{"id":"an4.33","title":"The Lion","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.33","title":"The Lion","units":[{"id":"an4.33:0","sourceIds":["an4.33:0.1","an4.33:0.2","an4.33:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.33\n4. Cakkavagga\nSīhasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.33\n4. Situations\nThe Lion"}},{"id":"an4.33:1","sourceIds":["an4.33:1.1","an4.33:1.2","an4.33:1.3","an4.33:1.4","an4.33:1.5","an4.33:1.6","an4.33:1.7","an4.33:1.8","an4.33:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sīho, bhikkhave, migarājā sāyanhasamayaṁ āsayā nikkhamati.\nĀsayā nikkhamitvā vijambhati.\nVijambhitvā samantā catuddisā anuviloketi.\nSamantā catuddisā anuviloketvā tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ nadati.\nTikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ naditvā gocarāya pakkamati.\nYe kho pana te, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā sīhassa migarañño nadato saddaṁ suṇanti, te yebhuyyena bhayaṁ saṁvegaṁ santāsaṁ āpajjanti.\nBilaṁ bilāsayā pavisanti, dakaṁ dakāsayā pavisanti, vanaṁ vanāsayā pavisanti, ākāsaṁ pakkhino bhajanti.\nYepi te, bhikkhave, rañño nāgā gāmanigamarājadhānīsu daḷhehi varattehi bandhanehi baddhā, tepi tāni bandhanāni sañchinditvā sampadāletvā bhītā muttakarīsaṁ cajamānā yena vā tena vā palāyanti.\nEvaṁ mahiddhiko kho, bhikkhave, sīho migarājā tiracchānagatānaṁ pāṇānaṁ, evaṁ mahesakkho evaṁ mahānubhāvo.","en":"“Mendicants, toward evening the lion, king of beasts, emerges from his den,\nyawns,\nsurveys the four quarters,\nand roars his lion’s roar three times.\nThen he sets out on the hunt.\nAnd the animals who hear the roar of the lion, king of beasts, are typically filled with fear, awe, and terror.\nThey return to their lairs, be they in a hole, the water, or a wood; and the birds take to the air.\nEven the royal elephants, bound with strong harnesses in the villages, towns, and capital cities, break apart their bonds, and urinate and defecate in terror as they flee here and there.\nThat’s how powerful is the lion, king of beasts, over animals, how illustrious and mighty."}},{"id":"an4.33:2","sourceIds":["an4.33:2.1","an4.33:2.2","an4.33:2.3","an4.33:2.4","an4.33:2.5","an4.33:2.6","an4.33:2.7","an4.33:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yadā tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā, so dhammaṁ deseti:\n‘iti sakkāyo, iti sakkāyasamudayo, iti sakkāyanirodho, iti sakkāyanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti.\nYepi te, bhikkhave, devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā uccesu vimānesu ciraṭṭhitikā, tepi tathāgatassa dhammadesanaṁ sutvā yebhuyyena bhayaṁ saṁvegaṁ santāsaṁ āpajjanti:\n‘aniccā vata kira, bho, mayaṁ samānā niccamhāti amaññimha;\naddhuvā vata kira, bho, mayaṁ samānā dhuvamhāti amaññimha;\nasassatā vata kira, bho, mayaṁ samānā sassatamhāti amaññimha.\nMayaṁ kira, bho, aniccā addhuvā asassatā sakkāyapariyāpannā’ti.\nEvaṁ mahiddhiko kho, bhikkhave, tathāgato sadevakassa lokassa, evaṁ mahesakkho evaṁ mahānubhāvoti.","en":"In the same way, when a Realized One arises in the world—perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed—he teaches the Dhamma:\n‘Such is substantial reality, such is the origin of substantial reality, such is the cessation of substantial reality, such is the practice that leads to the cessation of substantial reality.’\nNow, there are gods who are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy, lasting long in their divine palaces. When they hear this teaching by the Realized One, they’re typically filled with fear, awe, and terror.\n‘Oh no! It turns out we’re impermanent, though we thought we were permanent!\nIt turns out we don’t last, though we thought we were everlasting!\nIt turns out we’re transient, though we thought we were eternal!\nIt turns out that we’re impermanent, not lasting, transient, and included within substantial reality.’\nThat’s how powerful is the Realized One in the world with its gods, how illustrious and mighty."}},{"id":"an4.33:3","sourceIds":["an4.33:3.1","an4.33:3.2","an4.33:3.3","an4.33:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā buddho abhiññāya,\ndhammacakkaṁ pavattayī;\nSadevakassa lokassa,\nsatthā appaṭipuggalo.","en":"The Buddha, the unrivaled Teacher\nin all the world with its gods,\nrolls forth the Wheel of Dhamma\nfrom his own insight:"}},{"id":"an4.33:4","sourceIds":["an4.33:4.1","an4.33:4.2","an4.33:4.3","an4.33:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakkāyañca nirodhañca,\nsakkāyassa ca sambhavaṁ;\nAriyañcaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,\ndukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.","en":"substantial reality, its cessation,\nthe origin of substantial reality,\nand the noble eightfold path\nthat leads to the stilling of suffering."}},{"id":"an4.33:5","sourceIds":["an4.33:5.1","an4.33:5.2","an4.33:5.3","an4.33:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yepi dīghāyukā devā,\nvaṇṇavanto yasassino;\nBhītā santāsamāpāduṁ,\nsīhassevitare migā.","en":"And then the long-lived gods,\nso beautiful and glorious,\nare afraid and full of terror,\nlike the other beasts when they hear a lion."}},{"id":"an4.33:6","sourceIds":["an4.33:6.1","an4.33:6.2","an4.33:6.3","an4.33:6.4","an4.33:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Avītivattā sakkāyaṁ,\naniccā kira bho mayaṁ;\nSutvā arahato vākyaṁ,\nvippamuttassa tādino”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"‘We haven’t passed beyond substantial reality!\nIt turns out we’re impermanent!’\nSo they say when they hear the word\nof the perfected one, free and unaffected.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.33/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."}