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Pātimokkhasaṃvara ### [2.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.1) Itiha sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinanditvā anumoditvā bhagavantaṃ uttari pañhaṃ apucchi: > And then Sakka asked another question: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.2) “Kathaṃ paṭipanno pana, mārisa, bhikkhu pātimokkhasaṃvarāya paṭipanno hotī”ti? > “But good fellow, how does a mendicant practice for restraint in the monastic code?” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.3) “Kāyasamācārampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > “Lord of gods, I say that there are two kinds of bodily behavior: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.4) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampi. > that which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.5) Vacīsamācārampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > I say that there are two kinds of verbal behavior: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.6) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampi. > that which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.7) Pariyesanaṃpāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > There are two kinds of search, I say: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.8) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampi. > that which you should cultivate, and that which you should not cultivate. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.9) Kāyasamācārampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi sevitabbampi asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ? > Why did I say that there are two kinds of bodily behavior? > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.10) Tattha yaṃ jaññā kāyasamācāraṃ > Well, should you know of a bodily behavior: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.11) ‘imaṃ kho me kāyasamācāraṃ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpo kāyasamācāro na sevitabbo. > ‘When I cultivate this kind of bodily behavior, unskillful qualities grow, and skillful qualities decline.’ You should not cultivate that kind of bodily conduct. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.12) Tattha yaṃ jaññā kāyasamācāraṃ > Whereas, should you know of a bodily behavior: > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.13) ‘imaṃ kho me kāyasamācāraṃ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpo kāyasamācāro sevitabbo. > ‘When I cultivate this kind of bodily behavior, unskillful qualities decline, and skillful qualities grow.’ You should cultivate that kind of bodily conduct. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.14) Kāyasamācārampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > That’s why I said there are two kinds of bodily behavior. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.15) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti ### [2.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.16) iti yaṃ taṃ vuttaṃ, idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ. ### [2.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.17) Vacīsamācārampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > Why did I say that there are two kinds of verbal behavior? > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.18) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ? ### [2.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.19) Tattha yaṃ jaññā vacīsamācāraṃ ‘imaṃ kho me vacīsamācāraṃ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpo vacīsamācāro na sevitabbo. > Well, should you know of a kind of verbal behavior that it causes unskillful qualities to grow while skillful qualities decline, you should not cultivate it. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.20) Tattha yaṃ jaññā vacīsamācāraṃ ‘imaṃ kho me vacīsamācāraṃ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpo vacīsamācāro sevitabbo. > Whereas, should you know of a kind of verbal behavior that it causes unskillful qualities to decline while skillful qualities grow, you should cultivate it. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.21) Vacīsamācārampāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > That’s why I said there are two kinds of verbal behavior. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.22) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti ### [2.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.23) iti yaṃ taṃ vuttaṃ, idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ. ### [2.4.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.24) Pariyesanaṃpāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > Why did I say that there are two kinds of search? > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.25) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti iti kho panetaṃ vuttaṃ, kiñcetaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ? ### [2.4.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.26) Tattha yaṃ jaññā pariyesanaṃ ‘imaṃ kho me pariyesanaṃ sevato akusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhanti, kusalā dhammā parihāyantī’ti, evarūpā pariyesanā na sevitabbā. > Well, should you know of a kind of search that it causes unskillful qualities to grow while skillful qualities decline, you should not cultivate it. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.27) Tattha yaṃ jaññā pariyesanaṃ ‘imaṃ kho me pariyesanaṃ sevato akusalā dhammā parihāyanti, kusalā dhammā abhivaḍḍhantī’ti, evarūpā pariyesanā sevitabbā. > Whereas, should you know of a kind of search that it causes unskillful qualities to decline while skillful qualities grow, you should cultivate it. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.28) Pariyesanaṃpāhaṃ, devānaminda, duvidhena vadāmi— > That’s why I said there are two kinds of search. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.29) sevitabbampi, asevitabbampīti ### [2.4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.30) iti yaṃ taṃ vuttaṃ, idametaṃ paṭicca vuttaṃ. ### [2.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.31) Evaṃ paṭipanno kho, devānaminda, bhikkhu pātimokkhasaṃvarāya paṭipanno hotī”ti. > That’s how a mendicant practices for restraint in the monastic code.” > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.32) Itthaṃ bhagavā sakkassa devānamindassa pañhaṃ puṭṭho byākāsi. > Such was the Buddha’s answer to Sakka. > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.33) Attamano sakko devānamindo bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandi anumodi: > Delighted, Sakka approved and agreed with what the Buddha said, saying, > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.34) “evametaṃ, bhagavā, evametaṃ, sugata. > “That’s so true, Blessed One! That’s so true, Holy One! > — Sakka’s Questions ### [2.4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4.35) 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.2.4.1) — sr - [Sakkas Fragen](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~de-sabbamitta.2.4.1) — German - [Sakka’s Questions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21~en-sujato.2.4.1) — English ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.21.364) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.134.57) — Classical Chinese - [帝釋所問經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirgha.sakrapariprcchasutra*zh-dharmabhadra.1.36) — Classical Chinese - [Nettippakaraṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.khuddaka.nettippakarana) — Mahākaccāna, Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.21.2.4) · Pramāṇa