{"id":"iti35","title":"Fawning and Flattery","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti35","title":"Fawning and Flattery","units":[{"id":"iti35:0","sourceIds":["iti35:0.1","iti35:0.2","iti35:0.3","iti35:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 35\nDukanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nPaṭhamajananakuhanasutta","en":"So It Was Said 35\nThe Book of the Twos\nChapter One\nFawning and Flattery"}},{"id":"iti35:1","sourceIds":["iti35:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:","en":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti35:2","sourceIds":["iti35:2.1","iti35:2.2","iti35:2.3","iti35:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nayidaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati janakuhanatthaṁ, na janalapanatthaṁ, na lābhasakkārasilokānisaṁsatthaṁ, na ‘iti maṁ jano jānātū’ti.\nAtha kho idaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati saṁvaratthañceva pahānatthañcā”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"“Mendicants, this spiritual life is not lived for the sake of fawning or flattering people, nor for the benefit of possessions, honor, or popularity, nor thinking, ‘So let people know about me!’\nThis spiritual life is lived for the sake of restraint and giving up.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti35:3","sourceIds":["iti35:3.1","iti35:3.2","iti35:3.3","iti35:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saṁvaratthaṁ pahānatthaṁ,\nbrahmacariyaṁ anītihaṁ;\nAdesayi so bhagavā,\nnibbānogadhagāminaṁ.","en":"“The Buddha taught the spiritual life\nnot because of legends,\nbut for the sake of restraint and giving up,\nand because its objective is extinguishment."}},{"id":"iti35:4","sourceIds":["iti35:4.1","iti35:4.2","iti35:4.3","iti35:4.4","iti35:4.5","iti35:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Esa maggo mahattehi,\nanuyāto mahesibhi;\nYe ye taṁ paṭipajjanti,\nyathā buddhena desitaṁ;\nDukkhassantaṁ karissanti,\nsatthusāsanakārino”ti.","en":"This is the path followed by the great souls,\nthe great seers.\nThose who practice it\nas it was taught by the Buddha\ndoing the Teacher’s bidding,\nmake an end of suffering.”"}},{"id":"iti35:5","sourceIds":["iti35:5.1","iti35:5.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti35/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."}