{"id":"an5.179","title":"A Layperson","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.179","title":"A Layperson","units":[{"id":"an5.179:0","sourceIds":["an5.179:0.1","an5.179:0.2","an5.179:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.179\n18. Upāsakavagga\nGihisutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.179\n18. A Lay Follower\nA Layperson"}},{"id":"an5.179:1","sourceIds":["an5.179:1.1","an5.179:1.2","an5.179:1.3","an5.179:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho anāthapiṇḍiko gahapati pañcamattehi upāsakasatehi parivuto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.\nAtha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ āmantesi:\n“yaṁ kañci, sāriputta, jāneyyātha gihiṁ odātavasanaṁ pañcasu sikkhāpadesu saṁvutakammantaṁ catunnaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhiṁ akicchalābhiṁ akasiralābhiṁ, so ākaṅkhamāno attanāva attānaṁ byākareyya:\n‘khīṇanirayomhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇāpāyaduggativinipāto, sotāpannohamasmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’ti.","en":"Then the householder Anāthapiṇḍika, escorted by around five hundred lay followers, went up to the Buddha, bowed, and sat down to one side.\nThen the Buddha said to Venerable Sāriputta:\n“You should know this, Sāriputta, about those white-clothed laypeople whose actions are restrained in the five precepts, and who get four blissful meditations in this life belonging to the higher mind when they want, without trouble or difficulty. They may, if they wish, declare of themselves:\n‘I’ve finished with rebirth in hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. I’ve finished with all places of loss, bad places, the underworld. I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am assured, destined for awakening.’"}},{"id":"an5.179:2","sourceIds":["an5.179:2.1","an5.179:2.2","an5.179:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamesu pañcasu sikkhāpadesu saṁvutakammanto hoti?\nIdha, sāriputta, ariyasāvako pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti.\nImesu pañcasu sikkhāpadesu saṁvutakammanto hoti.","en":"And what are the five precepts in which their actions are restrained?\nIt’s when a noble disciple doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, lie, or consume intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor.\nThese are the five precepts in which their actions are restrained."}},{"id":"an5.179:3","sourceIds":["an5.179:3.1","an5.179:3.2","an5.179:3.3","an5.179:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī?\nIdha, sāriputta, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti:\n‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi, satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti.\nAyamassa paṭhamo ābhicetasiko diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāro adhigato hoti avisuddhassa cittassa visuddhiyā apariyodātassa cittassa pariyodapanāya.","en":"And what are the four blissful meditations in this life belonging to the higher mind that they get when they want, without trouble or difficulty?\nIt’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha:\n‘That Blessed One is 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.’\nThis is the first blissful meditation in this life belonging to the higher mind, which they achieve in order to purify the unpurified mind and cleanse the unclean mind."}},{"id":"an5.179:4","sourceIds":["an5.179:4.1","an5.179:4.2","an5.179:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, sāriputta, ariyasāvako dhamme aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti:\n‘svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo sandiṭṭhiko akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī’ti.\nAyamassa dutiyo ābhicetasiko diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāro adhigato hoti avisuddhassa cittassa visuddhiyā apariyodātassa cittassa pariyodapanāya.","en":"Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the teaching:\n‘The 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.’\nThis is the second blissful meditation …"}},{"id":"an5.179:5","sourceIds":["an5.179:5.1","an5.179:5.2","an5.179:5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, sāriputta, ariyasāvako saṅghe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti:\n‘suppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho ujuppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho ñāyappaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho sāmīcippaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho, yadidaṁ cattāri purisayugāni aṭṭha purisapuggalā esa bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo dakkhiṇeyyo añjalikaraṇīyo anuttaraṁ puññakkhettaṁ lokassā’ti.