{"id":"dn14","title":"The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"dn14","title":"The Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind","units":[{"id":"dn14:0","sourceIds":["dn14:0.1","dn14:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dīgha Nikāya 14\nMahāpadānasutta","en":"Long Discourses 14\nThe Great Discourse on Traces Left Behind"}},{"id":"dn14:1","sourceIds":["dn14:1.0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"1. Pubbenivāsapaṭisaṁyuttakathā","en":"1. On Past Lives"}},{"id":"dn14:1.1","sourceIds":["dn14:1.1.1","dn14:1.1.2","dn14:1.1.3","dn14:1.1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme karerikuṭikāyaṁ.\nAtha kho sambahulānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantānaṁ karerimaṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṁ sannipatitānaṁ pubbenivāsapaṭisaṁyuttā dhammī kathā udapādi:\n“itipi pubbenivāso, itipi pubbenivāso”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery, in the hut by the kareri tree.\nThen after the meal, on return from almsround, several mendicants sat together in the pavilion by the kareri tree and this Dhamma talk on the subject of past lives came up among them,\n“So it was in a past life; such it was in a past life.”"}},{"id":"dn14:1.2","sourceIds":["dn14:1.2.1","dn14:1.2.2","dn14:1.2.3","dn14:1.2.4","dn14:1.2.5","dn14:1.2.6","dn14:1.2.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Assosi kho bhagavā dibbāya sotadhātuyā visuddhāya atikkantamānusikāya tesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ imaṁ kathāsallāpaṁ.\nAtha kho bhagavā uṭṭhāyāsanā yena karerimaṇḍalamāḷo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi, nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā; kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatā”ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“idha, bhante, amhākaṁ pacchābhattaṁ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantānaṁ karerimaṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṁ sannipatitānaṁ pubbenivāsapaṭisaṁyuttā dhammī kathā udapādi:\n‘itipi pubbenivāso itipi pubbenivāso’ti.\nAyaṁ kho no, bhante, antarākathā vippakatā. Atha bhagavā anuppatto”ti.","en":"With clairaudience that is purified and superhuman, the Buddha heard that discussion among the mendicants.\nSo he got up from his seat and went to the pavilion, where he sat on the seat spread out and addressed the mendicants:\n“Mendicants, what were you sitting talking about just now? What conversation was left unfinished?”\nThe mendicants told him what had happened, adding,\n“This is the conversation that was unfinished when the Buddha arrived.”"}},{"id":"dn14:1.3","sourceIds":["dn14:1.3.1","dn14:1.3.2","dn14:1.3.3","dn14:1.3.4","dn14:1.3.5","dn14:1.3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Iccheyyātha no tumhe, bhikkhave, pubbenivāsapaṭisaṁyuttaṁ dhammiṁ kathaṁ sotun”ti?\n“Etassa, bhagavā, kālo; etassa, sugata, kālo;\nyaṁ bhagavā pubbenivāsapaṭisaṁyuttaṁ dhammiṁ kathaṁ kareyya, bhagavato sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantī”ti.\n“Tena hi, bhikkhave, suṇātha sādhukaṁ manasi karotha bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"“Would you like to hear a Dhamma talk on the subject of past lives?”\n“Now is the time, Blessed One! Now is the time, Holy One!\nLet the Buddha give a Dhamma talk on the subject of past lives. The mendicants will listen and remember it.”\n“Well then, mendicants, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"dn14:1.4","sourceIds":["dn14:1.4.1","dn14:1.4.2","dn14:1.4.3","dn14:1.4.4","dn14:1.4.5","dn14:1.4.6","dn14:1.4.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ito so, bhikkhave, ekanavutikappe yaṁ vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke udapādi.\nIto so, bhikkhave, ekatiṁse kappe yaṁ sikhī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke udapādi.\nTasmiññeva kho, bhikkhave, ekatiṁse kappe vessabhū bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke udapādi.\nImasmiññeva kho, bhikkhave, bhaddakappe kakusandho bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke udapādi.\nImasmiññeva kho, bhikkhave, bhaddakappe koṇāgamano bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke udapādi.\nImasmiññeva kho, bhikkhave, bhaddakappe kassapo bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke udapādi.\nImasmiññeva kho, bhikkhave, bhaddakappe ahaṁ etarahi arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke uppanno.","en":"“Ninety-one eons ago, the Buddha Vipassī arose in the world, perfected and fully awakened.\nThirty-one eons ago, the Buddha Sikhī arose in the world, perfected and fully awakened.\nIn the same thirty-first eon, the Buddha Vessabhū arose in the world, perfected and fully awakened.\nIn the present fortunate eon, the Buddhas Kakusandha,\nKoṇāgamana,\nand Kassapa arose in the world, perfected and fully awakened.\nAnd in the present fortunate eon, I have arisen in the world, perfected and fully awakened."}},{"id":"dn14:1.5","sourceIds":["dn14:1.5.1","dn14:1.5.2","dn14:1.5.3","dn14:1.5.4","dn14:1.5.5","dn14:1.5.6","dn14:1.5.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipassī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho khattiyo jātiyā ahosi, khattiyakule udapādi.\nSikhī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho khattiyo jātiyā ahosi, khattiyakule udapādi.\nVessabhū, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho khattiyo jātiyā ahosi, khattiyakule udapādi.\nKakusandho, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho brāhmaṇo jātiyā ahosi, brāhmaṇakule udapādi.\nKoṇāgamano, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho brāhmaṇo jātiyā ahosi, brāhmaṇakule udapādi.\nKassapo, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho brāhmaṇo jātiyā ahosi, brāhmaṇakule udapādi.\nAhaṁ, bhikkhave, etarahi arahaṁ sammāsambuddho khattiyo jātiyā ahosiṁ, khattiyakule uppanno.","en":"The Buddhas Vipassī,\nSikhī,\nand Vessabhū were born as aristocrats into aristocrat families.\nThe Buddhas Kakusandha,\nKoṇāgamana,\nand Kassapa were born as brahmins into brahmin families.\nI was born as an aristocrat into an aristocrat family."}},{"id":"dn14:1.6","sourceIds":["dn14:1.6.1","dn14:1.6.2","dn14:1.6.3","dn14:1.6.4","dn14:1.6.5","dn14:1.6.6","dn14:1.6.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipassī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho koṇḍañño gottena ahosi.\nSikhī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho koṇḍañño gottena ahosi.\nVessabhū, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho koṇḍañño gottena ahosi.\nKakusandho, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho kassapo gottena ahosi.\nKoṇāgamano, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho kassapo gottena ahosi.\nKassapo, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho kassapo gottena ahosi.\nAhaṁ, bhikkhave, etarahi arahaṁ sammāsambuddho gotamo gottena ahosiṁ.","en":"Koṇḍañña was the clan of Vipassī,\nSikhī,\nand Vessabhū.\nKassapa was the clan of Kakusandha,\nKoṇāgamana,\nand Kassapa.\nGotama is my clan."}},{"id":"dn14:1.7","sourceIds":["dn14:1.7.1","dn14:1.7.2","dn14:1.7.3","dn14:1.7.4","dn14:1.7.5","dn14:1.7.6","dn14:1.7.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa asītivassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṁ ahosi.\nSikhissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa sattativassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṁ ahosi.\nVessabhussa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa saṭṭhivassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṁ ahosi.\nKakusandhassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa cattālīsavassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṁ ahosi.\nKoṇāgamanassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa tiṁsavassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṁ ahosi.\nKassapassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa vīsativassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṁ ahosi.\nMayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etarahi appakaṁ āyuppamāṇaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ; yo ciraṁ jīvati, so vassasataṁ appaṁ vā bhiyyo.","en":"For Vipassī, the lifespan was 80,000 years.\nFor Sikhī, the lifespan was 70,000 years.\nFor Vessabhū, the lifespan was 60,000 years.\nFor Kakusandha, the lifespan was 40,000 years.\nFor Koṇāgamana, the lifespan was 30,000 years.\nFor Kassapa, the lifespan was 20,000 years.\nFor me at this time the lifespan is short, brief, and fleeting. A long life is a hundred years or a little more."}},{"id":"dn14:1.8","sourceIds":["dn14:1.8.1","dn14:1.8.2","dn14:1.8.3","dn14:1.8.4","dn14:1.8.5","dn14:1.8.6","dn14:1.8.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipassī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho pāṭaliyā mūle abhisambuddho.\nSikhī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho puṇḍarīkassa mūle abhisambuddho.\nVessabhū, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho sālassa mūle abhisambuddho.\nKakusandho, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho sirīsassa mūle abhisambuddho.\nKoṇāgamano, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho udumbarassa mūle abhisambuddho.\nKassapo, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho nigrodhassa mūle abhisambuddho.\nAhaṁ, bhikkhave, etarahi arahaṁ sammāsambuddho assatthassa mūle abhisambuddho.","en":"Vipassī was awakened at the root of a patala tree.\nSikhī was awakened at the root of a white-mango tree.\nVessabhū was awakened at the root of a sal tree.\nKakusandha was awakened at the root of a lebbeck tree.\nKoṇāgamana was awakened at the root of a cluster fig tree.\nKassapa was awakened at the root of a banyan tree.\nI was awakened at the root of a peepal tree."}},{"id":"dn14:1.9","sourceIds":["dn14:1.9.1","dn14:1.9.2","dn14:1.9.3","dn14:1.9.4","dn14:1.9.5","dn14:1.9.6","dn14:1.9.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa khaṇḍatissaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nSikhissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa abhibhūsambhavaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nVessabhussa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa soṇuttaraṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nKakusandhassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa vidhurasañjīvaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nKoṇāgamanassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa bhiyyosuttaraṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nKassapassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa tissabhāradvājaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nMayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etarahi sāriputtamoggallānaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.","en":"Vipassī had a fine pair of chief disciples named Khaṇḍa and Tissa.\nSikhī had a fine pair of chief disciples named Abhibhū and Sambhava.\nVessabhū had a fine pair of chief disciples named Soṇa and Uttara.\nKakusandha had a fine pair of chief disciples named Vidhura and Sañjīva.\nKoṇāgamana had a fine pair of chief disciples named Bhiyyosa and Uttara.\nKassapa had a fine pair of chief disciples named Tissa and Bhāradvāja.\nI have a fine pair of chief disciples named Sāriputta and Moggallāna."}},{"id":"dn14:1.10","sourceIds":["dn14:1.10.1","dn14:1.10.2","dn14:1.10.3","dn14:1.10.4","dn14:1.10.5","dn14:1.10.6","dn14:1.10.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ. Eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṁ, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi bhikkhusatasahassaṁ, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi asītibhikkhusahassāni. Vipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ime tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nSikhissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ. Eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi bhikkhusatasahassaṁ, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi asītibhikkhusahassāni, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi sattatibhikkhusahassāni. Sikhissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ime tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nVessabhussa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ. Eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi asītibhikkhusahassāni, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi sattatibhikkhusahassāni, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi saṭṭhibhikkhusahassāni. Vessabhussa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ime tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nKakusandhassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi cattālīsabhikkhusahassāni. Kakusandhassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ayaṁ eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nKoṇāgamanassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi tiṁsabhikkhusahassāni. Koṇāgamanassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ayaṁ eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nKassapassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi vīsatibhikkhusahassāni. Kassapassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ayaṁ eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nMayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etarahi eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni. Mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, ayaṁ eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.","en":"Vipassī had three gatherings of disciples—one of 6,800,000, one of 100,000, and one of 80,000—all of them mendicants who had ended their defilements.\nSikhī had three gatherings of disciples—one of 100,000, one of 80,000, and one of 70,000—all of them mendicants who had ended their defilements.\nVessabhū had three gatherings of disciples—one of 80,000, one of 70,000, and one of 60,000—all of them mendicants who had ended their defilements.\nKakusandha had one gathering of disciples—40,000 mendicants who had ended their defilements.\nKoṇāgamana had one gathering of disciples—30,000 mendicants who had ended their defilements.\nKassapa had one gathering of disciples—20,000 mendicants who had ended their defilements.\nI have had one gathering of disciples—1,250 mendicants who had ended their defilements."}},{"id":"dn14:1.11","sourceIds":["dn14:1.11.1","dn14:1.11.2","dn14:1.11.3","dn14:1.11.4","dn14:1.11.5","dn14:1.11.6","dn14:1.11.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa asoko nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nSikhissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa khemaṅkaro nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nVessabhussa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa upasanto nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nKakusandhassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa buddhijo nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nKoṇāgamanassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa sotthijo nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nKassapassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa sabbamitto nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nMayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etarahi ānando nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.","en":"Vipassī had as chief attendant a mendicant named Asoka.\nSikhī had as chief attendant a mendicant named Khemaṅkara.\nVessabhū had as chief attendant a mendicant named Upasanta.\nKakusandha had as chief attendant a mendicant named Buddhija.\nKoṇāgamana had as chief attendant a mendicant named Sotthija.\nKassapa had as chief attendant a mendicant named Sabbamitta.\nI have as chief attendant a mendicant named Ānanda."}},{"id":"dn14:1.12","sourceIds":["dn14:1.12.1","dn14:1.12.2","dn14:1.12.3","dn14:1.12.4","dn14:1.12.5","dn14:1.12.6","dn14:1.12.7","dn14:1.12.8","dn14:1.12.9","dn14:1.12.10","dn14:1.12.11","dn14:1.12.12","dn14:1.12.13","dn14:1.12.14","dn14:1.12.15","dn14:1.12.16","dn14:1.12.17","dn14:1.12.18","dn14:1.12.19","dn14:1.12.20","dn14:1.12.21","dn14:1.12.22","dn14:1.12.23","dn14:1.12.24","dn14:1.12.25","dn14:1.12.26"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa bandhumā nāma rājā pitā ahosi.\nBandhumatī nāma devī mātā ahosi janetti.\nBandhumassa rañño bandhumatī nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nSikhissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa aruṇo nāma rājā pitā ahosi.\nPabhāvatī nāma devī mātā ahosi janetti.\nAruṇassa rañño aruṇavatī nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nVessabhussa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa suppatito nāma rājā pitā ahosi.\nVassavatī nāma devī mātā ahosi janetti.\nSuppatitassa rañño anomaṁ nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nKakusandhassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa aggidatto nāma brāhmaṇo pitā ahosi.\nVisākhā nāma brāhmaṇī mātā ahosi janetti.\nTena kho pana, bhikkhave, samayena khemo nāma rājā ahosi.\nKhemassa rañño khemavatī nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nKoṇāgamanassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa yaññadatto nāma brāhmaṇo pitā ahosi.\nUttarā nāma brāhmaṇī mātā ahosi janetti.\nTena kho pana, bhikkhave, samayena sobho nāma rājā ahosi.\nSobhassa rañño sobhavatī nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nKassapassa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa brahmadatto nāma brāhmaṇo pitā ahosi.\nDhanavatī nāma brāhmaṇī mātā ahosi janetti.\nTena kho pana, bhikkhave, samayena kikī nāma rājā ahosi.\nKikissa rañño bārāṇasī nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nMayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etarahi suddhodano nāma rājā pitā ahosi.\nMāyā nāma devī mātā ahosi janetti.\nKapilavatthu nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosī”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nIdaṁ vatvāna sugato uṭṭhāyāsanā vihāraṁ pāvisi.","en":"Vipassī’s father was King Bandhumā,\nhis birth mother was Queen Bandhumatī,\nand their capital city was named Bandhumatī.\nSikhī’s father was King Aruṇa,\nhis birth mother was Queen Pabhāvatī,\nand their capital city was named Aruṇavatī.\nVessabhū’s father was King Suppatita,\nhis birth mother was Queen Vassavatī,\nand their capital city was named Anoma.\nKakusandha’s father was the brahmin Aggidatta,\nand his birth mother was the brahmin lady Visākhā.\nAt that time the king was Khema,\nwhose capital city was named Khemavatī.\nKoṇāgamana’s father was the brahmin Yaññadatta,\nand his birth mother was the brahmin lady Uttarā.\nAt that time the king was Sobha,\nwhose capital city was named Sobhavatī.\nKassapa’s father was the brahmin Brahmadatta,\nand his birth mother was the brahmin lady Dhanavatī.\nAt that time the king was Kikī,\nwhose capital city was named Varanasi.\nIn this life, my father was King Suddhodana,\nmy birth mother was Queen Māyā,\nand our capital city was Kapilavatthu.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nWhen he had spoken, the Holy One rose from his seat and entered his dwelling."}},{"id":"dn14:1.13","sourceIds":["dn14:1.13.1","dn14:1.13.2","dn14:1.13.3","dn14:1.13.4","dn14:1.13.5","dn14:1.13.6","dn14:1.13.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho tesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ acirapakkantassa bhagavato ayamantarākathā udapādi:\n“acchariyaṁ, āvuso, abbhutaṁ, āvuso, tathāgatassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā.