Itivuttaka 83 · 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 - KN - Iti - 83 Itivuttaka ## Browse Suttas Go to Itivuttaka index Iti index ## Itivuttaka 83 This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "Monks, when a deva is about to pass away from the company of devas, five omens appear: his garlands wither, his clothes get soiled, sweat comes out of his armpits, a dullness descends on his body, he no longer delights in his own deva-seat. The devas, knowing from this that ), # Right single quote ('â', This deva-son is about to pass away,â encourage him with three sayings: ), # Right single quote ('â', Go from here, honorable sir, to a good destination. Having gone to a good destination, gain the gain that is good to gain. Having gained the gain that is good to gain, become well-established.â" When this was said, a certain monk said to the Blessed One, "What, lord, is the devasâ reckoning of going to a good destination? What is their reckoning of the gain that is good to gain? What is their reckoning of becoming well-established?" "The human state, monks,1 is the devasâ reckoning of going to a good destination. Having become a human being, acquiring conviction in the Dhamma-&-Vinaya taught by the Tathṅgata: this is the devasâ reckoning of the gain that is good to gain. When that conviction is settled within one–rooted, established, & strong, not to be destroyed by any brahman or contemplative; deva, Mṅra, or Brahma; or anyone else in the world: this is the devasâ reckoning of becoming well-established." When a deva passes away from the company of devas through his life-spanâs ending, three sounds sound forth –the devasâ encouragement. ), # Right single quote ('â', Go from here, honorable sir, to a good destination, to companionship with human beings. On becoming a human being, acquire a conviction unsurpassed in True Dhamma. That conviction of yours in True Dhamma, well-taught, should be settled, rooted, established, –undestroyed as long as you live. Having abandoned bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, mental misconduct, and whatever else is flawed; having done with the body whatâs skillful, and much that is skillful with speech, having done whatâs skillful with a heart without limit, with no acquisitions, then–having made much of the merit thatâs a ground for spontaneously arising [in heaven] through giving– establish other mortals in True Dhamma & the holy life.â With this sympathy, the devas– when they know a deva is passing away– encourage him: ), # Right single quote ('â', Come back, deva, again & again.â Note 1. Reading bhikkhave with the Thai edition. The Burmese and Sri Lankan editions read bhikkhu, "monk." - --> - - - -