Aṇguttara Nikāya
XI. Ekā-Dasaka Nipāta
I. Nissāya Vagga
The Book of Elevens
Sutta 11
Mora-Nivāpa Suttaṃ
Peacocks' Feeding-ground
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
[1][pts] Once Upon a Time, The Lucky Man,
Rajagaha revisiting
Peacocks' Feeding-ground
Wanderer's Park.
There then The Lucky Man
addressed the beggars, saying:
"Beggars!"
And the beggars responding
"Bhante!"
The Lucky Man said this to them:
Three, beggars,
are the things
characterized by which a beggar
has acquired the goal,
has acquired the yoke to peace,
has acquired the best of lives,
has acquired the conclusion —
master of divinities and men.
What three?
The entire body of ethical standards of the adept,
the entire body of serenity of the adept,
the entire body of wisdom of the adept.
These, beggars,
are the three things
characterized by which a beggar
has acquired the goal,
has acquired the yoke to peace,
has acquired the best of lives,
has acquired the conclusion —
master of divinities and men.
■
There are, beggars,
another three things
characterized by which a beggar
has acquired the goal,
has acquired the yoke to peace,
has acquired the best of lives,
has acquired the conclusion —
master of divinities and men.
What three?
The wonder of psychic power,
the wonder of mind-reading,
the wonder of teaching.
These, beggars,
are the three things
characterized by which a beggar
has acquired the goal,
has acquired the yoke to peace,
has acquired the best of lives,
has acquired the conclusion —
master of divinities and men.
■
There are, beggars,
another three things
characterized by which a beggar
has acquired the goal,
has acquired the yoke to peace,
has acquired the best of lives,
has acquired the conclusion —
master of divinities and men.
What three?
Consummate view,
consummate method,
consummate freedom.
These, beggars,
are the three things
characterized by which a beggar
has acquired the goal,
has acquired the yoke to peace,
has acquired the best of lives,
has acquired the conclusion —
master of divinities and men.
■
Two, beggars,
are the things
characterized by which a beggar
has acquired the goal,
has acquired the yoke to peace,
has acquired the best of lives,
has acquired the conclusion —
master of divinities and men.
What two?
Vision and
conduct.
These, beggars,
are the two things
characterized by which a beggar
has acquired the goal,
has acquired the yoke to peace,
has acquired the best of lives,
has acquired the conclusion —
master of divinities and men.
These, beggars,
are the things
characterized by which a beggar
has acquired the goal,
has acquired the yoke to peace,
has acquired the best of lives,
has acquired the conclusion —
master of divinities and men.
■
Brahmā Sanaṃkumāra it was, that spoke this verse:
'The ruler is master
among the folk who trust in clans,
perfect vision and conduct the master
among divinities and men.'
Now then, beggars,
of these verses made by
Brahmā Sanaṃkumāra,
well said,
not poorly said,
pleasantly spoken,
not unpleasantly spoken,
bringing profit,
not unprofitable,
make approval,
I too, beggars,
say:
The ruler is master
among the folk who trust in clans,
perfect vision and conduct the master
among divinities and men."
