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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय १०।७१
Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.71
Numbered Discourses 10.71
८। आकङ्खवग्ग
8. Ākaṅkhavagga
8. If You Want
आकङ्खसुत्त
Ākaṅkhasutta
One Might Wish
एकं समयं भगवा सावत्थियं विहरति जेतवने अनाथपिण्डिकस्स आरामे। तत्र खो भगवा भिक्खू आमन्तेसि: “भिक्खवो”ति।
Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti.
At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the bhikkhus, “Bhikkhus!”
“भदन्ते”ति ते भिक्खू भगवतो पच्चस्सोसुं। भगवा एतदवोच:
“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca:
“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this:
“सम्पन्नसीला, भिक्खवे, विहरथ सम्पन्नपातिमोक्खा, पातिमोक्खसंवरसंवुता विहरथ आचारगोचरसम्पन्ना अणुमत्तेसु वज्जेसु भयदस्साविनो, समादाय सिक्खथ सिक्खापदेसु।
“Sampannasīlā, bhikkhave, viharatha sampannapātimokkhā, pātimokkhasaṁvarasaṁvutā viharatha ācāragocarasampannā aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvino, samādāya sikkhatha sikkhāpadesu.
“Bhikkhus, live by the ethical precepts and the monastic code. Live restrained in the monastic code, conducting yourselves well and seeking alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, keep the rules you’ve undertaken.
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘सब्रह्मचारीनं पियो चस्सं मनापो च गरु च भावनीयो चाऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स परिपूरकारी अज्झत्तं चेतोसमथमनुयुत्तो अनिराकतज्झानो विपस्सनाय समन्नागतो ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘sabrahmacārīnaṁ piyo cassaṁ manāpo ca garu ca bhāvanīyo cā’ti, sīlesvevassa paripūrakārī ajjhattaṁ cetosamathamanuyutto anirākatajjhāno vipassanāya samannāgato brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘May I be liked and approved by my spiritual companions, respected and admired.’ So let them fulfill their precepts, be committed to inner serenity of the heart, not neglect jhāna, be endowed with discernment, and frequent empty huts.
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘लाभी अस्सं चीवरपिण्डपातसेनासनगिलानपच्चयभेसज्जपरिक्खारानन्ऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स परिपूरकारी अज्झत्तं चेतोसमथमनुयुत्तो अनिराकतज्झानो विपस्सनाय समन्नागतो ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘lābhī assaṁ cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānan’ti, sīlesvevassa paripūrakārī ajjhattaṁ cetosamathamanuyutto anirākatajjhāno vipassanāya samannāgato brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘May I receive robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.’ So let them fulfill their precepts, be committed to inner serenity of the heart, not neglect jhāna, be endowed with discernment, and frequent empty huts.
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘येसाहं परिभुञ्जामि चीवरपिण्डपातसेनासनगिलानपच्चयभेसज्जपरिक्खारानं तेसं ते कारा महप्फला अस्सु महानिसंसाऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स …पे… ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘yesāhaṁ paribhuñjāmi cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārānaṁ tesaṁ te kārā mahapphalā assu mahānisaṁsā’ti, sīlesvevassa …pe… brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘May the services of those whose robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick I enjoy be very fruitful and beneficial for them.’ So let them fulfill their precepts …
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘ये मे पेता ञाती सालोहिता कालङ्कता पसन्नचित्ता अनुस्सरन्ति तेसं तं महप्फलं अस्स महानिसंसन्ऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स …पे… ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘ye me petā ñātī sālohitā kālaṅkatā1 pasannacittā anussaranti tesaṁ taṁ mahapphalaṁ assa mahānisaṁsan’ti, sīlesvevassa …pe… brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘When deceased family and relatives who have passed away recollect me with a confident mind, may this be very fruitful and beneficial for them.’ So let them fulfill their precepts …
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘सन्तुट्ठो अस्सं इतरीतरचीवरपिण्डपातसेनासनगिलानपच्चयभेसज्जपरिक्खारेनाऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स …पे… ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘santuṭṭho assaṁ itarītaracīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārenā’ti, sīlesvevassa …pe… brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘May I be content with any kind of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.’ So let them fulfill their precepts …
