{"id":"an3.40","title":"In Charge","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an3.40","title":"In Charge","units":[{"id":"an3.40:0","sourceIds":["an3.40:0.1","an3.40:0.2","an3.40:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.40\n4. Devadūtavagga\nĀdhipateyyasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 3.40\n4. Messengers from the Gods\nIn Charge"}},{"id":"an3.40:1","sourceIds":["an3.40:1.1","an3.40:1.2","an3.40:1.3","an3.40:1.4","an3.40:1.5","an3.40:1.6","an3.40:1.7","an3.40:1.8","an3.40:1.9","an3.40:1.10","an3.40:1.11","an3.40:1.12","an3.40:1.13","an3.40:1.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, ādhipateyyāni.\nKatamāni tīṇi?\nAttādhipateyyaṁ, lokādhipateyyaṁ, dhammādhipateyyaṁ.\nKatamañca, bhikkhave, attādhipateyyaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññāgāragato vā iti paṭisañcikkhati:\n‘na kho panāhaṁ cīvarahetu agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.\nNa piṇḍapātahetu, na senāsanahetu, na itibhavābhavahetu agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.\nApi ca khomhi otiṇṇo jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, dukkhotiṇṇo dukkhapareto.\nAppeva nāma imassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa antakiriyā paññāyethāti.\nAhañceva kho pana yādisake kāme ohāya agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito tādisake vā kāme pariyeseyyaṁ tato vā pāpiṭṭhatare, na metaṁ patirūpan’ti.\nSo iti paṭisañcikkhati:\n‘āraddhaṁ kho pana me vīriyaṁ bhavissati asallīnaṁ, upaṭṭhitā sati asammuṭṭhā, passaddho kāyo asāraddho, samāhitaṁ cittaṁ ekaggan’ti.\nSo attānaṁyeva adhipatiṁ karitvā akusalaṁ pajahati, kusalaṁ bhāveti, sāvajjaṁ pajahati, anavajjaṁ bhāveti, suddhaṁ attānaṁ pariharati.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, attādhipateyyaṁ.","en":"“There are, mendicants, these three things to put in charge.\nWhat three?\nPutting oneself, the world, or the teaching in charge.\nAnd what, mendicants, is putting oneself in charge?\nIt’s when a mendicant has gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut, and reflects like this:\n‘I didn’t go forth from the lay life to homelessness for the sake of a robe,\nalmsfood, lodgings, or rebirth in this or that state.\nBut I was swamped by rebirth, old age, and death; by sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. I was swamped by suffering, mired in suffering.\nAnd I thought, “Hopefully I can make an end to this entire mass of suffering.”\nBut it would not be appropriate for me to seek sensual pleasures like those I abandoned when I went forth, or even worse.’\nThen they reflect:\n‘My energy shall be roused up and unflagging, mindfulness shall be established and lucid, my body shall be tranquil and undisturbed, and my mind shall be immersed in samādhi.’\nPutting themselves in charge, they give up the unskillful and develop the skillful, they give up the blameworthy and develop the blameless, and they keep themselves pure.\nThis is called putting oneself in charge."}},{"id":"an3.40:2","sourceIds":["an3.40:2.1","an3.40:2.2","an3.40:2.3","an3.40:2.4","an3.40:2.5","an3.40:2.6","an3.40:2.7","an3.40:2.8","an3.40:2.9","an3.40:2.10","an3.40:2.11","an3.40:2.12","an3.40:2.13","an3.40:2.14","an3.40:2.15","an3.40:2.16","an3.40:2.17","an3.40:2.18","an3.40:2.19"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, lokādhipateyyaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññāgāragato vā iti paṭisañcikkhati:\n‘na kho panāhaṁ cīvarahetu agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.\nNa piṇḍapātahetu, na senāsanahetu, na itibhavābhavahetu agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.\nApi ca khomhi otiṇṇo jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, dukkhotiṇṇo dukkhapareto.\nAppeva nāma imassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa antakiriyā paññāyethā’ti.\nAhañceva kho pana evaṁ pabbajito samāno kāmavitakkaṁ vā vitakkeyyaṁ, byāpādavitakkaṁ vā vitakkeyyaṁ, vihiṁsāvitakkaṁ vā vitakkeyyaṁ, mahā kho panāyaṁ lokasannivāso.