{"id":"iti75","title":"A Rainless Cloud","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti75","title":"A Rainless Cloud","units":[{"id":"iti75:0","sourceIds":["iti75:0.1","iti75:0.2","iti75:0.3","iti75:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 75\nTikanipāta\nTatiyavagga\nAvuṭṭhikasutta","en":"So It Was Said 75\nThe Book of the Threes\nChapter Three\nA Rainless Cloud"}},{"id":"iti75:1","sourceIds":["iti75:1.1"],"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":"iti75:2","sourceIds":["iti75:2.1","iti75:2.2","iti75:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tayome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.\nKatame tayo?\nAvuṭṭhikasamo, padesavassī, sabbatthābhivassī.","en":"“Mendicants, these three individuals are found in the world.\nWhat three?\nOne like a rainless cloud, one who rains locally, one who rains all over."}},{"id":"iti75:3","sourceIds":["iti75:3.1","iti75:3.2","iti75:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo avuṭṭhikasamo hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sabbesaññeva na dātā hoti, samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavanibbakayācakānaṁ annaṁ pānaṁ vatthaṁ yānaṁ mālāgandhavilepanaṁ seyyāvasathapadīpeyyaṁ.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo avuṭṭhikasamo hoti.","en":"And how is an individual like a rainless cloud?\nIt’s when an individual doesn’t give to anyone at all—whether ascetics and brahmins, paupers, vagrants, supplicants, or beggars—such things as food, drink, clothing, vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; and bed, house, and lighting.\nThat’s how an individual is like a rainless cloud."}},{"id":"iti75:4","sourceIds":["iti75:4.1","iti75:4.2","iti75:4.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo padesavassī hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo ekaccānaṁ dātā hoti, ekaccānaṁ na dātā hoti samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavanibbakayācakānaṁ annaṁ pānaṁ vatthaṁ yānaṁ mālāgandhavilepanaṁ seyyāvasathapadīpeyyaṁ.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo padesavassī hoti.","en":"And how does an individual rain locally?\nIt’s when an individual gives to some but not to others—whether ascetics and brahmins, paupers, vagrants, supplicants, or beggars—such things as food, drink, clothing, vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; and bed, house, and lighting.\nThat’s how an individual rains locally."}},{"id":"iti75:5","sourceIds":["iti75:5.1","iti75:5.2","iti75:5.3","iti75:5.4","iti75:5.5","iti75:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo sabbatthābhivassī hoti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sabbesaṁva deti, samaṇabrāhmaṇakapaṇaddhikavanibbakayācakānaṁ annaṁ pānaṁ vatthaṁ yānaṁ mālāgandhavilepanaṁ seyyāvasathapadīpeyyaṁ.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo sabbatthābhivassī hoti.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"And how does an individual rain all over?\nIt’s when an individual gives to everyone—whether ascetics and brahmins, paupers, vagrants, supplicants, or beggars—such things as food, drink, clothing, vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; and bed, house, and lighting.\nThat’s how an individual rains all over.\nThese are the three individuals found in the world.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti75:6","sourceIds":["iti75:6.1","iti75:6.2","iti75:6.3","iti75:6.4","iti75:6.5","iti75:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na samaṇe na brāhmaṇe,\nNa kapaṇaddhikavanibbake;\nLaddhāna saṁvibhājeti,\nAnnaṁ pānañca bhojanaṁ;\nTaṁ ve avuṭṭhikasamoti,\nĀhu naṁ purisādhamaṁ.","en":"“They don’t share the food and drink\nthey have acquired\nwith ascetics or brahmins,\nwith paupers, vagrants, or supplicants.\nThey’re like a rainless cloud,\nthey say, the meanest of men."}},{"id":"iti75:7","sourceIds":["iti75:7.1","iti75:7.2","iti75:7.3","iti75:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaccānaṁ na dadāti,\nekaccānaṁ pavecchati;\nTaṁ ve padesavassīti,\nāhu medhāvino janā.","en":"They don’t give to some,\nto some they provide.\nThey rain locally,\nso say the wise."}},{"id":"iti75:8","sourceIds":["iti75:8.1","iti75:8.2","iti75:8.3","iti75:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Subhikkhavāco puriso,\nsabbabhūtānukampako;\nĀmodamāno pakireti,\ndetha dethāti bhāsati.","en":"Compassionate for all beings,\nthat person distributes\nabundant food upon request,\nsaying, ‘Give! Give!’"}},{"id":"iti75:9","sourceIds":["iti75:9.1","iti75:9.2","iti75:9.3","iti75:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi megho thanayitvā,\ngajjayitvā pavassati;\nThalaṁ ninnañca pūreti,\nabhisandantova vārinā.","en":"The rain cloud rains forth,\nhaving thundered and roared,\ndrenching the earth with water,\nsoaking the uplands and valleys."}},{"id":"iti75:10","sourceIds":["iti75:10.1","iti75:10.2","iti75:10.3","iti75:10.4","iti75:10.5","iti75:10.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ idhekacco,\npuggalo hoti tādiso;\nDhammena saṁharitvāna,\nuṭṭhānādhigataṁ dhanaṁ;\nTappeti annapānena,\nsammā patte vanibbake”ti.","en":"Even so, such an individual,\nhaving accumulated wealth\nby legitimate means,\nthrough their own hard work,\nrightly satisfies with food and drink\nthose who have become supplicants.”"}},{"id":"iti75:11","sourceIds":["iti75:11.1","iti75:11.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti75/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."}