\nYatra hi nāma tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarissati, nāmatopi anussarissati, gottatopi anussarissati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarissati, sāvakayugatopi anussarissati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarissati:\n‘evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipi, evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipī’”ti.\n“Kiṁ nu kho, āvuso, tathāgatasseva nu kho esā dhammadhātu suppaṭividdhā, yassā dhammadhātuyā suppaṭividdhattā tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarati, nāmatopi anussarati, gottatopi anussarati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarati, sāvakayugatopi anussarati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarati: ‘evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipi, evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipī’ti,\nudāhu devatā tathāgatassa etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ, yena tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarati, nāmatopi anussarati, gottatopi anussarati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarati, sāvakayugatopi anussarati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarati: ‘evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipi, evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipī’”ti.\nAyañca hidaṁ tesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ antarākathā vippakatā hoti.","en":"Soon after the Buddha left, those mendicants discussed among themselves:\n“It’s incredible, reverends, it’s amazing! The Realized One has such psychic power and might!\nFor he is able to recollect the birth, names, clans, lifespan, chief disciples, and gatherings of disciples of the Buddhas of the past who have become fully quenched, cut off proliferation, cut off the course, finished off the cycle, and passed beyond all suffering:\n‘Such is the birth, names, clans, conduct, teachings, wisdom, meditation, and freedom of those Blessed Ones.’\nIs it because the Realized One has clearly penetrated the principle of the teachings that he can recollect all these things?\nOr did deities tell him?”\nBut this conversation among those mendicants was left unfinished."}},{"id":"dn14:1.14","sourceIds":["dn14:1.14.1","dn14:1.14.2","dn14:1.14.3","dn14:1.14.4","dn14:1.14.5","dn14:1.14.6","dn14:1.14.7","dn14:1.14.8","dn14:1.14.9","dn14:1.14.10","dn14:1.14.11","dn14:1.14.12","dn14:1.14.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena karerimaṇḍalamāḷo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.\nNisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“kāya nuttha, bhikkhave, etarahi kathāya sannisinnā; kā ca pana vo antarākathā vippakatā”ti?\nEvaṁ vutte, te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“idha, bhante, amhākaṁ acirapakkantassa bhagavato ayaṁ antarākathā udapādi:\n‘acchariyaṁ, āvuso, abbhutaṁ, āvuso, tathāgatassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā.\nYatra hi nāma tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarissati, nāmatopi anussarissati, gottatopi anussarissati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarissati, sāvakayugatopi anussarissati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarissati:\n“evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipi, evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipī”ti.\nKiṁ nu kho, āvuso, tathāgatasseva nu kho esā dhammadhātu suppaṭividdhā, yassā dhammadhātuyā suppaṭividdhattā tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarati, nāmatopi anussarati, gottatopi anussarati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarati, sāvakayugatopi anussarati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarati:\n“evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipi, evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipī”ti.\nUdāhu devatā tathāgatassa etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ, yena tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarati, nāmatopi anussarati, gottatopi anussarati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarati, sāvakayugatopi anussarati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarati:\n“evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipi, evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipī”’ti?\nAyaṁ kho no, bhante, antarākathā vippakatā, atha bhagavā anuppatto”ti.","en":"Then in the late afternoon, the Buddha came out of retreat and went to the pavilion by the kareri tree, where he sat down on the seat spread out\nand addressed the mendicants:\n“Mendicants, what were you sitting talking about just now? What conversation was left unfinished?”\nThe mendicants told him what had happened, adding,\n“This was our conversation that was unfinished when the Buddha arrived.”"}},{"id":"dn14:1.15","sourceIds":["dn14:1.15.1","dn14:1.15.2","dn14:1.15.3","dn14:1.15.4","dn14:1.15.5","dn14:1.15.6","dn14:1.15.7","dn14:1.15.8","dn14:1.15.9","dn14:1.15.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tathāgatassevesā, bhikkhave, dhammadhātu suppaṭividdhā, yassā dhammadhātuyā suppaṭividdhattā tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarati, nāmatopi anussarati, gottatopi anussarati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarati, sāvakayugatopi anussarati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarati:\n‘evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipi, evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipī’ti.\nDevatāpi tathāgatassa etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ, yena tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarati, nāmatopi anussarati, gottatopi anussarati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarati, sāvakayugatopi anussarati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarati:\n‘evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipi, evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ itipī’ti.\nIccheyyātha no tumhe, bhikkhave, bhiyyoso mattāya pubbenivāsapaṭisaṁyuttaṁ dhammiṁ kathaṁ sotun”ti?\n“Etassa, bhagavā, kālo; etassa, sugata, kālo;\nyaṁ bhagavā bhiyyoso mattāya pubbenivāsapaṭisaṁyuttaṁ dhammiṁ kathaṁ kareyya, bhagavato sutvā bhikkhū dhāressantī”ti.\n“Tena hi, bhikkhave, suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.\nBhagavā etadavoca:","en":"“It is because the Realized One has clearly penetrated the principle of the teachings that he can recollect all these things.\nAnd the deities also told me.\nWould you like to hear a further Dhamma talk on the subject of past lives?”\n“Now is the time, Blessed One! Now is the time, Holy One!\nLet the Buddha give a further Dhamma talk on the subject of past lives. The mendicants will listen and remember it.”\n“Well then, mendicants, listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”\n“Yes, sir,” they replied.\nThe Buddha said this:"}},{"id":"dn14:1.16","sourceIds":["dn14:1.16.1","dn14:1.16.2","dn14:1.16.3","dn14:1.16.4","dn14:1.16.5","dn14:1.16.6","dn14:1.16.7","dn14:1.16.8","dn14:1.16.9","dn14:1.16.10","dn14:1.16.11","dn14:1.16.12","dn14:1.16.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ito so, bhikkhave, ekanavutikappe yaṁ vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke udapādi.\nVipassī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho khattiyo jātiyā ahosi, khattiyakule udapādi.\nVipassī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho koṇḍañño gottena ahosi.\nVipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa asītivassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṁ ahosi.\nVipassī, bhikkhave, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho pāṭaliyā mūle abhisambuddho.\nVipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa khaṇḍatissaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nVipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ.\nEko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṁ, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi bhikkhusatasahassaṁ, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi asītibhikkhusahassāni.\nVipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ime tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nVipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa asoko nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nVipassissa, bhikkhave, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa bandhumā nāma rājā pitā ahosi.\nBandhumatī nāma devī mātā ahosi janetti.\nBandhumassa rañño bandhumatī nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.","en":"“Ninety-one eons ago, the Buddha Vipassī arose in the world, perfected and fully awakened.\nHe was born as an aristocrat into an aristocrat family.\nHis clan was Koṇḍañña.\nHe lived for 80,000 years.\nHe was awakened at the root of a patala tree.\nHe had a fine pair of chief disciples named Khaṇḍa and Tissa.\nHe had three gatherings of disciples—\none of 6,800,000, one of 100,000, and one of 80,000—\nall of them mendicants who had ended their defilements.\nHe had as chief attendant a mendicant named Asoka.\nHis father was King Bandhumā,\nhis birth mother was Queen Bandhumatī,\nand their capital city was named Bandhumatī."}},{"id":"dn14:1.17","sourceIds":["dn14:1.17.0","dn14:1.17.1","dn14:1.17.2","dn14:1.17.3","dn14:1.17.4","dn14:1.17.5","dn14:1.17.6","dn14:1.17.7","dn14:1.17.8","dn14:1.17.9","dn14:1.17.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"2. Bodhisattadhammatā\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bodhisatto tusitā kāyā cavitvā sato sampajāno mātukucchiṁ okkami.\nAyamettha dhammatā.\nDhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto tusitā kāyā cavitvā mātukucchiṁ okkamati.\nAtha sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya appamāṇo uḷāro obhāso pātubhavati atikkammeva devānaṁ devānubhāvaṁ.\nYāpi tā lokantarikā aghā asaṁvutā andhakārā andhakāratimisā, yatthapime candimasūriyā evaṁmahiddhikā evaṁmahānubhāvā ābhāya nānubhonti, tatthapi appamāṇo uḷāro obhāso pātubhavati atikkammeva devānaṁ devānubhāvaṁ.\nYepi tattha sattā upapannā, tepi tenobhāsena aññamaññaṁ sañjānanti: ‘aññepi kira, bho, santi sattā idhūpapannā’ti.\nAyañca dasasahassī lokadhātu saṅkampati sampakampati sampavedhati. Appamāṇo ca uḷāro obhāso loke pātubhavati atikkammeva devānaṁ devānubhāvaṁ.\nAyamettha dhammatā.\nDhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchiṁ okkanto hoti, cattāro naṁ devaputtā catuddisaṁ rakkhāya upagacchanti: ‘mā naṁ bodhisattaṁ vā bodhisattamātaraṁ vā manusso vā amanusso vā koci vā viheṭhesī’ti.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"2. What’s Normal For One Intent on Awakening\nWhen Vipassī, the being intent on awakening, passed away from the host of joyful gods, he was conceived in his mother’s womb, mindful and aware.\nThis is normal in such a case.\nIt’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening passes away from the host of joyful gods, he is conceived in his mother’s womb.\nAnd then—in this world with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—an immeasurable, magnificent light appears, surpassing the glory of the gods.\nEven in the boundless gloom of interstellar space—so utterly dark that even the luminosity of the moon and the sun, so mighty and powerful, makes no impression—an immeasurable, magnificent light appears, surpassing the glory of the gods.\nAnd the sentient beings reborn there recognize each other by that light: ‘So, it seems other sentient beings have been reborn here!’\nAnd this ten-thousandfold galaxy shakes and rocks and trembles. And an immeasurable, magnificent light appears in the world, surpassing the glory of the gods.\nThis is normal in such a case.\nIt’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening is conceived in his mother’s womb, four godlings approach to guard the four quarters, so that no human or non-human or anyone at all shall harm the being intent on awakening or his mother.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.18","sourceIds":["dn14:1.18.1","dn14:1.18.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchiṁ okkanto hoti, pakatiyā sīlavatī bodhisattamātā hoti, viratā pāṇātipātā, viratā adinnādānā, viratā kāmesumicchācārā, viratā musāvādā, viratā surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhānā.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening is conceived in his mother’s womb, she becomes naturally ethical. She refrains from killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and beer, wine, and liquor intoxicants.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.19","sourceIds":["dn14:1.19.1","dn14:1.19.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchiṁ okkanto hoti, na bodhisattamātu purisesu mānasaṁ uppajjati kāmaguṇūpasaṁhitaṁ, anatikkamanīyā ca bodhisattamātā hoti kenaci purisena rattacittena.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening is conceived in his mother’s womb, she no longer thinks of men in a sexual way, and she cannot be violated by a man of lustful intent.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.20","sourceIds":["dn14:1.20.1","dn14:1.20.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchiṁ okkanto hoti, lābhinī bodhisattamātā hoti pañcannaṁ kāmaguṇānaṁ. Sā pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappitā samaṅgībhūtā paricāreti.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening is conceived in his mother’s womb, she obtains the five kinds of sensual stimulation and amuses herself, supplied and provided with them.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.21","sourceIds":["dn14:1.21.1","dn14:1.21.2","dn14:1.21.3","dn14:1.21.4","dn14:1.21.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchiṁ okkanto hoti, na bodhisattamātu kocideva ābādho uppajjati. Sukhinī bodhisattamātā hoti akilantakāyā, bodhisattañca bodhisattamātā tirokucchigataṁ passati sabbaṅgapaccaṅgiṁ ahīnindriyaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā aṭṭhaṁso suparikammakato accho vippasanno anāvilo sabbākārasampanno. Tatrāssa suttaṁ āvutaṁ nīlaṁ vā pītaṁ vā lohitaṁ vā odātaṁ vā paṇḍusuttaṁ vā.\nTamenaṁ cakkhumā puriso hatthe karitvā paccavekkheyya: ‘ayaṁ kho maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā aṭṭhaṁso suparikammakato accho vippasanno anāvilo sabbākārasampanno. Tatridaṁ suttaṁ āvutaṁ nīlaṁ vā pītaṁ vā lohitaṁ vā odātaṁ vā paṇḍusuttaṁ vā’ti.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchiṁ okkanto hoti, na bodhisattamātu kocideva ābādho uppajjati, sukhinī bodhisattamātā hoti akilantakāyā, bodhisattañca bodhisattamātā tirokucchigataṁ passati sabbaṅgapaccaṅgiṁ ahīnindriyaṁ.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening is conceived in his mother’s womb, no afflictions beset her. She’s happy and free of bodily fatigue. And she sees the being intent on awakening in her womb, whole in his major and minor limbs, not deficient in any faculty.\nSuppose there was a beryl gem that was naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked, transparent, clear, and unclouded, endowed with all good qualities. And it was strung with a thread of blue, yellow, red, white, or golden brown.\nAnd a person with clear eyes were to take it in their hand and examine it: ‘This beryl gem is naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked, transparent, clear, and unclouded, endowed with all good qualities. And it’s strung with a thread of blue, yellow, red, white, or golden brown.’\nIn the same way, when the being intent on awakening is conceived in his mother’s womb, no afflictions beset her. She’s happy and free of bodily fatigue. And she sees the being intent on awakening in her womb, whole in his major and minor limbs, not deficient in any faculty.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.22","sourceIds":["dn14:1.22.1","dn14:1.22.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, sattāhajāte bodhisatte bodhisattamātā kālaṁ karoti tusitaṁ kāyaṁ upapajjati.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, seven days after the being intent on awakening is born, his mother passes away and is reborn in the host of joyful gods.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.23","sourceIds":["dn14:1.23.1","dn14:1.23.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yathā aññā itthikā nava vā dasa vā māse gabbhaṁ kucchinā pariharitvā vijāyanti, na hevaṁ bodhisattaṁ bodhisattamātā vijāyati. Daseva māsāni bodhisattaṁ bodhisattamātā kucchinā pariharitvā vijāyati.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, while other women carry the infant in the womb for nine or ten months before giving birth, not so the mother of the being intent on awakening. She gives birth after exactly ten months.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.24","sourceIds":["dn14:1.24.1","dn14:1.24.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yathā aññā itthikā nisinnā vā nipannā vā vijāyanti, na hevaṁ bodhisattaṁ bodhisattamātā vijāyati. Ṭhitāva bodhisattaṁ bodhisattamātā vijāyati.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, while other women give birth while sitting or lying down, not so the mother of the being intent on awakening. She only gives birth standing up.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.25","sourceIds":["dn14:1.25.1","dn14:1.25.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchimhā nikkhamati, devā paṭhamaṁ paṭiggaṇhanti, pacchā manussā.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening emerges from his mother’s womb, gods receive him first, then humans.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.26","sourceIds":["dn14:1.26.1","dn14:1.26.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchimhā nikkhamati, appattova bodhisatto pathaviṁ hoti, cattāro naṁ devaputtā paṭiggahetvā mātu purato ṭhapenti: ‘attamanā, devi, hohi; mahesakkho te putto uppanno’ti.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening emerges from his mother’s womb, before he reaches the ground, four godlings receive him and place him before his mother, saying: ‘Rejoice, O Queen! An illustrious son is born to you.’\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.27","sourceIds":["dn14:1.27.1","dn14:1.27.2","dn14:1.27.3","dn14:1.27.4","dn14:1.27.5","dn14:1.27.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchimhā nikkhamati, visadova nikkhamati amakkhito udena amakkhito semhena amakkhito ruhirena amakkhito kenaci asucinā suddho visado.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, maṇiratanaṁ kāsike vatthe nikkhittaṁ neva maṇiratanaṁ kāsikaṁ vatthaṁ makkheti, nāpi kāsikaṁ vatthaṁ maṇiratanaṁ makkheti.\nTaṁ kissa hetu?\nUbhinnaṁ suddhattā.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchimhā nikkhamati, visadova nikkhamati amakkhito, udena amakkhito semhena amakkhito ruhirena amakkhito kenaci asucinā suddho visado.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening emerges from his mother’s womb, he emerges already clean, unsoiled by waters, mucus, blood, or any other kind of impurity, pure and clean.\nSuppose a jewel-treasure was placed on a cloth from Kāsi. The jewel would not soil the cloth, nor would the cloth soil the jewel.\nWhy is that?\nBecause of the cleanliness of them both.\nIn the same way, when the being intent on awakening emerges from his mother’s womb, he emerges already clean, unsoiled by waters, mucus, blood, or any other kind of impurity, pure and clean.