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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 20.7 Linked Discourses 20.7
1. Opammavagga 1. Similes
Äį¹isutta The Drum Peg
SÄvatthiyaį¹ viharati. At SÄvatthÄ«.
āBhÅ«tapubbaį¹, bhikkhave, dasÄrahÄnaį¹ Änako nÄma mudiį¹
go ahosi. āOnce upon a time, mendicants, the DasÄrahas had a clay drum called the Commander.
Tassa dasÄrahÄ Änake ghaį¹ite aƱƱaį¹ Äį¹iį¹ odahiį¹su. Each time the Commander split they repaired it by inserting another peg.
Ahu kho so, bhikkhave, samayo yaį¹ Änakassa mudiį¹
gassa porÄį¹aį¹ pokkharaphalakaį¹ antaradhÄyi. But there came a time when the clay drum Commanderās original wooden rim disappeared
Äį¹isaį¹
ghÄį¹ova avasissi. and only a mass of pegs remained.
Evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhavissanti bhikkhÅ« anÄgatamaddhÄnaį¹, ye te suttantÄ tathÄgatabhÄsitÄ gambhÄ«rÄ gambhÄ«ratthÄ lokuttarÄ suƱƱatappaį¹isaį¹yuttÄ, tesu bhaƱƱamÄnesu na sussÅ«sissanti na sotaį¹ odahissanti na aĆ±Ć±Ä cittaį¹ upaį¹į¹hÄpessanti na ca te dhamme uggahetabbaį¹ pariyÄpuį¹itabbaį¹ maƱƱissanti. In the same way, in a future time there will be mendicants who wonāt want to listen when discourses spoken by the Realized Oneādeep, profound, transcendent, dealing with emptinessāare being recited. They wonāt actively listen or try to understand, nor will they think those teachings are worth learning and memorizing.
Ye pana te suttantÄ kavikatÄ kÄveyyÄ cittakkharÄ cittabyaƱjanÄ bÄhirakÄ sÄvakabhÄsitÄ, tesu bhaƱƱamÄnesu sussÅ«sissanti, sotaį¹ odahissanti, aĆ±Ć±Ä cittaį¹ upaį¹į¹hÄpessanti, te ca dhamme uggahetabbaį¹ pariyÄpuį¹itabbaį¹ maƱƱissanti. But when discourses composed by poetsāpoetry, with fancy words and phrases, composed by outsiders or spoken by disciplesāare being recited they will want to listen. Theyāll actively listen and try to understand, and theyāll think those teachings are worth learning and memorizing.
Evametesaį¹, bhikkhave, suttantÄnaį¹ tathÄgatabhÄsitÄnaį¹ gambhÄ«rÄnaį¹ gambhÄ«ratthÄnaį¹ lokuttarÄnaį¹ suƱƱatappaį¹isaį¹yuttÄnaį¹ antaradhÄnaį¹ bhavissati. And that is how the discourses spoken by the Realized Oneādeep, profound, transcendent, dealing with emptinessāwill disappear.
TasmÄtiha, bhikkhave, evaį¹ sikkhitabbaį¹: So you should train like this:
āye te suttantÄ tathÄgatabhÄsitÄ gambhÄ«rÄ gambhÄ«ratthÄ lokuttarÄ suƱƱatappaį¹isaį¹yuttÄ, tesu bhaƱƱamÄnesu sussÅ«sissÄma, sotaį¹ odahissÄma, aĆ±Ć±Ä cittaį¹ upaį¹į¹hÄpessÄma, te ca dhamme uggahetabbaį¹ pariyÄpuį¹itabbaį¹ maƱƱissÄmÄāti. āWhen discourses spoken by the Realized Oneādeep, profound, transcendent, dealing with emptinessāare being recited we will want to listen. We will actively listen and trying to understand, and we will think those teachings are worth learning and memorizing.ā
EvaƱhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabbanāti. Thatās how you should train.ā
Sattamaį¹.