{"id":"sn35.230","title":"The Simile of the Angler","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.230","title":"The Simile of the Angler","units":[{"id":"sn35.230:0","sourceIds":["sn35.230:0.1","sn35.230:0.2","sn35.230:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.230\n18. Samuddavagga\nBāḷisikopamasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.230\n18. The Ocean\nThe Simile of the Angler"}},{"id":"sn35.230:1","sourceIds":["sn35.230:1.1","sn35.230:1.2","sn35.230:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, bāḷisiko āmisagatabaḷisaṁ gambhīre udakarahade pakkhipeyya.\nTamenaṁ aññataro āmisacakkhu maccho gileyya.\nEvañhi so, bhikkhave, maccho gilitabaḷiso bāḷisikassa anayaṁ āpanno byasanaṁ āpanno yathākāmakaraṇīyo bāḷisikassa.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose an angler was to cast a baited hook into a deep lake.\nSeeing the bait, a fish would swallow it.\nAnd so the fish that swallowed the hook would meet with tragedy and disaster, and the angler can do what he wants with it."}},{"id":"sn35.230:2","sourceIds":["sn35.230:2.1","sn35.230:2.2","sn35.230:2.3","sn35.230:2.4","sn35.230:2.5","sn35.230:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evameva kho, bhikkhave, chayime baḷisā lokasmiṁ anayāya sattānaṁ vadhāya pāṇinaṁ.\nKatame cha?\nSanti, bhikkhave, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu gilitabaḷiso, mārassa anayaṁ āpanno byasanaṁ āpanno yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato …pe…\nsanti, bhikkhave, jivhāviññeyyā rasā …pe….","en":"In the same way, there are these six hooks in the world that mean tragedy and slaughter for living creatures.\nWhat six?\nThere 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,\nthey’re called a mendicant who has swallowed Māra’s hook. They’ve met with tragedy and disaster, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants.\nThere are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …"}},{"id":"sn35.230:3","sourceIds":["sn35.230:3.1","sn35.230:3.2","sn35.230:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati.\nAyaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu gilitabaḷiso mārassa anayaṁ āpanno byasanaṁ āpanno yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato.","en":"ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.\nIf a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,\nthey’re called a mendicant who has swallowed Māra’s hook. They’ve met with tragedy and disaster, and the Wicked One can do with them what he wants."}},{"id":"sn35.230:4","sourceIds":["sn35.230:4.1","sn35.230:4.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi ca, bhikkhave, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce, bhikkhu, nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na gilitabaḷiso mārassa abhedi baḷisaṁ paribhedi baḷisaṁ na anayaṁ āpanno na byasanaṁ āpanno na yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato …pe….","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, they’re called a mendicant who hasn’t swallowed Māra’s hook. They’ve broken the hook, destroyed it. They haven’t met with tragedy and disaster, and the Wicked One cannot do with them what he wants."}},{"id":"sn35.230:5","sourceIds":["sn35.230:5.1","sn35.230:5.2","sn35.230:5.3","sn35.230:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santi, bhikkhave, jivhāviññeyyā rasā …pe….\nSanti, bhikkhave, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.\nTañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati, ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na gilitabaḷiso mārassa abhedi baḷisaṁ paribhedi baḷisaṁ na anayaṁ āpanno na byasanaṁ āpanno na yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato”ti.\nTatiyaṁ.","en":"There 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, they’re called a mendicant who hasn’t swallowed Māra’s hook. They’ve broken the hook, destroyed it. They haven’t met with tragedy and disaster, and the Wicked One cannot do with them what he wants.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.230/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."}