Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
Avyākata Vagga

Sutta 58

Pacalāyana Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 

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[1][pts][than][olds] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekam samayaṁ Bhagavā Bhaggesu viharati Suṁsumāragire Bhesakaḷāvane Migadāye.|| ||

Tena kho pana samayen'āyasmā MahāMoggallāno Magadhesu Kallavālamuttagāme pacalāyamāno nisinno hoti.|| ||

Addasā kho Bhagavā dibbena cakkhunā||
visuddhena atikkanta-mānusakena||
āyasmantaṁ MahāMoggallānaṁ Magadhesu Kallavālamuttagāme pacalāya-mānaṁ nisinnaṁ.|| ||

Disvā seyyathā pi nāma balavā puriso sammiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya,||
pasāritam vā bāhaṁ sammiñjeyya,||
evam eva Bhaggesu Suṁsumāragire Bhesakaḷāvane Migadāye||
antara-hito Magadhesu Kallavālamuttagāme||
āyasmato MahāMoggallānassa pamukhe pātu-r-ahosi.|| ||

Nisīdi Bhagavā paññatte āsane.|| ||

Nisajja kho Bhagavā āyasmantaṁ MahāMoggallānaṁ etad avoca.|| ||

'Pacalāyasi no tvaṁ Moggallāna?||
Pacalāyasi no tvaṁ Moggallānā?' ti.|| ||

"Evaṁ bhante" ti.|| ||

[2][pts][than][olds] Tasmātiha tvāṁ Moggallāna,||
yathā saññissa te vivarato taṁ middhaṁ okkamati,||
taṁ saññaṁ mā manas'ākāsi.|| ||

[86] Taṁ saññaṁ mā bahulam akāsi:||
Ṭhānaṁ kho pan'etaṁ vijjati,||
yaṁ te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha.|| ||

[3][pts][than][olds] No ce te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha,||
tato tvaṁ Moggallāna||
yathā-sutaṁ yathā-pariyattaṁ dhammaṁ cetasā anuvitakkeyyāsi,||
anūvicāreyyāsi,||
manas-ā-nupekkheyyāsi.|| ||

Ṭhānaṁ kho pan'etaṁ vijjati,||
yaṁ te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha.|| ||

[4][pts][than][olds] No ce te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha,||
tato tvaṁ Moggallāna,||
yathā-sutaṁ yathā-pariyattaṁ dhammaṁ vitthārena sajjhāyaṁ kareyyāsi:||
Ṭhānaṁ kho pan'etaṁ vijjati,||
yan te evaṁ viharato taṁ middaṁ pahīyetha.|| ||

[5][pts][than][olds] No ce te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha,||
tato tvaṁ Moggallāna,||
ubho kaṇṇasotāni āvijeyyāsi pāṇinā gattāni anumajjeyyāsi.|| ||

Ṭhānaṁ kho pan'etaṁ vijjati||
yaṁ te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha.|| ||

[6][pts][than][olds] No ce te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha,||
tato tvaṁ Moggallāna,||
uṭṭhāy āsanā udakena akkhīni anumajjitvā disā anuvilokeyyāsi.|| ||

Nakkhattāni tāraka-rūpāni ullokeyyāsi.|| ||

Ṭhānaṁ kho pan'etaṁ vijjati||
yaṁ te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha.|| ||

[7][pts][than][olds] No ce te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha,||
tato tvaṁ Moggallāna,||
āloka-saññaṁ mana-sikareyyāsi,||
divā saññaṁ adhiṭṭheyyāsi.|| ||

Yathā divā tathā rattiṁ||
yathā rattiṁ tathā divā.|| ||

Iti vivaṭena cetasā apariyonaddhena sa-p-pabhāsaṁ cittaṁ bhāveyyāsi.|| ||

Ṭhānaṁ kho pan'etaṁ vijjati||
yaṁ te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha.|| ||

[87] [8][pts][than][olds] No ce te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha,||
tato tvaṁ Moggallāna,||
pacchāpuresaññi caṅkamaṁ adhiṭṭheyyāsi||
antogatehi indriyehi,||
abahigatena mānasena.|| ||

Ṭhānaṁ kho panataṁ vijjati||
yaṁ te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha.|| ||

[9][pts][than][olds] No ce te evaṁ viharato taṁ middhaṁ pahīyetha,||
tato tvaṁ Moggallāna||
dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṁ kappeyyāsi pādena pādaṁ accādhāya sato sampajāno uṭṭhāna-saññaṁ mana-sikaritvā.|| ||