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.28","sourceIds":["dn14:1.28.1","dn14:1.28.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchimhā nikkhamati, dve udakassa dhārā antalikkhā pātubhavanti—ekā sītassa ekā uṇhassa yena bodhisattassa udakakiccaṁ karonti mātu ca.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening emerges from his mother’s womb, two showers of water appear from the sky, one cool, one warm, for bathing the being intent on awakening and his mother.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.29","sourceIds":["dn14:1.29.1","dn14:1.29.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, sampatijāto bodhisatto samehi pādehi patiṭṭhahitvā uttarābhimukho sattapadavītihārena gacchati setamhi chatte anudhāriyamāne, sabbā ca disā anuviloketi, āsabhiṁ vācaṁ bhāsati ‘aggohamasmi lokassa, jeṭṭhohamasmi lokassa, seṭṭhohamasmi lokassa, ayamantimā jāti, natthi dāni punabbhavo’ti.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, as soon as he’s born, the being intent on awakening stands firm with his own feet on the ground. Facing north, he takes seven strides with a white parasol held above him, surveys all quarters, and makes this dramatic proclamation: ‘I am the foremost in the world! I am the eldest in the world! I am the first in the world! This is my last rebirth; now there’ll be no more future lives.’\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.30","sourceIds":["dn14:1.30.1","dn14:1.30.2","dn14:1.30.3","dn14:1.30.4","dn14:1.30.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammatā esā, bhikkhave, yadā bodhisatto mātukucchimhā nikkhamati, atha sadevake loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya appamāṇo uḷāro obhāso pātubhavati, atikkammeva devānaṁ devānubhāvaṁ.\nYāpi tā lokantarikā aghā asaṁvutā andhakārā andhakāratimisā, yatthapime candimasūriyā evaṁmahiddhikā evaṁmahānubhāvā ābhāya nānubhonti, tatthapi appamāṇo uḷāro obhāso pātubhavati atikkammeva devānaṁ devānubhāvaṁ.\nYepi tattha sattā upapannā, tepi tenobhāsena aññamaññaṁ sañjānanti: ‘aññepi kira, bho, santi sattā idhūpapannā’ti.\nAyañca dasasahassī lokadhātu saṅkampati sampakampati sampavedhati appamāṇo ca uḷāro obhāso loke pātubhavati atikkammeva devānaṁ devānubhāvaṁ.\nAyamettha dhammatā.","en":"It’s normal that, when the being intent on awakening emerges from his mother’s womb, then—in this world with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, gods and humans—an immeasurable, magnificent light appears, surpassing the glory of the gods.\nEven in the boundless gloom of interstellar space—so utterly dark that even the luminosity of the moon and the sun, so mighty and powerful, makes no impression—an immeasurable, magnificent light appears, surpassing the glory of the gods.\nAnd the sentient beings reborn there recognize each other by that light: ‘So, it seems other sentient beings have been reborn here!’\nAnd this ten-thousandfold galaxy shakes and rocks and trembles. And an immeasurable, magnificent light appears in the world, surpassing the glory of the gods.\nThis is normal in such a case."}},{"id":"dn14:1.31","sourceIds":["dn14:1.31.0","dn14:1.31.1","dn14:1.31.2","dn14:1.31.3","dn14:1.31.4","dn14:1.31.5","dn14:1.31.6","dn14:1.31.7","dn14:1.31.8","dn14:1.31.9","dn14:1.31.10","dn14:1.31.11","dn14:1.31.12","dn14:1.31.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"3. Dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇā\nJāte kho pana, bhikkhave, vipassimhi kumāre bandhumato rañño paṭivedesuṁ:\n‘putto te, deva, jāto, taṁ devo passatū’ti.\nAddasā kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā vipassiṁ kumāraṁ, disvā nemitte brāhmaṇe āmantāpetvā etadavoca:\n‘passantu bhonto nemittā brāhmaṇā kumāran’ti.\nAddasaṁsu kho, bhikkhave, nemittā brāhmaṇā vipassiṁ kumāraṁ, disvā bandhumantaṁ rājānaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘attamano, deva, hohi, mahesakkho te putto uppanno, lābhā te, mahārāja, suladdhaṁ te, mahārāja, yassa te kule evarūpo putto uppanno.\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.\nSace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.\nTassimāni sattaratanāni bhavanti.\nSeyyathidaṁ—cakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.\nParosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nSo imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.\nSace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭacchado.","en":"3. The Thirty-Two Marks of a Great Man\nWhen Prince Vipassī was born, they announced it to King Bandhumā,\n‘Your Majesty, your son is born! Let Your Majesty examine him!’\nWhen the king had examined the prince, he had the brahmin soothsayers summoned and said to them,\n‘Gentlemen, please examine the prince.’\nWhen they had examined him they said to the king,\n‘Rejoice, O King! An illustrious son is born to you. You are fortunate, so very fortunate, to have a son such as this born in this family!\nFor the prince possesses the thirty-two marks of a great man. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.\nIf he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch, a just and principled king. His dominion extends to all four sides, he achieves stability in the country, and he possesses the seven treasures.\nHe has the following seven treasures:\nthe wheel, the elephant, the horse, the jewel, the woman, the householder, and the commander as the seventh treasure.\nHe has over a thousand sons who are valiant and heroic, crushing the armies of his enemies.\nAfter conquering this land girt by sea, he reigns by principle, without rod or sword.\nBut if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the veil from the world."}},{"id":"dn14:1.32","sourceIds":["dn14:1.32.1","dn14:1.32.2","dn14:1.32.3","dn14:1.32.4","dn14:1.32.5","dn14:1.32.6","dn14:1.32.7","dn14:1.32.8","dn14:1.32.9","dn14:1.32.10","dn14:1.32.11","dn14:1.32.12","dn14:1.32.13","dn14:1.32.14","dn14:1.32.15","dn14:1.32.16","dn14:1.32.17","dn14:1.32.18","dn14:1.32.19","dn14:1.32.20","dn14:1.32.21","dn14:1.32.22","dn14:1.32.23","dn14:1.32.24","dn14:1.32.25","dn14:1.32.26","dn14:1.32.27","dn14:1.32.28","dn14:1.32.29","dn14:1.32.30","dn14:1.32.31","dn14:1.32.32","dn14:1.32.33","dn14:1.32.34","dn14:1.32.35","dn14:1.32.36","dn14:1.32.37","dn14:1.32.38"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katamehi cāyaṁ, deva, kumāro dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.\nSace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.\nTassimāni sattaratanāni bhavanti.\nSeyyathidaṁ—cakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.\nParosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nSo imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.\nSace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭacchado. Ayañhi, deva, kumāro suppatiṭṭhitapādo. Yaṁ pāyaṁ, deva, kumāro suppatiṭṭhitapādo. Idampissa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.\nImassa, deva, kumārassa heṭṭhā pādatalesu cakkāni jātāni sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni. Yampi imassa, deva, kumārassa heṭṭhā pādatalesu cakkāni jātāni sahassārāni sanemikāni sanābhikāni sabbākāraparipūrāni, idampissa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro āyatapaṇhī …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro dīghaṅgulī …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro mudutalunahatthapādo …pe…\nAyañhi, deva kumāro jālahatthapādo …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro ussaṅkhapādo …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro eṇijaṅgho …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro ṭhitakova anonamanto ubhohi pāṇitalehi jaṇṇukāni parimasati parimajjati …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro kosohitavatthaguyho …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro suvaṇṇavaṇṇo kañcanasannibhattaco …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro sukhumacchavī; sukhumattā chaviyā rajojallaṁ kāye na upalimpati …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro ekekalomo; ekekāni lomāni lomakūpesu jātāni …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro uddhaggalomo; uddhaggāni lomāni jātāni nīlāni añjanavaṇṇāni kuṇḍalāvaṭṭāni dakkhiṇāvaṭṭakajātāni …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro brahmujugatto …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro sattussado …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro sīhapubbaddhakāyo …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro citantaraṁso …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro nigrodhaparimaṇḍalo yāvatakvassa kāyo tāvatakvassa byāmo, yāvatakvassa byāmo, tāvatakvassa kāyo …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro samavaṭṭakkhandho …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro rasaggasaggī …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro sīhahanu …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro cattālīsadanto …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro samadanto …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro aviraḷadanto …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro susukkadāṭho …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro pahūtajivho …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro brahmassaro karavīkabhāṇī …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro abhinīlanetto …pe…\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro gopakhumo …pe…\nImassa, deva, kumārassa uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā odātā mudutūlasannibhā. Yampi imassa, deva, kumārassa uṇṇā bhamukantare jātā odātā mudutūlasannibhā, idampimassa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.\nAyañhi, deva, kumāro uṇhīsasīso. Yaṁ pāyaṁ, deva, kumāro uṇhīsasīso, idampissa mahāpurisassa mahāpurisalakkhaṇaṁ bhavati.","en":"And what are the marks which he possesses?\nHe has well-planted feet.\nOn the soles of his feet there are thousand-spoked wheels, with rims and hubs, complete in every detail.\nHe has stretched heels.\nHe has long fingers.\nHis hands and feet are soft and tender.\nHe has serried hands and feet.\nThe tops of his feet are arched.\nHis calves are like those of an antelope.\nWhen standing upright and not bending over, the palms of both hands touch the knees.\nHis private parts are sheathed in a foreskin.\nHe is golden colored; his skin shines like lustrous gold.\nHe has delicate skin, so delicate that dust and dirt don’t stick to his body.\nHis hairs grow one per pore.\nHis hairs stand up; they’re blue-black and curl clockwise.\nHis body is tall and straight-limbed.\nHe has bulging muscles in seven places.\nHis chest is like that of a lion.\nHe is filled out between the shoulders.\nHe has the proportional circumference of a banyan tree: the span of his arms equals the height of his body.\nHis torso is cylindrical.\nHe has ridged taste buds.\nHis jaw is like that of a lion.\nHe has forty teeth.\nHis teeth are even.\nHis teeth have no gaps.\nHis teeth are perfectly white.\nHe has a large tongue.\nHe has the voice of the Divinity, like a cuckoo’s call.\nHis eyes are indigo.\nHe has eyelashes like a cow’s.\nBetween his eyebrows there grows a tuft, soft and white like cotton-wool.\nThe crown of his head is like a turban."}},{"id":"dn14:1.33","sourceIds":["dn14:1.33.1","dn14:1.33.2","dn14:1.33.3","dn14:1.33.4","dn14:1.33.5","dn14:1.33.6","dn14:1.33.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Imehi kho ayaṁ, deva, kumāro dvattiṁsamahāpurisalakkhaṇehi samannāgato, yehi samannāgatassa mahāpurisassa dveva gatiyo bhavanti anaññā.\nSace agāraṁ ajjhāvasati, rājā hoti cakkavattī dhammiko dhammarājā cāturanto vijitāvī janapadatthāvariyappatto sattaratanasamannāgato.\nTassimāni sattaratanāni bhavanti.\nSeyyathidaṁ—cakkaratanaṁ hatthiratanaṁ assaratanaṁ maṇiratanaṁ itthiratanaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pariṇāyakaratanameva sattamaṁ.\nParosahassaṁ kho panassa puttā bhavanti sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasenappamaddanā.\nSo imaṁ pathaviṁ sāgarapariyantaṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena abhivijiya ajjhāvasati.\nSace kho pana agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajati, arahaṁ hoti sammāsambuddho loke vivaṭacchado’ti.","en":"These are the thirty-two marks of a great man that the prince has. A great man who possesses these has only two possible destinies, no other.\nIf he stays at home he becomes a king, a wheel-turning monarch.\nBut if he goes forth from the lay life to homelessness, he becomes a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, who has cast off the veil from the world.’"}},{"id":"dn14:1.33.8","sourceIds":["dn14:1.33.8.0"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"4. Vipassīsamaññā","en":"4. How He Came to be Known as Vipassī"}},{"id":"dn14:1.33-from-dn14-1.33.9","sourceIds":["dn14:1.33.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā nemitte brāhmaṇe ahatehi vatthehi acchādāpetvā sabbakāmehi santappesi.","en":"Then King Bandhumā had the brahmin soothsayers dressed in unworn clothes and satisfied all their needs."}},{"id":"dn14:1.34","sourceIds":["dn14:1.34.1","dn14:1.34.2","dn14:1.34.3","dn14:1.34.4","dn14:1.34.5","dn14:1.34.6","dn14:1.34.7","dn14:1.34.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā vipassissa kumārassa dhātiyo upaṭṭhāpesi.\nAññā khīraṁ pāyenti, aññā nhāpenti, aññā dhārenti, aññā aṅkena pariharanti.\nJātassa kho pana, bhikkhave, vipassissa kumārassa setacchattaṁ dhārayittha divā ceva rattiñca:\n‘mā naṁ sītaṁ vā uṇhaṁ vā tiṇaṁ vā rajo vā ussāvo vā bādhayitthā’ti.\nJāto kho pana, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro bahuno janassa piyo ahosi manāpo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, uppalaṁ vā padumaṁ vā puṇḍarīkaṁ vā bahuno janassa piyaṁ manāpaṁ;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro bahuno janassa piyo ahosi manāpo.\nSvāssudaṁ aṅkeneva aṅkaṁ parihariyati.","en":"Then the king appointed nursemaids for Prince Vipassī.\nSome suckled him, some bathed him, some held him, and some carried him on their hip.\nFrom when he was born, a white parasol was held over him night and day, with the thought,\n‘Don’t let cold, heat, grass, dust, or damp bother him.’\nHe was dear and beloved by many people,\nlike a blue water lily, or a pink or white lotus.\nHe was always passed from hip to hip."}},{"id":"dn14:1.35","sourceIds":["dn14:1.35.1","dn14:1.35.2","dn14:1.35.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jāto kho pana, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro mañjussaro ca ahosi vaggussaro ca madhurassaro ca pemaniyassaro ca.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhave, himavante pabbate karavīkā nāma sakuṇajāti mañjussarā ca vaggussarā ca madhurassarā ca pemaniyassarā ca;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro mañjussaro ca ahosi vaggussaro ca madhurassaro ca pemaniyassaro ca.","en":"From when he was born, his voice was charming, graceful, sweet, and endearing.\nIt was as sweet as the song of a cuckoo-bird found in the Himalayas."}},{"id":"dn14:1.36","sourceIds":["dn14:1.36.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jātassa kho pana, bhikkhave, vipassissa kumārassa kammavipākajaṁ dibbacakkhu pāturahosi yena sudaṁ samantā yojanaṁ passati divā ceva rattiñca.","en":"From when he was born, Prince Vipassī had the power of clairvoyance which manifested as a result of past deeds, by which he could see for a league all around both by day and by night."}},{"id":"dn14:1.37","sourceIds":["dn14:1.37.1","dn14:1.37.2","dn14:1.37.3","dn14:1.37.4","dn14:1.37.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jāto kho pana, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro animisanto pekkhati seyyathāpi devā tāvatiṁsā.\n‘Animisanto kumāro pekkhatī’ti kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa kumārassa ‘vipassī vipassī’ tveva samaññā udapādi.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā atthakaraṇe nisinno vipassiṁ kumāraṁ aṅke nisīdāpetvā atthe anusāsati.\nTatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro pituaṅke nisinno viceyya viceyya atthe panāyati ñāyena.\nViceyya viceyya kumāro atthe panāyati ñāyenāti kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa kumārassa bhiyyoso mattāya ‘vipassī vipassī’ tveva samaññā udapādi.","en":"And he was unblinkingly watchful, like the gods of the thirty-three.\nAnd because it was said that he was unblinkingly watchful, he came to be known as ‘Vipassī’.\nThen while King Bandhumā was sitting in court, he’d sit Prince Vipassī in his lap and explain the case to him.\nAnd sitting there in his father’s lap, Vipassī would thoroughly consider the case and draw a conclusion using a logical system.\nSo this was all the more reason for him to be known as ‘Vipassī’."}},{"id":"dn14:1.38","sourceIds":["dn14:1.38.1","dn14:1.38.2","dn14:1.38.3","dn14:1.38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā vipassissa kumārassa tayo pāsāde kārāpesi, ekaṁ vassikaṁ ekaṁ hemantikaṁ ekaṁ gimhikaṁ;\npañca kāmaguṇāni upaṭṭhāpesi.\nTatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro vassike pāsāde cattāro māse nippurisehi tūriyehi paricārayamāno na heṭṭhāpāsādaṁ orohatīti.\nPaṭhamabhāṇavāro.","en":"Then King Bandhumā had three stilt longhouses built for him—one for the winter, one for the summer, and one for the rainy season,\nand provided him with the five kinds of sensual stimulation.\nPrince Vipassī stayed in a stilt longhouse without coming downstairs for the four months of the rainy season, where he was entertained by musicians—none of them men.\nThe first recitation section."}},{"id":"dn14:2.1","sourceIds":["dn14:2.1.0","dn14:2.1.1","dn14:2.1.2","dn14:2.1.3","dn14:2.1.4","dn14:2.1.5","dn14:2.1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"5. Jiṇṇapurisa\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro bahūnaṁ vassānaṁ bahūnaṁ vassasatānaṁ bahūnaṁ vassasahassānaṁ accayena sārathiṁ āmantesi:\n‘yojehi, samma sārathi, bhaddāni bhaddāni yānāni uyyānabhūmiṁ gacchāma subhūmidassanāyā’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, sārathi vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā bhaddāni bhaddāni yānāni yojetvā vipassissa kumārassa paṭivedesi:\n‘yuttāni kho te, deva, bhaddāni bhaddāni yānāni,\nyassadāni kālaṁ maññasī’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro bhaddaṁ bhaddaṁ yānaṁ abhiruhitvā bhaddehi bhaddehi yānehi uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyāsi.","en":"5. The Old Man\nThen, after many years, many hundred years, many thousand years had passed, Prince Vipassī addressed his charioteer,\n‘My dear charioteer, harness the finest chariots. We will go to a park and see the scenery.’\n‘Yes, sir,’ replied the charioteer. He harnessed the chariots and informed the prince,\n‘Your Majesty, the finest chariots are harnessed.\nPlease go at your convenience.’\nThen Prince Vipassī mounted a fine carriage and, along with other fine carriages, set out for the park."}},{"id":"dn14:2.2","sourceIds":["dn14:2.2.1","dn14:2.2.2","dn14:2.2.3","dn14:2.2.4","dn14:2.2.5","dn14:2.2.6","dn14:2.2.7","dn14:2.2.8","dn14:2.2.9","dn14:2.2.10","dn14:2.2.11","dn14:2.2.12","dn14:2.2.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addasā kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto purisaṁ jiṇṇaṁ gopānasivaṅkaṁ bhoggaṁ daṇḍaparāyanaṁ pavedhamānaṁ gacchantaṁ āturaṁ gatayobbanaṁ.