{"id":"sn17.24","title":"An Only Daughter","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn17.24","title":"An Only Daughter","units":[{"id":"sn17.24:0","sourceIds":["sn17.24:0.1","sn17.24:0.2","sn17.24:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.24\n3. Tatiyavagga\nEkadhītusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 17.24\nChapter Three\nAn Only Daughter"}},{"id":"sn17.24:1","sourceIds":["sn17.24:1.1","sn17.24:1.2","sn17.24:1.3","sn17.24:1.4","sn17.24:1.5","sn17.24:1.6","sn17.24:1.7","sn17.24:1.8","sn17.24:1.9","sn17.24:1.10","sn17.24:1.11","sn17.24:1.12","sn17.24:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…\nsaddhā bhikkhave upāsikā ekaṁ dhītaraṁ piyaṁ manāpaṁ evaṁ sammā āyācamānā āyāceyya:\n‘tādisā, ayye, bhavāhi yādisā khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā’ti.\nEsā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvikānaṁ upāsikānaṁ, yadidaṁ khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā.\nSace kho tvaṁ, ayye, agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajasi;\ntādisā, ayye, bhavāhi yādisā khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā cāti.\nEsā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvikānaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ, yadidaṁ khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā ca.\nMā ca kho tvaṁ, ayye, sekhaṁ appattamānasaṁ lābhasakkārasiloko anupāpuṇātūti.\nTañce, bhikkhave, bhikkhuniṁ sekhaṁ appattamānasaṁ lābhasakkārasiloko anupāpuṇāti, so tassā hoti antarāyāya.\nEvaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…\nevañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.\nCatutthaṁ.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …\nA faithful laywoman with a dear and beloved only daughter would rightly appeal to her,\n‘My darling, please be like the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother.’\nThese are a standard and a measure for my female lay disciples, that is, the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother.\n‘But my darling, if you go forth from the lay life to homelessness,\nplease be like the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā.’\nThese are a standard and a measure for my nun disciples, that is, the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā.\n‘And my darling, may you not come into possessions, honor, and popularity while you’re still a trainee and haven’t achieved your heart’s desire.’\nIf a trainee who hasn’t achieved their heart’s desire comes into possessions, honor, and popularity it’s an obstacle for them.\nSo grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.24/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."}