{"id":"sn1.31","title":"Virtuous","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn1.31","title":"Virtuous","units":[{"id":"sn1.31:0","sourceIds":["sn1.31:0.1","sn1.31:0.2","sn1.31:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.31\n4. Satullapakāyikavagga\nSabbhisutta","en":"Linked Discourses 1.31\n4. The Host of a Hundred Felicities\nVirtuous"}},{"id":"sn1.31:1","sourceIds":["sn1.31:1.1","sn1.31:1.2","sn1.31:1.3","sn1.31:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho sambahulā satullapakāyikā devatāyo abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.\nEkamantaṁ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen, late at night, several glorious deities of the host of a hundred felicities, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side.\nStanding to one side, one deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.31:2","sourceIds":["sn1.31:2.1","sn1.31:2.2","sn1.31:2.3","sn1.31:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nseyyo hoti na pāpiyo”ti.","en":"“Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nthings get better, not worse.”"}},{"id":"sn1.31:3","sourceIds":["sn1.31:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.31:4","sourceIds":["sn1.31:4.1","sn1.31:4.2","sn1.31:4.3","sn1.31:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\npaññā labbhati nāññato”ti.","en":"“Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nwisdom is gained—but not from anyone else.”"}},{"id":"sn1.31:5","sourceIds":["sn1.31:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.31:6","sourceIds":["sn1.31:6.1","sn1.31:6.2","sn1.31:6.3","sn1.31:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nsokamajjhe na socatī”ti.","en":"“Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nyou grieve not among the grieving.”"}},{"id":"sn1.31:7","sourceIds":["sn1.31:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.31:8","sourceIds":["sn1.31:8.1","sn1.31:8.2","sn1.31:8.3","sn1.31:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nñātimajjhe virocatī”ti.","en":"“Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nyou dazzle among your relatives.”"}},{"id":"sn1.31:9","sourceIds":["sn1.31:9.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.31:10","sourceIds":["sn1.31:10.1","sn1.31:10.2","sn1.31:10.3","sn1.31:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nsattā gacchanti suggatin”ti.","en":"“Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nsentient beings go to a good place.”"}},{"id":"sn1.31:11","sourceIds":["sn1.31:11.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:","en":"Then another deity spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence:"}},{"id":"sn1.31:12","sourceIds":["sn1.31:12.1","sn1.31:12.2","sn1.31:12.3","sn1.31:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nsattā tiṭṭhanti sātatan”ti.","en":"“Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nsentient beings live happily.”"}},{"id":"sn1.31:13","sourceIds":["sn1.31:13.1","sn1.31:13.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kassa nu kho, bhagavā, subhāsitan”ti?","en":"Then another deity said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, who has spoken well?”"}},{"id":"sn1.31:14","sourceIds":["sn1.31:14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbāsaṁ vo subhāsitaṁ pariyāyena, api ca mamapi suṇātha—","en":"“You’ve all spoken well in your own way. However, listen to me also:"}},{"id":"sn1.31:15","sourceIds":["sn1.31:15.1","sn1.31:15.2","sn1.31:15.3","sn1.31:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbhireva samāsetha,\nsabbhi kubbetha santhavaṁ;\nSataṁ saddhammamaññāya,\nsabbadukkhā pamuccatī”ti.","en":"Associate only with the virtuous!\nTry to get close to the virtuous!\nUnderstanding the true teaching of the good,\nyou’re released from all suffering.”"}},{"id":"sn1.31:16","sourceIds":["sn1.31:16.1","sn1.31:16.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamavoca bhagavā.\nAttamanā tā devatāyo bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyiṁsūti.","en":"That is what the Buddha said.\nDelighted, those deities bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on their right, before vanishing right there."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn1.31/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."}