\nDisvā sārathiṁ āmantesi:\n‘ayaṁ pana, samma sārathi, puriso kiṅkato?\nKesāpissa na yathā aññesaṁ, kāyopissa na yathā aññesan’ti.\n‘Eso kho, deva, jiṇṇo nāmā’ti.\n‘Kiṁ paneso, samma sārathi, jiṇṇo nāmā’ti?\n‘Eso kho, deva, jiṇṇo nāma. Na dāni tena ciraṁ jīvitabbaṁ bhavissatī’ti.\n‘Kiṁ pana, samma sārathi, ahampi jarādhammo, jaraṁ anatīto’ti?\n‘Tvañca, deva, mayañcamha sabbe jarādhammā, jaraṁ anatītā’ti.\n‘Tena hi, samma sārathi, alaṁ dānajja uyyānabhūmiyā. Itova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāhī’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, sārathi vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā tatova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāsi.\nTatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro antepuraṁ gato dukkhī dummano pajjhāyati:\n‘dhiratthu kira, bho, jāti nāma, yatra hi nāma jātassa jarā paññāyissatī’ti.","en":"Along the way he saw an elderly man, bent double, crooked, leaning on a staff, trembling as he walked, ailing, past his prime.\nHe addressed his charioteer,\n‘My dear charioteer, what has that man done?\nFor his hair and his body are unlike those of other men.’\n‘That, Your Majesty, is called an old man.’\n‘But why is he called an old man?’\n‘He’s called an old man because now he has not long to live.’\n‘But my dear charioteer, am I liable to grow old? Am I not exempt from old age?’\n‘Everyone is liable to grow old, Your Majesty, including you. No one is exempt from old age.’\n‘Well then, my dear charioteer, that’s enough of the park for today. Let’s return to the royal compound.’\n‘Yes, Your Majesty,’ replied the charioteer and did so.\nBack at the royal compound, the prince brooded, miserable and sad:\n‘Curse this thing called rebirth, since old age will come to anyone who’s born.’"}},{"id":"dn14:2.3","sourceIds":["dn14:2.3.1","dn14:2.3.2","dn14:2.3.3","dn14:2.3.4","dn14:2.3.5","dn14:2.3.6","dn14:2.3.7","dn14:2.3.8","dn14:2.3.9","dn14:2.3.10","dn14:2.3.11","dn14:2.3.12","dn14:2.3.13","dn14:2.3.14","dn14:2.3.15","dn14:2.3.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā sārathiṁ āmantāpetvā etadavoca:\n‘kacci, samma sārathi, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā abhiramittha? Kacci, samma sārathi, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā attamano ahosī’ti?\n‘Na kho, deva, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā abhiramittha, na kho, deva, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā attamano ahosī’ti.\n‘Kiṁ pana, samma sārathi, addasa kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto’ti?\n‘Addasā kho, deva, kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto purisaṁ jiṇṇaṁ gopānasivaṅkaṁ bhoggaṁ daṇḍaparāyanaṁ pavedhamānaṁ gacchantaṁ āturaṁ gatayobbanaṁ.\nDisvā maṁ etadavoca:\n“ayaṁ pana, samma sārathi, puriso kiṅkato, kesāpissa na yathā aññesaṁ, kāyopissa na yathā aññesan”ti?\n“Eso kho, deva, jiṇṇo nāmā”ti.\n“Kiṁ paneso, samma sārathi, jiṇṇo nāmā”ti?\n“Eso kho, deva, jiṇṇo nāma na dāni tena ciraṁ jīvitabbaṁ bhavissatī”ti.\n“Kiṁ pana, samma sārathi, ahampi jarādhammo, jaraṁ anatīto”ti?\n“Tvañca, deva, mayañcamha sabbe jarādhammā, jaraṁ anatītā”ti.\n“Tena hi, samma sārathi, alaṁ dānajja uyyānabhūmiyā, itova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāhī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, devā”ti kho ahaṁ, deva, vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā tatova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāsiṁ.\nSo kho, deva, kumāro antepuraṁ gato dukkhī dummano pajjhāyati:\n“dhiratthu kira, bho, jāti nāma, yatra hi nāma jātassa jarā paññāyissatī”’ti.","en":"Then King Bandhumā summoned the charioteer and said,\n‘My dear charioteer, I hope the prince enjoyed himself at the park? I hope he was happy there?’\n‘No, Your Majesty, the prince didn’t enjoy himself at the park.’\n‘But what did he see on the way to the park?’\nAnd the charioteer told the king about seeing the old man and the prince’s reaction."}},{"id":"dn14:2.4","sourceIds":["dn14:2.4.0","dn14:2.4.1","dn14:2.4.2","dn14:2.4.3","dn14:2.4.4","dn14:2.4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"6. Byādhitapurisa\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumassa rañño etadahosi:\n‘Mā heva kho vipassī kumāro na rajjaṁ kāresi, mā heva vipassī kumāro agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbaji, mā heva nemittānaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ saccaṁ assa vacanan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā vipassissa kumārassa bhiyyoso mattāya pañca kāmaguṇāni upaṭṭhāpesi:\n‘yathā vipassī kumāro rajjaṁ kareyya, yathā vipassī kumāro na agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajeyya, yathā nemittānaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ micchā assa vacanan’ti.\nTatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappito samaṅgībhūto paricāreti.","en":"6. The Sick Man\nThen King Bandhumā thought,\n‘Prince Vipassī must not renounce the throne. He must not go forth from the lay life to homelessness. And the words of the brahmin soothsayers must not come true.’\nTo this end he provided the prince with even more of the five kinds of sensual stimulation,\nwith which the prince amused himself."}},{"id":"dn14:2.5","sourceIds":["dn14:2.5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro bahūnaṁ vassānaṁ …pe…","en":"Then, after many thousand years had passed, Prince Vipassī had his charioteer drive him to the park once more."}},{"id":"dn14:2.6","sourceIds":["dn14:2.6.1","dn14:2.6.2","dn14:2.6.3","dn14:2.6.4","dn14:2.6.5","dn14:2.6.6","dn14:2.6.7","dn14:2.6.8","dn14:2.6.9","dn14:2.6.10","dn14:2.6.11","dn14:2.6.12","dn14:2.6.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addasā kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto purisaṁ ābādhikaṁ dukkhitaṁ bāḷhagilānaṁ sake muttakarīse palipannaṁ semānaṁ aññehi vuṭṭhāpiyamānaṁ aññehi saṁvesiyamānaṁ.\nDisvā sārathiṁ āmantesi:\n‘ayaṁ pana, samma sārathi, puriso kiṅkato?\nAkkhīnipissa na yathā aññesaṁ, saropissa na yathā aññesan’ti?\n‘Eso kho, deva, byādhito nāmā’ti.\n‘Kiṁ paneso, samma sārathi, byādhito nāmā’ti?\n‘Eso kho, deva, byādhito nāma appeva nāma tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhaheyyā’ti.\n‘Kiṁ pana, samma sārathi, ahampi byādhidhammo, byādhiṁ anatīto’ti?\n‘Tvañca, deva, mayañcamha sabbe byādhidhammā, byādhiṁ anatītā’ti.\n‘Tena hi, samma sārathi, alaṁ dānajja uyyānabhūmiyā, itova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāhī’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, sārathi vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā tatova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāsi.\nTatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro antepuraṁ gato dukkhī dummano pajjhāyati:\n‘dhiratthu kira, bho, jāti nāma, yatra hi nāma jātassa jarā paññāyissati, byādhi paññāyissatī’ti.","en":"Along the way he saw a man who was sick, suffering, gravely ill, collapsed in his own urine and feces, being picked up by some and put down by others.\nHe addressed his charioteer,\n‘My dear charioteer, what has that man done?\nFor his eyes and his voice are unlike those of other men.’\n‘That, Your Majesty, is called a sick man.’\n‘But why is he called a sick man?’\n‘He’s called a sick man; hopefully he will recover from that illness.’\n‘But my dear charioteer, am I liable to fall sick? Am I not exempt from sickness?’\n‘Everyone is liable to fall sick, Your Majesty, including you. No one is exempt from sickness.’\n‘Well then, my dear charioteer, that’s enough of the park for today. Let’s return to the royal compound.’\n‘Yes, Your Majesty,’ replied the charioteer and did so.\nBack at the royal compound, the prince brooded, miserable and sad:\n‘Curse this thing called rebirth, since old age and sickness will come to anyone who’s born.’"}},{"id":"dn14:2.7","sourceIds":["dn14:2.7.1","dn14:2.7.2","dn14:2.7.3","dn14:2.7.4","dn14:2.7.5","dn14:2.7.6","dn14:2.7.7","dn14:2.7.8","dn14:2.7.9","dn14:2.7.10","dn14:2.7.11","dn14:2.7.12","dn14:2.7.13","dn14:2.7.14","dn14:2.7.15","dn14:2.7.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā sārathiṁ āmantāpetvā etadavoca:\n‘kacci, samma sārathi, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā abhiramittha, kacci, samma sārathi, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā attamano ahosī’ti?\n‘Na kho, deva, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā abhiramittha, na kho, deva, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā attamano ahosī’ti.\n‘Kiṁ pana, samma sārathi, addasa kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto’ti?\n‘Addasā kho, deva, kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto purisaṁ ābādhikaṁ dukkhitaṁ bāḷhagilānaṁ sake muttakarīse palipannaṁ semānaṁ aññehi vuṭṭhāpiyamānaṁ aññehi saṁvesiyamānaṁ.\nDisvā maṁ etadavoca:\n“ayaṁ pana, samma sārathi, puriso kiṅkato, akkhīnipissa na yathā aññesaṁ, saropissa na yathā aññesan”ti?\n“Eso kho, deva, byādhito nāmā”ti.\n“Kiṁ paneso, samma sārathi, byādhito nāmā”ti?\n“Eso kho, deva, byādhito nāma appeva nāma tamhā ābādhā vuṭṭhaheyyā”ti.\n“Kiṁ pana, samma sārathi, ahampi byādhidhammo, byādhiṁ anatīto”ti?\n“Tvañca, deva, mayañcamha sabbe byādhidhammā, byādhiṁ anatītā”ti.\n“Tena hi, samma sārathi, alaṁ dānajja uyyānabhūmiyā, itova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāhī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, devā”ti kho ahaṁ, deva, vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā tatova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāsiṁ.\nSo kho, deva, kumāro antepuraṁ gato dukkhī dummano pajjhāyati:\n“dhiratthu kira, bho, jāti nāma, yatra hi nāma jātassa jarā paññāyissati, byādhi paññāyissatī”’ti.","en":"Then King Bandhumā summoned the charioteer and said,\n‘My dear charioteer, I hope the prince enjoyed himself at the park? I hope he was happy there?’\n‘No, Your Majesty, the prince didn’t enjoy himself at the park.’\n‘But what did he see on the way to the park?’\nAnd the charioteer told the king about seeing the sick man and the prince’s reaction."}},{"id":"dn14:2.8","sourceIds":["dn14:2.8.0","dn14:2.8.1","dn14:2.8.2","dn14:2.8.3","dn14:2.8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"7. Kālaṅkatapurisa\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumassa rañño etadahosi:\n‘mā heva kho vipassī kumāro na rajjaṁ kāresi, mā heva vipassī kumāro agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbaji, mā heva nemittānaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ saccaṁ assa vacanan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā vipassissa kumārassa bhiyyoso mattāya pañca kāmaguṇāni upaṭṭhāpesi:\n‘yathā vipassī kumāro rajjaṁ kareyya, yathā vipassī kumāro na agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajeyya, yathā nemittānaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ micchā assa vacanan’ti.","en":"7. The Dead Man\nThen King Bandhumā thought,\n‘Prince Vipassī must not renounce the throne. He must not go forth from the lay life to homelessness. And the words of the brahmin soothsayers must not come true.’\nTo this end he provided the prince with even more of the five kinds of sensual stimulation,"}},{"id":"dn14:2.9","sourceIds":["dn14:2.9.1","dn14:2.9.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappito samaṅgībhūto paricāreti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro bahūnaṁ vassānaṁ …pe…","en":"with which the prince amused himself.\nThen, after many thousand years had passed, Prince Vipassī had his charioteer drive him to the park once more."}},{"id":"dn14:2.10","sourceIds":["dn14:2.10.1","dn14:2.10.2","dn14:2.10.3","dn14:2.10.4","dn14:2.10.5","dn14:2.10.6","dn14:2.10.7","dn14:2.10.8","dn14:2.10.9","dn14:2.10.10","dn14:2.10.11","dn14:2.10.12","dn14:2.10.13","dn14:2.10.14","dn14:2.10.15","dn14:2.10.16","dn14:2.10.17","dn14:2.10.18","dn14:2.10.19"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addasā kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto mahājanakāyaṁ sannipatitaṁ nānārattānañca dussānaṁ vilātaṁ kayiramānaṁ.\nDisvā sārathiṁ āmantesi:\n‘kiṁ nu kho so, samma sārathi, mahājanakāyo sannipatito nānārattānañca dussānaṁ vilātaṁ kayiratī’ti?\n‘Eso kho, deva, kālaṅkato nāmā’ti.\n‘Tena hi, samma sārathi, yena so kālaṅkato tena rathaṁ pesehī’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, sārathi vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā yena so kālaṅkato tena rathaṁ pesesi.\nAddasā kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro petaṁ kālaṅkataṁ, disvā sārathiṁ āmantesi:\n‘kiṁ panāyaṁ, samma sārathi, kālaṅkato nāmā’ti?\n‘Eso kho, deva, kālaṅkato nāma. Na dāni taṁ dakkhanti mātā vā pitā vā aññe vā ñātisālohitā, sopi na dakkhissati mātaraṁ vā pitaraṁ vā aññe vā ñātisālohite’ti.\n‘Kiṁ pana, samma sārathi, ahampi maraṇadhammo maraṇaṁ anatīto;\nmampi na dakkhanti devo vā devī vā aññe vā ñātisālohitā;\nahampi na dakkhissāmi devaṁ vā deviṁ vā aññe vā ñātisālohite’ti?\n‘Tvañca, deva, mayañcamha sabbe maraṇadhammā maraṇaṁ anatītā;\ntampi na dakkhanti devo vā devī vā aññe vā ñātisālohitā;\ntvampi na dakkhissasi devaṁ vā deviṁ vā aññe vā ñātisālohite’ti.\n‘Tena hi, samma sārathi, alaṁ dānajja uyyānabhūmiyā, itova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāhī’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, sārathi vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā tatova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāsi.\nTatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro antepuraṁ gato dukkhī dummano pajjhāyati:\n‘dhiratthu kira, bho, jāti nāma, yatra hi nāma jātassa jarā paññāyissati, byādhi paññāyissati, maraṇaṁ paññāyissatī’ti.","en":"Along the way he saw a large crowd gathered making a bier out of garments of different colors.\nHe addressed his charioteer,\n‘My dear charioteer, why is that crowd making a bier?’\n‘That, Your Majesty, is for someone who’s departed.’\n‘Well then, drive the chariot up to the departed.’\n‘Yes, Your Majesty,’ replied the charioteer, and did so.\nWhen the prince saw the corpse of the departed, he addressed the charioteer,\n‘But why is he called departed?’\n‘He’s called departed because now his mother and father, his relatives and kin shall see him no more, and he shall never again see them.’\n‘But my dear charioteer, am I liable to die? Am I not exempt from death?\nWill the king and queen and my other relatives and kin see me no more?\nAnd shall I never again see them?’\n‘Everyone is liable to die, Your Majesty, including you. No one is exempt from death.\nThe king and queen and your other relatives and kin shall see you no more,\nand you shall never again see them.’\n‘Well then, my dear charioteer, that’s enough of the park for today. Let’s return to the royal compound.’\n‘Yes, Your Majesty,’ replied the charioteer and did so.\nBack at the royal compound, the prince brooded, miserable and sad:\n‘Curse this thing called rebirth, since old age, sickness, and death will come to anyone who’s born.’"}},{"id":"dn14:2.11","sourceIds":["dn14:2.11.1","dn14:2.11.2","dn14:2.11.3","dn14:2.11.4","dn14:2.11.5","dn14:2.11.6","dn14:2.11.7","dn14:2.11.8","dn14:2.11.9","dn14:2.11.10","dn14:2.11.11","dn14:2.11.12","dn14:2.11.13","dn14:2.11.14","dn14:2.11.15","dn14:2.11.16","dn14:2.11.17","dn14:2.11.18","dn14:2.11.19","dn14:2.11.20","dn14:2.11.21","dn14:2.11.22","dn14:2.11.23"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā sārathiṁ āmantāpetvā etadavoca:\n‘kacci, samma sārathi, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā abhiramittha, kacci, samma sārathi, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā attamano ahosī’ti?\n‘Na kho, deva, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā abhiramittha, na kho, deva, kumāro uyyānabhūmiyā attamano ahosī’ti.\n‘Kiṁ pana, samma sārathi, addasa kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto’ti?\n‘Addasā kho, deva, kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto mahājanakāyaṁ sannipatitaṁ nānārattānañca dussānaṁ vilātaṁ kayiramānaṁ.\nDisvā maṁ etadavoca:\n“kiṁ nu kho so, samma sārathi, mahājanakāyo sannipatito nānārattānañca dussānaṁ vilātaṁ kayiratī”ti?\n“Eso kho, deva, kālaṅkato nāmā”ti.\n“Tena hi, samma sārathi, yena so kālaṅkato tena rathaṁ pesehī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, devā”ti kho ahaṁ, deva, vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā yena so kālaṅkato tena rathaṁ pesesiṁ.\nAddasā kho, deva, kumāro petaṁ kālaṅkataṁ, disvā maṁ etadavoca:\n“kiṁ panāyaṁ, samma sārathi, kālaṅkato nāmā”ti?\n“Eso kho, deva, kālaṅkato nāma.\nNa dāni taṁ dakkhanti mātā vā pitā vā aññe vā ñātisālohitā, sopi na dakkhissati mātaraṁ vā pitaraṁ vā aññe vā ñātisālohite”ti.\n“Kiṁ pana, samma sārathi, ahampi maraṇadhammo maraṇaṁ anatīto;\nmampi na dakkhanti devo vā devī vā aññe vā ñātisālohitā;\nahampi na dakkhissāmi devaṁ vā deviṁ vā aññe vā ñātisālohite”ti?\n“Tvañca, deva, mayañcamha sabbe maraṇadhammā maraṇaṁ anatītā;\ntampi na dakkhanti devo vā devī vā aññe vā ñātisālohitā, tvampi na dakkhissasi devaṁ vā deviṁ vā aññe vā ñātisālohite”ti.\n“Tena hi, samma sārathi, alaṁ dānajja uyyānabhūmiyā, itova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāhī”ti.\n“Evaṁ, devā”ti kho ahaṁ, deva, vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā tatova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāsiṁ.\nSo kho, deva, kumāro antepuraṁ gato dukkhī dummano pajjhāyati:\n“dhiratthu kira, bho, jāti nāma, yatra hi nāma jātassa jarā paññāyissati, byādhi paññāyissati, maraṇaṁ paññāyissatī”’ti.","en":"Then King Bandhumā summoned the charioteer and said,\n‘My dear charioteer, I hope the prince enjoyed himself at the park? I hope he was happy there?’\n‘No, Your Majesty, the prince didn’t enjoy himself at the park.’\n‘But what did he see on the way to the park?’\nAnd the charioteer told the king about seeing the dead man and the prince’s reaction."}},{"id":"dn14:2.12","sourceIds":["dn14:2.12.0","dn14:2.12.1","dn14:2.12.2","dn14:2.12.3","dn14:2.12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"8. Pabbajita\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumassa rañño etadahosi:\n‘mā heva kho vipassī kumāro na rajjaṁ kāresi, mā heva vipassī kumāro agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbaji, mā heva nemittānaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ saccaṁ assa vacanan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, bandhumā rājā vipassissa kumārassa bhiyyoso mattāya pañca kāmaguṇāni upaṭṭhāpesi:\n‘yathā vipassī kumāro rajjaṁ kareyya, yathā vipassī kumāro na agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajeyya, yathā nemittānaṁ brāhmaṇānaṁ micchā assa vacanan’ti.","en":"8. The Renunciate\nThen King Bandhumā thought,\n‘Prince Vipassī must not renounce the throne. He must not go forth from the lay life to homelessness. And the words of the brahmin soothsayers must not come true.’\nTo this end he provided the prince with even more of the five kinds of sensual stimulation,"}},{"id":"dn14:2.13","sourceIds":["dn14:2.13.1","dn14:2.13.2","dn14:2.13.3","dn14:2.13.4","dn14:2.13.5","dn14:2.13.6","dn14:2.13.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro pañcahi kāmaguṇehi samappito samaṅgībhūto paricāreti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro bahūnaṁ vassānaṁ bahūnaṁ vassasatānaṁ bahūnaṁ vassasahassānaṁ accayena sārathiṁ āmantesi:\n‘yojehi, samma sārathi, bhaddāni bhaddāni yānāni, uyyānabhūmiṁ gacchāma subhūmidassanāyā’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, sārathi vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā bhaddāni bhaddāni yānāni yojetvā vipassissa kumārassa paṭivedesi:\n‘yuttāni kho te, deva, bhaddāni bhaddāni yānāni,\nyassadāni kālaṁ maññasī’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro bhaddaṁ bhaddaṁ yānaṁ abhiruhitvā bhaddehi bhaddehi yānehi uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyāsi.","en":"with which the prince amused himself.