\nMahantasmiṁ kho pana lokasannivāse santi samaṇabrāhmaṇā iddhimanto dibbacakkhukā paracittaviduno.\nTe dūratopi passanti, āsannāpi na dissanti, cetasāpi cittaṁ pajānanti.\nTepi maṁ evaṁ jāneyyuṁ:\n‘passatha, bho, imaṁ kulaputtaṁ saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito samāno vokiṇṇo viharati pāpakehi akusalehi dhammehī’ti.\ndevatāpi kho santi iddhimantiniyo dibbacakkhukā paracittaviduniyo.\nTā dūratopi passanti, āsannāpi na dissanti, cetasāpi cittaṁ jānanti.\nTāpi maṁ evaṁ jāneyyuṁ:\n‘passatha, bho, imaṁ kulaputtaṁ saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito samāno vokiṇṇo viharati pāpakehi akusalehi dhammehī’ti.\nSo iti paṭisañcikkhati:\n‘āraddhaṁ kho pana me vīriyaṁ bhavissati asallīnaṁ, upaṭṭhitā sati asammuṭṭhā, passaddho kāyo asāraddho, samāhitaṁ cittaṁ ekaggan’ti.\nSo lokaṁyeva adhipatiṁ karitvā akusalaṁ pajahati, kusalaṁ bhāveti, sāvajjaṁ pajahati, anavajjaṁ bhāveti, suddhaṁ attānaṁ pariharati.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, lokādhipateyyaṁ.","en":"And what, mendicants, is putting the world in charge?\nIt’s when a mendicant has gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut, and reflects like this:\n‘I didn’t go forth from the lay life to homelessness for the sake of a robe,\nalmsfood, lodgings, or rebirth in this or that state.\nBut I was swamped by rebirth, old age, and death, by sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. I was swamped by suffering, mired in suffering.\nAnd I thought, “Hopefully I can make an end to this entire mass of suffering.”\nAnd now, since I’ve now gone forth, I might have sensual, malicious, or cruel thoughts. But the population of the world is large,\nand there are ascetics and brahmins who have psychic power—they’re clairvoyant, and can read the minds of others.\nThey see far without being seen, even by those close; and they understand the minds of others.\nThey would know me:\n“Look at this gentleman; he’s gone forth out of faith from the lay life to homelessness, but he’s living mixed up with bad, unskillful qualities.”\nAnd there are deities, too, who have psychic power—they’re clairvoyant, and can read the minds of others.\nThey see far without being seen, even by those close; and they understand the minds of others.\nThey would know me:\n“Look at this gentleman; he’s gone forth out of faith from the lay life to homelessness, but he’s living mixed up with bad, unskillful qualities.”’\nThen they reflect:\n‘My energy shall be roused up and unflagging, mindfulness shall be established and lucid, my body shall be tranquil and undisturbed, and my mind shall be immersed in samādhi.’\nPutting the world in charge, they give up the unskillful and develop the skillful, they give up the blameworthy and develop the blameless, and they keep themselves pure.\nThis is called putting the world in charge."}},{"id":"an3.40:3","sourceIds":["an3.40:3.1","an3.40:3.2","an3.40:3.3","an3.40:3.4","an3.40:3.5","an3.40:3.6","an3.40:3.7","an3.40:3.8","an3.40:3.9","an3.40:3.10","an3.40:3.11","an3.40:3.12","an3.40:3.13","an3.40:3.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamañca, bhikkhave, dhammādhipateyyaṁ?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā rukkhamūlagato vā suññāgāragato vā iti paṭisañcikkhati:\n‘na kho panāhaṁ cīvarahetu agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.\nNa piṇḍapātahetu, na senāsanahetu, na itibhavābhavahetu agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.\nApi ca khomhi otiṇṇo jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, dukkhotiṇṇo dukkhapareto.\nAppeva nāma imassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa antakiriyā paññāyethāti.\nSvākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhīti.\nSanti kho pana me sabrahmacārī jānaṁ passaṁ viharanti.\nAhañceva kho pana evaṁ svākkhāte dhammavinaye pabbajito samāno kusīto vihareyyaṁ pamatto, na metaṁ assa patirūpan’ti.