{"id":"snp3.10","title":"With Kokālika","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp3.10","title":"With Kokālika","units":[{"id":"snp3.10:0","sourceIds":["snp3.10:0.1","snp3.10:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 3.10\nKokālikasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 3.10\nWith Kokālika"}},{"id":"snp3.10:1","sourceIds":["snp3.10:1.1","snp3.10:1.2","snp3.10:1.3","snp3.10:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.\nAtha kho kokāliko bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho kokāliko bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“pāpicchā, bhante, sāriputtamoggallānā, pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gatā”ti.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.\nThen the mendicant Kokālika went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,\n“Sir, Sāriputta and Moggallāna have corrupt wishes. They’ve fallen under the sway of corrupt wishes.”"}},{"id":"snp3.10:2","sourceIds":["snp3.10:2.1","snp3.10:2.2","snp3.10:2.3","snp3.10:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā kokālikaṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:\n“mā hevaṁ, kokālika, mā hevaṁ, kokālika.\nPasādehi, kokālika, sāriputtamoggallānesu cittaṁ.\nPesalā sāriputtamoggallānā”ti.","en":"When this was said, the Buddha said to Kokālika,\n“Don’t say that, Kokālika! Don’t say that, Kokālika!\nHave confidence in Sāriputta and Moggallāna,\nthey’re good monks.”"}},{"id":"snp3.10:3","sourceIds":["snp3.10:3.1","snp3.10:3.2","snp3.10:3.3","snp3.10:3.4","snp3.10:3.5","snp3.10:3.6","snp3.10:3.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dutiyampi kho …pe…\ntatiyampi kho kokāliko bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kiñcāpi me, bhante, bhagavā saddhāyiko paccayiko, atha kho pāpicchāva sāriputtamoggallānā, pāpikānaṁ icchānaṁ vasaṁ gatā”ti.\nTatiyampi kho bhagavā kokālikaṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:\n“mā hevaṁ, kokālika, mā hevaṁ, kokālika.\nPasādehi, kokālika, sāriputtamoggallānesu cittaṁ.\nPesalā sāriputtamoggallānā”ti.","en":"For a second time …\nFor a third time Kokālika said to the Buddha,\n“Despite my faith and trust in the Buddha, Sāriputta and Moggallāna have corrupt wishes. They’ve fallen under the sway of corrupt wishes.”\nFor a third time, the Buddha said to Kokālika,\n“Don’t say that, Kokālika! Don’t say that, Kokālika!\nHave confidence in Sāriputta and Moggallāna,\nthey’re good monks.”"}},{"id":"snp3.10:4","sourceIds":["snp3.10:4.1","snp3.10:4.2","snp3.10:4.3","snp3.10:4.4","snp3.10:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho kokāliko bhikkhu uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.\nAcirappakkantassa ca kokālikassa bhikkhuno sāsapamattīhi piḷakāhi sabbo kāyo phuṭo ahosi;\nsāsapamattiyo hutvā muggamattiyo ahesuṁ; muggamattiyo hutvā kaḷāyamattiyo ahesuṁ; kaḷāyamattiyo hutvā kolaṭṭhimattiyo ahesuṁ; kolaṭṭhimattiyo hutvā kolamattiyo ahesuṁ; kolamattiyo hutvā āmalakamattiyo ahesuṁ; āmalakamattiyo hutvā beḷuvasalāṭukamattiyo ahesuṁ; beḷuvasalāṭukamattiyo hutvā billamattiyo ahesuṁ; billamattiyo hutvā pabhijjiṁsu; pubbañca lohitañca pagghariṁsu.\nAtha kho kokāliko bhikkhu tenevābādhena kālamakāsi.\nKālaṅkato ca kokāliko bhikkhu padumaṁ nirayaṁ upapajji sāriputtamoggallānesu cittaṁ āghātetvā.","en":"Then Kokālika rose from his seat, bowed, and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving.\nNot long after he left his body erupted with boils the size of mustard seeds.\nThe boils grew to the size of mung beans, then chickpeas, then jujube seeds, then jujubes, then myrobalans, then unripe wood-apples, then ripe wood-apples. Finally they burst open, and pus and blood oozed out.