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114. DHAMMIKASUTTA. Buddha shows Dhammika what the life of a Bhikkhu and what the life of a householder ought to be. So it was heard by me: At one time Bhagavat dwelt at SAvattht, in Getavana, in the park of Andthapizdika. Then the follower (upasaka) Dhammika, together with five DHAMMIKASUTTA, 63 hundred followers, went to Bhagavat, and having gone to Bhagavat and saluted him, he sat down apart; sitting down apart the follower Dhammika addressed Bhagavat in stanzas: 1. ‘I ask thee, O Gotama of great understanding, How is a Savaka (disciple) to act to be a good one? is it the one who goes from his house to the wilderness, or the followers with a house ? (375) 2. ‘For thou knowest the doings of this world and that of the gods, and the final end; there is nobody like thee seeing the subtle meaning (of things) ; they call thee the excellent Buddha. (376) 3. ‘ Knowing all knowledge thou hast revealed the Dhamma, having compassion on creatures; thou hast removed the veil (of the world), thou art allseeing, thou shinest spotless in all the world. (377) 4. ‘The king of elephants, Eravaza by name, hearing that thou wert Gina (the Conqueror), came to thy presence, and having conversed with thee he went away delighted, after listening (to thee, and saying), “ Very good!” (378) 5. ‘Also king Vessavaza Kuvera came to ask thee about the Dhamma; him, too, thou, O wise man, answeredst when asked, and he also after listening was delighted. (379) 6. ‘All these disputatious Titthiyas and Agtvikas and Nigaz¢has do not any of them overcome thee in understanding, as a man standing (does not overcome) the one that is walking quickly. (380) 7. ‘All these disputatious Brahmazas, and there are even some old Brahmamas, all are bound by thy opinion, and others also that are considered disputants. . , (381) 8. ‘ This subtle and pleasant Dhamma that has 64 KOLAVAGGA. been well proclaimed by thee, O Bhagavat, and which we all long to hear, do thou, O thou best of Buddhas, speak to us when asked. (382) 9. ‘Let all these Bhikkhus and also Updsakas that have sat down to listen, hear the Dhamma learnt (anubuddha) by the stainless (Buddha), as the gods (hear) the well-spoken (words) of V4sava.’ (383) 10. Bhagavat: ‘Listen to me, O Bhikkhus, I will teach you the Dhamma that destroys sin, do ye keep it, all of you; let him who looks for what is salutary, the thoughtful, cultivate the mode of life suitable for Pabbagitas. (384) 11, ‘Let not the Bhikkhu walk about at a wrong time, let him go to the village for alms at the right time; for ties ensnare ,the one that goes at a wrong time, therefore Buddhas do‘ not go at a wrong time. (385) 12. ‘Form, sound, taste, smell, and touch which intoxicate creatures, having subdued the desire for (all) these things (dhammas), let him in due time go in for his breakfast. (386)
2(385) 12. ‘Form, sound, taste, smell, and touch which intoxicate creatures, having subdued the desire for (all) these things (dhammas), let him in due time go in for his breakfast. (386) 13. ‘And let the Bhikkhu, after having obtained his food at the right time and returned, sit down alone and privately; reflecting within himself let him not turn his mind to outward things, (but be) self-collected. (387) 14. ‘If he speak with a Savaka or with anybody else, or with a Bhikkhu, let him talk about the excellent Dhamma, (but let him) not (utter) slander, nor blaming words against others. (388) 15. ‘For some utter language contradicting others’; those narrow-minded ones we do not praise. Ties 1 Vadam hi eke pa/iseniyanti=viruggAanti yugghituk4mé hutva senfya pafimukham gakéfanté viya honti. Commentator. DHAMMIKASUTTA. 