Mūsikasutta
Four people similar to mice.
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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.107
Numbered Discourses 4.107
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11. Valāhakavagga
11. Clouds
Mūsikasutta
Mice
- 1.1
“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, mūsikā.
“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of mice.
- 1.2
Katamā catasso?
What four?
- 1.3
Gādhaṁ kattā no vasitā,
One makes a hole but doesn’t live in it,
- 1.4
vasitā no gādhaṁ kattā,
one lives in a hole but doesn’t make it,
- 1.5
neva gādhaṁ kattā no vasitā,
one neither makes a hole nor lives in it, and
- 1.6
gādhaṁ kattā ca vasitā ca—
one both makes a hole and lives in it.
- 1.7
imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso mūsikā.
These are the four kinds of mice.
- 1.8
Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cattāro mūsikūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.
In the same way, these four individuals similar to mice are found in the world.
- 1.9
Katame cattāro?
What four?
- 1.10
Gādhaṁ kattā no vasitā,
One makes a hole but doesn’t live in it,
- 1.11
vasitā no gādhaṁ kattā,
one lives in a hole but doesn’t make it,
- 1.12
neva gādhaṁ kattā no vasitā,
one neither makes a hole nor lives in it, and
- 1.13
gādhaṁ kattā ca vasitā ca.
one both makes a hole and lives in it.
- 2.1
Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo gādhaṁ kattā hoti no vasitā?
And how does an individual make a hole but not live in it?
- 2.2
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇāti—
It’s when an individual memorizes the teaching—
- 2.3
suttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ.
statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations.
- 2.4
So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
But they don’t really understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.
- 2.5
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo gādhaṁ kattā hoti, no vasitā.
That’s how an individual makes a hole but doesn’t live in it.
- 2.6
Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, mūsikā gādhaṁ kattā, no vasitā;
That individual is like a mouse that makes a hole but doesn’t live in it, I say.
- 2.7
tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.
- 3.1
Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo vasitā hoti, no gādhaṁ kattā?
And how does an individual live in a hole but not make it?
- 3.2
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dhammaṁ na pariyāpuṇāti—
It’s when an individual doesn’t memorize the teaching …
- 3.3
suttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ.
- 3.4
So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
But they really understand: ‘This is suffering’ …
- 3.5
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo vasitā hoti, no gādhaṁ kattā.
- 3.6
Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, mūsikā vasitā hoti, no gādhaṁ kattā;
- 3.7
tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ, puggalaṁ vadāmi.
- 4.1
Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo neva gādhaṁ kattā hoti no vasitā?
And how does an individual neither make a hole nor live in it?
- 4.2
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dhammaṁ na pariyāpuṇāti—
It’s when an individual doesn’t memorize the teaching …
- 4.3
suttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ.
- 4.4
So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
Nor do they really understand: ‘This is suffering’ …
- 4.5
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo neva gādhaṁ kattā hoti, no vasitā.
- 4.6
Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, mūsikā neva gādhaṁ kattā hoti, no vasitā;
- 4.7
tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.
- 5.1
Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo gādhaṁ kattā ca hoti vasitā ca?
And how does an individual both make a hole and live in it?
- 5.2
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dhammaṁ pariyāpuṇāti—
It’s when an individual memorizes the teaching …
- 5.3
suttaṁ, geyyaṁ, veyyākaraṇaṁ, gāthaṁ, udānaṁ, itivuttakaṁ, jātakaṁ, abbhutadhammaṁ, vedallaṁ.
- 5.4
So ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
And they really understand: ‘This is suffering’ …
- 5.5
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo gādhaṁ kattā ca hoti vasitā ca.
- 5.6
Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, mūsikā gādhaṁ kattā ca hoti vasitā ca;
- 5.7
tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.
- 5.8
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro mūsikūpamā puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.
These four individuals similar to mice are found in the world.”
- 5.9
Sattamaṁ.
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