesariyā declare:ācikkhanti: ‘equanimous‘upekkhako mindfulsatimā bliss·meditatesukhavihārī’ti thirdtatiyaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ having enteredupasampajja one meditates.viharati.

of pleasureSukhassa andca giving uppahānā of paindukkhassa andca giving uppahānā, previous·justpubbeva happiness·sadnesssomanassadomanassānaṁ disappearanceatthaṅgamā, not·pain·pleasureadukkhamasukhaṁ equanimity·mindfulness·pureupekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ fourthcatutthaṁ absorptionjhānaṁ near·attainupasampajja remainviharati.

heSo thusevaṁ composedsamāhite mindcitte purifiedparisuddhe brightpariyodāte flawlessanaṅgaṇe rid of corruptionsvigatūpakkilese pliablemudubhūte workablekammaniye steadyṭhite imperturbableāneñjappatte toward knowledge of recollection of past livespubbenivāsānussatiñāṇāya mindcittaṁ extendsabhininnāmeti.
heSo many·arrangedanekavihitaṁ before·abodepubbenivāsaṁ recollectsanussarati, as follows·oneseyyathidaṁ—ekampi birthjātiṁ twodvepi birthsjātiyo threetissopi birthsjātiyo fourcatassopi birthsjātiyo fivepañcapi birthsjātiyo tendasapi birthsjātiyo twentyvīsampi birthsjātiyo thirtytiṁsampi birthsjātiyo fortycattālīsampi birthsjātiyo fiftypaññāsampi birthsjātiyo a hundred birthsjātisatampi a thousand birthsjātisahassampi a hundred thousand birthsjātisatasahassampi, manyanekepi contraction·eonsaṁvaṭṭakappe manyanekepi expansion·eonvivaṭṭakappe manyanekepi contraction·expansion·eonsaṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe: there I was‘amutrāsiṁ thus·nameevaṁnāmo of this clanevaṅgotto thus·appearanceevaṁvaṇṇo thus·foodevamāhāro thus·pleasure·pain·experiencerevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī thus·life·endingevamāyupariyanto; heso from theretato passed awaycuto somewhere elseamutra I was rebornudapādiṁ; there too I wastatrāpāsiṁ thus·nameevaṁnāmo of this clanevaṅgotto thus·appearanceevaṁvaṇṇo thus·foodevamāhāro thus·pleasure·pain·experiencerevaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī thus·life·endingevamāyupariyanto; heso from theretato passed awaycuto reborn hereidhūpapanno’ti. thusIti with featuressākāraṁ with·detailsauddesaṁ many·arrangedanekavihitaṁ before·abodepubbenivāsaṁ recollectsanussarati.

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