PaṭiBuddhena ca te Moggallāna,||
khippaṁ yeva paccuṭṭhātabbaṁ:||
'Na seyya-sukhaṁ na phassukhaṁ na middha-sukhaṁ anuyutto viharissāmī' ti.|| ||

Evaṁ hi te Moggallāna, sikkhitabbaṁ.|| ||

[10][pts][than][olds] Tasmātiha Moggallāna evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:||
'Na uccāsoṇḍaṁ paggahetvā kulāni upasaṅkamissāmī' ti.|| ||

Evaṁ hi te Moggallāna,||
sikkhitabbaṁ.|| ||

Sace Moggallāna,||
bhikkhū uccāsoṇḍaṁ paggahetvā kulāni upasaṅkamati,||
santi hi Moggallāna,||
kulesu kicca-karaṇīyānī yena manussā āgataṁ bhikkhūṁ na manasi karontī ti.|| ||

Tatra bhikkhussa evaṁ hoti:||
'Ko su nāma dāni maṁ imasmiṁ kule paribhindi,||
virattarūpā'dān'īme mayi manussā?' ti.|| ||

Iti sa alābhena maṅkubhāvo.|| ||

Mankubhutassa uddhaccaṁ.|| ||

Uddhatassa asaṁvaro.|| ||

Asaṁvutassa ārā cittaṁ samādhimhā.|| ||

Tasmātiha Moggallāna,||
evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:||
'Na viggāhikakathaṁ kathessāmī' ti.|| ||

Evaṁ hi te Moggallāna, sikkhitabbaṁ.|| ||

Viggāhikāya Moggallāna kathāya sati katābāhullaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ.|| ||

Kathābāhulle sati uddhaccaṁ.|| ||

Uddhatassa asaṁvaro.|| ||

Asaṁvutassa ārā cittaṁ samādhimhā.|| ||

Nāhaṁ Moggallāna, sabbe h'eva saṁsaggaṁ vaññayāmi, na [88] panāhaṁ Moggallāna sabbe h'eva saṁsaggaṁ na vaññayāmi.|| ||

Sagahaṭṭhapabba-jitehi kho ahaṁ Moggallāna saṁsaggaṁ na vaṇṇayāmi.|| ||

Yāni ca kho tāni sen'āsanāni appa-saddāni appa-nigghosāni vijanavātāni manussarāhaseyyakāni paṭisallānasāruppāni, tathā-rūpehi sen'āsanehi saṁsaggaṁ vaṇṇayāmī' ti.|| ||

[11][pts][than][olds] Evaṁ vutte āyasmā MahāMoggallāno Bhagavantaṁ etad avoca:||
'Kittāvatā nu kho bhante,||
bhikkhu saṅkhittena taṇhāsaṅkhayavimutto hoti accantaniṭṭho accanta-yoga-k-khemī accanta-brahma-cārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho deva-manussānan' ti?|| ||

'Idha Moggallāna, bhikkhuno sutaṁ hoti||
sabbe dhammā nālaṁ abhinivesāyā ti.|| ||

Evaṁ c'etaṁ Moggallāna, bhikkhuno sutaṁ hoti||
sabbe dhammā nālaṁ abhinivesāyā ti.|| ||

So sabbaṁ dhammaṁ abhijānāti,
so sabbaṁ dhammaṁ abhiññāya||
sabbaṁ dhammaṁ parijānāti,
sabbaṁ dhammaṁ pariññāya yaṁ kiñci vedanaṁ vediyati sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkha-m-asukhaṁ vā.|| ||

So tāsu vedanāsu anicc'ānupassī viharati,||
virāg-ā-nupassī viharati,||
nirodh-ā-nupassī viharati,||
paṭinissagg-ā-nupassī viharati.|| ||

So tāsu vedanāsu anicc'ānupassī viharanto,||
virāg-ā-nupassī viharanto,||
nirodh-ā-nupassī viharanto,||
paṭinissāggānupassī viharanto na ca kiñci loke upādiyati.|| ||

An-upādiyaṁ na paritassati.|| ||

Aparitassaṁ paccattaṁ yeva parinibkhāyati.|| ||

Khīṇā jāti||
vusitaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ||
kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ||
nāparaṁ itthattāyā' ti pajānāti.|| ||

