{"id":"sn17.38-43","title":"Father, Etc.","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn17.38-43","title":"Father, Etc.","units":[{"id":"sn17.38-43:0","sourceIds":["sn17.38-43:0.1","sn17.38-43:0.2","sn17.38-43:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.38–43\n4. Catutthavagga\nPitusuttādichakka","en":"Linked Discourses 17.38–43\nChapter Four\nFather, Etc."}},{"id":"sn17.38-43:1","sourceIds":["sn17.38-43:1.1","sn17.38-43:1.2","sn17.38-43:1.3","sn17.38-43:1.4","sn17.38-43:1.5","sn17.38-43:1.6","sn17.38-43:1.7","sn17.38-43:1.8","sn17.38-43:1.9","sn17.38-43:1.10","sn17.38-43:1.11","sn17.38-43:1.12","sn17.38-43:1.13","sn17.38-43:1.14","sn17.38-43:1.15","sn17.38-43:1.16","sn17.38-43:1.17"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.\n“Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko kaṭuko pharuso antarāyiko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya.\nIdhāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekaccaṁ puggalaṁ evaṁ cetasā ceto paricca pajānāmi:\n‘na cāyamāyasmā pitupi hetu …pe…\n(vitthāretabbaṁ) …\nbhātupi hetu …\nbhaginiyāpi hetu …\nputtassapi hetu …\ndhītuyāpi hetu …\npajāpatiyāpi hetu sampajānamusā bhāseyyā’ti.\nTamenaṁ passāmi aparena samayena lābhasakkārasilokena abhibhūtaṁ pariyādiṇṇacittaṁ sampajānamusā bhāsantaṁ.\nEvaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko kaṭuko pharuso antarāyiko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya.\nTasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:\n‘uppannaṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ pajahissāma, na ca no uppanno lābhasakkārasiloko cittaṁ pariyādāya ṭhassatī’ti.\nEvañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.\nTerasamaṁ.\nCatuttho vaggo.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim, bitter, and harsh. They’re an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.\nWhen I’ve comprehended the mind of a certain individual, I understand:\n‘This venerable would not tell a deliberate lie even for the sake of their father.’ …”\n(Tell in full as in SN 17.37.)\n“‘… brother.’ …”\n“‘… sister.’ …”\n“‘… son.’ …”\n“‘… daughter.’ …”\n“‘… wife.’\nBut some time later I see them tell a deliberate lie because their mind is overcome and overwhelmed by possessions, honor, and popularity.\nSo grim are possessions, honor, and popularity—bitter and harsh, an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.\nSo you should train like this:\n‘We will give up arisen possessions, honor, and popularity, and we won’t let them occupy our minds.’\nThat’s how you should train.”"}},{"id":"sn17.38-43:2","sourceIds":["sn17.38-43:2.0","sn17.38-43:2.1","sn17.38-43:2.2","sn17.38-43:2.3","sn17.38-43:2.4","sn17.38-43:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassuddānaṁ\nBhindi mūlaṁ duve dhammā,\npakkantaṁ ratha mātari;\nPitā bhātā ca bhaginī,\nputto dhītā pajāpatīti.\nLābhasakkārasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.","en":"The Linked Discourses on possessions, honor, and popularity are complete."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn17.38-43/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."}