{"id":"an9.39","title":"The War Between the Gods and the Titans","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an9.39","title":"The War Between the Gods and the Titans","units":[{"id":"an9.39:0","sourceIds":["an9.39:0.1","an9.39:0.2","an9.39:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.39\n4. Mahāvagga\nDevāsurasaṅgāmasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 9.39\n4. The Great Chapter\nThe War Between the Gods and the Titans"}},{"id":"an9.39:1","sourceIds":["an9.39:1.1","an9.39:1.2","an9.39:1.3","an9.39:1.4","an9.39:1.5","an9.39:1.6","an9.39:1.7","an9.39:1.8","an9.39:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi.\nTasmiṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, saṅgāme asurā jiniṁsu, devā parājayiṁsu.\nParājitā ca, bhikkhave, devā apayiṁsuyeva uttarenābhimukhā, abhiyiṁsu asurā.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, devānaṁ etadahosi:\n‘abhiyanteva kho asurā.\nYannūna mayaṁ dutiyampi asurehi saṅgāmeyyāmā’ti.\nDutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, devā asurehi saṅgāmesuṁ.\nDutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, asurāva jiniṁsu, devā parājayiṁsu.\nParājitā ca, bhikkhave, devā apayiṁsuyeva uttarenābhimukhā, abhiyiṁsu asurā.","en":"“Once upon a time, mendicants, a battle was fought between the gods and the titans.\nIn that battle the titans won and the gods lost.\nDefeated, the gods fled north with the titans in pursuit.\nThen the gods thought,\n‘The titans are still in pursuit.\nWhy don’t we engage them in battle a second time?’\nAnd so a second battle was fought between the gods and the titans.\nAnd for a second time the titans won and the gods lost.\nDefeated, the gods fled north with the titans in pursuit."}},{"id":"an9.39:2","sourceIds":["an9.39:2.1","an9.39:2.2","an9.39:2.3","an9.39:2.4","an9.39:2.5","an9.39:2.6","an9.39:2.7","an9.39:2.8","an9.39:2.9","an9.39:2.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, devānaṁ etadahosi:\n‘abhiyanteva kho asurā.\nYannūna mayaṁ tatiyampi asurehi saṅgāmeyyāmā’ti.\nTatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, devā asurehi saṅgāmesuṁ.\nTatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, asurāva jiniṁsu, devā parājayiṁsu.\nParājitā ca, bhikkhave, devā bhītā devapuraṁyeva pavisiṁsu.\nDevapuragatānañca pana, bhikkhave, devānaṁ etadahosi:\n‘bhīruttānagatena kho dāni mayaṁ etarahi attanā viharāma akaraṇīyā asurehī’ti.\nAsurānampi, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘bhīruttānagatena kho dāni devā etarahi attanā viharanti akaraṇīyā amhehī’ti.","en":"Then the gods thought,\n‘The titans are still in pursuit.\nWhy don’t we engage them in battle a third time?’\nAnd so a third battle was fought between the gods and the titans.\nAnd for a third time the titans won and the gods lost.\nDefeated and terrified, the gods fled right into the castle of the gods.\nWhen they had entered their castle, they thought,\n‘Now we’re in a secure location and the titans can’t do anything to us.’\nThe titans also thought,\n‘Now the gods are in a secure location and we can’t do anything to them.’"}},{"id":"an9.39:3","sourceIds":["an9.39:3.1","an9.39:3.2","an9.39:3.3","an9.39:3.4","an9.39:3.5","an9.39:3.6","an9.39:3.7","an9.39:3.8","an9.39:3.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, devāsurasaṅgāmo samupabyūḷho ahosi.\nTasmiṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, saṅgāme devā jiniṁsu, asurā parājayiṁsu.\nParājitā ca, bhikkhave, asurā apayiṁsuyeva dakkhiṇenābhimukhā, abhiyiṁsu devā.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, asurānaṁ etadahosi:\n‘abhiyanteva kho devā.\nYannūna mayaṁ dutiyampi devehi saṅgāmeyyāmā’ti.\nDutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, asurā devehi saṅgāmesuṁ.\nDutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, devā jiniṁsu, asurā parājayiṁsu.\nParājitā ca, bhikkhave, asurā apayiṁsuyeva dakkhiṇenābhimukhā, abhiyiṁsu devā.","en":"Once upon a time, a battle was fought between the gods and the titans.\nIn that battle the gods won and the titans lost.\nDefeated, the titans fled south with the gods in pursuit.\nThen the titans thought,\n‘The gods are still in pursuit.\nWhy don’t we engage them in battle a second time?’\nAnd so a second battle was fought between the gods and the titans.\nAnd for a second time the gods won and the titans lost.\nDefeated, the titans fled south with the gods in pursuit."}},{"id":"an9.39:4","sourceIds":["an9.39:4.1","an9.39:4.2","an9.39:4.3","an9.39:4.4","an9.39:4.5","an9.39:4.6","an9.39:4.7","an9.39:4.8","an9.39:4.9","an9.39:4.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, asurānaṁ etadahosi:\n‘abhiyanteva kho devā.\nYannūna mayaṁ tatiyampi devehi saṅgāmeyyāmā’ti.\nTatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, asurā devehi saṅgāmesuṁ.\nTatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, devā jiniṁsu, asurā parājayiṁsu.\nParājitā ca, bhikkhave, asurā bhītā asurapuraṁyeva pavisiṁsu.\nAsurapuragatānañca pana, bhikkhave, asurānaṁ etadahosi:\n‘bhīruttānagatena kho dāni mayaṁ etarahi attanā viharāma akaraṇīyā devehī’ti.\nDevānampi, bhikkhave, etadahosi:\n‘bhīruttānagatena kho dāni asurā etarahi attanā viharanti akaraṇīyā amhehī’ti.","en":"Then the titans thought,\n‘The gods are still in pursuit.\nWhy don’t we engage them in battle a third time?’\nAnd so a third battle was fought between the gods and the titans.\nAnd for a third time the gods won and the titans lost.\nDefeated and terrified, the titans fled right into the citadel of the titans.\nWhen they had entered their citadel, they thought,\n‘Now we’re in a secure location and the gods can’t do anything to us.’\nAnd the gods also thought,\n‘Now the titans are in a secure location and we can’t do anything to them.’"}},{"id":"an9.39:5","sourceIds":["an9.39:5.1","an9.39:5.2","an9.39:5.3","an9.39:5.4","an9.39:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yasmiṁ samaye bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati,\ntasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye bhikkhussa evaṁ hoti:\n‘bhīruttānagatena kho dānāhaṁ etarahi attanā viharāmi akaraṇīyo mārassā’ti.\nMārassāpi, bhikkhave, pāpimato evaṁ hoti:\n‘bhīruttānagatena kho dāni bhikkhu etarahi attanā viharati akaraṇīyo mayhan’ti.","en":"In the same way, there’s a time when a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.\nAt that time the mendicant thinks,\n‘Now I’m in a secure location and Māra can’t do anything to me.’\nAnd Māra the Wicked also thinks,\n‘Now the mendicant is in a secure location and we can’t do anything to them.’"}},{"id":"an9.39:6","sourceIds":["an9.39:6.1","an9.39:6.2","an9.39:6.3","an9.39:6.4","an9.39:6.5","an9.39:6.6","an9.39:6.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā …pe… dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …\ntatiyaṁ jhānaṁ …\ncatutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati,\ntasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye bhikkhussa evaṁ hoti:\n‘bhīruttānagatena kho dānāhaṁ etarahi attanā viharāmi akaraṇīyo mārassā’ti.\nMārassāpi, bhikkhave, pāpimato evaṁ hoti:\n‘bhīruttānagatena kho dāni bhikkhu etarahi attanā viharati, akaraṇīyo mayhan’ti.","en":"There’s a time when, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, a mendicant enters and remains in the second absorption …\nthird absorption …\nfourth absorption.\nAt that time the mendicant thinks,\n‘Now I’m in a secure location and Māra can’t do anything to me.’\nAnd Māra the Wicked also thinks,\n‘Now the mendicant is in a secure location and we can’t do anything to them.’"}},{"id":"an9.39:7","sourceIds":["an9.39:7.1","an9.39:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘bhikkhu antamakāsi māraṁ, apadaṁ vadhitvā māracakkhuṁ adassanaṁ gato pāpimato tiṇṇo loke visattikan’ti.","en":"There’s a time when a mendicant, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the disappearance of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite space.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra, put out his eyes without a trace, and gone where the Wicked One cannot see."}},{"id":"an9.39:8","sourceIds":["an9.39:8.1","an9.39:8.2","an9.39:8.3","an9.39:8.4","an9.39:8.5","an9.39:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yasmiṁ, bhikkhave, samaye bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati …\nsabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati …\nsabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati …\nsabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘bhikkhu antamakāsi māraṁ, apadaṁ vadhitvā māracakkhuṁ adassanaṁ gato pāpimato tiṇṇo loke visattikan’”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"There’s a time when a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite consciousness. …\nGoing totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, they enter and remain in the dimension of nothingness. …\nGoing totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, they enter and remain in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. …\nGoing totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, they enter and remain in the cessation of perception and feeling. And, having seen with wisdom, their defilements come to an end.\nThis is called a mendicant who has blinded Māra, put out his eyes without a trace, and gone where the Wicked One cannot see. And they’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an9.39/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."}