65 from here and there ensnare them, and they send their mind far away in that (dispute). (389) 16, ‘ Let a SAavaka of him with the excellent understanding (Buddha), after hearing the Dhamma taught by Sugata, discriminately seek for food, a monastery, a bed and a chair, and water for taking away the dirt of his clothes. (390) 17. ‘But without clinging to these things, to food, to bed and chair, to water for taking away the dirt of his clothes, let a Bhikkhu be like a waterdrop on a lotus. (391) 18. ‘A householder’s work I will also tell you, how a S4vaka is to act to be a good one; for that complete Bhikkhu-dhamma cannot be carried out by one who is taken up by (worldly) occupations. (392) 19. ‘Let-him not kill, nor cause to be killed any living being, nor let him approve of others killing, after having refrained from hurting all creatures, both those that are strong and those that tremble in the world. (393) 20. ‘Then let the Savaka abstain from (taking) anything in any place that has not been given (to him), knowing (it to belong to another), let him not cause any one to take, nor approve of those that take, let him avoid all (sort of) theft. (394) 21. ‘Let the wise man avoid an unchaste life as a burning heap of coals; not being able to live a life of chastity, let him not transgress with another man’s wife. (395) 22. ‘Let no one speak falsely to another in the hall of justice or in the hall of the assembly, let him not cause (any one) to speak (falsely), nor approve of those that speak (falsely), let him avoid all (sort of) untruth. (396) [10] F 66 ROLAVAGGA. 23. ‘Let the householder who approves of this Dhamma, not give himself to intoxicating drinks; let him not cause others to drink, nor approve of those that drink, knowing it to end in madness. (397) 24. ‘For through intoxication the stupid commit sins and make other people intoxicated; let him avoid this seat of sin, this madness, this folly, delightful to the stupid. (398)
3(397) 24. ‘For through intoxication the stupid commit sins and make other people intoxicated; let him avoid this seat of sin, this madness, this folly, delightful to the stupid. (398) 25. ‘Let him not kill any living being, let him not take what has not been given (to him), let him not speak falsely,and let him not drink intoxicating drinks, let him refrain from unchaste sexual intercourse, and let him not at night eat untimely food. (399) 26. ‘Let him not wear wreaths nor use perfumes, let him lie on a couch spread on the earth:—this they call the eightfold abstinence (uposatha), proclaimed by Buddha, who has overcome pain. (400) 27. ‘Then having with a believing mind kept abstinence (uposatha) on the fourteenth, fifteenth, and the eighth days of the half-month, and (having kept) the complete P4sih4rakapakkha * consisting of eight parts, (401) 28. ‘And then in the morning, after having kept abstinence, let a wise man with a believing mind, gladdening the assembly of Bhikkhus with food and drink, make distributions according to his ability. (402) 29. ‘Let him dutifully maintain his parents, and practise an honourable trade; the householder who observes this strenuously goes to the gods by name Sayampabhas.’ (403) Dhammikasutta is ended. K/avagga is ended. * Compare T. W. Rhys Davids, Buddhism, p. 141. Il]. MAHAVAGGA. 1. PABBAGGASUTTA. King Bimbis4ra feeling interested in Buddha tries to tempt him with wealth, but is mildly rebuked by Buddha. 1. I will praise an ascetic life such as the clearlyseeing (Buddha) led, such as he thinking (over it) approved of as an ascetic life. (404) 2. ‘This house-life is pain, the seat of impurity,’ and ‘an ascetic life is an open-air life,’ so considering he embraced an ascetic life. (405) 3. Leading an ascetic life, he avoided with his body sinful deeds, and having (also) abandoned sin in words, he cleansed his life. (406) 4. Buddha went to R4gagaha, he entered the Giribbaga in Magadha for alms with a profusion of excellent signs. (407) 5. Bimbis4ra standing in his palace saw him, and seeing him endowed with these signs, he spoke these words : (408) 6. ‘Attend ye to this man, he is handsome, great, clean, he is both endowed with good conduct, and he does not look before him further than a yuga (the distance of a plough). (409) 7. ‘With downcast eyes, thoughtful, this one is not like those of low caste; let the king’s messengers run off, (and ask): “Where is the Bhikkhu going?”’ (410) 8. The king’s messengers followed after (him, and F2 68 MAHAVAGGA. said): ‘Where is the Bhikkhu going, where will he reside ? (411) 9. ‘Going begging from house to house, watching the door (of the senses), well restrained, he quickly filled his bowl, conscious, thoughtful. (412) 10. ‘Wandering about in search of alms, having gone out of town, the Muni repaired to (the mountain) Pazdava; it must be there he lives.’ (413)
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
