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Vedanākammaṭṭhāna ### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.3) “Somanassampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > “Lord of gods, there are two kinds of happiness, I say: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.4) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampi. > that which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.5) Domanassampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > There are two kinds of sadness, I say: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.6) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampi. > that which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.7) Upekkhampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > There are two kinds of equanimity, I say: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.8) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampi. > that which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.9) Somanassampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ? > Why did I say that there are two kinds of happiness? > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.10) Tattha yaṃ jaññā somanassaṃ > Well, should you know of a happiness: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.11) ‘imaṃ kho me somanassaṃ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpaṃ somanassaṃ na sevitabbaṃ. > ‘When I cultivate this kind of happiness, unskillful qualities grow, and skillful qualities decline.’ You should not cultivate that kind of happiness. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.12) Tattha yaṃ jaññā somanassaṃ > Whereas, should you know of a happiness: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.13) ‘imaṃ kho me somanassaṃ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpaṃ somanassaṃ sevitabbaṃ. > ‘When I cultivate this kind of happiness, unskillful qualities decline, and skillful qualities grow.’ You should cultivate that kind of happiness. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.14) Tattha yañce savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ, yañce avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ, ye avitakke avicāre, te paṇītatare. > And that which is free of placing the mind and keeping it connected is better than that which still involves placing the mind and keeping it connected. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.15) Somanassampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti. > That’s why I said there are two kinds of happiness. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.16) Iti yaṃ taṃ vuttaṃ, idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ. ### [2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.17) Domanassampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ? > Why did I say that there are two kinds of sadness? > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.18) Tattha yaṃ jaññā domanassaṃ > Well, should you know of a sadness: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.19) ‘imaṃ kho me domanassaṃ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpaṃ domanassaṃ na sevitabbaṃ. > ‘When I cultivate this kind of sadness, unskillful qualities grow, and skillful qualities decline.’ You should not cultivate that kind of sadness. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.20) Tattha yaṃ jaññā domanassaṃ > Whereas, should you know of a sadness: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.21) ‘imaṃ kho me domanassaṃ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpaṃ domanassaṃ sevitabbaṃ. > ‘When I cultivate this kind of sadness, unskillful qualities decline, and skillful qualities grow.’ You should cultivate that kind of sadness. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.22) Tattha yañce savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ, yañce avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ, ye avitakke avicāre, te paṇītatare. > And that which is free of placing the mind and keeping it connected is better than that which still involves placing the mind and keeping it connected. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.23) Domanassampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti > That’s why I said there are two kinds of sadness. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.24) iti yaṃ taṃ vuttaṃ, idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ. ### [2.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.25) Upekkhampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ? > Why did I say that there are two kinds of equanimity? > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.26) Tattha yaṃ jaññā upekkhaṃ > Well, should you know of an equanimity: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.27) ‘imaṃ kho me upekkhaṃ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpā upekkhā na sevitabbā. > ‘When I cultivate this kind of equanimity, unskillful qualities grow, and skillful qualities decline.’ You should not cultivate that kind of equanimity. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.28) Tattha yaṃ jaññā upekkhaṃ > Whereas, should you know of an equanimity: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.29) ‘imaṃ kho me upekkhaṃ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpā upekkhā sevitabbā. > ‘When I cultivate this kind of equanimity, unskillful qualities decline, and skillful qualities grow.’ You should cultivate that kind of equanimity. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.30) Tattha yañce savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ, yañce avitakkaṃ avicāraṃ, ye avitakke avicāre, te paṇītatare. > And that which is free of placing the mind and keeping it connected is better than that which still involves placing the mind and keeping it connected. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.31) Upekkhampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti > That’s why I said there are two kinds of equanimity. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.32) iti yaṃ taṃ vuttaṃ, idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ. ### [2.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.33) Evaṃ paṭipanno kho, devānaminda, bhikkhu papañcasaññāsaṅkhānirodhasāruppagāminiṃ paṭipadaṃ paṭipanno hotī”ti. > That’s how a mendicant fittingly practices for the cessation of judgments driven by the proliferation of perceptions.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.34) Itthaṃ bhagavā sakkassa devānamindassa pañhaṃ puṭṭho byākāsi. > Such was the Buddha’s answer to Sakka. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.35) Attamano sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandi anumodi: > Delighted, Sakka approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, saying, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.36) “evametaṃ, bhagavā, evametaṃ, sugata. > “That’s so true, Blessed One! That’s so true, Holy One! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3.37) Tiṇṇā mettha kaṅkhā vigatā kathaṅkathā bhagavato pañhaveyyākaraṇaṃ sutvā”ti. > Hearing the Buddha’s answer, I’ve gone beyond doubt and got rid of indecision.” > — Sakka’s Questions ## Translations (3) - [Sakkina pitanja](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~sr-brankokovacevic.2.3.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.2.3.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.2.3.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.359) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (4) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.53) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.14.43) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.34) — Classical Chinese - [Chaṭṭhasaṅgāyana-pucchāvissajjanā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada_postcanon.modern.sangayana-puccha.17.0.189) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.3) · Pramāṇa