\nThen, after many thousand years had passed, Prince Vipassī had his charioteer drive him to the park once more."}},{"id":"dn14:2.14","sourceIds":["dn14:2.14.1","dn14:2.14.2","dn14:2.14.3","dn14:2.14.4","dn14:2.14.5","dn14:2.14.6","dn14:2.14.7","dn14:2.14.8","dn14:2.14.9","dn14:2.14.10","dn14:2.14.11","dn14:2.14.12","dn14:2.14.13","dn14:2.14.14","dn14:2.14.15","dn14:2.14.16","dn14:2.14.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addasā kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyanto purisaṁ bhaṇḍuṁ pabbajitaṁ kāsāyavasanaṁ.\nDisvā sārathiṁ āmantesi:\n‘ayaṁ pana, samma sārathi, puriso kiṅkato?\nSīsampissa na yathā aññesaṁ, vatthānipissa na yathā aññesan’ti?\n‘Eso kho, deva, pabbajito nāmā’ti.\n‘Kiṁ paneso, samma sārathi, pabbajito nāmā’ti?\n‘Eso kho, deva, pabbajito nāma sādhu dhammacariyā sādhu samacariyā sādhu kusalakiriyā sādhu puññakiriyā sādhu avihiṁsā sādhu bhūtānukampā’ti.\n‘Sādhu kho so, samma sārathi, pabbajito nāma, sādhu dhammacariyā sādhu samacariyā sādhu kusalakiriyā sādhu puññakiriyā sādhu avihiṁsā sādhu bhūtānukampā.\nTena hi, samma sārathi, yena so pabbajito tena rathaṁ pesehī’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, sārathi vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā yena so pabbajito tena rathaṁ pesesi.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro taṁ pabbajitaṁ etadavoca:\n‘tvaṁ pana, samma, kiṅkato,\nsīsampi te na yathā aññesaṁ, vatthānipi te na yathā aññesan’ti?\n‘Ahaṁ kho, deva, pabbajito nāmā’ti.\n‘Kiṁ pana tvaṁ, samma, pabbajito nāmā’ti?\n‘Ahaṁ kho, deva, pabbajito nāma, sādhu dhammacariyā sādhu samacariyā sādhu kusalakiriyā sādhu puññakiriyā sādhu avihiṁsā sādhu bhūtānukampā’ti.\n‘Sādhu kho tvaṁ, samma, pabbajito nāma sādhu dhammacariyā sādhu samacariyā sādhu kusalakiriyā sādhu puññakiriyā sādhu avihiṁsā sādhu bhūtānukampā’ti.","en":"Along the way he saw a man, a renunciate with shaven head, wearing an ocher robe.\nHe addressed his charioteer,\n‘My dear charioteer, what has that man done?\nFor his head and his clothes are unlike those of other men.’\n‘That, Your Majesty, is called a renunciate.’\n‘But why is he called a renunciate?’\n‘He is called a renunciate because he celebrates principled and fair conduct, skillful actions, good deeds, harmlessness, and sympathy for living creatures.’\n‘Then I celebrate the one called a renunciate, who celebrates principled and fair conduct, skillful actions, good deeds, harmlessness, and sympathy for living creatures!\nWell then, drive the chariot up to that renunciate.’\n‘Yes, Your Majesty,’ replied the charioteer, and did so.\nThen Prince Vipassī said to that renunciate,\n‘My dear, what have you done?\nFor your head and your clothes are unlike those of other men.’\n‘Your Majesty, I am what is called a renunciate.’\n‘But why are you called a renunciate?’\n‘I am called a renunciate because I celebrate principled and fair conduct, skillful actions, good deeds, harmlessness, and sympathy for living creatures.’\n‘Then I celebrate the one called a renunciate, who celebrates principled and fair conduct, skillful actions, good deeds, harmlessness, and sympathy for living creatures!’"}},{"id":"dn14:2.15","sourceIds":["dn14:2.15.0","dn14:2.15.1","dn14:2.15.2","dn14:2.15.3","dn14:2.15.4","dn14:2.15.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"9. Bodhisattapabbajjā\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī kumāro sārathiṁ āmantesi:\n‘tena hi, samma sārathi, rathaṁ ādāya itova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāhi.\nAhaṁ pana idheva kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajissāmī’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, devā’ti kho, bhikkhave, sārathi vipassissa kumārassa paṭissutvā rathaṁ ādāya tatova antepuraṁ paccaniyyāsi.\nVipassī pana kumāro tattheva kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbaji.","en":"9. The Going Forth\nThen the prince addressed the charioteer,\n‘Well then, my dear charioteer, take the chariot and return to the royal compound.\nI shall shave off my hair and beard right here, dress in ocher robes, and go forth from the lay life to homelessness.’\n‘Yes, Your Majesty,’ replied the charioteer and did so.\nThen Prince Vipassī shaved off his hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and went forth from the lay life to homelessness."}},{"id":"dn14:2.16","sourceIds":["dn14:2.16.0","dn14:2.16.1","dn14:2.16.2","dn14:2.16.3","dn14:2.16.4","dn14:2.16.5","dn14:2.16.6","dn14:2.16.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"10. Mahājanakāyaanupabbajjā\nAssosi kho, bhikkhave, bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā mahājanakāyo caturāsītipāṇasahassāni:\n‘vipassī kira kumāro kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito’ti.\nSutvāna tesaṁ etadahosi:\n‘na hi nūna so orako dhammavinayo, na sā orakā pabbajjā, yattha vipassī kumāro kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito.\nVipassīpi nāma kumāro kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajissati, kimaṅgaṁ pana mayan’ti.\nAtha kho, so bhikkhave, mahājanakāyo caturāsītipāṇasahassāni kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā vipassiṁ bodhisattaṁ agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajitaṁ anupabbajiṁsu.\nTāya sudaṁ, bhikkhave, parisāya parivuto vipassī bodhisatto gāmanigamajanapadarājadhānīsu cārikaṁ carati.","en":"10. A Great Crowd Goes Forth\nA large crowd of 84,000 people in the capital of Bandhumatī heard\nthat Vipassī had gone forth.\nIt occurred to them,\n‘This must be no ordinary teaching and training, no ordinary going forth in which Prince Vipassī has gone forth.\nIf even the prince goes forth, why don’t we do the same?’\nThen that great crowd of 84,000 people shaved off their hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and followed the one intent on awakening, Vipassī, by going forth from the lay life to homelessness.\nEscorted by that assembly, Vipassī wandered on tour among the villages, towns, and capital cities."}},{"id":"dn14:2.17","sourceIds":["dn14:2.17.1","dn14:2.17.2","dn14:2.17.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:\n‘na kho metaṁ patirūpaṁ yohaṁ ākiṇṇo viharāmi, yannūnāhaṁ eko gaṇamhā vūpakaṭṭho vihareyyan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bodhisatto aparena samayena eko gaṇamhā vūpakaṭṭho vihāsi, aññeneva tāni caturāsītipabbajitasahassāni agamaṁsu, aññena maggena vipassī bodhisatto.","en":"Then as he was in private retreat this thought came to his mind,\n‘It’s not appropriate for me to live in a crowd. Why don’t I live alone, withdrawn from the group?’\nAfter some time he withdrew from the group to live alone. The 84,000 went one way, but Vipassī went another."}},{"id":"dn14:2.18","sourceIds":["dn14:2.18.0","dn14:2.18.1","dn14:2.18.2","dn14:2.18.3","dn14:2.18.4","dn14:2.18.5","dn14:2.18.6","dn14:2.18.7","dn14:2.18.8","dn14:2.18.9","dn14:2.18.10","dn14:2.18.11","dn14:2.18.12","dn14:2.18.13","dn14:2.18.14","dn14:2.18.15","dn14:2.18.16","dn14:2.18.17","dn14:2.18.18","dn14:2.18.19","dn14:2.18.20","dn14:2.18.21","dn14:2.18.22","dn14:2.18.23","dn14:2.18.24","dn14:2.18.25","dn14:2.18.26","dn14:2.18.27","dn14:2.18.28","dn14:2.18.29","dn14:2.18.30","dn14:2.18.31","dn14:2.18.32","dn14:2.18.33","dn14:2.18.34","dn14:2.18.35","dn14:2.18.36","dn14:2.18.37","dn14:2.18.38","dn14:2.18.39","dn14:2.18.40","dn14:2.18.41","dn14:2.18.42","dn14:2.18.43"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"11. Bodhisattaabhinivesa\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa vāsūpagatassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:\n‘kicchaṁ vatāyaṁ loko āpanno, jāyati ca jīyati ca mīyati ca cavati ca upapajjati ca, atha ca panimassa dukkhassa nissaraṇaṁ nappajānāti jarāmaraṇassa,\nkudāssu nāma imassa dukkhassa nissaraṇaṁ paññāyissati jarāmaraṇassā’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati jarāmaraṇaṁ hoti, kiṁpaccayā jarāmaraṇan’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘jātiyā kho sati jarāmaraṇaṁ hoti, jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati jāti hoti, kiṁpaccayā jātī’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘bhave kho sati jāti hoti, bhavapaccayā jātī’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati bhavo hoti, kiṁpaccayā bhavo’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘upādāne kho sati bhavo hoti, upādānapaccayā bhavo’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati upādānaṁ hoti, kiṁpaccayā upādānan’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘taṇhāya kho sati upādānaṁ hoti, taṇhāpaccayā upādānan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati taṇhā hoti, kiṁpaccayā taṇhā’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘vedanāya kho sati taṇhā hoti, vedanāpaccayā taṇhā’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati vedanā hoti, kiṁpaccayā vedanā’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘phasse kho sati vedanā hoti, phassapaccayā vedanā’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati phasso hoti, kiṁpaccayā phasso’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘saḷāyatane kho sati phasso hoti, saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati saḷāyatanaṁ hoti, kiṁpaccayā saḷāyatanan’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘nāmarūpe kho sati saḷāyatanaṁ hoti, nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati nāmarūpaṁ hoti, kiṁpaccayā nāmarūpan’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘viññāṇe kho sati nāmarūpaṁ hoti, viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho sati viññāṇaṁ hoti, kiṁpaccayā viññāṇan’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘nāmarūpe kho sati viññāṇaṁ hoti, nāmarūpapaccayā viññāṇan’ti.","en":"11. Vipassī’s Reflections\nThen as Vipassī, the one intent on awakening, was in private retreat in his dwelling, this thought came to his mind,\n‘Alas, this world has fallen into trouble. It’s born, grows old, dies, passes away, and is reborn, yet it doesn’t understand how to escape from this suffering, from old age and death.\nOh, when will an escape be found from this suffering, from old age and death?’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists is there old age and death? What is a requirement for old age and death?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When rebirth exists there’s old age and death. Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists is there rebirth? What is a requirement for rebirth?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When continued existence exists there’s rebirth. Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists is there continued existence? What is a requirement for continued existence?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When grasping exists there’s continued existence. Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists is there grasping? What is a requirement for grasping?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When craving exists there’s grasping. Craving is a requirement for grasping.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists is there craving? What is a requirement for craving?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When feeling exists there’s craving. Feeling is a requirement for craving.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists is there feeling? What is a requirement for feeling?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When contact exists there’s feeling. Contact is a requirement for feeling.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists is there contact? What is a requirement for contact?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When the six sense fields exist there’s contact. The six sense fields are requirements for contact.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists are there the six sense fields? What is a requirement for the six sense fields?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When name and form exist there are the six sense fields. Name and form are requirements for the six sense fields.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists are there name and form? What is a requirement for name and form?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When consciousness exists there are name and form. Consciousness is a requirement for name and form.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what exists is there consciousness? What is a requirement for consciousness?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When name and form exist there’s consciousness. Name and form are requirements for consciousness.’"}},{"id":"dn14:2.19","sourceIds":["dn14:2.19.1","dn14:2.19.2","dn14:2.19.3","dn14:2.19.4","dn14:2.19.5","dn14:2.19.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘paccudāvattati kho idaṁ viññāṇaṁ nāmarūpamhā, nāparaṁ gacchati.\nEttāvatā jāyetha vā jiyyetha vā miyyetha vā cavetha vā upapajjetha vā, yadidaṁ\nnāmarūpapaccayā viññāṇaṁ, viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpaṁ, nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatanaṁ, saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso, phassapaccayā vedanā, vedanāpaccayā taṇhā, taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ, upādānapaccayā bhavo, bhavapaccayā jāti, jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.\nEvametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti’.\n‘Samudayo samudayo’ti kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa pubbe ananussutesu dhammesu cakkhuṁ udapādi, ñāṇaṁ udapādi, paññā udapādi, vijjā udapādi, āloko udapādi.","en":"Then Vipassī thought,\n‘This consciousness turns back from name and form, and doesn’t go beyond that.’\nThis is the extent to which one may be reborn, grow old, die, pass away, or reappear. That is:\nName and form are requirements for consciousness. Consciousness is a requirement for name and form. Name and form are requirements for the six sense fields. The six sense fields are requirements for contact. Contact is a requirement for feeling. Feeling is a requirement for craving. Craving is a requirement for grasping. Grasping is a requirement for continued existence. Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth. Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering originates.’\n‘Origination, origination.’ Such was the vision, knowledge, wisdom, realization, and light that arose in Vipassī, the one intent on awakening, regarding teachings not learned before from another."}},{"id":"dn14:2.20","sourceIds":["dn14:2.20.1","dn14:2.20.2","dn14:2.20.3","dn14:2.20.4","dn14:2.20.5","dn14:2.20.6","dn14:2.20.7","dn14:2.20.8","dn14:2.20.9","dn14:2.20.10","dn14:2.20.11","dn14:2.20.12","dn14:2.20.13","dn14:2.20.14","dn14:2.20.15","dn14:2.20.16","dn14:2.20.17","dn14:2.20.18","dn14:2.20.19","dn14:2.20.20","dn14:2.20.21","dn14:2.20.22","dn14:2.20.23","dn14:2.20.24","dn14:2.20.25","dn14:2.20.26","dn14:2.20.27","dn14:2.20.28","dn14:2.20.29","dn14:2.20.30","dn14:2.20.31","dn14:2.20.32","dn14:2.20.33","dn14:2.20.34","dn14:2.20.35","dn14:2.20.36","dn14:2.20.37","dn14:2.20.38","dn14:2.20.39","dn14:2.20.40"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati jarāmaraṇaṁ na hoti, kissa nirodhā jarāmaraṇanirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘jātiyā kho asati jarāmaraṇaṁ na hoti, jātinirodhā jarāmaraṇanirodho’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati jāti na hoti, kissa nirodhā jātinirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘bhave kho asati jāti na hoti, bhavanirodhā jātinirodho’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati bhavo na hoti, kissa nirodhā bhavanirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘upādāne kho asati bhavo na hoti, upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati upādānaṁ na hoti, kissa nirodhā upādānanirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘taṇhāya kho asati upādānaṁ na hoti, taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati taṇhā na hoti, kissa nirodhā taṇhānirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘vedanāya kho asati taṇhā na hoti, vedanānirodhā taṇhānirodho’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati vedanā na hoti, kissa nirodhā vedanānirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘phasse kho asati vedanā na hoti, phassanirodhā vedanānirodho’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati phasso na hoti, kissa nirodhā phassanirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘saḷāyatane kho asati phasso na hoti, saḷāyatananirodhā phassanirodho’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati saḷāyatanaṁ na hoti, kissa nirodhā saḷāyatananirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘nāmarūpe kho asati saḷāyatanaṁ na hoti, nāmarūpanirodhā saḷāyatananirodho’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati nāmarūpaṁ na hoti, kissa nirodhā nāmarūpanirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘viññāṇe kho asati nāmarūpaṁ na hoti, viññāṇanirodhā nāmarūpanirodho’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘kimhi nu kho asati viññāṇaṁ na hoti, kissa nirodhā viññāṇanirodho’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa yoniso manasikārā ahu paññāya abhisamayo:\n‘nāmarūpe kho asati viññāṇaṁ na hoti, nāmarūpanirodhā viññāṇanirodho’ti.","en":"Then Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist is there no old age and death? When what ceases do old age and death cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When rebirth doesn’t exist there’s no old age and death. When rebirth ceases, old age and death cease.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist is there no rebirth? When what ceases does rebirth cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When continued existence doesn’t exist there’s no rebirth. When continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist is there no continued existence? When what ceases does continued existence cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When grasping doesn’t exist there’s no continued existence. When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist is there no grasping? When what ceases does grasping cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When craving doesn’t exist there’s no grasping. When craving ceases, grasping ceases.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist is there no craving? When what ceases does craving cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When feeling doesn’t exist there’s no craving. When feeling ceases, craving ceases.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist is there no feeling? When what ceases does feeling cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When contact doesn’t exist there’s no feeling. When contact ceases, feeling ceases.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist is there no contact? When what ceases does contact cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When the six sense fields don’t exist there’s no contact. When the six sense fields cease, contact ceases.