Saɱyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
21. Bhikkhu Saɱyutta
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
II. The Book Called the Nidāna-Vagga
Containing Kindred sayings on Cause
and Other Subjects
21. Kindred Sayings about Brethren
Sutta 1
Kolita [Moggallāna] Suttaɱ
Kolita[1]
Translated by Mrs. Rhys Davids
Assisted by F. L. Woodward
Originally Published by
The Pali Text Society
Public Domain
[1][than][olds][bodh] Thus have I heard:
The Exalted One was once staying near Sāvatthi at the Jeta Grove in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
[2][than][olds] There the venerable Mahā-Moggallāna addressed the brethren: —
"Friends, brethren!"
"Yes, friend," responded the brethren.
[3][than][olds] The venerable Mahā-Moggallāna said this: —
"To me, friends, as I was meditating in seclusion,
there arose a consideration
of that which we call Ariyan silence.
'Ariyan silence' — what may that be?
[4][than][olds] And methought:
'When a brother
from the suppression of applying and sustaining his thinking
enters into
and abides in Second Jhāna,
a state of inward mental calm,
uplifted,
with no applying or sustaining of thought,
which is born of concentration,
full of zest and ease,
then this is what we call Ariyan silence.'
[5][than][olds] Now I, friends, entered into
and remained in Second Jhāna.
But when I had remained therein,[2]
perceptions and work of mind
in applying thought
still went on.
[6][than][olds] Then, friends, the Exalted One came to me
by the power of his will and said:
'Moggallāna, Moggallāna!
Be not careless, brahmin,[3]
as to the Ariyan silence.
Establish thy mind therein.
Lift up thy heart therein.
Plant thy thought[4] therein.'
[7][than][olds] Thereafter, friends,
I entered into and remained in Second Jhāna.
Verily, friends,
if anyone were to say righty of anyone:
'Furthered by the Master
the disciple attained
to great super-knowledge,'
it is of me that he would say it."[5]
[1] The personal name of Great Moggallāna. See Pss. of the Brethren, p.341.
[2] And had emerged therefrom. Comy.
[3] He was of the brahmin class
[4] Mind, heart, thought, all = cittaɱ. These admonitions are, in Chapter XL., repeated for each jhāna.
[5] According to the Comy. the Buddha developed Moggallāna's concentration in this manner for a week, whereby Moggallāna attained all six super-knowledges.
