Bhikkhusutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 17.30

Linked Discourses 17.30

3. Tatiyavagga

Chapter Three

Bhikkhusutta

A Mendicant With Defilements Ended

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

At Sāvatthī.

“Yopi so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu arahaṁ khīṇāsavo tassapāhaṁ lābhasakkārasiloko antarāyāya vadāmī”ti.

“Mendicants, possessions, honor, and popularity are an obstacle even for a mendicant who is perfected, with defilements ended.”

Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha,

“kissa pana, bhante, khīṇāsavassa bhikkhuno lābhasakkārasiloko antarāyāyā”ti?

“Sir, what do possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct for a mendicant with defilements ended?”

“Yā hissa sā, ānanda, akuppā cetovimutti nāhaṁ tassā lābhasakkārasilokaṁ antarāyāya vadāmi.

“Ānanda, I don’t say that possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct the unshakable freedom of heart.

Ye ca khvassa, ānanda, appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa viharato diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārā adhigatā tesāhamassa lābhasakkārasilokaṁ antarāyāya vadāmi.

But I do say that possessions, honor, and popularity obstruct the achievement of blissful meditations in this life for a meditator who is diligent, keen, and resolute.

Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, ānanda, lābhasakkārasiloko kaṭuko pharuso antarāyiko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya.

So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity—bitter and harsh, an obstacle to reaching the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.

Tasmātihānanda, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:

So you should train like this:

‘uppannaṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ pajahissāma, na ca no uppanno lābhasakkārasiloko cittaṁ pariyādāya ṭhassatī’ti.

‘We will give up arisen possessions, honor, and popularity, and we won’t let them occupy our minds.’

Evañhi vo, ānanda, sikkhitabban”ti.

That’s how you should train.”

Dasamaṁ.

Tatiyo vaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Mātugāmo ca kalyāṇī,

putto ca ekadhītu ca;

Samaṇabrāhmaṇā tīṇi,

chavi rajju ca bhikkhunāti.