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist are there no six sense fields? When what ceases do the six sense fields cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When name and form don’t exist there are no six sense fields. When name and form cease, the six sense fields cease.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist are there no name and form? When what ceases do name and form cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When consciousness doesn’t exist there are no name and form. When consciousness ceases, name and form cease.’\nThen Vipassī thought,\n‘When what doesn’t exist is there no consciousness? When what ceases does consciousness cease?’\nThen, through rational application of mind, Vipassī penetrated with wisdom,\n‘When name and form don’t exist there’s no consciousness. When name and form cease, consciousness ceases.’"}},{"id":"dn14:2.21","sourceIds":["dn14:2.21.1","dn14:2.21.2","dn14:2.21.3","dn14:2.21.4","dn14:2.21.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa etadahosi:\n‘adhigato kho myāyaṁ maggo sambodhāya yadidaṁ—\nnāmarūpanirodhā viññāṇanirodho, viññāṇanirodhā nāmarūpanirodho, nāmarūpanirodhā saḷāyatananirodho, saḷāyatananirodhā phassanirodho, phassanirodhā vedanānirodho, vedanānirodhā taṇhānirodho, taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho, upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho, bhavanirodhā jātinirodho, jātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti.\nEvametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti’.\n‘Nirodho nirodho’ti kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bodhisattassa pubbe ananussutesu dhammesu cakkhuṁ udapādi, ñāṇaṁ udapādi, paññā udapādi, vijjā udapādi, āloko udapādi.","en":"Then Vipassī thought,\n‘I have discovered the path to awakening. That is:\nWhen name and form cease, consciousness ceases. When consciousness ceases, name and form cease. When name and form cease, the six sense fields cease. When the six sense fields cease, contact ceases. When contact ceases, feeling ceases. When feeling ceases, craving ceases. When craving ceases, grasping ceases. When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. When continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases. When rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease.\nThat is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.’\n‘Cessation, cessation.’ Such was the vision, knowledge, wisdom, realization, and light that arose in Vipassī, the one intent on awakening, regarding teachings not learned before from another."}},{"id":"dn14:2.22","sourceIds":["dn14:2.22.1","dn14:2.22.2","dn14:2.22.3","dn14:2.22.4","dn14:2.22.5","dn14:2.22.6","dn14:2.22.7","dn14:2.22.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bodhisatto aparena samayena pañcasu upādānakkhandhesu udayabbayānupassī vihāsi:\n‘iti rūpaṁ, iti rūpassa samudayo, iti rūpassa atthaṅgamo;\niti vedanā, iti vedanāya samudayo, iti vedanāya atthaṅgamo;\niti saññā, iti saññāya samudayo, iti saññāya atthaṅgamo;\niti saṅkhārā, iti saṅkhārānaṁ samudayo, iti saṅkhārānaṁ atthaṅgamo;\niti viññāṇaṁ, iti viññāṇassa samudayo, iti viññāṇassa atthaṅgamo’ti,\ntassa pañcasu upādānakkhandhesu udayabbayānupassino viharato na cirasseva anupādāya āsavehi cittaṁ vimuccīti.\nDutiyabhāṇavāro.","en":"After some time he meditated observing rise and fall in the five grasping aggregates.\n‘Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form.\nSuch is feeling, such is the origin of feeling, such is the disappearance of feeling.\nSuch is perception, such is the origin of perception, such is the disappearance of perception.\nSuch are choices, such is the origin of choices, such is the disappearance of choices.\nSuch is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.’\nMeditating like this his mind was soon freed from defilements by not grasping.\nThe second recitation section."}},{"id":"dn14:3.1","sourceIds":["dn14:3.1.0","dn14:3.1.1","dn14:3.1.2","dn14:3.1.3","dn14:3.1.4","dn14:3.1.5","dn14:3.1.6","dn14:3.1.7","dn14:3.1.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"12. Brahmayācanakathā\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa etadahosi:\n‘yannūnāhaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyan’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa etadahosi:\n‘adhigato kho myāyaṁ dhammo gambhīro duddaso duranubodho santo paṇīto atakkāvacaro nipuṇo paṇḍitavedanīyo.\nĀlayarāmā kho panāyaṁ pajā ālayaratā ālayasammuditā.\nĀlayarāmāya kho pana pajāya ālayaratāya ālayasammuditāya duddasaṁ idaṁ ṭhānaṁ yadidaṁ idappaccayatāpaṭiccasamuppādo.\nIdampi kho ṭhānaṁ duddasaṁ yadidaṁ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ.\nAhañceva kho pana dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ, pare ca me na ājāneyyuṁ; so mamassa kilamatho, sā mamassa vihesā’ti.","en":"12. The Appeal of the Divinity\nThen it occurred to the Blessed One Vipassī, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha,\n‘Why don’t I teach the Dhamma?’\nThen he thought,\n‘This principle I have discovered is deep, hard to see, hard to understand, peaceful, sublime, beyond the scope of logic, subtle, comprehensible to the astute.\nBut people like clinging, they love it and enjoy it.\nIt’s hard for them to see this topic; that is, specific conditionality, dependent origination.\nIt’s also hard for them to see this topic; that is, the stilling of all activities, the letting go of all attachments, the ending of craving, fading away, cessation, extinguishment.\nAnd if I were to teach this principle, others might not understand me, which would be wearying and troublesome for me.’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.2","sourceIds":["dn14:3.2.1","dn14:3.2.2","dn14:3.2.3","dn14:3.2.4","dn14:3.2.5","dn14:3.2.6","dn14:3.2.7","dn14:3.2.8","dn14:3.2.9","dn14:3.2.10","dn14:3.2.11","dn14:3.2.12","dn14:3.2.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Apissu, bhikkhave, vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ imā anacchariyā gāthāyo paṭibhaṁsu pubbe assutapubbā:\n‘Kicchena me adhigataṁ,\nhalaṁ dāni pakāsituṁ;\nRāgadosaparetehi,\nnāyaṁ dhammo susambudho.\nPaṭisotagāmiṁ nipuṇaṁ,\ngambhīraṁ duddasaṁ aṇuṁ;\nRāgarattā na dakkhanti,\ntamokhandhena āvuṭā’ti.\nItiha, bhikkhave, vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa paṭisañcikkhato appossukkatāya cittaṁ nami, no dhammadesanāya.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, aññatarassa mahābrahmuno vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya etadahosi:\n‘nassati vata bho loko, vinassati vata bho loko, yatra hi nāma vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa appossukkatāya cittaṁ namati, no dhammadesanāyā’ti.\nAtha kho so, bhikkhave, mahābrahmā seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—brahmaloke antarahito vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa purato pāturahosi.","en":"And then these verses, which were neither supernaturally inspired, nor learned before in the past, occurred to him:\n‘I’ve struggled hard to realize this,\nthere’s no need to reveal it now!\nThose mired in greed and hate\ncan’t really understand this teaching.\nIt goes against the stream, subtle,\ndeep, obscure, and very fine.\nThose besotted by greed cannot see,\nfor they’re cloaked in a mass of darkness.’\nSo, as the Buddha Vipassī reflected like this, his mind inclined to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma.\nThen, knowing the Buddha Vipassī’s train of thought, it occurred to a certain Great Divinity,\n‘Oh lord! The world will be lost, the world will perish! For the mind of the Blessed One Vipassī, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, inclines to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma.’\nThen, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he vanished from the realm of divinity and reappeared in front of the Buddha Vipassī."}},{"id":"dn14:3.3","sourceIds":["dn14:3.3.1","dn14:3.3.2","dn14:3.3.3","dn14:3.3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho so, bhikkhave, mahābrahmā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā dakkhiṇaṁ jāṇumaṇḍalaṁ pathaviyaṁ nihantvā yena vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ etadavoca:\n‘desetu, bhante, bhagavā dhammaṁ, desetu sugato dhammaṁ,\nsanti sattā apparajakkhajātikā; assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti,\nbhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro’ti.","en":"He arranged his robe over one shoulder, knelt on his right knee, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha Vipassī, and said,\n‘Sir, let the Blessed One teach the Dhamma! Let the Holy One teach the Dhamma!\nThere are beings with little dust in their eyes. They’re in decline because they haven’t heard the teaching.\nThere will be those who understand the teaching!’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.4","sourceIds":["dn14:3.4.1","dn14:3.4.2","dn14:3.4.3","dn14:3.4.4","dn14:3.4.5","dn14:3.4.6","dn14:3.4.7","dn14:3.4.8","dn14:3.4.9","dn14:3.4.10","dn14:3.4.11","dn14:3.4.12","dn14:3.4.13","dn14:3.4.14","dn14:3.4.15","dn14:3.4.16","dn14:3.4.17","dn14:3.4.18","dn14:3.4.19"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho taṁ mahābrahmānaṁ etadavoca:\n‘mayhampi kho, brahme, etadahosi:\n“yannūnāhaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyan”ti.\nTassa mayhaṁ, brahme, etadahosi:\n“adhigato kho myāyaṁ dhammo gambhīro duddaso duranubodho santo paṇīto atakkāvacaro nipuṇo paṇḍitavedanīyo.\nĀlayarāmā kho panāyaṁ pajā ālayaratā ālayasammuditā.\nĀlayarāmāya kho pana pajāya ālayaratāya ālayasammuditāya duddasaṁ idaṁ ṭhānaṁ yadidaṁ idappaccayatāpaṭiccasamuppādo.\nIdampi kho ṭhānaṁ duddasaṁ yadidaṁ sabbasaṅkhārasamatho sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo taṇhākkhayo virāgo nirodho nibbānaṁ.\nAhañceva kho pana dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ, pare ca me na ājāneyyuṁ; so mamassa kilamatho, sā mamassa vihesā”ti.\nApissu maṁ, brahme, imā anacchariyā gāthāyo paṭibhaṁsu pubbe assutapubbā:\n“Kicchena me adhigataṁ,\nhalaṁ dāni pakāsituṁ;\nRāgadosaparetehi,\nnāyaṁ dhammo susambudho.\nPaṭisotagāmiṁ nipuṇaṁ,\ngambhīraṁ duddasaṁ aṇuṁ;\nRāgarattā na dakkhanti,\ntamokhandhena āvuṭā”ti.\nItiha me, brahme, paṭisañcikkhato appossukkatāya cittaṁ nami, no dhammadesanāyā’ti.","en":"When he said this, the Buddha Vipassī said to him,\n‘I too thought this, Divinity,\n“Why don’t I teach the Dhamma?”\nThen it occurred to me,\n“If I were to teach this principle, others might not understand me, which would be wearying and troublesome for me.”\nSo, as I reflected like this, my mind inclined to remaining passive, not to teaching the Dhamma.’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.5","sourceIds":["dn14:3.5.1","dn14:3.5.2","dn14:3.5.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dutiyampi kho, bhikkhave, so mahābrahmā …pe…\ntatiyampi kho, bhikkhave, so mahābrahmā vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ etadavoca:\n‘desetu, bhante, bhagavā dhammaṁ, desetu sugato dhammaṁ, santi sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti, bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro’ti.","en":"For a second time …\nFor a third time that Great Divinity begged the Buddha to teach."}},{"id":"dn14:3.6","sourceIds":["dn14:3.6.1","dn14:3.6.2","dn14:3.6.3","dn14:3.6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho brahmuno ca ajjhesanaṁ viditvā sattesu ca kāruññataṁ paṭicca buddhacakkhunā lokaṁ volokesi.\nAddasā kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho buddhacakkhunā lokaṁ volokento satte apparajakkhe mahārajakkhe tikkhindriye mudindriye svākāre dvākāre suviññāpaye duviññāpaye appekacce paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante, appekacce na paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante.\nSeyyathāpi nāma uppaliniyaṁ vā paduminiyaṁ vā puṇḍarīkiniyaṁ vā appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṁvaḍḍhāni udakānuggatāni anto nimuggaposīni. Appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṁvaḍḍhāni samodakaṁ ṭhitāni. Appekaccāni uppalāni vā padumāni vā puṇḍarīkāni vā udake jātāni udake saṁvaḍḍhāni udakā accuggamma ṭhitāni anupalittāni udakena.\nEvameva kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho buddhacakkhunā lokaṁ volokento addasa satte apparajakkhe mahārajakkhe tikkhindriye mudindriye svākāre dvākāre suviññāpaye duviññāpaye appekacce paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante, appekacce na paralokavajjabhayadassāvine viharante.","en":"Then, understanding the Divinity’s invitation, the Buddha Vipassī surveyed the world with the eye of a Buddha, out of his compassion for sentient beings.\nAnd he saw sentient beings with little dust in their eyes, and some with much dust in their eyes; with keen faculties and with weak faculties, with good qualities and with bad qualities, easy to teach and hard to teach. And some of them lived seeing the danger in the fault to do with the next world, while others did not.\nIt’s like a pool with blue water lilies, or pink or white lotuses. Some of them sprout and grow in the water without rising above it, thriving underwater. Some of them sprout and grow in the water reaching the water’s surface. And some of them sprout and grow in the water but rise up above the water and stand with no water clinging to them.\nIn the same way, the Buddha Vipassī saw sentient beings with little dust in their eyes, and some with much dust in their eyes."}},{"id":"dn14:3.7","sourceIds":["dn14:3.7.1","dn14:3.7.2","dn14:3.7.3","dn14:3.7.4","dn14:3.7.5","dn14:3.7.6","dn14:3.7.7","dn14:3.7.8","dn14:3.7.9","dn14:3.7.10","dn14:3.7.11","dn14:3.7.12","dn14:3.7.13","dn14:3.7.14","dn14:3.7.15","dn14:3.7.16","dn14:3.7.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho so, bhikkhave, mahābrahmā vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:\n‘Sele yathā pabbatamuddhaniṭṭhito,\nYathāpi passe janataṁ samantato;\nTathūpamaṁ dhammamayaṁ sumedha,\nPāsādamāruyha samantacakkhu;\nSokāvatiṇṇaṁ janatamapetasoko,\nAvekkhassu jātijarābhibhūtaṁ.\nUṭṭhehi vīra vijitasaṅgāma,\nSatthavāha aṇaṇa vicara loke;\nDesassu bhagavā dhammaṁ,\nAññātāro bhavissantī’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho taṁ mahābrahmānaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:\n‘Apārutā tesaṁ amatassa dvārā,\nYe sotavanto pamuñcantu saddhaṁ;\nVihiṁsasaññī paguṇaṁ na bhāsiṁ,\nDhammaṁ paṇītaṁ manujesu brahme’ti.\nAtha kho so, bhikkhave, mahābrahmā: ‘katāvakāso khomhi vipassinā bhagavatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena dhammadesanāyā’ti vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tattheva antaradhāyi.","en":"Then that Great Divinity, knowing the Buddha Vipassī’s train of thought, addressed him in verse:\n‘Standing high on a rocky mountain,\nyou can see the people all around.\nIn just the same way, All-seer, so intelligent,\nhaving ascended the Temple of Truth,\nrid of sorrow, look upon the people\nswamped with sorrow, overcome by rebirth and old age.\nRise, hero! Victor in battle, caravan leader,\nwander the world free of debt.\nLet the Blessed One teach the Dhamma!\nThere will be those who understand!’\nThen the Buddha Vipassī addressed that Great Divinity in verse:\n‘Flung open are the doors to freedom from death!\nLet those with ears to hear commit to faith.\nThinking it would be troublesome, Divinity, I did not teach\nthe sophisticated, sublime Dhamma among mankind.’\nThen the Great Divinity, knowing that his request for the Buddha Vipassī to teach the Dhamma had been granted, bowed and respectfully circled him, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there."}},{"id":"dn14:3.8","sourceIds":["dn14:3.8.0","dn14:3.8.1","dn14:3.8.2","dn14:3.8.3","dn14:3.8.4","dn14:3.8.5","dn14:3.8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"13. Aggasāvakayuga\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa etadahosi:\n‘kassa nu kho ahaṁ paṭhamaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ,\nko imaṁ dhammaṁ khippameva ājānissatī’ti?\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa etadahosi:\n‘ayaṁ kho khaṇḍo ca rājaputto tisso ca purohitaputto bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā paṭivasanti paṇḍitā viyattā medhāvino dīgharattaṁ apparajakkhajātikā.\nYannūnāhaṁ khaṇḍassa ca rājaputtassa, tissassa ca purohitaputtassa paṭhamaṁ dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ, te imaṁ dhammaṁ khippameva ājānissantī’ti.","en":"13. The Chief Disciples\nThen it occurred to the Blessed One Vipassī, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha,\n‘Who should I teach first of all?\nWho will quickly understand this teaching?’\nThen he thought,\n‘That Khaṇḍa, the king’s son, and Tissa, the high priest’s son, are astute, competent, intelligent, and have long had little dust in their eyes.\nWhy don’t I teach them first of all? They will quickly understand this teaching.’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.9","sourceIds":["dn14:3.9.1","dn14:3.9.2","dn14:3.9.3","dn14:3.9.4","dn14:3.9.5","dn14:3.9.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—bodhirukkhamūle antarahito bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā kheme migadāye pāturahosi.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho dāyapālaṁ āmantesi:\n‘ehi tvaṁ, samma dāyapāla, bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ pavisitvā khaṇḍañca rājaputtaṁ tissañca purohitaputtaṁ evaṁ vadehi—\nvipassī, bhante, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ anuppatto kheme migadāye viharati, so tumhākaṁ dassanakāmo’ti.\n‘Evaṁ, bhante’ti kho, bhikkhave, dāyapālo vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa paṭissutvā bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ pavisitvā khaṇḍañca rājaputtaṁ tissañca purohitaputtaṁ etadavoca:\n‘vipassī, bhante, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ anuppatto kheme migadāye viharati; so tumhākaṁ dassanakāmo’ti.","en":"Then, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, he vanished from the tree of awakening and reappeared near the capital city of Bandhumatī, in the deer park named Sanctuary.\nThen the Buddha Vipassī addressed the park keeper,\n‘My dear park keeper, please enter the city and say this to the king’s son Khaṇḍa and the high priest’s son Tissa:\n“Sirs, the Blessed One Vipassī, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, has arrived at Bandhumatī and is staying in the deer park named Sanctuary. He wishes to see you.”’\n‘Yes, sir,’ replied the park keeper, and did as he was asked."}},{"id":"dn14:3.10","sourceIds":["dn14:3.10.1","dn14:3.10.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, khaṇḍo ca rājaputto tisso ca purohitaputto bhaddāni bhaddāni yānāni yojāpetvā bhaddaṁ bhaddaṁ yānaṁ abhiruhitvā bhaddehi bhaddehi yānehi bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā niyyiṁsu. Yena khemo migadāyo tena pāyiṁsu.\nYāvatikā yānassa bhūmi, yānena gantvā yānā paccorohitvā pattikāva yena vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho tenupasaṅkamiṁsu. upasaṅkamitvā vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu.","en":"Then the king’s son Khaṇḍa and the high priest’s son Tissa had the finest carriages harnessed. Then they mounted a fine carriage and, along with other fine carriages, set out from Bandhumatī for the Sanctuary.