\nSo iti paṭisañcikkhati:\n‘āraddhaṁ kho pana me vīriyaṁ bhavissati asallīnaṁ, upaṭṭhitā sati asammuṭṭhā, passaddho kāyo asāraddho, samāhitaṁ cittaṁ ekaggan’ti.\nSo dhammaṁyeva adhipatiṁ karitvā akusalaṁ pajahati, kusalaṁ bhāveti, sāvajjaṁ pajahati, anavajjaṁ bhāveti, suddhaṁ attānaṁ pariharati.\nIdaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dhammādhipateyyaṁ.\nImāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi ādhipateyyānīti.","en":"And what, mendicants, is putting the teaching in charge?\nIt’s when a mendicant has gone to a wilderness, or to the root of a tree, or to an empty hut, and reflects like this:\n‘I didn’t go forth from the lay life to homelessness for the sake of a robe,\nalmsfood, lodgings, or rebirth in this or that state.\nBut I was swamped by rebirth, old age, and death, by sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress. I was swamped by suffering, mired in suffering.\nAnd I thought, “Hopefully I can make an end to this entire mass of suffering.”\nThe teaching is well explained by the Buddha—apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.\nI have spiritual companions who live knowing and seeing.\nNow that I’ve gone forth in this well explained teaching and training, it would not be appropriate for me to live lazy and heedless.’\nThen they reflect:\n‘My energy shall be roused up and unflagging, mindfulness shall be established and lucid, my body shall be tranquil and undisturbed, and my mind shall be immersed in samādhi.’\nPutting the teaching in charge, they give up the unskillful and develop the skillful, they give up the blameworthy and develop the blameless, and they keep themselves pure.\nThis is called putting the teaching in charge.\nThese are the three things to put in charge."}},{"id":"an3.40:4","sourceIds":["an3.40:4.1","an3.40:4.2","an3.40:4.3","an3.40:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Natthi loke raho nāma,\npāpakammaṁ pakubbato;\nAttā te purisa jānāti,\nsaccaṁ vā yadi vā musā.","en":"There’s no privacy in the world,\nfor someone who does bad deeds.\nYou’ll know for yourself,\nwhether you’ve lied or told the truth."}},{"id":"an3.40:5","sourceIds":["an3.40:5.1","an3.40:5.2","an3.40:5.3","an3.40:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kalyāṇaṁ vata bho sakkhi,\nattānaṁ atimaññasi;\nYo santaṁ attani pāpaṁ,\nattānaṁ parigūhasi.","en":"When you witness your good self,\nyou despise it;\nwhile you disguise\nyour bad self inside yourself."}},{"id":"an3.40:6","sourceIds":["an3.40:6.1","an3.40:6.2","an3.40:6.3","an3.40:6.4","an3.40:6.5","an3.40:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Passanti devā ca tathāgatā ca,\nLokasmiṁ bālaṁ visamaṁ carantaṁ;\nTasmā hi attādhipateyyako ca,\nLokādhipo ca nipako ca jhāyī;\nDhammādhipo ca anudhammacārī,\nNa hīyati saccaparakkamo muni.","en":"The gods and the Realized One see\nthe fool who lives unjustly in the world.\nSo with yourself in charge, live mindfully;\nwith the world in charge, be alert and practice absorption;\nwith the teaching in charge, live in line with that teaching:\na sage who tries for the truth doesn’t deteriorate."}},{"id":"an3.40:7","sourceIds":["an3.40:7.1","an3.40:7.2","an3.40:7.3","an3.40:7.4","an3.40:7.5","an3.40:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pasayha māraṁ abhibhuyya antakaṁ,\nYo ca phusī jātikkhayaṁ padhānavā;\nSo tādiso lokavidū sumedho,\nSabbesu dhammesu atammayo munī”ti.\nDasamaṁ.\nDevadūtavaggo catuttho.","en":"Māra’s conquered; the terminator’s overcome:\none who strives reaches the end of rebirth.\nUnaffected, intelligent, knowing the world—\nthat sage is determined by nothing at all.”"}},{"id":"an3.40:8","sourceIds":["an3.40:8.0","an3.40:8.1","an3.40:8.2","an3.40:8.3","an3.40:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nBrahma ānanda sāriputto,\nNidānaṁ hatthakena ca;\nDūtā duve ca rājāno,\nSukhumālādhipateyyena cāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an3.40/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."}