\nThen the mendicant Kokālika died of that illness.\nHe was reborn in the Pink Lotus hell because of his resentment for Sāriputta and Moggallāna."}},{"id":"snp3.10:5","sourceIds":["snp3.10:5.1","snp3.10:5.2","snp3.10:5.3","snp3.10:5.4","snp3.10:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho brahmā sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho brahmā sahampati bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kokāliko, bhante, bhikkhu kālaṅkato;\nkālaṅkato ca, bhante, kokāliko bhikkhu padumaṁ nirayaṁ upapanno sāriputtamoggallānesu cittaṁ āghātetvā”ti.\nIdamavoca brahmā sahampati;\nidaṁ vatvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyi.","en":"Then, late at night, the glorious divinity Sahampati, lighting up the entire Jeta’s Grove, went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him,\n“Sir, the mendicant Kokālika has passed away.\nHe was reborn in the Pink Lotus hell because of his resentment for Sāriputta and Moggallāna.”\nThat is what the divinity Sahampati said.\nThen he bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before vanishing right there."}},{"id":"snp3.10:6","sourceIds":["snp3.10:6.1","snp3.10:6.2","snp3.10:6.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā tassā rattiyā accayena bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“imaṁ, bhikkhave, rattiṁ brahmā sahampati abhikkantāya rattiyā …pe…\nidamavoca, bhikkhave, brahmā sahampati, idaṁ vatvā maṁ padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyī”ti.","en":"Then, when the night had passed, the Buddha told the mendicants all that had happened."}},{"id":"snp3.10:7","sourceIds":["snp3.10:7.1","snp3.10:7.2","snp3.10:7.3","snp3.10:7.4","snp3.10:7.5","snp3.10:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“kīvadīghaṁ nu kho, bhante, padume niraye āyuppamāṇan”ti?\n“Dīghaṁ kho, bhikkhu, padume niraye āyuppamāṇaṁ;\ntaṁ na sukaraṁ saṅkhātuṁ ettakāni vassāni iti vā ettakāni vassasatāni iti vā ettakāni vassasahassāni iti vā ettakāni vassasatasahassāni iti vā”ti.\n“Sakkā pana, bhante, upamā kātun”ti?\n“Sakkā, bhikkhū”ti bhagavā avoca:","en":"When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha,\n“Sir, how long is the lifespan in the Pink Lotus hell?”\n“It’s long, mendicant.\nIt’s not easy to calculate how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it lasts.”\n“But sir, is it possible to give a simile?”\n“It’s possible,” said the Buddha."}},{"id":"snp3.10:8","sourceIds":["snp3.10:8.1","snp3.10:8.2","snp3.10:8.3","snp3.10:8.4","snp3.10:8.5","snp3.10:8.6","snp3.10:8.7","snp3.10:8.8","snp3.10:8.9","snp3.10:8.10","snp3.10:8.11","snp3.10:8.12","snp3.10:8.13","snp3.10:8.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsatikhāriko kosalako tilavāho; tato puriso vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena ekamekaṁ tilaṁ uddhareyya.\nKhippataraṁ kho so bhikkhu vīsatikhāriko kosalako tilavāho iminā upakkamena parikkhayaṁ pariyādānaṁ gaccheyya, na tveva eko abbudo nirayo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsati abbudā nirayā evameko nirabbudo nirayo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsati nirabbudā nirayā evameko ababo nirayo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsati ababā nirayā evameko aṭaṭo nirayo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsati aṭaṭā nirayā evameko ahaho nirayo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsati ahahā nirayā evameko kumudo nirayo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsati kumudā nirayā evameko sogandhiko nirayo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsati sogandhikā nirayā evameko uppalako nirayo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsati uppalakā nirayā evameko puṇḍarīko nirayo.