{"id":"an5.209","title":"The Sound of Singing","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an5.209","title":"The Sound of Singing","units":[{"id":"an5.209:0","sourceIds":["an5.209:0.1","an5.209:0.2","an5.209:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.209\n21. Kimilavagga\nGītassarasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 5.209\n21. With Kimbila\nThe Sound of Singing"}},{"id":"an5.209:1","sourceIds":["an5.209:1.1","an5.209:1.2","an5.209:1.3","an5.209:1.4","an5.209:1.5","an5.209:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā āyatakena gītassarena dhammaṁ bhaṇantassa.\nKatame pañca?\nAttanāpi tasmiṁ sare sārajjati, parepi tasmiṁ sare sārajjanti, gahapatikāpi ujjhāyanti:\n‘yatheva mayaṁ gāyāma, evamevaṁ kho samaṇā sakyaputtiyā gāyantī’ti, sarakuttimpi nikāmayamānassa samādhissa bhaṅgo hoti, pacchimā janatā diṭṭhānugatiṁ āpajjati.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā āyatakena gītassarena dhammaṁ bhaṇantassā”ti.\nNavamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks in reciting with a drawn-out singing voice.\nWhat five?\nYou relish the sound of your own voice. Others relish the sound of your voice. Householders complain:\n‘These ascetics who follow the Sakyan, sing just like us!’ When you’re enjoying the melody, your immersion breaks up. Those who come after follow your example.\nThese are the five drawbacks in reciting with a drawn-out singing voice.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an5.209/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."}