[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Cakkavattisutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26) › 1.1-16 # Cakkavattisutta 1.1-16 Cakkavattisutta 1.1-16 - **Language:** Pāli ### [1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.1) Evaṃ me sutaṃ— > So I have heard. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.2) ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā magadhesu viharati mātulāyaṃ. > At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Magadhans at Mātulā. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.3) Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: > There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.4) “bhikkhavo”ti. > “Mendicants!” > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.5) “Bhaddante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. > “Venerable sir,” they replied. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.6) Bhagavā etadavoca: > The Buddha said this: > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.7) “Attadīpā, bhikkhave, viharatha attasaraṇā anaññasaraṇā, dhammadīpā dhammasaraṇā anaññasaraṇā. > “Mendicants, live as your own island, your own refuge, with no other refuge. Let the teaching be your island and your refuge, with no other refuge. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.8) Kathañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attadīpo viharati attasaraṇo anaññasaraṇo, dhammadīpo dhammasaraṇo anaññasaraṇo? > And how does a mendicant do this? > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.9) Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ. > They meditate observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.10) Vedanāsu vedanānupassī …pe… > They meditate observing an aspect of feelings … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.11) citte cittānupassī …pe… > mind … > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.12) dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ. > principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.13) Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attadīpo viharati attasaraṇo anaññasaraṇo, dhammadīpo dhammasaraṇo anaññasaraṇo. > That’s how a mendicant lives with themselves as island and refuge, without other refuge; with the teachings as island and refuge, without other refuge. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.14) Gocare, bhikkhave, caratha sake pettike visaye. > You should roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.15) Gocare, bhikkhave, carataṃ sake pettike visaye na lacchati māro otāraṃ, na lacchati māro ārammaṇaṃ. > If you roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers, Māra won’t find a vulnerability or get an opportunity. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ### [1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.16) Kusalānaṃ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṃ samādānahetu evamidaṃ puññaṃ pavaḍḍhati. > It is due to undertaking skillful qualities that merit grows. > — The Wheel-Turning Monarch ## Translations (3) - [O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~sr-brankokovacevic.1.1) — sr - [The Wheel-Turning Monarch](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~en-sujato.1.1) — English - [Der Rad-drehende Herrscher](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26~de-sabbamitta.1.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.26.80) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (2) - [中阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyamagama*zh-sanghadeva.70.2) — Classical Chinese - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.6.2) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.1-16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.26.1.1-16) · Pramāṇa