Mahasihanadasutta 14.1-23
Mahāsīhanādasutta 14.1-23
- Language
- Pāli
14.1
Evaṃ vutte, acelo kassapo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:
When he had spoken, Kassapa said to the Buddha:
14.2
“imepi kho, āvuso gotama, tapopakkamā etesaṃ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ sāmaññasaṅkhātā ca brahmaññasaṅkhātā ca.
“Reverend Gotama, those ascetics and brahmins consider these courses of fervent mortification to be what makes someone a true ascetic or brahmin.
14.3
Acelako hoti, muttācāro, hatthāpalekhano, naehibhaddantiko, natiṭṭhabhaddantiko, nābhihaṭaṃ, na uddissakataṃ, na nimantanaṃ sādiyati.
They go naked, ignoring conventions. They lick their hands, and don’t come or wait when called. They don’t consent to food brought to them, or food prepared on their behalf, or an invitation for a meal.
14.4
So na kumbhimukhā paṭiggaṇhāti, na kaḷopimukhā paṭiggaṇhāti, na eḷakamantaraṃ, na daṇḍamantaraṃ, na musalamantaraṃ, na dvinnaṃ bhuñjamānānaṃ, na gabbhiniyā, na pāyamānāya, na purisantaragatāya, na saṅkittīsu, na yattha sā upaṭṭhito hoti, na yattha makkhikā saṇḍasaṇḍacārinī, na macchaṃ, na maṃsaṃ, na suraṃ, na merayaṃ, na thusodakaṃ pivati.
They don’t receive anything from a pot or bowl; or from someone who keeps sheep, or who has a weapon or a shovel in their home; or where a couple is eating; or where there is a woman who is pregnant, breastfeeding, or who lives with a man; or where there’s a hound waiting or flies buzzing. They accept no fish or meat or beer or wine, and drink no fermented gruel.
14.5
So ekāgāriko vā hoti ekālopiko, dvāgāriko vā hoti dvālopiko … sattāgāriko vā hoti sattālopiko;
They go to just one house for alms, taking just one mouthful, or two houses and two mouthfuls, up to seven houses and seven mouthfuls.
14.6
ekissāpi dattiyā yāpeti, dvīhipi dattīhi yāpeti … sattahipi dattīhi yāpeti;
They feed on one saucer a day, two saucers a day, up to seven saucers a day.
14.7
ekāhikampi āhāraṃ āhāreti, dvīhikampi āhāraṃ āhāreti … sattāhikampi āhāraṃ āhāreti. Iti evarūpaṃ addhamāsikampi pariyāyabhattabhojanānuyogamanuyutto viharati.
They eat once a day, once every second day, up to once a week, and so on, even up to once a fortnight. They live committed to the practice of eating food at set intervals.
14.8
Imepi kho, āvuso gotama, tapopakkamā etesaṃ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ sāmaññasaṅkhātā ca brahmaññasaṅkhātā ca.
Those ascetics and brahmins also consider these courses of fervent mortification to be what makes someone a true ascetic or brahmin.
14.9
Sākabhakkho vā hoti, sāmākabhakkho vā hoti, nīvārabhakkho vā hoti, daddulabhakkho vā hoti, haṭabhakkho vā hoti, kaṇabhakkho vā hoti, ācāmabhakkho vā hoti, piññākabhakkho vā hoti, tiṇabhakkho vā hoti, gomayabhakkho vā hoti, vanamūlaphalāhāro yāpeti pavattaphalabhojī.
They eat herbs, millet, wild rice, poor rice, water lettuce, rice bran, scum from boiling rice, sesame flour, grass, or cow dung. They survive on forest roots and fruits, or eating fallen fruit.
14.10
Imepi kho, āvuso gotama, tapopakkamā etesaṃ samaṇabrāhmaṇānaṃ sāmaññasaṅkhātā ca brahmaññasaṅkhātā ca.
Those ascetics and brahmins also consider these courses of fervent mortification to be what makes someone a true ascetic or brahmin.
14.11
Sāṇānipi dhāreti, masāṇānipi dhāreti, chavadussānipi dhāreti, paṃsukūlānipi dhāreti, tirīṭānipi dhāreti, ajinampi dhāreti, ajinakkhipampi dhāreti, kusacīrampi dhāreti, vākacīrampi dhāreti, phalakacīrampi dhāreti, kesakambalampi dhāreti, vāḷakambalampi dhāreti, ulūkapakkhikampi dhāreti,
They wear robes of sunn hemp, mixed hemp, corpse-wrapping cloth, rags, lodh tree bark, antelope hide (whole or in strips), kusa grass, bark, wood-chips, human hair, horse-tail hair, or owls’ wings.
14.12
kesamassulocakopi hoti kesamassulocanānuyogamanuyutto,
They tear out hair and beard, committed to this practice.
14.13
ubbhaṭṭhakopi hoti āsanapaṭikkhitto,
They constantly stand, turning down seats.
14.14
ukkuṭikopi hoti ukkuṭikappadhānamanuyutto,
They squat, committed to the endeavor of squatting.
14.15
kaṇṭakāpassayikopi hoti kaṇṭakāpassaye seyyaṃ kappeti,
They lie on a mat of thorns, making a mat of thorns their bed.
14.16
phalakaseyyampi kappeti, thaṇḍilaseyyampi kappeti,
They make their bed on a plank, or the bare ground.
14.17
ekapassayikopi hoti
They lie only on one side.
14.18
rajojalladharo,
They wear dust and dirt.
14.19
abbhokāsikopi hoti
They stay in the open air.
14.20
yathāsanthatiko,
They sleep wherever they lay their mat.
14.21
vekaṭikopi hoti vikaṭabhojanānuyogamanuyutto,
They eat unnatural things, committed to the practice of eating unnatural foods.
14.22
apānakopi hoti apānakattamanuyutto,
They don’t drink, committed to the practice of not drinking liquids.
14.23
sāyatatiyakampi udakorohanānuyogamanuyutto viharatī”ti.
They’re devoted to ritual bathing three times a day, including at dusk.”
Translations (4)
- The Lion’s Roar to the Naked Ascetic Kassapa — English
- Das Löwengebrüll vor dem nackten Asketen Kassapa — German
- Dugi govor o lavljem riku — sr
- Kassapa Sihanada Sutta (Dialogues of the Buddha) — English
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli
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