\nThey went by carriage as far as the terrain allowed, then descended and approached the Buddha Vipassī on foot. They bowed and sat down to one side."}},{"id":"dn14:3.11","sourceIds":["dn14:3.11.1","dn14:3.11.2","dn14:3.11.3","dn14:3.11.4","dn14:3.11.5","dn14:3.11.6","dn14:3.11.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tesaṁ vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho anupubbiṁ kathaṁ kathesi, seyyathidaṁ—\ndānakathaṁ sīlakathaṁ saggakathaṁ kāmānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ nekkhamme ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.\nYadā te bhagavā aññāsi kallacitte muducitte vinīvaraṇacitte udaggacitte pasannacitte, atha yā buddhānaṁ sāmukkaṁsikā dhammadesanā, taṁ pakāsesi—\ndukkhaṁ samudayaṁ nirodhaṁ maggaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi nāma suddhaṁ vatthaṁ apagatakāḷakaṁ sammadeva rajanaṁ paṭiggaṇheyya;\nevameva khaṇḍassa ca rājaputtassa tissassa ca purohitaputtassa tasmiṁyeva āsane virajaṁ vītamalaṁ dhammacakkhuṁ udapādi:\n‘yaṁ kiñci samudayadhammaṁ sabbaṁ taṁ nirodhadhamman’ti.","en":"The Buddha Vipassī taught them step by step, with\na talk on giving, ethical conduct, and heaven. He revealed the drawbacks of sensual pleasures, so sordid and corrupt, and the benefit of renunciation.\nAnd when he knew that their minds were ready, pliable, rid of hindrances, elated, and confident he revealed the special teaching of the Buddhas:\nsuffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.\nJust as a clean cloth rid of stains would properly absorb dye,\nin that very seat the stainless, immaculate vision of the Dhamma arose in the king’s son Khaṇḍa and the high priest’s son Tissa:\n‘Everything that is liable to arise is liable to cease.’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.12","sourceIds":["dn14:3.12.1","dn14:3.12.2","dn14:3.12.3","dn14:3.12.4","dn14:3.12.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te diṭṭhadhammā pattadhammā viditadhammā pariyogāḷhadhammā tiṇṇavicikicchā vigatakathaṅkathā vesārajjappattā aparappaccayā satthusāsane vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘abhikkantaṁ, bhante, abhikkantaṁ, bhante.\nSeyyathāpi, bhante, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: “cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī”ti; evamevaṁ bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.\nEte mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāma dhammañca.\nLabheyyāma mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ, labheyyāma upasampadan’ti.","en":"They saw, attained, understood, and fathomed the Dhamma. They went beyond doubt, got rid of indecision, and became self-assured and independent of others regarding the Teacher’s instructions. They said to the Buddha Vipassī,\n‘Excellent, sir! Excellent!\nAs if he were righting the overturned, or revealing the hidden, or pointing out the path to the lost, or lighting a lamp in the dark so people with clear eyes can see what’s there, the Buddha has made the teaching clear in many ways.\nWe go for refuge to the Blessed One and to the teaching.\nSir, may we receive the going forth and ordination in the Buddha’s presence?’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.13","sourceIds":["dn14:3.13.1","dn14:3.13.2","dn14:3.13.3","dn14:3.13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alatthuṁ kho, bhikkhave, khaṇḍo ca rājaputto, tisso ca purohitaputto vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa santike pabbajjaṁ alatthuṁ upasampadaṁ.\nTe vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṁsesi;\nsaṅkhārānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ nibbāne ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.\nTesaṁ vipassinā bhagavatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena dhammiyā kathāya sandassiyamānānaṁ samādapiyamānānaṁ samuttejiyamānānaṁ sampahaṁsiyamānānaṁ nacirasseva anupādāya āsavehi cittāni vimucciṁsu.","en":"And they received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha Vipassī’s presence.\nThen the Buddha Vipassī educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk.\nHe revealed the drawbacks of conditioned phenomena, so sordid and corrupt, and the benefit of extinguishment.\nBeing taught like this their minds were soon freed from defilements by not grasping."}},{"id":"dn14:3.14","sourceIds":["dn14:3.14.0","dn14:3.14.1","dn14:3.14.2","dn14:3.14.3","dn14:3.14.4","dn14:3.14.5","dn14:3.14.6","dn14:3.14.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"14. Mahājanakāyapabbajjā\nAssosi kho, bhikkhave, bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā mahājanakāyo caturāsītipāṇasahassāni:\n‘vipassī kira bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ anuppatto kheme migadāye viharati.\nKhaṇḍo ca kira rājaputto tisso ca purohitaputto vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa santike kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajitā’ti.\nSutvāna nesaṁ etadahosi:\n‘na hi nūna so orako dhammavinayo, na sā orakā pabbajjā, yattha khaṇḍo ca rājaputto tisso ca purohitaputto kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajitā.\nKhaṇḍo ca rājaputto tisso ca purohitaputto kesamassuṁ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajissanti, kimaṅgaṁ pana mayan’ti.\nAtha kho so, bhikkhave, mahājanakāyo caturāsītipāṇasahassāni bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā nikkhamitvā yena khemo migadāyo yena vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu.","en":"14. The Going Forth of the Large Crowd\nA large crowd of 84,000 people in the capital of Bandhumatī heard\nthat the Blessed One Vipassī, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, had arrived at Bandhumatī and was staying in the deer park named Sanctuary.\nAnd they heard that the king’s son Khaṇḍa and the high priest’s son Tissa had shaved off their hair and beard, dressed in ocher robes, and gone forth from the lay life to homelessness in the Buddha’s presence.\nIt occurred to them,\n‘This must be no ordinary teaching and training, no ordinary going forth in which the king’s son Khaṇḍa and the high priest’s son Tissa have gone forth.\nIf even they go forth, why don’t we do the same?’\nThen those 84,000 people left Bandhumatī for the deer park named Sanctuary, where they approached the Buddha Vipassī, bowed and sat down to one side."}},{"id":"dn14:3.15","sourceIds":["dn14:3.15.1","dn14:3.15.2","dn14:3.15.3","dn14:3.15.4","dn14:3.15.5","dn14:3.15.6","dn14:3.15.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tesaṁ vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho anupubbiṁ kathaṁ kathesi.\nSeyyathidaṁ—dānakathaṁ sīlakathaṁ saggakathaṁ kāmānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ nekkhamme ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.\nYadā te bhagavā aññāsi kallacitte muducitte vinīvaraṇacitte udaggacitte pasannacitte, atha yā buddhānaṁ sāmukkaṁsikā dhammadesanā, taṁ pakāsesi—\ndukkhaṁ samudayaṁ nirodhaṁ maggaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi nāma suddhaṁ vatthaṁ apagatakāḷakaṁ sammadeva rajanaṁ paṭiggaṇheyya;\nevameva tesaṁ caturāsītipāṇasahassānaṁ tasmiṁyeva āsane virajaṁ vītamalaṁ dhammacakkhuṁ udapādi:\n‘yaṁ kiñci samudayadhammaṁ sabbaṁ taṁ nirodhadhamman’ti.","en":"The Buddha Vipassī taught them step by step, with\na talk on giving, ethical conduct, and heaven. He revealed the drawbacks of sensual pleasures, so sordid and corrupt, and the benefit of renunciation.\nAnd when he knew that their minds were ready, pliable, rid of hindrances, elated, and confident he revealed the special teaching of the Buddhas:\nsuffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.\nJust as a clean cloth rid of stains would properly absorb dye,\nin that very seat the stainless, immaculate vision of the Dhamma arose in those 84,000 people:\n‘Everything that is liable to arise is liable to cease.’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.16","sourceIds":["dn14:3.16.1","dn14:3.16.2","dn14:3.16.3","dn14:3.16.4","dn14:3.16.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te diṭṭhadhammā pattadhammā viditadhammā pariyogāḷhadhammā tiṇṇavicikicchā vigatakathaṅkathā vesārajjappattā aparappaccayā satthusāsane vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘abhikkantaṁ, bhante, abhikkantaṁ, bhante.\nSeyyathāpi, bhante, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: “cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī”ti; evamevaṁ bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.\nEte mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāma dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nLabheyyāma mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ labheyyāma upasampadan’ti.","en":"They saw, attained, understood, and fathomed the Dhamma. They went beyond doubt, got rid of indecision, and became self-assured and independent of others regarding the Teacher’s instructions. They said to the Buddha Vipassī,\n‘Excellent, sir! Excellent!’\nAnd just like Khaṇḍa and Tissa they asked for and received ordination. Then the Buddha taught them further."}},{"id":"dn14:3.17","sourceIds":["dn14:3.17.1","dn14:3.17.2","dn14:3.17.3","dn14:3.17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alatthuṁ kho, bhikkhave, tāni caturāsītipāṇasahassāni vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa santike pabbajjaṁ, alatthuṁ upasampadaṁ.\nTe vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṁsesi;\nsaṅkhārānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ nibbāne ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.\nTesaṁ vipassinā bhagavatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena dhammiyā kathāya sandassiyamānānaṁ samādapiyamānānaṁ samuttejiyamānānaṁ sampahaṁsiyamānānaṁ nacirasseva anupādāya āsavehi cittāni vimucciṁsu.","en":"Being taught like this their minds were soon freed from defilements by not grasping."}},{"id":"dn14:3.18","sourceIds":["dn14:3.18.0","dn14:3.18.1","dn14:3.18.2","dn14:3.18.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"15. Purimapabbajitānaṁ dhammābhisamaya\nAssosuṁ kho, bhikkhave, tāni purimāni caturāsītipabbajitasahassāni:\n‘vipassī kira bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ anuppatto kheme migadāye viharati, dhammañca kira desetī’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, tāni caturāsītipabbajitasahassāni yena bandhumatī rājadhānī yena khemo migadāyo yena vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu.","en":"15. The 84,000 Who Had Gone Forth Previously\nThe 84,000 people who had gone forth previously also heard:\n‘It seems the Blessed One Vipassī, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, has arrived at Bandhumatī and is staying in the deer park named Sanctuary. And he is teaching the Dhamma!’\nThen they too went to the Buddha Vipassī, realized the Dhamma, went forth, and became freed from defilements."}},{"id":"dn14:3.19","sourceIds":["dn14:3.19.1","dn14:3.19.2","dn14:3.19.3","dn14:3.19.4","dn14:3.19.5","dn14:3.19.6","dn14:3.19.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tesaṁ vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho anupubbiṁ kathaṁ kathesi.\nSeyyathidaṁ—dānakathaṁ sīlakathaṁ saggakathaṁ kāmānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ nekkhamme ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.\nYadā te bhagavā aññāsi kallacitte muducitte vinīvaraṇacitte udaggacitte pasannacitte, atha yā buddhānaṁ sāmukkaṁsikā dhammadesanā, taṁ pakāsesi—\ndukkhaṁ samudayaṁ nirodhaṁ maggaṁ.\nSeyyathāpi nāma suddhaṁ vatthaṁ apagatakāḷakaṁ sammadeva rajanaṁ paṭiggaṇheyya;\nevameva tesaṁ caturāsītipabbajitasahassānaṁ tasmiṁyeva āsane virajaṁ vītamalaṁ dhammacakkhuṁ udapādi:\n‘yaṁ kiñci samudayadhammaṁ sabbaṁ taṁ nirodhadhamman’ti."}},{"id":"dn14:3.20","sourceIds":["dn14:3.20.1","dn14:3.20.2","dn14:3.20.3","dn14:3.20.4","dn14:3.20.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te diṭṭhadhammā pattadhammā viditadhammā pariyogāḷhadhammā tiṇṇavicikicchā vigatakathaṅkathā vesārajjappattā aparappaccayā satthusāsane vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘abhikkantaṁ, bhante, abhikkantaṁ, bhante.\nSeyyathāpi, bhante, nikkujjitaṁ vā ukkujjeyya, paṭicchannaṁ vā vivareyya, mūḷhassa vā maggaṁ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṁ dhāreyya: “cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhantī”ti; evamevaṁ bhagavatā anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito.\nEte mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ saraṇaṁ gacchāma dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca.\nLabheyyāma mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavato santike pabbajjaṁ labheyyāma upasampadan’ti."}},{"id":"dn14:3.21","sourceIds":["dn14:3.21.1","dn14:3.21.2","dn14:3.21.3","dn14:3.21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alatthuṁ kho, bhikkhave, tāni caturāsītipabbajitasahassāni vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa santike pabbajjaṁ alatthuṁ upasampadaṁ.\nTe vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho dhammiyā kathāya sandassesi samādapesi samuttejesi sampahaṁsesi;\nsaṅkhārānaṁ ādīnavaṁ okāraṁ saṅkilesaṁ nibbāne ānisaṁsaṁ pakāsesi.\nTesaṁ vipassinā bhagavatā arahatā sammāsambuddhena dhammiyā kathāya sandassiyamānānaṁ samādapiyamānānaṁ samuttejiyamānānaṁ sampahaṁsiyamānānaṁ nacirasseva anupādāya āsavehi cittāni vimucciṁsu."}},{"id":"dn14:3.22","sourceIds":["dn14:3.22.0","dn14:3.22.1","dn14:3.22.2","dn14:3.22.3","dn14:3.22.4","dn14:3.22.5","dn14:3.22.6","dn14:3.22.7","dn14:3.22.8","dn14:3.22.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"16. Cārikāanujānana\nTena kho pana, bhikkhave, samayena bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā mahābhikkhusaṅgho paṭivasati aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṁ.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:\n‘mahā kho etarahi bhikkhusaṅgho bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā paṭivasati aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṁ, yannūnāhaṁ bhikkhū anujāneyyaṁ:\n“caratha, bhikkhave, cārikaṁ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ;\nmā ekena dve agamittha;\ndesetha, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāsetha.\nSanti sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti,\nbhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro.\nApi ca channaṁ channaṁ vassānaṁ accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyā”’ti.","en":"16. The Allowance to Wander\nNow at that time a large Saṅgha of 6,800,000 mendicants were residing at Bandhumatī.\nAs the Buddha Vipassī was in private retreat this thought came to his mind,\n‘The Saṅgha residing at Bandhumatī now is large. What if I was to urge them:\n“Wander forth, mendicants, for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.\nLet not two go by one road.\nTeach the Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.\nThere are beings with little dust in their eyes. They’re in decline because they haven’t heard the teaching.\nThere will be those who understand the teaching!\nBut when six years have passed, you must all come to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.”’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.23","sourceIds":["dn14:3.23.1","dn14:3.23.2","dn14:3.23.3","dn14:3.23.4","dn14:3.23.5","dn14:3.23.6","dn14:3.23.7","dn14:3.23.8","dn14:3.23.9","dn14:3.23.10","dn14:3.23.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, aññataro mahābrahmā vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—brahmaloke antarahito vipassissa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa purato pāturahosi.\nAtha kho so, bhikkhave, mahābrahmā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yena vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ etadavoca:\n‘evametaṁ, bhagavā, evametaṁ, sugata.\nMahā kho, bhante, etarahi bhikkhusaṅgho bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā paṭivasati aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṁ, anujānātu, bhante, bhagavā bhikkhū:\n“caratha, bhikkhave, cārikaṁ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ;\nmā ekena dve agamittha;\ndesetha, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāsetha.\nSanti sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti, bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro”ti.\nApi ca, bhante, mayaṁ tathā karissāma yathā bhikkhū channaṁ channaṁ vassānaṁ accayena bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ upasaṅkamissanti pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.\nIdamavoca, bhikkhave, so mahābrahmā.\nIdaṁ vatvā vipassiṁ bhagavantaṁ arahantaṁ sammāsambuddhaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tattheva antaradhāyi.","en":"Then a certain Great Divinity, knowing the Buddha Vipassī’s train of thought, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, vanished from the realm of divinity and reappeared in front of the Buddha Vipassī.\nHe arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha Vipassī, and said,\n‘That’s so true, Blessed One! That’s so true, Holy One!\nThe Saṅgha residing at Bandhumatī now is large. Please urge them to wander, as you thought.\nAnd sir, I’ll make sure that when six years have passed the mendicants will return to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.’\nThat is what that Great Divinity said.\nThen he bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha Vipassī, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there."}},{"id":"dn14:3.24","sourceIds":["dn14:3.24.1","dn14:3.24.2","dn14:3.24.3","dn14:3.24.4","dn14:3.24.5","dn14:3.24.6","dn14:3.24.7","dn14:3.24.8","dn14:3.24.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito bhikkhū āmantesi:\n‘idha mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:\n“mahā kho etarahi bhikkhusaṅgho bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā paṭivasati aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṁ.\nYannūnāhaṁ bhikkhū anujāneyyaṁ—\ncaratha, bhikkhave, cārikaṁ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ;\nmā ekena dve agamittha;\ndesetha, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāsetha.\nSanti sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti, bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro.\nApi ca channaṁ channaṁ vassānaṁ accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyā”’ti.","en":"Then in the late afternoon, the Buddha Vipassī came out of retreat and addressed the mendicants, telling them all that had happened. Then he said,"}},{"id":"dn14:3.25","sourceIds":["dn14:3.25.1","dn14:3.25.2","dn14:3.25.3","dn14:3.25.4","dn14:3.25.5","dn14:3.25.6","dn14:3.25.7","dn14:3.25.8","dn14:3.25.9","dn14:3.25.10","dn14:3.25.11","dn14:3.25.12"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho, bhikkhave, aññataro mahābrahmā mama cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—brahmaloke antarahito mama purato pāturahosi.\nAtha kho so, bhikkhave, mahābrahmā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yenāhaṁ tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā maṁ etadavoca:\n‘evametaṁ, bhagavā, evametaṁ, sugata.\nMahā kho, bhante, etarahi bhikkhusaṅgho bandhumatiyā rājadhāniyā paṭivasati aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṁ.\nAnujānātu, bhante, bhagavā bhikkhū—\ncaratha, bhikkhave, cārikaṁ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ;\nmā ekena dve agamittha;\ndesetha, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ …pe…\nsanti sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti, bhavissanti dhammassa aññātāroti.