\nSeyyathāpi, bhikkhu, vīsati puṇḍarīkā nirayā evameko padumo nirayo.\nPadumaṁ kho pana bhikkhu nirayaṁ kokāliko bhikkhu upapanno sāriputtamoggallānesu cittaṁ āghātetvā”ti.\nIdamavoca bhagavā.\nIdaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:","en":"“Suppose there was a Kosalan load of twenty packs of sesame seed. And at the end of every hundred years someone would remove a single seed from it.\nBy this means the Kosalan load of twenty packs of sesame seed would run out faster than a single lifetime in the Abbuda hell.\nNow, twenty lifetimes in the Abbuda hell equal one lifetime in the Nirabbuda hell.\nTwenty lifetimes in the Nirabbuda hell equal one lifetime in the Ababa hell.\nTwenty lifetimes in the Ababa hell equal one lifetime in the Aṭaṭa hell.\nTwenty lifetimes in the Aṭaṭa hell equal one lifetime in the Ahaha hell.\nTwenty lifetimes in the Ahaha hell equal one lifetime in the Yellow Lotus hell.\nTwenty lifetimes in the Yellow Lotus hell equal one lifetime in the Fragrant Water Lily hell.\nTwenty lifetimes in the Fragrant Water Lily hell equal one lifetime in the Blue Water Lily hell.\nTwenty lifetimes in the Blue Water Lily hell equal one lifetime in the White Lotus hell.\nTwenty lifetimes in the White Lotus hell equal one lifetime in the Pink Lotus hell.\nThe mendicant Kokālika has been reborn in the Pink Lotus hell because of his resentment for Sāriputta and Moggallāna.”\nThat is what the Buddha said.\nThen the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:"}},{"id":"snp3.10:9","sourceIds":["snp3.10:9.1","snp3.10:9.2","snp3.10:9.3","snp3.10:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Purisassa hi jātassa,\nkuṭhārī jāyate mukhe;\nYāya chindati attānaṁ,\nbālo dubbhāsitaṁ bhaṇaṁ.","en":"“A person is born\nwith an axe in their mouth.\nA fool cuts themselves with it\nwhen they say bad words."}},{"id":"snp3.10:10","sourceIds":["snp3.10:10.1","snp3.10:10.2","snp3.10:10.3","snp3.10:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo nindiyaṁ pasaṁsati,\nTaṁ vā nindati yo pasaṁsiyo;\nVicināti mukhena so kaliṁ,\nKalinā tena sukhaṁ na vindati.","en":"When you praise someone worthy of criticism,\nor criticize someone worthy of praise,\nyou choose a losing hand with your own mouth:\nyou’ll never find happiness that way."}},{"id":"snp3.10:11","sourceIds":["snp3.10:11.1","snp3.10:11.2","snp3.10:11.3","snp3.10:11.4","snp3.10:11.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appamatto ayaṁ kali,\nYo akkhesu dhanaparājayo;\nSabbassāpi sahāpi attanā,\nAyameva mahattaro kali;\nYo sugatesu manaṁ padosaye.","en":"A losing hand at dice is a trivial thing,\nif all you lose is your money\nand all you own, even yourself.\nWhat’s a really terrible hand\nis to hate the holy ones."}},{"id":"snp3.10:12","sourceIds":["snp3.10:12.1","snp3.10:12.2","snp3.10:12.3","snp3.10:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sataṁ sahassānaṁ nirabbudānaṁ,\nChattiṁsati pañca ca abbudāni;\nYamariyagarahī nirayaṁ upeti,\nVācaṁ manañca paṇidhāya pāpakaṁ.","en":"For a hundred thousand times a hundred million,\ntimes five hundred and thirty-six times a thousand times ten million years\na slanderer of noble ones goes to hell,\nhaving aimed bad words and thoughts at them."}},{"id":"snp3.10:13","sourceIds":["snp3.10:13.1","snp3.10:13.2","snp3.10:13.3","snp3.10:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abhūtavādī nirayaṁ upeti,\nYo vāpi katvā na karomicāha;\nUbhopi te pecca samā bhavanti,\nNihīnakammā manujā parattha.","en":"A liar goes to hell,\nas does one who denies what they did.