{"id":"sn22.78","title":"The Lion","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn22.78","title":"The Lion","units":[{"id":"sn22.78:0","sourceIds":["sn22.78:0.1","sn22.78:0.2","sn22.78:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.78\n8. Khajjanīyavagga\nSīhasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 22.78\n8. Bitable\nThe Lion"}},{"id":"sn22.78:1","sourceIds":["sn22.78:1.1","sn22.78:1.2","sn22.78:1.3","sn22.78:1.4","sn22.78:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\n“Sīho, bhikkhave, migarājā sāyanhasamayaṁ āsayā nikkhamati; āsayā nikkhamitvā vijambhati; vijambhitvā samantā catuddisā anuviloketi; samantā catuddisā anuviloketvā tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ nadati; tikkhattuṁ sīhanādaṁ naditvā gocarāya pakkamati.\nYe hi keci, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā sīhassa migarañño nadato saddaṁ suṇanti; yebhuyyena bhayaṁ saṁvegaṁ santāsaṁ āpajjanti; bilaṁ bilāsayā pavisanti; dakaṁ dakāsayā pavisanti; vanaṁ vanāsayā pavisanti; ākāsaṁ pakkhino bhajanti.\nYepi te, bhikkhave, rañño nāgā gāmanigamarājadhānīsu, daḷhehi varattehi baddhā, tepi tāni bandhanāni sañchinditvā sampadāletvā bhītā muttakarīsaṁ cajamānā, yena vā tena vā palāyanti.\nEvaṁ mahiddhiko kho, bhikkhave, sīho migarājā tiracchānagatānaṁ pāṇānaṁ, evaṁ mahesakkho, evaṁ mahānubhāvo.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, toward evening the lion, king of beasts, emerges from his den, yawns, surveys the four quarters, and roars his lion’s roar three times. Then he sets out on the hunt.\nAnd whatever animals hear the roar of the lion, king of beasts, are typically filled with fear, awe, and terror. They return to their lairs, be they in a hole, the water, or a wood; and the birds take to the air.\nEven the royal elephants, bound with strong harnesses in the villages, towns, and capital cities, break apart their bonds, and urinate and defecate in terror as they flee here and there.\nThat’s how powerful is the lion, king of beasts, over animals, how illustrious and mighty."}},{"id":"sn22.78:2","sourceIds":["sn22.78:2.1","sn22.78:2.2","sn22.78:2.3","sn22.78:2.4","sn22.78:2.5","sn22.78:2.6","sn22.78:2.7","sn22.78:2.8","sn22.78:2.9","sn22.78:2.10","sn22.78:2.11","sn22.78:2.12","sn22.78:2.13","sn22.78:2.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yadā tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā. So dhammaṁ deseti:\n‘iti rūpaṁ, iti rūpassa samudayo, iti rūpassa atthaṅgamo;\niti vedanā …\niti saññā …\niti saṅkhārā …\niti viññāṇaṁ, iti viññāṇassa samudayo, iti viññāṇassa atthaṅgamo’ti.\nYepi te, bhikkhave, devā dīghāyukā vaṇṇavanto sukhabahulā uccesu vimānesu ciraṭṭhitikā tepi tathāgatassa dhammadesanaṁ sutvā yebhuyyena bhayaṁ saṁvegaṁ santāsaṁ āpajjanti:\n‘aniccāva kira, bho, mayaṁ samānā niccamhāti amaññimha.\nAddhuvāva kira, bho, mayaṁ samānā dhuvamhāti amaññimha.\nAsassatāva kira, bho, mayaṁ samānā sassatamhāti amaññimha.\nMayampi kira, bho, aniccā addhuvā asassatā sakkāyapariyāpannā’ti.\nEvaṁ mahiddhiko kho, bhikkhave, tathāgato sadevakassa lokassa, evaṁ mahesakkho, evaṁ mahānubhāvo”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā …pe…\netadavoca satthā:","en":"In the same way, when a Realized One arises in the world—perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed—he teaches the Dhamma:\n‘Such is form, such is the origin of form, such is the disappearance of form.\nSuch is feeling …\nSuch is perception …\nSuch are choices …\nSuch is consciousness, such is the origin of consciousness, such is the disappearance of consciousness.’\nNow, there are gods who are long-lived, beautiful, and very happy, lasting long in their divine palaces. When they hear this teaching by the Realized One, they’re typically filled with fear, awe, and terror.\n‘Oh no! It turns out we’re impermanent, though we thought we were permanent!\nIt turns out we don’t last, though we thought we were everlasting!\nIt turns out we’re transient, though we thought we were eternal!\nIt turns out that we’re impermanent, not lasting, transient, and included within substantial reality.’\nThat’s how powerful is the Realized One in the world with its gods, how illustrious and mighty.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"sn22.78:3","sourceIds":["sn22.78:3.1","sn22.78:3.2","sn22.78:3.3","sn22.78:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yadā buddho abhiññāya,\ndhammacakkaṁ pavattayi;\nSadevakassa lokassa,\nsatthā appaṭipuggalo.","en":"“The Buddha, the unrivaled Teacher\nin all the world with its gods,\nrolls forth the Wheel of Dhamma\nfrom his own insight:"}},{"id":"sn22.78:4","sourceIds":["sn22.78:4.1","sn22.78:4.2","sn22.78:4.3","sn22.78:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakkāyañca nirodhañca,\nsakkāyassa ca sambhavaṁ;\nAriyañcaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,\ndukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.","en":"substantial reality, its cessation,\nthe origin of substantial reality,\nand the noble eightfold path\nthat leads to the stilling of suffering."}},{"id":"sn22.78:5","sourceIds":["sn22.78:5.1","sn22.78:5.2","sn22.78:5.3","sn22.78:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yepi dīghāyukā devā,\nvaṇṇavanto yasassino;\nBhītā santāsamāpāduṁ,\nsīhassevitare migā.","en":"And then the long-lived gods,\nso beautiful and glorious,\nare afraid and full of terror,\nlike the other beasts when they hear a lion."}},{"id":"sn22.78:6","sourceIds":["sn22.78:6.1","sn22.78:6.2","sn22.78:6.3","sn22.78:6.4","sn22.78:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Avītivattā sakkāyaṁ,\naniccā kira bho mayaṁ;\nSutvā arahato vākyaṁ,\nvippamuttassa tādino”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"‘We haven’t passed beyond substantial reality!\nIt turns out we’re impermanent!’\nSo they say when they hear the word\nof the perfected one, free and unaffected.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.78/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."}