\nApi ca, bhante, mayaṁ tathā karissāma, yathā bhikkhū channaṁ channaṁ vassānaṁ accayena bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ upasaṅkamissanti pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.\nIdamavoca, bhikkhave, so mahābrahmā.\nIdaṁ vatvā maṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tattheva antaradhāyi."}},{"id":"dn14:3.26","sourceIds":["dn14:3.26.1","dn14:3.26.2","dn14:3.26.3","dn14:3.26.4","dn14:3.26.5","dn14:3.26.6","dn14:3.26.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Anujānāmi, bhikkhave, caratha cārikaṁ bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ;\nmā ekena dve agamittha;\ndesetha, bhikkhave, dhammaṁ ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāsetha.\nSanti sattā apparajakkhajātikā, assavanatā dhammassa parihāyanti,\nbhavissanti dhammassa aññātāro.\nApi ca, bhikkhave, channaṁ channaṁ vassānaṁ accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.\nAtha kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhū yebhuyyena ekāheneva janapadacārikaṁ pakkamiṁsu.","en":"‘Wander forth, mendicants, for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.\nLet not two go by one road.\nTeach the Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.\nThere are beings with little dust in their eyes. They’re in decline because they haven’t heard the teaching.\nThere will be those who understand the teaching!\nBut when six years have passed, you must all come to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.’\nThen most of the mendicants left to wander the country that very day."}},{"id":"dn14:3.27","sourceIds":["dn14:3.27.1","dn14:3.27.2","dn14:3.27.3","dn14:3.27.4","dn14:3.27.5","dn14:3.27.6","dn14:3.27.7","dn14:3.27.8","dn14:3.27.9","dn14:3.27.10","dn14:3.27.11","dn14:3.27.12","dn14:3.27.13","dn14:3.27.14","dn14:3.27.15","dn14:3.27.16"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena jambudīpe caturāsīti āvāsasahassāni honti.\nEkamhi hi vasse nikkhante devatā saddamanussāvesuṁ:\n‘nikkhantaṁ kho, mārisā, ekaṁ vassaṁ;\npañca dāni vassāni sesāni;\npañcannaṁ vassānaṁ accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.\nDvīsu vassesu nikkhantesu …\ntīsu vassesu nikkhantesu …\ncatūsu vassesu nikkhantesu …\npañcasu vassesu nikkhantesu devatā saddamanussāvesuṁ:\n‘nikkhantāni kho, mārisā, pañcavassāni;\nekaṁ dāni vassaṁ sesaṁ;\nekassa vassassa accayena bandhumatī rājadhānī upasaṅkamitabbā pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.\nChasu vassesu nikkhantesu devatā saddamanussāvesuṁ:\n‘nikkhantāni kho, mārisā, chabbassāni,\nsamayo dāni bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ upasaṅkamituṁ pātimokkhuddesāyā’ti.\nAtha kho te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū appekacce sakena iddhānubhāvena appekacce devatānaṁ iddhānubhāvena ekāheneva bandhumatiṁ rājadhāniṁ upasaṅkamiṁsu pātimokkhuddesāyāti.","en":"Now at that time there were 84,000 monasteries in the Black Plum Tree Land.\nAnd when the first year came to an end the deities raised the cry:\n‘Good fellows, the first year has ended.\nNow five years are left.\nWhen five years have passed, you must all go to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.’\nAnd when the second year …\nthe third year …\nthe fourth year …\nthe fifth year came to an end, the deities raised the cry:\n‘Good fellows, the fifth year has ended.\nNow one year is left.\nWhen one year has passed, you must all go to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.’\nAnd when the sixth year came to an end the deities raised the cry:\n‘Good fellows, the sixth year has ended.\nNow is the time that you must go to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code.’\nThen that very day the mendicants went to Bandhumatī to recite the monastic code. Some went by their own psychic power, and some by the psychic power of the deities."}},{"id":"dn14:3.28","sourceIds":["dn14:3.28.1","dn14:3.28.2","dn14:3.28.3","dn14:3.28.4","dn14:3.28.5","dn14:3.28.6","dn14:3.28.7","dn14:3.28.8","dn14:3.28.9","dn14:3.28.10","dn14:3.28.11","dn14:3.28.12","dn14:3.28.13","dn14:3.28.14","dn14:3.28.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatra sudaṁ, bhikkhave, vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho bhikkhusaṅghe evaṁ pātimokkhaṁ uddisati:\n‘Khantī paramaṁ tapo titikkhā,\nNibbānaṁ paramaṁ vadanti buddhā;\nNa hi pabbajito parūpaghātī,\nNa samaṇo hoti paraṁ viheṭhayanto.\nSabbapāpassa akaraṇaṁ,\nkusalassa upasampadā;\nSacittapariyodapanaṁ,\netaṁ buddhānasāsanaṁ.\nAnūpavādo anūpaghāto,\nPātimokkhe ca saṁvaro;\nMattaññutā ca bhattasmiṁ,\nPantañca sayanāsanaṁ;\nAdhicitte ca āyogo,\nEtaṁ buddhānasāsanan’ti.","en":"And there the Blessed One Vipassī, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, recited the monastic code thus:\n‘Patient acceptance is the ultimate fervor.\nExtinguishment is the ultimate, say the Buddhas.\nNo true renunciate injures another,\nnor does an ascetic hurt another.\nNot to do any evil;\nto embrace the good;\nto purify one’s mind:\nthis is the instruction of the Buddhas.\nNot speaking ill nor doing harm;\nrestraint in the monastic code;\nmoderation in eating;\nstaying in remote lodgings;\ncommitment to the higher mind—\nthis is the instruction of the Buddhas.’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.29","sourceIds":["dn14:3.29.0","dn14:3.29.1","dn14:3.29.2","dn14:3.29.3","dn14:3.29.4","dn14:3.29.5","dn14:3.29.6","dn14:3.29.7","dn14:3.29.8","dn14:3.29.9","dn14:3.29.10","dn14:3.29.11","dn14:3.29.12","dn14:3.29.13","dn14:3.29.14","dn14:3.29.15","dn14:3.29.16","dn14:3.29.17","dn14:3.29.18","dn14:3.29.19","dn14:3.29.20"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"17. Devatārocana\nEkamidāhaṁ, bhikkhave, samayaṁ ukkaṭṭhāyaṁ viharāmi subhagavane sālarājamūle.\nTassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:\n‘na kho so sattāvāso sulabharūpo, yo mayā anāvutthapubbo iminā dīghena addhunā aññatra suddhāvāsehi devehi.\nYannūnāhaṁ yena suddhāvāsā devā tenupasaṅkameyyan’ti.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva—ukkaṭṭhāyaṁ subhagavane sālarājamūle antarahito avihesu devesu pāturahosiṁ.\nTasmiṁ, bhikkhave, devanikāye anekāni devatāsahassāni anekāni devatāsatasahassāni yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho, bhikkhave, tā devatā maṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘ito so, mārisā, ekanavutikappe yaṁ vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke udapādi.\nVipassī, mārisā, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho khattiyo jātiyā ahosi, khattiyakule udapādi.\nVipassī, mārisā, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho koṇḍañño gottena ahosi.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa asītivassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṁ ahosi.\nVipassī, mārisā, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho pāṭaliyā mūle abhisambuddho.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa khaṇḍatissaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ. Eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṁ. Eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi bhikkhusatasahassaṁ. Eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi asītibhikkhusahassāni. Vipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ime tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa asoko nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa bandhumā nāma rājā pitā ahosi.\nBandhumatī nāma devī mātā ahosi janetti.\nBandhumassa rañño bandhumatī nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa evaṁ abhinikkhamanaṁ ahosi evaṁ pabbajjā evaṁ padhānaṁ evaṁ abhisambodhi evaṁ dhammacakkappavattanaṁ.\nTe mayaṁ, mārisā, vipassimhi bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ caritvā kāmesu kāmacchandaṁ virājetvā idhūpapannā’ti …\npe…","en":"17. Being Informed by Deities\nThis one time, mendicants, I was staying near Ukkaṭṭhā in the Subhaga Forest at the root of a magnificent sal tree.\nAs I was in private retreat this thought came to mind,\n‘It’s not easy to find an abode of sentient beings where I haven’t previously abided in all this long time, except the gods of the pure abodes.\nWhy don’t I go to see them?’\nThen, as easily as a strong person would extend or contract their arm, I vanished from the Subhaga Forest and reappeared with the gods of Aviha.\nIn that order of gods, many thousands, many hundreds of thousands of deities approached me, bowed, stood to one side, and said to me,\n‘Ninety-one eons ago, good fellow, the Buddha Vipassī arose in the world, perfected and fully awakened.\nHe was born as an aristocrat into an aristocrat family.\nKoṇḍañña was his clan.\nHe lived for 80,000 years.\nHe was awakened at the root of a patala tree.\nHe had a fine pair of chief disciples named Khaṇḍa and Tissa.\nHe had three gatherings of disciples—one of 6,800,000, one of 100,000, and one of 80,000—all of them mendicants who had ended their defilements.\nHe had as chief attendant a mendicant named Asoka.\nHis father was King Bandhumā,\nhis birth mother was Queen Bandhumatī,\nand their capital city was named Bandhumatī.\nAnd such was his renunciation, such his going forth, such his striving, such his awakening, and such his rolling forth of the Wheel of Dhamma.\nAnd good fellow, after leading the spiritual life under that Buddha Vipassī we lost our desire for sensual pleasures and were reborn here.’\nAnd other deities came and similarly recounted the details of the Buddhas Sikhī, Vessabhū, Kakusandha, Koṇāgamana, and Kassapa."}},{"id":"dn14:3.30","sourceIds":["dn14:3.30.1","dn14:3.30.2","dn14:3.30.3","dn14:3.30.4","dn14:3.30.5","dn14:3.30.6","dn14:3.30.7","dn14:3.30.8","dn14:3.30.9","dn14:3.30.10","dn14:3.30.11","dn14:3.30.12","dn14:3.30.13","dn14:3.30.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmiṁyeva kho, bhikkhave, devanikāye anekāni devatāsahassāni anekāni devatāsatasahassāni yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho, bhikkhave, tā devatā maṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘imasmiṁyeva kho, mārisā, bhaddakappe bhagavā etarahi arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke uppanno.\nBhagavā, mārisā, khattiyo jātiyā khattiyakule uppanno.\nBhagavā, mārisā, gotamo gottena.\nBhagavato, mārisā, appakaṁ āyuppamāṇaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ yo ciraṁ jīvati, so vassasataṁ appaṁ vā bhiyyo.\nBhagavā, mārisā, assatthassa mūle abhisambuddho.\nBhagavato, mārisā, sāriputtamoggallānaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nBhagavato, mārisā, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni. Bhagavato, mārisā, ayaṁ eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nBhagavato, mārisā, ānando nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nBhagavato, mārisā, suddhodano nāma rājā pitā ahosi.\nMāyā nāma devī mātā ahosi janetti.\nKapilavatthu nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nBhagavato, mārisā, evaṁ abhinikkhamanaṁ ahosi evaṁ pabbajjā evaṁ padhānaṁ evaṁ abhisambodhi evaṁ dhammacakkappavattanaṁ.\nTe mayaṁ, mārisā, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ caritvā kāmesu kāmacchandaṁ virājetvā idhūpapannā’ti.","en":"In that order of gods, many thousands, many hundreds of thousands of deities approached me, bowed, stood to one side, and said to me,\n‘In the present fortunate eon, good fellow, you have arisen in the world, perfected and fully awakened.\nYou were born as an aristocrat into an aristocrat family.\nGotama is your clan.\nFor you the lifespan is short, brief, and fleeting. A long life is a hundred years or a little more.\nYou were awakened at the root of a peepal tree.\nYou have a fine pair of chief disciples named Sāriputta and Moggallāna.\nYou have had one gathering of disciples—1,250 mendicants who had ended their defilements.\nYou have as chief attendant a mendicant named Ānanda.\nYour father was King Suddhodana,\nyour birth mother was Queen Māyā,\nand your capital city was Kapilavatthu.\nAnd such was your renunciation, such your going forth, such your striving, such your awakening, and such your rolling forth of the Wheel of Dhamma.\nAnd good fellow, after leading the spiritual life under you we lost our desire for sensual pleasures and were reborn here.’"}},{"id":"dn14:3.31","sourceIds":["dn14:3.31.1","dn14:3.31.2","dn14:3.31.3","dn14:3.31.4","dn14:3.31.5","dn14:3.31.6","dn14:3.31.7","dn14:3.31.8","dn14:3.31.9","dn14:3.31.10","dn14:3.31.11","dn14:3.31.12","dn14:3.31.13","dn14:3.31.14","dn14:3.31.15","dn14:3.31.16","dn14:3.31.17","dn14:3.31.18","dn14:3.31.19","dn14:3.31.20","dn14:3.31.21","dn14:3.31.22","dn14:3.31.23","dn14:3.31.24","dn14:3.31.25","dn14:3.31.26"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, avihehi devehi saddhiṁ yena atappā devā tenupasaṅkamiṁ …pe…\natha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, avihehi ca devehi atappehi ca devehi saddhiṁ yena sudassā devā tenupasaṅkamiṁ.\nAtha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, avihehi ca devehi atappehi ca devehi sudassehi ca devehi saddhiṁ yena sudassī devā tenupasaṅkamiṁ. Atha khvāhaṁ, bhikkhave, avihehi ca devehi atappehi ca devehi sudassehi ca devehi sudassīhi ca devehi saddhiṁ yena akaniṭṭhā devā tenupasaṅkamiṁ. Tasmiṁ, bhikkhave, devanikāye anekāni devatāsahassāni anekāni devatāsatasahassāni yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu, upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho, bhikkhave, tā devatā maṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘ito so, mārisā, ekanavutikappe yaṁ vipassī bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke udapādi.\nVipassī, mārisā, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho khattiyo jātiyā ahosi.\nKhattiyakule udapādi.\nVipassī, mārisā, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho koṇḍañño gottena ahosi.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa asītivassasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṁ ahosi.\nVipassī, mārisā, bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho pāṭaliyā mūle abhisambuddho.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa khaṇḍatissaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ.\nEko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi aṭṭhasaṭṭhibhikkhusatasahassaṁ.\nEko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi bhikkhusatasahassaṁ.\nEko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi asītibhikkhusahassāni.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa ime tayo sāvakānaṁ sannipātā ahesuṁ sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa asoko nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko ahosi aggupaṭṭhāko.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa bandhumā nāma rājā pitā ahosi bandhumatī nāma devī mātā ahosi janetti.\nBandhumassa rañño bandhumatī nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nVipassissa, mārisā, bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa evaṁ abhinikkhamanaṁ ahosi evaṁ pabbajjā evaṁ padhānaṁ evaṁ abhisambodhi, evaṁ dhammacakkappavattanaṁ.\nTe mayaṁ, mārisā, vipassimhi bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ caritvā kāmesu kāmacchandaṁ virājetvā idhūpapannā’ti.\nTasmiṁyeva kho, bhikkhave, devanikāye anekāni devatāsahassāni anekāni devatāsatasahassāni yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho, bhikkhave, tā devatā maṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘ito so, mārisā, ekatiṁse kappe yaṁ sikhī bhagavā …pe…\nte mayaṁ, mārisā, sikhimhi bhagavati tasmiññeva kho, mārisā, ekatiṁse kappe yaṁ vessabhū bhagavā …pe…\nte mayaṁ, mārisā, vessabhumhi bhagavati …pe…\nimasmiṁyeva kho, mārisā, bhaddakappe kakusandho koṇāgamano kassapo bhagavā …pe…\nte mayaṁ, mārisā, kakusandhamhi koṇāgamanamhi kassapamhi bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ caritvā kāmesu kāmacchandaṁ virājetvā idhūpapannā’ti.","en":"Then together with the gods of Aviha I went to see the gods of Atappa …\nthe gods fair to see …\nand the fair seeing gods. Then together with all these gods I went to see the gods of Akaniṭṭha, where we had a similar conversation."}},{"id":"dn14:3.32","sourceIds":["dn14:3.32.1","dn14:3.32.2","dn14:3.32.3","dn14:3.32.4","dn14:3.32.5","dn14:3.32.6","dn14:3.32.7","dn14:3.32.8","dn14:3.32.9","dn14:3.32.10","dn14:3.32.11","dn14:3.32.12","dn14:3.32.13","dn14:3.32.14","dn14:3.32.15"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmiṁyeva kho, bhikkhave, devanikāye anekāni devatāsahassāni anekāni devatāsatasahassāni yenāhaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho, bhikkhave, tā devatā maṁ etadavocuṁ:\n‘imasmiṁyeva kho, mārisā, bhaddakappe bhagavā etarahi arahaṁ sammāsambuddho loke uppanno.\nBhagavā, mārisā, khattiyo jātiyā, khattiyakule uppanno.\nBhagavā, mārisā, gotamo gottena.\nBhagavato, mārisā, appakaṁ āyuppamāṇaṁ parittaṁ lahukaṁ yo ciraṁ jīvati, so vassasataṁ appaṁ vā bhiyyo.\nBhagavā, mārisā, assatthassa mūle abhisambuddho.\nBhagavato, mārisā, sāriputtamoggallānaṁ nāma sāvakayugaṁ ahosi aggaṁ bhaddayugaṁ.\nBhagavato, mārisā, eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi aḍḍhateḷasāni bhikkhusatāni.\nBhagavato, mārisā, ayaṁ eko sāvakānaṁ sannipāto ahosi sabbesaṁyeva khīṇāsavānaṁ.\nBhagavato, mārisā, ānando nāma bhikkhu upaṭṭhāko aggupaṭṭhāko ahosi.\nBhagavato, mārisā, suddhodano nāma rājā pitā ahosi.\nMāyā nāma devī mātā ahosi janetti.\nKapilavatthu nāma nagaraṁ rājadhānī ahosi.\nBhagavato, mārisā, evaṁ abhinikkhamanaṁ ahosi, evaṁ pabbajjā, evaṁ padhānaṁ, evaṁ abhisambodhi, evaṁ dhammacakkappavattanaṁ.\nTe mayaṁ, mārisā, bhagavati brahmacariyaṁ caritvā kāmesu kāmacchandaṁ virājetvā idhūpapannā’ti."}},{"id":"dn14:3.33","sourceIds":["dn14:3.33.1","dn14:3.33.2","dn14:3.33.3","dn14:3.33.4","dn14:3.33.5","dn14:3.33.6","dn14:3.33.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iti kho, bhikkhave, tathāgatassevesā dhammadhātu suppaṭividdhā, yassā dhammadhātuyā suppaṭividdhattā tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarati, nāmatopi anussarati, gottatopi anussarati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarati, sāvakayugatopi anussarati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarati ‘evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ’ itipi.\n‘Evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ’ itipīti.\nDevatāpi tathāgatassa etamatthaṁ ārocesuṁ, yena tathāgato atīte buddhe parinibbute chinnapapañce chinnavaṭume pariyādinnavaṭṭe sabbadukkhavītivatte jātitopi anussarati, nāmatopi anussarati, gottatopi anussarati, āyuppamāṇatopi anussarati, sāvakayugatopi anussarati, sāvakasannipātatopi anussarati ‘evaṁjaccā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ’ itipi.\n‘Evaṁnāmā evaṅgottā evaṁsīlā evaṁdhammā evaṁpaññā evaṁvihārī evaṁvimuttā te bhagavanto ahesuṁ’ itipī”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.\nMahāpadānasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ paṭhamaṁ.","en":"And that is how the Realized One is able to recollect the birth, names, clans, lifespan, chief disciples, and gatherings of disciples of the Buddhas of the past who have become fully quenched, cut off proliferation, cut off the course, finished off the cycle, and passed beyond all suffering. It is both because I have clearly penetrated the principle of the teachings,\nand also because the deities told me.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nSatisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/dn14/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."}