\nBoth are equal in the hereafter,\nthose men of base deeds."}},{"id":"snp3.10:14","sourceIds":["snp3.10:14.1","snp3.10:14.2","snp3.10:14.3","snp3.10:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo appaduṭṭhassa narassa dussati,\nSuddhassa posassa anaṅgaṇassa;\nTameva bālaṁ pacceti pāpaṁ,\nSukhumo rajo paṭivātaṁva khitto.","en":"Whoever wrongs a man who has done no wrong,\na pure man who has not a blemish,\nthe evil backfires on the fool,\nlike fine dust thrown upwind."}},{"id":"snp3.10:15","sourceIds":["snp3.10:15.1","snp3.10:15.2","snp3.10:15.3","snp3.10:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo lobhaguṇe anuyutto,\nSo vacasā paribhāsati aññe;\nAsaddho kadariyo avadaññū,\nMacchari pesuṇiyaṁ anuyutto.","en":"One addicted to the way of greed,\nabuses others with their speech,\nfaithless, miserly, uncharitable,\nstingy, addicted to backbiting."}},{"id":"snp3.10:16","sourceIds":["snp3.10:16.1","snp3.10:16.2","snp3.10:16.3","snp3.10:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mukhadugga vibhūta anariya,\nBhūnahu pāpaka dukkaṭakāri;\nPurisanta kalī avajāta,\nMā bahubhāṇidha nerayikosi.","en":"Foul-mouthed, divisive, ignoble,\na baby-killer, wicked, wrongdoer,\nworst of men, cursed, base-born—\nquiet now, for you are bound for hell."}},{"id":"snp3.10:17","sourceIds":["snp3.10:17.1","snp3.10:17.2","snp3.10:17.3","snp3.10:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rajamākirasī ahitāya,\nSante garahasi kibbisakārī;\nBahūni duccaritāni caritvā,\nGacchasi kho papataṁ cirarattaṁ.","en":"You stir up dust, causing harm,\nwhen you, sinner, malign the good.\nHaving done many bad deeds,\nyou’ll go to the pit for a long time."}},{"id":"snp3.10:18","sourceIds":["snp3.10:18.1","snp3.10:18.2","snp3.10:18.3","snp3.10:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi nassati kassaci kammaṁ,\nEti hataṁ labhateva suvāmi;\nDukkhaṁ mando paraloke,\nAttani passati kibbisakārī.","en":"For no one’s deeds are ever lost,\nthey return to their owner.\nIn the next life that stupid sinner\nsees suffering in themselves."}},{"id":"snp3.10:19","sourceIds":["snp3.10:19.1","snp3.10:19.2","snp3.10:19.3","snp3.10:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayosaṅkusamāhataṭṭhānaṁ,\nTiṇhadhāramayasūlamupeti;\nAtha tattaayoguḷasannibhaṁ,\nBhojanamatthi tathā patirūpaṁ.","en":"They approach the place of impalement,\nwith its iron spikes, sharp blades, and iron stakes.\nThen there is the food, which appropriately,\nis like a red-hot iron ball."}},{"id":"snp3.10:20","sourceIds":["snp3.10:20.1","snp3.10:20.2","snp3.10:20.3","snp3.10:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi vaggu vadanti vadantā,\nNābhijavanti na tāṇamupenti;\nAṅgāre santhate sayanti,\nGinisampajjalitaṁ pavisanti.","en":"For the speakers speak not sweetly,\nthey don’t hurry there, or find shelter.\nThey lie upon a spread of coals,\nthey enter a blazing mass of fire."}},{"id":"snp3.10:21","sourceIds":["snp3.10:21.1","snp3.10:21.2","snp3.10:21.3","snp3.10:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jālena ca onahiyāna,\nTattha hananti ayomayakuṭebhi;\nAndhaṁva timisamāyanti,\nTaṁ vitatañhi yathā mahikāyo.","en":"Wrapping them in a net,\nthey strike them there with iron hammers.\nThey come to blinding darkness,\nwhich spreads about them like a fog."}},{"id":"snp3.10:22","sourceIds":["snp3.10:22.1","snp3.10:22.2","snp3.10:22.3","snp3.10:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha lohamayaṁ pana kumbhiṁ,\nGinisampajjalitaṁ pavisanti;\nPaccanti hi tāsu cirarattaṁ,\nAgginisamāsu samuppilavāte.","en":"Next they enter a copper pot,\na blazing mass of fire.