\nAyamassa tatiyo ābhicetasiko diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāro adhigato hoti avisuddhassa cittassa visuddhiyā apariyodātassa cittassa pariyodapanāya.","en":"Furthermore, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Saṅgha:\n‘The Saṅgha of the Buddha’s disciples is practicing the way that’s good, direct, systematic, and proper. It consists of the four pairs, the eight individual persons. This is the Saṅgha of the Buddha’s disciples that is worthy of offerings dedicated to the gods, worthy of hospitality, worthy of a religious donation, worthy of greeting with cupped palms, and is the supreme field of merit for the world.’\nThis is the third blissful meditation …"}},{"id":"an5.179:6","sourceIds":["an5.179:6.1","an5.179:6.2","an5.179:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, sāriputta, ariyasāvako ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi acchiddehi asabalehi akammāsehi bhujissehi viññuppasatthehi aparāmaṭṭhehi samādhisaṁvattanikehi.\nAyamassa catuttho ābhicetasiko diṭṭhadhammasukhavihāro adhigato hoti avisuddhassa cittassa visuddhiyā apariyodātassa cittassa pariyodapanāya.\nImesaṁ catunnaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī.","en":"Furthermore, a noble disciple’s ethical conduct is loved by the noble ones, unbroken, impeccable, spotless, and unmarred, liberating, praised by sensible people, not mistaken, and leading to immersion.\nThis is the fourth blissful meditation in this life belonging to the higher mind, which they achieve in order to purify the unpurified mind and cleanse the unclean mind.\nThese are the four blissful meditations in this life belonging to the higher mind that they get when they want, without trouble or difficulty."}},{"id":"an5.179:7","sourceIds":["an5.179:7.1","an5.179:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ kañci, sāriputta, jāneyyātha gihiṁ odātavasanaṁ—imesu pañcasu sikkhāpadesu saṁvutakammantaṁ, imesañca catunnaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhiṁ akicchalābhiṁ akasiralābhiṁ, so ākaṅkhamāno attanāva attānaṁ byākareyya:\n‘khīṇanirayomhi khīṇatiracchānayoni khīṇapettivisayo khīṇāpāyaduggativinipāto, sotāpannohamasmi avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo’ti.","en":"You should know this, Sāriputta, about those white-clothed laypeople whose actions are restrained in the five precepts, and who get four blissful meditations in this life belonging to the higher mind when they want, without trouble or difficulty. They may, if they wish, declare of themselves:\n‘I’ve finished with rebirth in hell, the animal realm, and the ghost realm. I’ve finished with all places of loss, bad places, the underworld. I am a stream-enterer! I’m not liable to be reborn in the underworld, and am assured, destined for awakening.’"}},{"id":"an5.179:8","sourceIds":["an5.179:8.1","an5.179:8.2","an5.179:8.3","an5.179:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nirayesu bhayaṁ disvā,\npāpāni parivajjaye;\nAriyadhammaṁ samādāya,\npaṇḍito parivajjaye.","en":"Seeing the peril in the hells,\nyou should shun bad deeds.\nTaking up the teaching of the noble ones,\nan astute person should shun them."}},{"id":"an5.179:9","sourceIds":["an5.179:9.1","an5.179:9.2","an5.179:9.3","an5.179:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hiṁse pāṇabhūtāni,\nvijjamāne parakkame;\nMusā ca na bhaṇe jānaṁ,\nadinnaṁ na parāmase.","en":"You shouldn’t harm living beings,\nso long as strength is found.\nNor should you knowingly speak falsehood,\nor take what is not given."}},{"id":"an5.179:10","sourceIds":["an5.179:10.1","an5.179:10.2","an5.179:10.3","an5.179:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sehi dārehi santuṭṭho,\nparadārañca ārame;\nMerayaṁ vāruṇiṁ jantu,\nna pive cittamohaniṁ.","en":"Content with your own partners,\nyou should stay away from the partners of others.\nA personage shouldn’t drink wine or toddy,\nas they confuse the mind."}},{"id":"an5.179:11","sourceIds":["an5.179:11.1","an5.179:11.2","an5.179:11.3","an5.179:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anussareyya sambuddhaṁ,\ndhammañcānuvitakkaye;\nAbyāpajjaṁ hitaṁ cittaṁ,\ndevalokāya bhāvaye.","en":"You should recollect the Buddha,\nand reflect on the teaching.