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Linked Discourses · SN 35.151

  • Linked Discourses 35.151Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.151
  • 15. The Old and the New15. Navapurāṇavagga

A Resident PupilAntevāsikasutta

“Mendicants, this spiritual life is lived without a resident pupil and without a teaching master.“Anantevāsikamidaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati anācariyakaṁ. A mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in suffering and discomfort.Santevāsiko, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sācariyako dukkhaṁ na phāsu viharati. A mendicant who lives without a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in happiness and comfort.Anantevāsiko, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anācariyako sukhaṁ phāsu viharati.

And how does a mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master live in suffering and discomfort?Kathañca, bhikkhu, santevāsiko sācariyako dukkhaṁ na phāsu viharati?

When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā. Those qualities reside within. Since they have bad unskillful qualities residing within,Tyāssa anto vasanti, antassa vasanti pāpakā akusalā dhammāti. they’re said to have a resident pupil.Tasmā santevāsikoti vuccati. Those qualities master them. Since they’re mastered by bad unskillful qualities,Te naṁ samudācaranti, samudācaranti naṁ pāpakā akusalā dhammāti. they’re said to have a teaching master.Tasmā sācariyakoti vuccati …pe….

Furthermore, when a mendicant hears … smells … tastes … touches …Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno jivhāya rasaṁ sāyitvā uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā. knows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno manasā dhammaṁ viññāya uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā. Those qualities reside within. Since they have bad unskillful qualities residing within,Tyāssa anto vasanti, antassa vasanti pāpakā akusalā dhammāti. they’re said to have a resident pupil.Tasmā santevāsikoti vuccati. Those qualities master them. Since they’re mastered by bad unskillful qualities,Te naṁ samudācaranti, samudācaranti naṁ pāpakā akusalā dhammāti. they’re said to have a teaching master.Tasmā sācariyakoti vuccati. That’s how a mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in suffering and discomfort.Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu santevāsiko sācariyako dukkhaṁ, na phāsu viharati.

And how does a mendicant who lives without a resident pupil and a teaching master live in happiness and comfort?Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anantevāsiko anācariyako sukhaṁ phāsu viharati?

When a mendicant sees a sight with their eyes, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā na uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā. Those qualities don’t reside within. Since they don’t have bad unskillful qualities residing within,Tyāssa na anto vasanti, nāssa anto vasanti pāpakā akusalā dhammāti. they’re said to not have a resident pupil.Tasmā anantevāsikoti vuccati. Those qualities don’t master them. Since they’re not mastered by bad unskillful qualities,Te naṁ na samudācaranti, na samudācaranti naṁ pāpakā akusalā dhammāti. they’re said to not have a teaching master.Tasmā anācariyakoti vuccati …pe….

Furthermore, when a mendicant hears … smells … tastes … touches …Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno jivhāya rasaṁ sāyitvā na uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā. knows an idea with their mind, bad, unskillful phenomena don’t arise: memories and thoughts that tighten the fetters.Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno manasā dhammaṁ viññāya na uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā sarasaṅkappā saṁyojaniyā. Those qualities don’t reside within. Since they don’t have bad unskillful qualities residing within,Tyāssa na anto vasanti, nāssa anto vasanti pāpakā akusalā dhammāti. they’re said to not have a resident pupil.Tasmā anantevāsikoti vuccati. Those qualities don’t master them. Since they’re not mastered by bad unskillful qualities,Te naṁ na samudācaranti, na samudācaranti naṁ pāpakā akusalā dhammāti. they’re said to not have a teaching master.Tasmā anācariyakoti vuccati.

That’s how a mendicant who lives without a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in happiness and comfort.Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anantevāsiko anācariyako sukhaṁ phāsu viharati.

This spiritual life is lived without a resident pupil and without a teaching master.Anantevāsikamidaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati. A mendicant who lives with a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in suffering and discomfort.Anācariyakaṁ santevāsiko, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sācariyako dukkhaṁ, na phāsu viharati. A mendicant who lives without a resident pupil and a teaching master lives in happiness and comfort.”Anantevāsiko, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anācariyako sukhaṁ phāsu viharatī”ti.

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