\nThere they roast for a long time,\nwrithing in the masses of fire."}},{"id":"snp3.10:23","sourceIds":["snp3.10:23.1","snp3.10:23.2","snp3.10:23.3","snp3.10:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha pubbalohitamisse,\nTattha kiṁ paccati kibbisakārī;\nYaṁ yaṁ disakaṁ adhiseti,\nTattha kilissati samphusamāno.","en":"Then the sinner roasts there\nin a mixture of pus and blood.\nNo matter where they settle,\neverything they touch there hurts them."}},{"id":"snp3.10:24","sourceIds":["snp3.10:24.1","snp3.10:24.2","snp3.10:24.3","snp3.10:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puḷavāvasathe salilasmiṁ,\nTattha kiṁ paccati kibbisakārī;\nGantuṁ na hi tīramapatthi,\nSabbasamā hi samantakapallā.","en":"The sinner roasts in\nworm-infested water.\nThere’s not even a shore to go to,\nfor all around are the same kind of pots."}},{"id":"snp3.10:25","sourceIds":["snp3.10:25.1","snp3.10:25.2","snp3.10:25.3","snp3.10:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asipattavanaṁ pana tiṇhaṁ,\nTaṁ pavisanti samucchidagattā;\nJivhaṁ balisena gahetvā,\nĀrajayārajayā vihananti.","en":"They enter the Sword-Leaf Forest,\nso sharp they cut their body to pieces.\nHaving grabbed the tongue with a hook,\nthey stab it, slashing back and forth."}},{"id":"snp3.10:26","sourceIds":["snp3.10:26.1","snp3.10:26.2","snp3.10:26.3","snp3.10:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha vetaraṇiṁ pana duggaṁ,\nTiṇhadhārakhuradhāramupenti;\nTattha mandā papatanti,\nPāpakarā pāpāni karitvā.","en":"Then they approach the impassable Vetaraṇī River,\nwith its sharp blades, its razor blades.\nDullards fall into it,\nthe wicked who have done wicked deeds."}},{"id":"snp3.10:27","sourceIds":["snp3.10:27.1","snp3.10:27.2","snp3.10:27.3","snp3.10:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khādanti hi tattha rudante,\nSāmā sabalā kākolagaṇā ca;\nSoṇā siṅgālā paṭigiddhā,\nKulalā vāyasā ca vitudanti.","en":"There dogs all brown and spotted,\nand raven flocks, and greedy jackals\ndevour them as they wail,\nwhile hawks and crows attack them."}},{"id":"snp3.10:28","sourceIds":["snp3.10:28.1","snp3.10:28.2","snp3.10:28.3","snp3.10:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kicchā vatayaṁ idha vutti,\nYaṁ jano phusati kibbisakārī;\nTasmā idha jīvitasese,\nKiccakaro siyā naro na cappamajje.","en":"Hard, alas, is the life here\nthat sinners endure.\nThat’s why for the rest of this life\na person ought do their duty without fail."}},{"id":"snp3.10:29","sourceIds":["snp3.10:29.1","snp3.10:29.2","snp3.10:29.3","snp3.10:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te gaṇitā vidūhi tilavāhā,\nYe padume niraye upanītā;\nNahutāni hi koṭiyo pañca bhavanti,\nDvādasa koṭisatāni punaññā.","en":"Experts have counted the loads of sesame\nas compared to the Pink Lotus hell.\nFor there are five times ten thousand times ten million,\nplus another twelve hundred times ten million years—"}},{"id":"snp3.10:30","sourceIds":["snp3.10:30.1","snp3.10:30.2","snp3.10:30.3","snp3.10:30.4","snp3.10:30.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yāva dukhā nirayā idha vuttā,\nTatthapi tāva ciraṁ vasitabbaṁ;\nTasmā sucipesalasādhuguṇesu,\nVācaṁ manaṁ satataṁ parirakkhe”ti.\nKokālikasuttaṁ dasamaṁ.","en":"as painful as life is said to be in hell,\nthat’s how long one must dwell there.\nThat’s why, for those who are pure, well-behaved, full of good qualities,\none should always guard one’s speech and mind.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp3.10/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."}