Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
14. Dhātu-Saṃyuttaṃ
II. Dutiya Vagga
Sutta 13
Giñjakāvasatha Suttaṃ
Brick House
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Once upon a time The Lucky Man, Ñātike revisiting,
Brick House.
There he addressed the beggars:
"Beggars!"
"Broke-tooth!" they responded.
The Lucky Man said this to them:
"Data, beggars, is the reason
perceptions arise,
views arise,
thoughts arise."
That said, Old Man Kaccāyano said this to The Lucky Man:
"Whatever can be the view then, Bhante,
what the reason,
that it appears to a not-consummately self-awakened one
that he is a consummately self-awakened one?"
"Great is that data, Kaccāyana,
that is, the blindness data."
Backward data, Kaccāyano, is the reason for the appearance of
backward perception
backward views
backward thinking
a backward heart,
backward ambitions,
backward motives —
backward persons backward talk;
backward explanations,
dissertations,
wisdom
revelations
analyses
laying out —
backward that which is the outcome
so I say.
Mediocre data, Kaccāyano, is the reason for the appearance of
mediocre perception
mediocre views
mediocre thinking
a mediocre heart,
mediocre ambitions,
mediocre motives —
mediocre persons mediocre talk;
mediocre explanations,
dissertations,
wisdom
revelations
analyses
laying out —
mediocre that which is the outcome
so I say.
Advanced data, Kaccāyano, is the reason for the appearance of
advanced perception
advanced views
advanced thinking
an advanced heart,
advanced ambitions,
advanced motives —
advanced persons advanced talk;
advanced explanations,
dissertations,
wisdom
revelations
analyses
laying out —
advanced that which is the outcome
so say I."
