{"id":"an3.25","title":"Like Diamond","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.25","title":"Like Diamond","units":[{"id":"an3.25:0","sourceIds":["an3.25:0.1","an3.25:0.2","an3.25:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.25\n3. Puggalavagga\nVajirūpamasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.25\n3. Individuals\nLike Diamond"}},{"id":"an3.25:1","sourceIds":["an3.25:1.1","an3.25:1.2","an3.25:1.3","an3.25:1.4","an3.25:1.5","an3.25:1.6","an3.25:1.7","an3.25:1.8","an3.25:1.9","an3.25:1.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tayome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.\nKatame tayo?\nArukūpamacitto puggalo, vijjūpamacitto puggalo, vajirūpamacitto puggalo.\nKatamo ca, bhikkhave, arukūpamacitto puggalo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo kodhano hoti upāyāsabahulo\nappampi vutto samāno abhisajjati kuppati byāpajjati patitthīyati kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, duṭṭhāruko kaṭṭhena vā kaṭhalāya vā ghaṭṭito bhiyyoso mattāya āsavaṁ deti;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo kodhano hoti upāyāsabahulo\nappampi vutto samāno abhisajjati kuppati byāpajjati patitthīyati kopañca dosañca appaccayañca pātukaroti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, arukūpamacitto puggalo.","en":"“These three individuals are found in the world.\nWhat three?\nAn individual with a mind like an open sore, an individual with a mind like lightning, and an individual with a mind like diamond.\nAnd who has a mind like an open sore?\nIt’s an individual who is irritable and bad-tempered.\nEven when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness.\nThey’re like a festering sore, which, when you hit it with a stick or a stone, discharges even more.\nIn the same way, an individual is irritable and bad-tempered.\nEven when lightly criticized they lose their temper, becoming annoyed, hostile, and hard-hearted, and they display annoyance, hate, and bitterness.\nThis is called an individual with a mind like an open sore."}},{"id":"an3.25:2","sourceIds":["an3.25:2.1","an3.25:2.2","an3.25:2.3","an3.25:2.4","an3.25:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, vijjūpamacitto puggalo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti, ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, cakkhumā puriso rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ vijjantarikāya rūpāni passeyya;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, vijjūpamacitto puggalo.","en":"And who has a mind like lightning?\nIt’s an individual who truly understands: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.\nThey’re like a person with keen eyes in the dark of the night, who sees by a flash of lightning.\nIn the same way, an individual truly understands: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.\nThis is called an individual with a mind like lightning."}},{"id":"an3.25:3","sourceIds":["an3.25:3.1","an3.25:3.2","an3.25:3.3","an3.25:3.4","an3.25:3.5","an3.25:3.6","an3.25:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, vajirūpamacitto puggalo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, vajirassa natthi kiñci abhejjaṁ maṇi vā pāsāṇo vā;\nevamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, vajirūpamacitto puggalo.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"And who has a mind like diamond?\nIt’s an individual who realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.\nIt’s like a diamond, which can’t be cut by anything at all, not even a gem or a stone.\nIn the same way, an individual realizes the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom … in this very life …\nThis is called an individual with a mind like diamond.\nThese are the three individuals found in the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.25/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."}