Ettāvatā kho Moggallāna, bhikkhū saṅkhittena taṇhāsaṅkhayāvimutto hoti accantaniṭṭho accantayoga-k-khemi accanta-brahma-cārī accantapariyosāṇo. Seṭṭho deva-manussānan' ti.|| ||

 

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Sutta 59a

Māpuññabhāyi Suttaṁ^[1]

Mā bhikkhave, puññānaṁ bhayittha.|| ||

Sukhass'etaṁ [89] bhikkhave,||
adhivacanaṁ yad idaṁ puññanti.|| ||

1. Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṁ bhikkhave, dīgha-rattaṁ katānaṁ puññānaṁ dīgha-rattaṁ iṭṭhaṁ kantaṁ manāpaṁ vipākaṁ paccanubhūtaṁ.|| ||

Sattavassāni mettaṁ cittaṁ bhāvesiṁ.|| ||

Sattavassāni mettaṁ cittaṁ bhāvetvā sattasaṁvaṭṭhavivaṭṭa-kappe nayimaṁ lokaṁ punarāgamāsiṁ. Saṇvaṭṭamānassudāhaṁ bhikkhave,||
loke Ābhassarūpago homi.|| ||

Vivaṭṭamāne loke suññaṁ Brahma-vimānaṁ upapajjāmi.|| ||

Tatra sudaṁ bhikkhave,||
(sattakkhattuṁ) Brahmā homi Mahā-Brahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthu daso vasavattī.|| ||

Chattiṁ-sakkhattuṁ kho panāhaṁ bhikkhave Sakko ahosiṁ devānam Indo.|| ||

Anekasatakkhattuṁ rājā ahosiṁ cakka-vatti dhammiko Dhamma-rājā cāturanto vijitāvi jana-padatthāvariya-p-patto satta-ratana-samannāgato.|| ||

Tassa mayhaṁ bhikkhave,||
imāni sattaratanānī ahesuṁ.|| ||

Seyyath'īdaṁ:||
cakka-ratanaṁ hatthi-ratanaṁ assa-ratanaṁ maṇi-ratanaṁ itthi-ratanaṁ gahapati-ratanaṁ parināyaka-ratanam'eva sattamaṁ.|| ||

Parosahassaṁ kho pana me bhikkhave,||
puttā ahesuṁ sūrā vīraṅgarūpā parasena-p-pamaddanā.|| ||

So'haṁ imaṁ paṭhaviṁ sāgarapariyan taṁ adaṇḍena asatthena dhammena ahivijiya ajjhāvasinti.|| ||

 

Passa puññānaṁ vipākaṁ kusalānaṁ sukhesino||
Mettaṁ cittaṁ vībhāvetvā satta-vassāni bhikkhave,||
[90] Satta saṁvaṭṭa- vivaṭṭa-kappe nayimaṁ lokaṁ punāgamaṁ.|| ||

Saṇvaṭṭamāne lokambhi homi Ābhassarūpago,||
Vivaṭṭamāne lokambhi suññaṁ brahmūpago ahuṁ.|| ||

Sattakkhattuṁ Mahā-Brahmā vasavatti tadā ahuṁ.||
Chattiṁ-sakkhattuṁ devindo devarajjamakārayiṁ|| ||

Cakka-vatti ahuṁ rājā Jambudīpassa issaro||
Muddhāvasitto khattiyo manussādhipatī ahuṁ.|| ||

Adaṇḍena asatthena vijeyya paṭhaviṁ imaṁ||
Asāhasena dhammena samena anusāsiyaṁ.|| ||

Dhammena rajjaṁ kāretvā asmiṁ paṭhavimaṇḍale||
Mahaddhane mahā-bhoge aḍḍhe ajāyisaṁ kule|| ||

Sabbakāmehi sampanno ratanehi ca sattahi,||
Buddhā saṅgāhakā loke tehi etaṁ sudesitaṁ.|| ||

Esa hetumahantassa pathavyo yena vuccati.||
Pahūtavittūpakaraṇo rājā homi patāpavā|| ||

Iddhimā yasavā homi Jambusaṇḍassa issaro.||
Ko sutvā nappasīdeyya api kaṇh'ābhijātiyo.|| ||

[91] Tasmā hi attha-kāmena mahattam abhikaṅkhatā||
Sad'Dhammo garukātabbo saraṁ Buddhāna sāsanaṁ.|| ||

 

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^[1] From here to the end as a separate sutta in BJT.