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With Ambaṭṭha 2.4

Ambaṭṭhasutta 2.4

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Pāli

2.4.1

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha,

What do you think, Ambaṭṭha?

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2.4.2

api nu tvaṃ imāya anuttarāya vijjācaraṇasampadāya sandissasi sācariyako”ti?

Is this supreme knowledge and conduct seen in your own denomination?”

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2.4.3

“No hidaṃ, bho gotama.

“No, worthy Gotama.

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2.4.4

Kocāhaṃ, bho gotama, sācariyako, kā ca anuttarā vijjācaraṇasampadā?

Who am I and my denomination compared with the supreme knowledge and conduct?

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2.4.5

Ārakāhaṃ, bho gotama, anuttarāya vijjācaraṇasampadāya sācariyako”ti.

We are far from that.”

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2.4.6

“Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha,

“What do you think, Ambaṭṭha?

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2.4.7

api nu tvaṃ imañceva anuttaraṃ vijjācaraṇasampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇamāno khārividhamādāya araññavanamajjhogāhasi sācariyako:

Since you’re not managing to obtain this supreme knowledge and conduct, have you with your denomination plunged into a wilderness region carrying your pack with a shoulder-pole, thinking

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2.4.8

‘pavattaphalabhojano bhavissāmī’”ti?

you will get by eating fallen fruit?”

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2.4.9

“No hidaṃ, bho gotama”.

“No, worthy Gotama.”

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2.4.10

“Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha,

“What do you think, Ambaṭṭha?

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2.4.11

api nu tvaṃ imañceva anuttaraṃ vijjācaraṇasampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇamāno pavattaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno kudālapiṭakaṃ ādāya araññavanamajjhogāhasi sācariyako:

Have you with your denomination … plunged into a wilderness region carrying a spade and basket, thinking

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2.4.12

‘kandamūlaphalabhojano bhavissāmī’”ti?

you will get by eating tubers and fruit?”

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2.4.13

“No hidaṃ, bho gotama”.

“No, worthy Gotama.”

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2.4.14

“Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha,

“What do you think, Ambaṭṭha?

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2.4.15

api nu tvaṃ imañceva anuttaraṃ vijjācaraṇasampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇamāno pavattaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno kandamūlaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno gāmasāmantaṃ vā nigamasāmantaṃ vā agyāgāraṃ karitvā aggiṃ paricaranto acchasi sācariyako”ti?

Have you with your denomination … set up a fire chamber in the neighborhood of a village or town and dwelt there serving the sacred flame?”

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2.4.16

“No hidaṃ, bho gotama”.

“No, worthy Gotama.”

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2.4.17

“Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, ambaṭṭha,

“What do you think, Ambaṭṭha?

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2.4.18

api nu tvaṃ imañceva anuttaraṃ vijjācaraṇasampadaṃ anabhisambhuṇamāno pavattaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno kandamūlaphalabhojanatañca anabhisambhuṇamāno aggipāricariyañca anabhisambhuṇamāno cātumahāpathe catudvāraṃ agāraṃ karitvā acchasi sācariyako:

Have you with your denomination … set up a four-doored fire chamber at the crossroads and dwelt there, thinking:

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2.4.19

‘yo imāhi catūhi disāhi āgamissati samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā, taṃ mayaṃ yathāsatti yathābalaṃ paṭipūjessāmā’”ti?

‘When an ascetic or brahmin comes from the four quarters, I will honor them as best I can’?”

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2.4.20

“No hidaṃ, bho gotama”.

“No, worthy Gotama.”

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