{"id":"snp5.17","title":"The Questions of Piṅgiya","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp5.17","title":"The Questions of Piṅgiya","units":[{"id":"snp5.17:0","sourceIds":["snp5.17:0.1","snp5.17:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 5.17\nPiṅgiyamāṇavapucchā","en":"Anthology of Discourses 5.17\nThe Questions of Piṅgiya"}},{"id":"snp5.17:1","sourceIds":["snp5.17:1.1","snp5.17:1.2","snp5.17:1.3","snp5.17:1.4","snp5.17:1.5","snp5.17:1.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Jiṇṇohamasmi abalo vītavaṇṇo,\n(iccāyasmā piṅgiyo)\nNettā na suddhā savanaṁ na phāsu;\nMāhaṁ nassaṁ momuho antarāva,\nĀcikkha dhammaṁ yamahaṁ vijaññaṁ;\nJātijarāya idha vippahānaṁ”.","en":"“I am old, feeble, and pallid,”\nsaid Venerable Piṅgiya,\n“my eyes unclear, my hearing faint—\ndon’t let me perish while still confused.\nExplain the teaching so that I may understand\nthe giving up of rebirth and old age here.”"}},{"id":"snp5.17:2","sourceIds":["snp5.17:2.1","snp5.17:2.2","snp5.17:2.3","snp5.17:2.4","snp5.17:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Disvāna rūpesu vihaññamāne,\n(piṅgiyāti bhagavā)\nRuppanti rūpesu janā pamattā;\nTasmā tuvaṁ piṅgiya appamatto,\nJahassu rūpaṁ apunabbhavāya”.","en":"“Seeing them being harmed on account of forms,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“those negligent folk are inflicted on account of forms—\ntherefore, Piṅgiya, being diligent,\ngive up form so as not to be reborn.”"}},{"id":"snp5.17:3","sourceIds":["snp5.17:3.1","snp5.17:3.2","snp5.17:3.3","snp5.17:3.4","snp5.17:3.5","snp5.17:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Disā catasso vidisā catasso,\nUddhaṁ adho dasa disā imāyo;\nNa tuyhaṁ adiṭṭhaṁ asutaṁ amutaṁ,\nAtho aviññātaṁ kiñcanamatthi loke;\nĀcikkha dhammaṁ yamahaṁ vijaññaṁ,\nJātijarāya idha vippahānaṁ”.","en":"“The four quarters, the intermediate directions,\nbelow, and above: in these ten directions\nthere’s nothing at all in the world\nthat you’ve not seen, heard, thought, or cognized.\nExplain the teaching so that I may understand\nthe giving up of rebirth and old age here.”"}},{"id":"snp5.17:4","sourceIds":["snp5.17:4.1","snp5.17:4.2","snp5.17:4.3","snp5.17:4.4","snp5.17:4.5","snp5.17:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Taṇhādhipanne manuje pekkhamāno,\n(piṅgiyāti bhagavā)\nSantāpajāte jarasā parete;\nTasmā tuvaṁ piṅgiya appamatto,\nJahassu taṇhaṁ apunabbhavāyā”ti.\nPiṅgiyamāṇavapucchā soḷasamā.","en":"“Observing mankind sunk in craving,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“tormented, mired in old age;\ntherefore, Piṅgiya, being diligent,\ngive up craving so as not to be reborn.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.17/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."}