{"id":"sn35.135","title":"Opportunity","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.135","title":"Opportunity","units":[{"id":"sn35.135:0","sourceIds":["sn35.135:0.1","sn35.135:0.2","sn35.135:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.135\n14. Devadahavagga\nKhaṇasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.135\n14. At Devadaha\nOpportunity"}},{"id":"sn35.135:1","sourceIds":["sn35.135:1.1","sn35.135:1.2","sn35.135:1.3","sn35.135:1.4","sn35.135:1.5","sn35.135:1.6","sn35.135:1.7","sn35.135:1.8","sn35.135:1.9","sn35.135:1.10","sn35.135:1.11","sn35.135:1.12","sn35.135:1.13","sn35.135:1.14","sn35.135:1.15","sn35.135:1.16","sn35.135:1.17","sn35.135:1.18"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Lābhā vo, bhikkhave, suladdhaṁ vo, bhikkhave,\nkhaṇo vo paṭiladdho brahmacariyavāsāya.\nDiṭṭhā mayā, bhikkhave, chaphassāyatanikā nāma nirayā.\nTattha yaṁ kiñci cakkhunā rūpaṁ passati aniṭṭharūpaṁyeva passati, no iṭṭharūpaṁ; akantarūpaṁyeva passati, no kantarūpaṁ; amanāparūpaṁyeva passati, no manāparūpaṁ.\nYaṁ kiñci sotena saddaṁ suṇāti …pe…\nyaṁ kiñci ghānena gandhaṁ ghāyati …pe…\nyaṁ kiñci jivhāya rasaṁ sāyati …pe…\nyaṁ kiñci kāyena phoṭṭhabbaṁ phusati …pe…\nyaṁ kiñci manasā dhammaṁ vijānāti aniṭṭharūpaṁyeva vijānāti, no iṭṭharūpaṁ; akantarūpaṁyeva vijānāti, no kantarūpaṁ; amanāparūpaṁyeva vijānāti, no manāparūpaṁ.\nLābhā vo, bhikkhave, suladdhaṁ vo, bhikkhave,\nkhaṇo vo paṭiladdho brahmacariyavāsāya.\nDiṭṭhā mayā, bhikkhave, chaphassāyatanikā nāma saggā.\nTattha yaṁ kiñci cakkhunā rūpaṁ passati iṭṭharūpaṁyeva passati, no aniṭṭharūpaṁ; kantarūpaṁyeva passati, no akantarūpaṁ; manāparūpaṁyeva passati, no amanāparūpaṁ …pe…\nyaṁ kiñci jivhāya rasaṁ sāyati …pe…\nyaṁ kiñci manasā dhammaṁ vijānāti iṭṭharūpaṁyeva vijānāti, no aniṭṭharūpaṁ; kantarūpaṁyeva vijānāti, no akantarūpaṁ; manāparūpaṁyeva vijānāti, no amanāparūpaṁ.\nLābhā vo, bhikkhave, suladdhaṁ vo, bhikkhave,\nkhaṇo vo paṭiladdho brahmacariyavāsāyā”ti.\nDutiyaṁ.","en":"“You’re fortunate, mendicants, so very fortunate,\nto have the opportunity to lead the spiritual life.\nI’ve seen the hell named ‘Related to the Six Fields of Contact’.\nThere, whatever sight you see with your eye is unlikable, not likable; undesirable, not desirable; unpleasant, not pleasant.\nWhatever sound you hear …\nWhatever odor you smell …\nWhatever flavor you taste …\nWhatever touch you feel …\nWhatever idea you know with your mind is unlikable, not likable; undesirable, not desirable; unpleasant, not pleasant.\nYou’re fortunate, mendicants, so very fortunate,\nto have the opportunity to lead the spiritual life.\nI’ve seen the heaven called ‘Related to the Six Fields of Contact’.\nThere, whatever sight you see with your eye is likable, not unlikable; desirable, not undesirable; pleasant, not unpleasant.\nWhatever sound … odor … flavor … touch …\nWhatever idea you know with your mind is likable, not unlikable; desirable, not undesirable; pleasant, not unpleasant.\nYou’re fortunate, mendicants, so very fortunate,\nto have the opportunity to lead the spiritual life.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.135/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."}