{"id":"an3.16","title":"A Sure Bet","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.16","title":"A Sure Bet","units":[{"id":"an3.16:0","sourceIds":["an3.16:0.1","an3.16:0.2","an3.16:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.16\n2. Rathakāravagga\nApaṇṇakasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.16\n2. The Chariot-Maker\nA Sure Bet"}},{"id":"an3.16:1","sourceIds":["an3.16:1.1","an3.16:1.2","an3.16:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu apaṇṇakapaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti, yoni cassa āraddhā hoti āsavānaṁ khayāya.\nKatamehi tīhi?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti, bhojane mattaññū hoti, jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti.","en":"“Mendicants, when a mendicant has three things their practice is a sure bet, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.\nWhat three?\nIt’s when a mendicant guards the sense doors, eats in moderation, and is dedicated to wakefulness."}},{"id":"an3.16:2","sourceIds":["an3.16:2.1","an3.16:2.2","an3.16:2.3","an3.16:2.4","an3.16:2.5","an3.16:2.6","an3.16:2.7","an3.16:2.8","an3.16:2.9","an3.16:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī.\nYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ cakkhundriyaṁ asaṁvutaṁ viharantaṁ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṁ tassa saṁvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati cakkhundriyaṁ, cakkhundriye saṁvaraṁ āpajjati.\nSotena saddaṁ sutvā …\nghānena gandhaṁ ghāyitvā …\njivhāya rasaṁ sāyitvā …\nkāyena phoṭṭhabbaṁ phusitvā …\nmanasā dhammaṁ viññāya na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī.\nYatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ manindriyaṁ asaṁvutaṁ viharantaṁ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṁ tassa saṁvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati manindriyaṁ, manindriye saṁvaraṁ āpajjati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti.","en":"And how does a mendicant guard the sense doors?\nWhen a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.\nIf the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint.\nWhen they hear a sound with their ears …\nWhen they smell an odor with their nose …\nWhen they taste a flavor with their tongue …\nWhen they feel a touch with their body …\nWhen they know an idea with their mind, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.\nIf the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint.\nThat’s how a mendicant guards the sense doors."}},{"id":"an3.16:3","sourceIds":["an3.16:3.1","an3.16:3.2","an3.16:3.3","an3.16:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paṭisaṅkhā yoniso āhāraṁ āhāreti:\n‘neva davāya na madāya na maṇḍanāya na vibhūsanāya, yāvadeva imassa kāyassa ṭhitiyā yāpanāya vihiṁsūparatiyā brahmacariyānuggahāya, iti purāṇañca vedanaṁ paṭihaṅkhāmi, navañca vedanaṁ na uppādessāmi, yātrā ca me bhavissati anavajjatā ca phāsuvihāro cā’ti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti.","en":"And how does a mendicant eat in moderation?\nIt’s when a mendicant reflects rationally on the food that they eat:\n‘Not for fun, indulgence, adornment, or decoration, but only to sustain this body, to avoid harm, and to support spiritual practice. In this way, I shall put an end to old discomfort and not give rise to new discomfort, and I will have the means to keep going, blamelessness, and a comfortable abiding.’\nThat’s how a mendicant eats in moderation."}},{"id":"an3.16:4","sourceIds":["an3.16:4.1","an3.16:4.2","an3.16:4.3","an3.16:4.4","an3.16:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu divasaṁ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti, rattiyā paṭhamaṁ yāmaṁ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti, rattiyā majjhimaṁ yāmaṁ dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṁ kappeti pāde pādaṁ accādhāya sato sampajāno uṭṭhānasaññaṁ manasi karitvā, rattiyā pacchimaṁ yāmaṁ paccuṭṭhāya caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti.\nImehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu apaṇṇakapaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti, yoni cassa āraddhā hoti āsavānaṁ khayāyā”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"And how is a mendicant dedicated to wakefulness?\nIt’s when a mendicant practices walking and sitting meditation by day, purifying their mind from obstacles. In the first watch of the night, they continue to practice walking and sitting meditation. In the middle watch, they lie down in the lion’s posture—on the right side, placing one foot on top of the other—mindful and aware, and focused on the time of getting up. In the last watch, they get up and continue to practice walking and sitting meditation, purifying their mind from obstacles.\nThis is how a mendicant is dedicated to wakefulness.\nWhen a mendicant possesses these three things their practice is a sure bet, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.16/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}