114. DHAMMIKASUTTA. Buddha shows Dhammika what the life of a Bhikkhu and what the life of a householder ought to be. So it was heard by me: At one time Bhagavat dwelt at SAvattht, in Getavana, in the park of Andthapizdika. Then the follower (upasaka) Dhammika, together with five DHAMMIKASUTTA, 63 hundred followers, went to Bhagavat, and having gone to Bhagavat and saluted him, he sat down apart; sitting down apart the follower Dhammika addressed Bhagavat in stanzas: 1. ‘I ask thee, O Gotama of great understanding, How is a Savaka (disciple) to act to be a good one? is it the one who goes from his house to the wilderness, or the followers with a house ? (375) 2. ‘For thou knowest the doings of this world and that of the gods, and the final end; there is nobody like thee seeing the subtle meaning (of things) ; they call thee the excellent Buddha. (376) 3. ‘ Knowing all knowledge thou hast revealed the Dhamma, having compassion on creatures; thou hast removed the veil (of the world), thou art allseeing, thou shinest spotless in all the world. (377) 4. ‘The king of elephants, Eravaza by name, hearing that thou wert Gina (the Conqueror), came to thy presence, and having conversed with thee he went away delighted, after listening (to thee, and saying), “ Very good!” (378) 5. ‘Also king Vessavaza Kuvera came to ask thee about the Dhamma; him, too, thou, O wise man, answeredst when asked, and he also after listening was delighted. (379) 6. ‘All these disputatious Titthiyas and Agtvikas and Nigaz¢has do not any of them overcome thee in understanding, as a man standing (does not overcome) the one that is walking quickly. (380) 7. ‘All these disputatious Brahmazas, and there are even some old Brahmamas, all are bound by thy opinion, and others also that are considered disputants. . , (381) 8. ‘ This subtle and pleasant Dhamma that has 64 KOLAVAGGA. been well proclaimed by thee, O Bhagavat, and which we all long to hear, do thou, O thou best of Buddhas, speak to us when asked. (382) 9. ‘Let all these Bhikkhus and also Updsakas that have sat down to listen, hear the Dhamma learnt (anubuddha) by the stainless (Buddha), as the gods (hear) the well-spoken (words) of V4sava.’ (383) 10. Bhagavat: ‘Listen to me, O Bhikkhus, I will teach you the Dhamma that destroys sin, do ye keep it, all of you; let him who looks for what is salutary, the thoughtful, cultivate the mode of life suitable for Pabbagitas. (384) 11, ‘Let not the Bhikkhu walk about at a wrong time, let him go to the village for alms at the right time; for ties ensnare ,the one that goes at a wrong time, therefore Buddhas do‘ not go at a wrong time. (385) 12. ‘Form, sound, taste, smell, and touch which intoxicate creatures, having subdued the desire for (all) these things (dhammas), let him in due time go in for his breakfast. (386)
2(385) 12. ‘Form, sound, taste, smell, and touch which intoxicate creatures, having subdued the desire for (all) these things (dhammas), let him in due time go in for his breakfast. (386) 13. ‘And let the Bhikkhu, after having obtained his food at the right time and returned, sit down alone and privately; reflecting within himself let him not turn his mind to outward things, (but be) self-collected. (387) 14. ‘If he speak with a Savaka or with anybody else, or with a Bhikkhu, let him talk about the excellent Dhamma, (but let him) not (utter) slander, nor blaming words against others. (388) 15. ‘For some utter language contradicting others’; those narrow-minded ones we do not praise. Ties 1 Vadam hi eke pa/iseniyanti=viruggAanti yugghituk4mé hutva senfya pafimukham gakéfanté viya honti. Commentator. DHAMMIKASUTTA. 65 from here and there ensnare them, and they send their mind far away in that (dispute). (389) 16, ‘ Let a SAavaka of him with the excellent understanding (Buddha), after hearing the Dhamma taught by Sugata, discriminately seek for food, a monastery, a bed and a chair, and water for taking away the dirt of his clothes. (390) 17. ‘But without clinging to these things, to food, to bed and chair, to water for taking away the dirt of his clothes, let a Bhikkhu be like a waterdrop on a lotus. (391) 18. ‘A householder’s work I will also tell you, how a S4vaka is to act to be a good one; for that complete Bhikkhu-dhamma cannot be carried out by one who