SN17:30 The Bhikkhu
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi. (More copyright information)
1At Sāvatthī. sn.ii.239 "Bhikkhus, gain, honour, and praise, I say, are an obstacle even for a bhikkhu who is an arahant, one with taints destroyed."
When this was said, the Venerable Ānanda asked the Blessed One: "Why, venerable sir, are gain, honour, and praise an obstacle even for a bhikkhu with taints destroyed?"
"I do not say, Ānanda, that gain, honour, and praise are an obstacle to his unshakable liberation of mind. But I say they are an obstacle to his attainment of those pleasant dwellings in this very life which are achieved by one who dwells diligent, ardent, and resolute.
[n.332] Spk: The pleasant dwellings in this very life (diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārā) are the pleasant dwellings in fruition attainment. For when a meritorious arahant receives conjee, sweets, etc., he must give thanks to those who come, teach them the Dhamma, answer questions, etc., and thus he does not get a chance to sit down and enter fruition attainment.
Spk's identification of the "pleasant dwellings" with fruition attainment is certainly too narrow. The term usually means the jhānas, as at II 278,10–11.
So dreadful, Ānanda, are gain, honour, and praise, so bitter, vile, obstructive to achieving the unsurpassed security from bondage. Therefore, Ānanda, you should train yourselves thus: ‘We will abandon the arisen gain, honour, and praise, and we will not let the arisen gain, honour, and praise persist obsessing our minds.’ Thus should you train yourselves."
1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Yopi so, bhikkhave, bhikkhu arahaṁ khīṇāsavo tassapāhaṁ lābhasakkārasiloko antarāyāya vadāmī"ti.
Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "Kissa pana, bhante, khīṇāsavassa bhikkhuno lābhasakkārasiloko antarāyāyā"ti?
"Yā hissa sā, Ānanda, akuppā cetovimutti nāhaṁ tassā lābhasakkārasilokaṁ antarāyāya vadāmi. Ye ca khvassa, Ānanda, appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa vihārato diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārā adhigatā tesāhamassa lābhasakkārasilokaṁ antarāyāya vadāmi. Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, Ānanda, lābhasakkārasiloko kaṭuko pharuso antarāyiko anuttarassa yogakkhemassa adhigamāya. Tasmātihānanda, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ: ‘uppannaṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ pajahissāma, na ca no uppanno lābhasakkārasiloko cittaṁ pariyādāya ṭhassatī’ti. Evañhi vo, Ānanda, sikkhitabban"ti.
Dasamaṁ.
Tatiyo vaggo.
2Mātugāmo ca kalyāṇī,
putto ca ekadhītu ca;
Samaṇabrāhmaṇā tīṇi,
chavi rajju ca bhikkhunāti.
