Soggy Avassuta Sutta (SN 35:202) · 莲华归心开放中文佛学资料库

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - Ð ÑÑÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ - - - Ð£ÐºÑÐ°ÑÐ½ÑÑÐºÐ° Submit Search - Home - Suttas - SN - SN 35:202 Soggy ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## Soggy Avassuta Sutta Â (SNÂ 35:202) I have heard that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying among the Sakyans at Kapilavatthu in the Banyan Park. Now at that time a new reception hall1 had just been built by the Kapilavatthu Sakyans, and it had not yet been dwelled in by any contemplative, brahman, or anyone at all in human form. So the Kapilavatthu Sakyans went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down, sat to one side. As they were sitting there they said to him, "Lord, a new reception hall has just been built by the Kapilavatthu Sakyans, and it has not yet been dwelled in by any contemplative, brahman, or anyone at all in human form. May the Blessed One be the first to use it. When the Blessed One has used it first, the Kapilavatthu Sakyans will use it afterwards. That will be for their long-term welfare & happiness." The Blessed One acquiesced with silence. Sensing his acquiescence, the Kapilavatthu Sakyans got up from their seats, bowed down to him, circumambulated him, and then went to the new reception hall. On arrival, they spread it all over with felt rugs, arranged seats, set out a water vessel, and raised an oil lamp. Then they went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down, stood to one side. As they were standing there they said to him, "Lord, the reception hall has been covered all over with felt rugs, seats have been arranged, a water vessel has been set out, and an oil lamp raised. It is now time for the Blessed One to do as he sees fit." So the Blessed One—adjusting his lower robe and taking his bowl & outer robe—went together with a Saṃgha of monks to the reception hall. On arrival he washed his feet, entered the hall, and sat with his back to the central post, facing east. The Saṃgha of monks washed their feet, entered the hall, and sat with their backs to the western wall, facing east, ranged around the Blessed One. The Kapilavatthu Sakyans washed their feet, entered the hall, and sat with their backs to the eastern wall, facing west, ranged around the Blessed One. Then the Blessed One—having spent most of the night instructing, urging, rousing, & encouraging the Kapilavatthu Sakyans with a Dhamma talk—dismissed them, saying, "The night is far past, Gotamas. Do what you now think it is time to do." Responding, "As you say, lord," to the Blessed One, the Kapilavatthu Sakyans rose from their seats, bowed down to the Blessed One, and—circumambulating him, keeping him to their right—departed. Then not long after the Kapilavatthu Sakyans had left, the Blessed One addressed Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna: "Moggallṅna, the Saṃgha of monks is free of drowsiness. Give them a Dhamma talk of your own devising. My back aches. I will rest it." "As you say, lord, Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna responded to him. Then the Blessed One, having arranged his outer robe folded in four, lay down on his right side in the lionâs sleeping posture, with one foot on top of the other, mindful & alert, having made a mental note to get up. Then Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna addressed the monks, "Friend monks!" "Yes, friend," the monks responded to him. Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna said, "Friends, I will teach you a discourse on being soggy and a discourse on not being soggy.2 Listen & pay careful attention. I will speak." "As you say, friend," the monks responded to him. Ven. Mahṅ Moggallṅna said, "And how is one soggy? There is the case where a monk, when seeing a form via the eye, is, in the case of pleasing forms, committed to forms and, in the case of displeasing forms, afflicted by forms. He remains with body-mindfulness not present, and with limited awareness. And he does not discern, as it has come to be, the awareness-release & discernment-release where those evil, unskillful qualities that have arisen cease without trace. "When hearing a sound via the earâ¦ "When smelling an aroma via the noseâ¦ "When tasting a flavor via the tongueâ¦ "When touching a tactile sensation via the bodyâ¦ "When cognizing an idea via the intellect, he is, in the case of pleasing ideas, committed to ideas and, in the case of displeasing ideas, afflicted by ideas. He remains with body-mindfulness not present, and with limited awareness. And he does not discern, as it has come to be, the awareness-release & discernment-release where those evil, unskillful qualities that have arisen cease without trace. "This is called a monk who is soggy with forms cognizable via the eye, soggy with sounds cognizable via the ear, soggy with aromas cognizable via the nose, soggy with flavors cognizable via the tongue, soggy with tactile sensations cognizable via the body, soggy with ideas cognizable via the intellect. "When a monk dwells i