The Six Animals Chappṅṃa Sutta (SN 35:206) · 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 35:206 The Six Animals ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## The Six Animals Chappṅṃa Sutta Â (SNÂ 35:206) "Suppose that a man, wounded and festering, were to go into a swampy jungle. Its sharp-bladed grasses would pierce his feet; its thorns would scratch his festering sores. And so, from that cause, he would experience an even greater measure of pain and unhappiness. In the same way, there is the case where a certain monk, having gone to a village or to the wilderness, meets up with someone who upbraids him: ), # Right single quote ('â', This venerable one, acting in this way, undertaking practices in this way, is a thorn of impurity in this village.â Knowing this person to be a thorn, one should understand restraint and lack of restraint. "And what is lack of restraint? There is the case where a monk, seeing a form with the eye, is set on pleasing forms, is repelled by unpleasing forms, and remains with body-mindfulness unestablished, with limited awareness. He doesnât discern, as it has come to be, the awareness-release, the discernment-release, where any evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen utterly cease without remainder. "Hearing a sound with the earâ¦ "Smelling an aroma with the noseâ¦ "Tasting a flavor with the tongueâ¦ "Touching a tactile sensation with the bodyâ¦ "Cognizing an idea with the intellect, he is set on pleasing ideas, is repelled by unpleasing ideas, and remains with body-mindfulness unestablished, with limited awareness. He doesnât discern, as it has come to be, the awareness-release, the discernment-release, where any evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen utterly cease without remainder. "Just as if a person, catching six animals of different ranges, of different habitats, were to bind them with a strong rope. Catching a snake, he would bind it with a strong rope. Catching a crocodileâ¦ a birdâ¦ a dogâ¦ a hyenaâ¦ a monkey, he would bind it with a strong rope. Binding them all with a strong rope, and tying a knot in the middle, he would set chase to them. "Then those six animals, of different ranges, of different habitats, would each pull toward its own range & habitat. The snake would pull, thinking, ), # Right single quote ('â', Iâll go into the anthill.â The crocodile would pull, thinking, ), # Right single quote ('â', Iâll go into the water.â The bird would pull, thinking, ), # Right single quote ('â', Iâll fly up into the air.â The dog would pull, thinking, ), # Right single quote ('â', Iâll go into the village.â The hyena would pull, thinking, ), # Right single quote ('â', Iâll go into the charnel ground.â The monkey would pull, thinking, ), # Right single quote ('â', Iâll go into the forest.â And when these six animals became internally exhausted, they would submit, they would surrender, they would come under the sway of whichever among them was the strongest. In the same way, in any monk whose mindfulness immersed in the body is undeveloped & unpursued, the eye pulls toward pleasing forms, while unpleasing forms are repellent. The ear pulls toward pleasing soundsâ¦ The nose pulls toward pleasing aromasâ¦ The tongue pulls toward pleasing flavorsâ¦ The body pulls toward pleasing tactile sensationsâ¦ The intellect pulls toward pleasing ideas, while unpleasing ideas are repellent. This, monks, is lack of restraint. "And what is restraint? There is the case where a monk, seeing a form with the eye, is not set on pleasing forms, is not repelled by unpleasing forms, and remains with body-mindfulness established, with immeasurable awareness. He discerns, as it has come to be, the awareness-release, the discernment-release, where all evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen utterly cease without remainder. "Hearing a sound with the earâ¦ "Smelling an aroma with the noseâ¦ "Tasting a flavor with the tongueâ¦ "Touching a tactile sensation with the bodyâ¦ "Cognizing an idea with the intellect, he is not set on pleasing ideas, is not repelled by unpleasing ideas, and remains with body-mindfulness established, with immeasurable awareness. He discerns, as it has come to be, the awareness-release, the discernment-release, where all evil, unskillful mental qualities that have arisen utterly cease without remainder. "Just as if a person, catching six animals of different ranges, of different habitats, were to bind them with a strong rope. Catching a snake, he would bind it with a strong rope. Catching a crocodileâ¦ a birdâ¦ a dogâ¦ a hyenaâ¦ a monkey, he would bind it with a strong rope. Binding them all with a strong rope, he would tether them to a strong post or stake. "Then those six animals, of different ranges, of different habitats, would each pull toward its own range & habitat. Th