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘खमो अस्सं सीतस्स उण्हस्स जिघच्छाय पिपासाय डंसमकसवातातपसरीसपसम्फस्सानं, दुरुत्तानं दुरागतानं वचनपथानं उप्पन्नानं सारीरिकानं वेदनानं दुक्खानं तिब्बानं खरानं कटुकानं असातानं अमनापानं पाणहरानं अधिवासकजातिको अस्सन्ऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स …पे… ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘khamo assaṁ sītassa uṇhassa jighacchāya pipāsāya ḍaṁsamakasavātātapasarīsapasamphassānaṁ, duruttānaṁ durāgatānaṁ vacanapathānaṁ uppannānaṁ sārīrikānaṁ vedanānaṁ dukkhānaṁ tibbānaṁ2 kharānaṁ kaṭukānaṁ asātānaṁ amanāpānaṁ pāṇaharānaṁ adhivāsakajātiko assan’ti, sīlesvevassa …pe… brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘May I endure cold, heat, hunger, and thirst. May I endure the touch of flies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and reptiles. May I endure rude and unwelcome criticism. And may I put up with physical pain—sharp, severe, acute, unpleasant, disagreeable, and life-threatening.’ So let them fulfill their precepts …
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘अरतिरतिसहो अस्सं, न च मं अरतिरति सहेय्य, उप्पन्नं अरतिरतिं अभिभुय्य अभिभुय्य विहरेय्यन्ऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स …पे… ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘aratiratisaho assaṁ, na ca maṁ aratirati saheyya, uppannaṁ aratiratiṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya vihareyyan’ti, sīlesvevassa …pe… brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘May I prevail over desire and discontent, and may desire and discontent not prevail over me. May I live having mastered desire and discontent whenever they have arisen.’ So let them fulfill their precepts …
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘भयभेरवसहो अस्सं, न च मं भयभेरवो सहेय्य, उप्पन्नं भयभेरवं अभिभुय्य अभिभुय्य विहरेय्यन्ऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स …पे… ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘bhayabheravasaho assaṁ, na ca maṁ bhayabheravo saheyya, uppannaṁ bhayabheravaṁ abhibhuyya abhibhuyya vihareyyan’ti, sīlesvevassa …pe… brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘May I prevail over fear and dread, and may fear and dread not prevail over me. May I live having mastered fear and dread whenever they arise.’ So let them fulfill their precepts …
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘चतुन्नं झानानं आभिचेतसिकानं दिट्ठधम्मसुखविहारानं निकामलाभी अस्सं अकिच्छलाभी अकसिरलाभीऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स …पे… ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī assaṁ akicchalābhī akasiralābhī’ti, sīlesvevassa …pe… brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘May I get the four jhānas—blissful meditations in the present life that belong to the higher mind—when I want, without trouble or difficulty.’ So let them fulfill their precepts …
आकङ्खेय्य चे, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु ‘आसवानं खया अनासवं चेतोविमुत्तिं पञ्ञाविमुत्तिं दिट्ठेव धम्मे सयं अभिञ्ञा सच्छिकत्वा उपसम्पज्ज विहरेय्यन्ऽति, सीलेस्वेवस्स परिपूरकारी अज्झत्तं चेतोसमथमनुयुत्तो अनिराकतज्झानो विपस्सनाय समन्नागतो ब्रूहेता सुञ्ञागारानं।
Ākaṅkheyya ce, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyan’ti, sīlesvevassa paripūrakārī ajjhattaṁ cetosamathamanuyutto anirākatajjhāno vipassanāya samannāgato brūhetā suññāgārānaṁ.
A bhikkhu might wish: ‘May I realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life, and live having realized it with my own insight due to the ending of defilements.’ So let them fulfill their precepts, be committed to inner serenity of the heart, not neglect jhāna, be endowed with discernment, and frequent empty huts.
‘सम्पन्नसीला, भिक्खवे, विहरथ सम्पन्नपातिमोक्खा, पातिमोक्खसंवरसंवुता विहरथ आचारगोचरसम्पन्ना अणुमत्तेसु वज्जेसु भयदस्साविनो, समादाय सिक्खथ सिक्खापदेसूऽति, इति यं तं वुत्तं, इदमेतं पटिच्च वुत्तन्”ति।
‘Sampannasīlā, bhikkhave, viharatha sampannapātimokkhā, pātimokkhasaṁvarasaṁvutā viharatha ācāragocarasampannā aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvino, samādāya sikkhatha sikkhāpadesū’ti, iti yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ, idametaṁ paṭicca vuttan”ti.
‘Live by the ethical precepts and the monastic code. Live restrained in the monastic code, conducting yourselves well and seeking alms in suitable places. Seeing danger in the slightest fault, keep the rules you’ve undertaken.’ That’s what I said, and this is why I said it.”
पठमं।
Paṭhamaṁ.
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