{"id":"snp5.2","title":"The Questions of Ajita","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp5.2","title":"The Questions of Ajita","units":[{"id":"snp5.2:0","sourceIds":["snp5.2:0.1","snp5.2:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 5.2\nAjitamāṇavapucchā","en":"Anthology of Discourses 5.2\nThe Questions of Ajita"}},{"id":"snp5.2:1","sourceIds":["snp5.2:1.1","snp5.2:1.2","snp5.2:1.3","snp5.2:1.4","snp5.2:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kenassu nivuto loko,\n(iccāyasmā ajito)\nKenassu nappakāsati;\nKissābhilepanaṁ brūsi,\nKiṁsu tassa mahabbhayaṁ”.","en":"“By what is the world shrouded?”\nsaid Venerable Ajita.\n“Why does it not shine?\nTell me, what is its sullying?\nWhat is its greatest fear?”"}},{"id":"snp5.2:2","sourceIds":["snp5.2:2.1","snp5.2:2.2","snp5.2:2.3","snp5.2:2.4","snp5.2:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Avijjāya nivuto loko,\n(ajitāti bhagavā)\nVevicchā pamādā nappakāsati;\nJappābhilepanaṁ brūmi,\nDukkhamassa mahabbhayaṁ”.","en":"“The world is shrouded in ignorance.”\nreplied the Buddha.\n“Avarice and negligence make it not shine.\nMuttered prayer is its sullying, I say.\nSuffering is its greatest fear.”"}},{"id":"snp5.2:3","sourceIds":["snp5.2:3.1","snp5.2:3.2","snp5.2:3.3","snp5.2:3.4","snp5.2:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Savanti sabbadhi sotā,\n(iccāyasmā ajito)\nSotānaṁ kiṁ nivāraṇaṁ;\nSotānaṁ saṁvaraṁ brūhi,\nKena sotā pidhiyyare”.","en":"“The streams flow everywhere,”\nsaid Venerable Ajita.\n“What is there to block them?\nAnd tell me the restraint of streams—\nby what are they locked out?”"}},{"id":"snp5.2:4","sourceIds":["snp5.2:4.1","snp5.2:4.2","snp5.2:4.3","snp5.2:4.4","snp5.2:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yāni sotāni lokasmiṁ,\n(ajitāti bhagavā)\nSati tesaṁ nivāraṇaṁ;\nSotānaṁ saṁvaraṁ brūmi,\nPaññāyete pidhiyyare”.","en":"“The streams in the world,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“are blocked by mindfulness.\nI tell you the restraint of streams—\nthey are locked out by wisdom.”"}},{"id":"snp5.2:5","sourceIds":["snp5.2:5.1","snp5.2:5.2","snp5.2:5.3","snp5.2:5.4","snp5.2:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Paññā ceva sati yañca,\n(iccāyasmā ajito)\nNāmarūpañca mārisa;\nEtaṁ me puṭṭho pabrūhi,\nKatthetaṁ uparujjhati”.","en":"“That wisdom and mindfulness,”\nsaid Venerable Ajita,\n“and that which is name and form, good fellow;\nwhen questioned, please tell me of this:\nwhere does this all cease?”"}},{"id":"snp5.2:6","sourceIds":["snp5.2:6.1","snp5.2:6.2","snp5.2:6.3","snp5.2:6.4","snp5.2:6.5","snp5.2:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yametaṁ pañhaṁ apucchi,\najita taṁ vadāmi te;\nYattha nāmañca rūpañca,\nasesaṁ uparujjhati;\nViññāṇassa nirodhena,\netthetaṁ uparujjhati”.","en":"“This question which you have asked,\nI shall answer you, Ajita.\nWhere name and form\ncease with no residue left behind—\nwith the cessation of consciousness,\nhere they cease.”"}},{"id":"snp5.2:7","sourceIds":["snp5.2:7.1","snp5.2:7.2","snp5.2:7.3","snp5.2:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ye ca saṅkhātadhammāse,\nye ca sekhā puthū idha;\nTesaṁ me nipako iriyaṁ,\npuṭṭho pabrūhi mārisa”.","en":"“There are those who have appraised the teaching,\nand many kinds of trainees here.\nNow you, being alert, are asked\nto tell me their behavior, good fellow.”"}},{"id":"snp5.2:8","sourceIds":["snp5.2:8.1","snp5.2:8.2","snp5.2:8.3","snp5.2:8.4","snp5.2:8.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kāmesu nābhigijjheyya,\nManasānāvilo siyā;\nKusalo sabbadhammānaṁ,\nSato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.\nAjitamāṇavapucchā paṭhamā.","en":"“Not greedy for sensual pleasures,\ntheir mind would be unclouded.\nSkilled in all things,\na mendicant would wander mindful.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.2/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."}