is taken up by (worldly) occupations. (392) 19. ‘Let-him not kill, nor cause to be killed any living being, nor let him approve of others killing, after having refrained from hurting all creatures, both those that are strong and those that tremble in the world. (393) 20. ‘Then let the Savaka abstain from (taking) anything in any place that has not been given (to him), knowing (it to belong to another), let him not cause any one to take, nor approve of those that take, let him avoid all (sort of) theft. (394) 21. ‘Let the wise man avoid an unchaste life as a burning heap of coals; not being able to live a life of chastity, let him not transgress with another man’s wife. (395) 22. ‘Let no one speak falsely to another in the hall of justice or in the hall of the assembly, let him not cause (any one) to speak (falsely), nor approve of those that speak (falsely), let him avoid all (sort of) untruth. (396) [10] F 66 ROLAVAGGA. 23. ‘Let the householder who approves of this Dhamma, not give himself to intoxicating drinks; let him not cause others to drink, nor approve of those that drink, knowing it to end in madness. (397) 24. ‘For through intoxication the stupid commit sins and make other people intoxicated; let him avoid this seat of sin, this madness, this folly, delightful to the stupid. (398)
3(397) 24. ‘For through intoxication the stupid commit sins and make other people intoxicated; let him avoid this seat of sin, this madness, this folly, delightful to the stupid. (398) 25. ‘Let him not kill any living being, let him not take what has not been given (to him), let him not speak falsely,and let him not drink intoxicating drinks, let him refrain from unchaste sexual intercourse, and let him not at night eat untimely food. (399) 26. ‘Let him not wear wreaths nor use perfumes, let him lie on a couch spread on the earth:—this they call the eightfold abstinence (uposatha), proclaimed by Buddha, who has overcome pain. (400) 27. ‘Then having with a believing mind kept abstinence (uposatha) on the fourteenth, fifteenth, and the eighth days of the half-month, and (having kept) the complete P4sih4rakapakkha * consisting of eight parts, (401) 28. ‘And then in the morning, after having kept abstinence, let a wise man with a believing mind, gladdening the assembly of Bhikkhus with food and drink, make distributions according to his ability. (402) 29. ‘Let him dutifully maintain his parents, and practise an honourable trade; the householder who observes this strenuously goes to the gods by name Sayampabhas.’ (403) Dhammikasutta is ended. K/avagga is ended. * Compare T. W. Rhys Davids, Buddhism, p. 141. Il]. MAHAVAGGA. 1. PABBAGGASUTTA. King Bimbis4ra feeling interested in Buddha tries to tempt him with wealth, but is mildly rebuked by Buddha. 1. I will praise an ascetic life such as the clearlyseeing (Buddha) led, such as he thinking (over it) approved of as an ascetic life. (404) 2. ‘This house-life is pain, the seat of impurity,’ and ‘an ascetic life is an open-air life,’ so considering he embraced an ascetic life. (405) 3. Leading an ascetic life, he avoided with his body sinful deeds, and having (also) abandoned sin in words, he cleansed his life. (406) 4. Buddha went to R4gagaha, he entered the Giribbaga in Magadha for alms with a profusion of excellent signs. (407) 5. Bimbis4ra standing in his palace saw him, and seeing him endowed with these signs, he spoke these words : (408) 6. ‘Attend ye to this man, he is handsome, great, clean, he is both endowed with good conduct, and he does not look before him further than a yuga (the distance of a plough). (409) 7. ‘With downcast eyes, thoughtful, this one is not like those of low caste; let the king’s messengers run off, (and ask): “Where is the Bhikkhu going?”’ (410) 8. The king’s messengers followed after (him, and F2 68 MAHAVAGGA. said): ‘Where is the Bhikkhu going, where will he reside ? (411) 9. ‘Going begging from house to house, watching the door (of the senses), well restrained, he quickly filled his bowl, conscious, thoughtful. (412) 10. ‘Wandering about in search of alms, having gone out of town, the Muni repaired to (the mountain) Pazdava; it must be there he lives.’ (413)
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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