{"id":"sn45.159","title":"A Guest House","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn45.159","title":"A Guest House","units":[{"id":"sn45.159:0","sourceIds":["sn45.159:0.1","sn45.159:0.2","sn45.159:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.159\n12. Balakaraṇīyavagga\nĀgantukasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 45.159\n12. Hard Work\nA Guest House"}},{"id":"sn45.159:1","sourceIds":["sn45.159:1.1","sn45.159:1.2","sn45.159:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, āgantukāgāraṁ. Tattha puratthimāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, pacchimāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, uttarāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, dakkhiṇāyapi disāya āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, khattiyāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, brāhmaṇāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, vessāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti, suddāpi āgantvā vāsaṁ kappenti;\nevameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto ye dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā, te dhamme abhiññā parijānāti …pe…\nye dhammā abhiññā pahātabbā, te dhamme abhiññā pajahati, ye dhammā abhiññā sacchikātabbā, te dhamme abhiññā sacchikaroti, ye dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā, te dhamme abhiññā bhāveti.","en":"“Mendicants, suppose there was a guest house. Lodgers come from the east, west, north, and south. Aristocrats, brahmins, peasants, and menials all stay there.\nIn the same way, a mendicant who develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path completely understands by direct knowledge the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge.\nThey give up by direct knowledge the things that should be given up by direct knowledge. They realize by direct knowledge the things that should be realized by direct knowledge. They develop by direct knowledge the things that should be developed by direct knowledge."}},{"id":"sn45.159:2","sourceIds":["sn45.159:2.1","sn45.159:2.2","sn45.159:2.3","sn45.159:2.4","sn45.159:2.5","sn45.159:2.6","sn45.159:2.7","sn45.159:2.8","sn45.159:2.9","sn45.159:2.10","sn45.159:2.11","sn45.159:2.12","sn45.159:2.13","sn45.159:2.14","sn45.159:2.15","sn45.159:2.16","sn45.159:2.17","sn45.159:2.18"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Katame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā?\nPañcupādānakkhandhātissa vacanīyaṁ.\nKatame pañca?\nSeyyathidaṁ—rūpupādānakkhandho …pe… viññāṇupādānakkhandho.\nIme, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā.\nKatame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā pahātabbā?\nAvijjā ca bhavataṇhā ca—\nime, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā pahātabbā.\nKatame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā sacchikātabbā?\nVijjā ca vimutti ca—\nime, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā sacchikātabbā.\nKatame ca, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā?\nSamatho ca vipassanā ca—\nime, bhikkhave, dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā.\nKathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto, ye dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā te dhamme abhiññā parijānāti …pe… ye dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā, te dhamme abhiññā bhāveti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …\nevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvento ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaronto ye dhammā abhiññā pariññeyyā, te dhamme abhiññā parijānāti, ye dhammā abhiññā pahātabbā, te dhamme abhiññā pajahati, ye dhammā abhiññā sacchikātabbā, te dhamme abhiññā sacchikaroti, ye dhammā abhiññā bhāvetabbā, te dhamme abhiññā bhāvetī”ti.\nEkādasamaṁ.","en":"And what are the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge?\nIt should be said: the five grasping aggregates.\nWhat five?\nThat is: form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.\nThese are the things that should be completely understood by direct knowledge.\nAnd what are the things that should be given up by direct knowledge?\nIgnorance and craving for continued existence.\nThese are the things that should be given up by direct knowledge.\nAnd what are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge?\nKnowledge and freedom.\nThese are the things that should be realized by direct knowledge.\nAnd what are the things that should be developed by direct knowledge?\nSerenity and discernment.\nThese are the things that should be developed by direct knowledge.\nAnd how does a mendicant develop the noble eightfold path in this way?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.\nThat’s how a mendicant develops and cultivates the eightfold path in this way.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn45.159/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."}