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Linked Discourses 8.3 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 8.3

1. With Vaṅgīsa – 1. Vaṅgīsavagga

SN 8.3 Good-Hearted – Pesalasutta

At one time Venerable Vaṅgīsa was staying near Āḷavī, at the Aggāḷava Tree-shrine, together with his mentor, Venerable Nigrodhakappa.

Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā vaṅgīso āḷaviyaṁ viharati aggāḷave cetiye āyasmatā nigrodhakappena upajjhāyena saddhiṁ.

Now at that time Venerable Vaṅgīsa looked down upon other good-hearted bhikkhū because of his own poetic virtuosity.

Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā vaṅgīso attano paṭibhānena aññe pesale bhikkhū atimaññati.

Then he thought,

Atha kho āyasmato vaṅgīsassa etadahosi:

“It’s my loss, my misfortune,

“alābhā vata me, na vata me lābhā; dulladdhaṁ vata me, na vata me suladdhaṁ;

that I look down on other good-hearted bhikkhū because of my own poetic virtuosity.”

yvāhaṁ attano paṭibhānena aññe pesale bhikkhū atimaññāmī”ti.

Then, on the occasion of arousing remorse in himself, he recited these verses:

Atha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso attanāva attano vippaṭisāraṁ uppādetvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imā gāthāyo abhāsi:

“Give up conceit, Gotama!

“Mānaṁ pajahassu gotama,

Completely abandon the different kinds of conceit!

Mānapathañca pajahassu;

Besotted with the different kinds of conceit,

Asesaṁ mānapathasmiṁ,

you’ve had regrets for a long time.

Samucchito vippaṭisārīhuvā cirarattaṁ.

Smeared by smears and slain by conceit,

Makkhena makkhitā pajā,

people fall into hell.

Mānahatā nirayaṁ papatanti;

When people slain by conceit are reborn in hell,

Socanti janā cirarattaṁ,

they grieve for a long time.

Mānahatā nirayaṁ upapannā.

But a bhikkhu who practices rightly,

Na hi socati bhikkhu kadāci,

winner of the path, never grieves.

Maggajino sammāpaṭipanno;

They enjoy happiness and a good reputation,

Kittiñca sukhañca anubhoti,

and they rightly call him a ‘Seer of Truth’.

Dhammadasoti tamāhu pahitattaṁ.

So don’t be hard-hearted, be energetic,

Tasmā akhilodha padhānavā,

with hindrances given up, be pure.

Nīvaraṇāni pahāya visuddho;

Then with conceit given up completely,

Mānañca pahāya asesaṁ,

use knowledge to make an end, and be at peace.”

Vijjāyantakaro samitāvī”ti.