{"id":"an6.47","title":"Apparent in the Present Life (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an6.47","title":"Apparent in the Present Life (1st)","units":[{"id":"an6.47:0","sourceIds":["an6.47:0.1","an6.47:0.2","an6.47:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.47\n5. Dhammikavagga\nPaṭhamasandiṭṭhikasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 6.47\n5. About Dhammika\nApparent in the Present Life (1st)"}},{"id":"an6.47:1","sourceIds":["an6.47:1.1","an6.47:1.2","an6.47:1.3","an6.47:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho moḷiyasīvako paribbājako yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.\nSammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho moḷiyasīvako paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“‘sandiṭṭhiko dhammo, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati.\nKittāvatā nu kho, bhante, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī”ti?","en":"And then the wanderer Moḷiyasīvaka went up to the Buddha, and exchanged greetings with him.\nWhen the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:\n“Sir, they speak of ‘a teaching apparent in the present life’.\nIn what way is the teaching apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves?”"}},{"id":"an6.47:2","sourceIds":["an6.47:2.1","an6.47:2.2","an6.47:2.3","an6.47:2.4","an6.47:2.5","an6.47:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tena hi, sīvaka, taññevettha paṭipucchāmi. Yathā te khameyya tathā naṁ byākareyyāsi.\nTaṁ kiṁ maññasi, sīvaka,\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ lobhaṁ ‘atthi me ajjhattaṁ lobho’ti pajānāsi, asantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ lobhaṁ ‘natthi me ajjhattaṁ lobho’ti pajānāsī”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.\n“Yaṁ kho tvaṁ, sīvaka, santaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ lobhaṁ ‘atthi me ajjhattaṁ lobho’ti pajānāsi, asantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ lobhaṁ ‘natthi me ajjhattaṁ lobho’ti pajānāsi—\nevampi kho, sīvaka, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti …pe….","en":"“Well then, Sīvaka, I’ll ask you about this in return, and you can answer as you like.\nWhat do you think, Sīvaka?\nWhen there’s greed in you, do you understand ‘I have greed in me’? And when there’s no greed in you, do you understand ‘I have no greed in me’?”\n“Yes, sir.”\n“Since you know this,\nthis is how the teaching is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves."}},{"id":"an6.47:3","sourceIds":["an6.47:3.1","an6.47:3.2","an6.47:3.3","an6.47:3.4","an6.47:3.5","an6.47:3.6","an6.47:3.7","an6.47:3.8","an6.47:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, sīvaka,\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ dosaṁ …pe…\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ mohaṁ …pe…\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ lobhadhammaṁ …pe…\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ dosadhammaṁ …pe…\nsantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ mohadhammaṁ ‘atthi me ajjhattaṁ mohadhammo’ti pajānāsi, asantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ mohadhammaṁ ‘natthi me ajjhattaṁ mohadhammo’ti pajānāsī”ti?\n“Evaṁ, bhante”.\n“Yaṁ kho tvaṁ, sīvaka, santaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ mohadhammaṁ ‘atthi me ajjhattaṁ mohadhammo’ti pajānāsi, asantaṁ vā ajjhattaṁ mohadhammaṁ ‘natthi me ajjhattaṁ mohadhammo’ti pajānāsi—\nevaṁ kho, sīvaka, sandiṭṭhiko dhammo hoti akāliko ehipassiko opaneyyiko paccattaṁ veditabbo viññūhī”ti.","en":"What do you think, Sīvaka?\nWhen there’s hate …\ndelusion …\ngreedy ideas …\nhateful ideas …\nWhen there are delusional ideas in you, do you understand ‘I have delusional ideas in me’? And when there are no delusional ideas in you, do you understand ‘I have no delusional ideas in me’?”\n“Yes, sir.”\n“Since you know this,\nthis is how the teaching is apparent in the present life, immediately effective, inviting inspection, relevant, so that sensible people can know it for themselves.”"}},{"id":"an6.47:4","sourceIds":["an6.47:4.1","an6.47:4.2","an6.47:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Abhikkantaṁ, bhante, abhikkantaṁ, bhante …pe…\nupāsakaṁ maṁ, bhante, bhagavā dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"“Excellent, sir! Excellent!\nFrom this day forth, may the Buddha remember me as a lay follower who has gone for refuge for life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an6.47/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."}