\nYou should develop a harmless mind of welfare,\nwhich leads to the realms of gods."}},{"id":"an5.179:12","sourceIds":["an5.179:12.1","an5.179:12.2","an5.179:12.3","an5.179:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upaṭṭhite deyyadhamme,\npuññatthassa jigīsato;\nSantesu paṭhamaṁ dinnā,\nvipulā hoti dakkhiṇā.","en":"When suitable gifts to give are available\nto someone who seeks and needs merit,\na religious donation is abundant\nif given first to the peaceful ones."}},{"id":"an5.179:13","sourceIds":["an5.179:13.1","an5.179:13.2","an5.179:13.3","an5.179:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santo have pavakkhāmi,\nsāriputta suṇohi me;\nIti kaṇhāsu setāsu,\nrohiṇīsu harīsu vā.","en":"I will tell of the peaceful ones,\nSāriputta, listen to me.\nCows may be black or white,\nred or tawny,"}},{"id":"an5.179:14","sourceIds":["an5.179:14.1","an5.179:14.2","an5.179:14.3","an5.179:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kammāsāsu sarūpāsu,\ngosu pārevatāsu vā;\nYāsu kāsuci etāsu,\ndanto jāyati puṅgavo.","en":"mottled or uniform,\nor pigeon-colored.\nBut when one is born among them,\nthe bull that’s tamed—"}},{"id":"an5.179:15","sourceIds":["an5.179:15.1","an5.179:15.2","an5.179:15.3","an5.179:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhorayho balasampanno,\nkalyāṇajavanikkamo;\nTameva bhāre yuñjanti,\nnāssa vaṇṇaṁ parikkhare.","en":"a behemoth, powerful,\nwell-paced in pulling forward—\nthey yoke the load just to him,\nregardless of his color."}},{"id":"an5.179:16","sourceIds":["an5.179:16.1","an5.179:16.2","an5.179:16.3","an5.179:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ manussesu,\nyasmiṁ kismiñci jātiye;\nKhattiye brāhmaṇe vesse,\nsudde caṇḍālapukkuse.","en":"So it is for humans,\nwherever they may be born—\namong aristocrats, brahmins, peasants,\nmenials, or corpse-workers and scavengers—"}},{"id":"an5.179:17","sourceIds":["an5.179:17.1","an5.179:17.2","an5.179:17.3","an5.179:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāsu kāsuci etāsu,\ndanto jāyati subbato;\nDhammaṭṭho sīlasampanno,\nsaccavādī hirīmano.","en":"but when one is born among them,\ntamed, true to their vows.\nFirm in principle, accomplished in ethical conduct,\ntruthful, conscientious,"}},{"id":"an5.179:18","sourceIds":["an5.179:18.1","an5.179:18.2","an5.179:18.3","an5.179:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pahīnajātimaraṇo,\nbrahmacariyassa kevalī;\nPannabhāro visaṁyutto,\nkatakicco anāsavo.","en":"they’ve given up birth and death,\nand have completed the spiritual journey.\nWith burden put down, detached,\nthey’ve completed the task and are free of defilements."}},{"id":"an5.179:19","sourceIds":["an5.179:19.1","an5.179:19.2","an5.179:19.3","an5.179:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pāragū sabbadhammānaṁ,\nanupādāya nibbuto;\nTasmiñca viraje khette,\nvipulā hoti dakkhiṇā.","en":"Gone beyond all things,\nthey’re quenched by not grasping.\nIn that flawless field,\na religious donation is abundant."}},{"id":"an5.179:20","sourceIds":["an5.179:20.1","an5.179:20.2","an5.179:20.3","an5.179:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bālā ca avijānantā,\ndummedhā assutāvino;\nBahiddhā dadanti dānāni,\nna hi sante upāsare.","en":"Fools who don’t understand—\nunlearned simpletons—\ngive their gifts to those outside,\nand don’t attend the peaceful ones."}},{"id":"an5.179:21","sourceIds":["an5.179:21.1","an5.179:21.2","an5.179:21.3","an5.179:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca sante upāsanti,\nsappaññe dhīrasammate;\nSaddhā ca nesaṁ sugate,\nmūlajātā patiṭṭhitā.","en":"But those who do attend the peaceful ones—\nwise, esteemed as attentive—\nand whose faith in the Holy One\nhas roots planted deep,"}},{"id":"an5.179:22","sourceIds":["an5.179:22.1","an5.179:22.2","an5.179:22.3","an5.179:22.4","an5.179:22.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Devalokañca te yanti,\nkule vā idha jāyare;\nAnupubbena nibbānaṁ,\nadhigacchanti paṇḍitā”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"they go to the realm of the gods,\nor are born here in a good family.\nGradually those astute ones\nreach extinguishment.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.179/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."}