{"id":"sn35.131","title":"Nakula’s Father","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.131","title":"Nakula’s Father","units":[{"id":"sn35.131:0","sourceIds":["sn35.131:0.1","sn35.131:0.2","sn35.131:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.131\n13. Gahapativagga\nNakulapitusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.131\n13. Householders\nNakula’s Father"}},{"id":"sn35.131:1","sourceIds":["sn35.131:1.1","sn35.131:1.2","sn35.131:1.3","sn35.131:1.4","sn35.131:1.5","sn35.131:1.6","sn35.131:1.7","sn35.131:1.8","sn35.131:1.9","sn35.131:1.10","sn35.131:1.11","sn35.131:1.12","sn35.131:1.13","sn35.131:1.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bhaggesu viharati susumāragire bhesakaḷāvane migadāye.\nAtha kho nakulapitā gahapati yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho nakulapitā gahapati bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“ko nu kho, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme no parinibbāyanti?\nKo pana, bhante, hetu, ko paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme parinibbāyantī”ti?\n“Santi kho, gahapati, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nTassa taṁ abhinandato abhivadato ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti tadupādānaṁ.\nSaupādāno, gahapati, bhikkhu no parinibbāyati …pe…\nsanti kho, gahapati, jivhāviññeyyā rasā …pe…\nsanti kho, gahapati, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nTassa taṁ abhinandato abhivadato ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti tadupādānaṁ.\nSaupādāno, gahapati, bhikkhu no parinibbāyati.\nAyaṁ kho, gahapati, hetu ayaṁ paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme no parinibbāyanti.","en":"At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Bhaggas at Crocodile’s Bellow, in the deer park at Bhesakaḷā’s Wood.\nThen the householder Nakula’s father went up to the Buddha … and asked him,\n“What is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life?\nWhat is the cause, sir, what is the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life?”\n“Householder, there are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,\ntheir consciousness has that as support and fuel for grasping.\nA mendicant with fuel for grasping does not become extinguished.\nThere are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …\nideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,\ntheir consciousness has that as support and fuel for grasping.\nA mendicant with fuel for grasping does not become extinguished.\nThat’s the cause, that’s the reason why some sentient beings are not fully extinguished in this very life."}},{"id":"sn35.131:2","sourceIds":["sn35.131:2.1","sn35.131:2.2","sn35.131:2.3","sn35.131:2.4","sn35.131:2.5","sn35.131:2.6","sn35.131:2.7","sn35.131:2.8","sn35.131:2.9","sn35.131:2.10","sn35.131:2.11"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi ca kho, gahapati, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nTassa taṁ anabhinandato anabhivadato anajjhosāya tiṭṭhato na tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti, na tadupādānaṁ.\nAnupādāno, gahapati, bhikkhu parinibbāyati …pe…\nsanti kho, gahapati, jivhāviññeyyā rasā …pe…\nsanti kho, gahapati, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nTassa taṁ nābhinandato nābhivadato anajjhosāya tiṭṭhato na tannissitaṁ viññāṇaṁ hoti na tadupādānaṁ.\nAnupādāno, gahapati, bhikkhu parinibbāyati.\nAyaṁ kho, gahapati, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo yena m’idhekacce sattā diṭṭheva dhamme parinibbāyantī”ti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them,\ntheir consciousness doesn’t have that as support and fuel for grasping.\nA mendicant free of grasping becomes extinguished.\nThere are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …\nideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them,\ntheir consciousness doesn’t have that as support and fuel for grasping.\nA mendicant free of grasping becomes extinguished.\nThat’s the cause, that’s the reason why some sentient beings are fully extinguished in this very life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.131/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."}