{"id":"an4.246","title":"Lying Postures","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.246","title":"Lying Postures","units":[{"id":"an4.246:0","sourceIds":["an4.246:0.1","an4.246:0.2","an4.246:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.246\n25. Āpattibhayavagga\nSeyyāsutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.246\n25. Perils of Offenses\nLying Postures"}},{"id":"an4.246:1","sourceIds":["an4.246:1.1","an4.246:1.2","an4.246:1.3","an4.246:1.4","an4.246:1.5","an4.246:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, seyyā.\nKatamā catasso?\nPetaseyyā, kāmabhogiseyyā, sīhaseyyā, tathāgataseyyā.\nKatamā ca, bhikkhave, petaseyyā?\nYebhuyyena, bhikkhave, petā uttānā senti;\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, petaseyyā.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these four ways of lying down.\nWhat four?\nThe ways a corpse, a pleasure seeker, a lion, and a Realized One lie down.\nAnd how does a corpse lie down?\nCorpses usually lie flat on their backs.\nThis is called the way a corpse lies down."}},{"id":"an4.246:2","sourceIds":["an4.246:2.1","an4.246:2.2","an4.246:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, kāmabhogiseyyā?\nYebhuyyena, bhikkhave, kāmabhogī vāmena passena senti;\nayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kāmabhogiseyyā.","en":"And how does a pleasure seeker lie down?\nPleasure seekers usually lie down on their left side.\nThis is called the way a pleasure seeker lies down."}},{"id":"an4.246:3","sourceIds":["an4.246:3.1","an4.246:3.2","an4.246:3.3","an4.246:3.4","an4.246:3.5","an4.246:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, sīhaseyyā?\nSīho, bhikkhave, migarājā dakkhiṇena passena seyyaṁ kappeti, pāde pādaṁ accādhāya, antarasatthimhi naṅguṭṭhaṁ anupakkhipitvā.\nSo paṭibujjhitvā purimaṁ kāyaṁ abbhunnāmetvā pacchimaṁ kāyaṁ anuviloketi.\nSace, bhikkhave, sīho migarājā kiñci passati kāyassa vikkhittaṁ vā visaṭaṁ vā, tena, bhikkhave, sīho migarājā anattamano hoti.\nSace pana, bhikkhave, sīho migarājā na kiñci passati kāyassa vikkhittaṁ vā visaṭaṁ vā, tena, bhikkhave, sīho migarājā attamano hoti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, sīhaseyyā.","en":"And how does a lion lie down?\nThe lion, king of beasts, lies down on the right side, placing one foot on top of the other, with his tail tucked between his thighs.\nWhen he wakes, he lifts his front quarters and checks his hind quarters.\nIf he sees that any part of his body is disordered or displaced, he is displeased.\nBut if he sees that no part of his body is disordered or displaced, he is pleased.\nThis is called the way a lion lies down."}},{"id":"an4.246:4","sourceIds":["an4.246:4.1","an4.246:4.2","an4.246:4.3","an4.246:4.4","an4.246:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamā ca, bhikkhave, tathāgataseyyā?\nIdha, bhikkhave, tathāgato vivicceva kāmehi …pe… catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, tathāgataseyyā.\nImā kho, bhikkhave, catasso seyyā”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"And how does a Realized One lie down?\nIt’s when a Realized One, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption … second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption.\nThis is called the way a Realized One lies down.\nThese are the four ways of lying down.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.246/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."}