Assemblies

“Mendicants, there are these eight assemblies.What eight?The assemblies of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, and ascetics. An assembly of the gods of the four great kings. An assembly of the gods of the thirty-three. An assembly of MārasMāraLa personificación del mal y la tentación. En los textos tempranos, tratado tanto como una deidad del reino de los sentidos como una metáfora.Ver en el glosario. An assembly of divinities.

“Aṭṭhimā, bhikkhave, parisā. Katamā aṭṭha? Khattiyaparisā, brāhmaṇaparisā, gahapatiparisā, samaṇaparisā, cātumahārājikaparisā, tāvatiṁsaparisā, māraparisā, brahmaparisā.

“Mendicants, there are these eight assemblies.“Aṭṭhimā, bhikkhave, parisā. What eight?Katamā aṭṭha? The assemblies of aristocrats, brahmins, householders, and ascetics. An assembly of the gods of the four great kings. An assembly of the gods of the thirty-three. An assembly of Māras. An assembly of divinities.Khattiyaparisā, brāhmaṇaparisā, gahapatiparisā, samaṇaparisā, cātumahārājikaparisā, tāvatiṁsaparisā, māraparisā, brahmaparisā.

I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of aristocrats.There I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.And my appearance and voice became just like theirs.I educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a DhammaDhamma1. Fenómeno; cualquier cosa que ocurre y es cognoscible. 2. Fenómeno mental, «pensamiento». 3. Principio, especialmente los principios de causalidad. 4. Doctrina, enseñanza. También, principios de comportamiento que los seres humanos deben seguir para armonizar con el orden natural correcto de las cosas; cualidades mentales que deben desarrollar para realizar la cualidad inherente de la mente en sí misma. Por extensión, «Dhamma» (usualmente en mayúscula) se usa también para denotar cualquier doctrina que enseña tales cosas. Así, el Dhamma del Buddha denota tanto sus enseñanzas como las realidades descritas por esa enseñanza. (Sánscrito: dharma)Ver en el glosario talk.But when I spoke they didn’t know:‘Who is this that speaks? Is it a god or a human?’And when my Dhamma talk was finished I vanished.But when I vanished they didn’t know:‘Who was that who vanished? Was it a god or a human?’

Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, anekasataṁ khattiyaparisaṁ upasaṅkamitā. Tatrapi mayā sannisinnapubbañceva sallapitapubbañca sākacchā ca samāpannapubbā. Tattha yādisako tesaṁ vaṇṇo hoti tādisako mayhaṁ vaṇṇo hoti, yādisako tesaṁ saro hoti tādisako mayhaṁ saro hoti. Dhammiyā ca kathāya sandassemi samādapemi samuttejemi sampahaṁsemi. Bhāsamānañca maṁ na jānanti: ‘ko nu kho ayaṁ bhāsati devo vā manusso vā’ti. Dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṁsetvā antaradhāyāmi. Antarahitañca maṁ na jānanti: ‘ko nu kho ayaṁ antarahito devo vā manusso vā’ti.

I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of aristocrats.Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, anekasataṁ khattiyaparisaṁ upasaṅkamitā. There I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.Tatrapi mayā sannisinnapubbañceva sallapitapubbañca sākacchā ca samāpannapubbā. And my appearance and voice became just like theirs.Tattha yādisako tesaṁ vaṇṇo hoti tādisako mayhaṁ vaṇṇo hoti, yādisako tesaṁ saro hoti tādisako mayhaṁ saro hoti. I educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk.Dhammiyā ca kathāya sandassemi samādapemi samuttejemi sampahaṁsemi. But when I spoke they didn’t know:Bhāsamānañca maṁ na jānanti: ‘Who is this that speaks? Is it a god or a human?’‘ko nu kho ayaṁ bhāsati devo vā manusso vā’ti. And when my Dhamma talk was finished I vanished.Dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṁsetvā antaradhāyāmi. But when I vanished they didn’t know:Antarahitañca maṁ na jānanti: ‘Who was that who vanished? Was it a god or a human?’‘ko nu kho ayaṁ antarahito devo vā manusso vā’ti.

I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of brahmins …householders …ascetics …the gods of the four great kings …the gods of the thirty-three …Māras …divinities.There too I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.And my appearance and voice became just like theirs.I educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk.But when I spoke they didn’t know:‘Who is this that speaks? Is it a god or a human?’And when my Dhamma talk was finished I vanished.But when I vanished they didn’t know:‘Who was that who vanished? Was it a god or a human?’These are the eight assemblies.”

Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, anekasataṁ brāhmaṇaparisaṁ …pe… gahapatiparisaṁ … samaṇaparisaṁ … cātumahārājikaparisaṁ … tāvatiṁsaparisaṁ … māraparisaṁ … brahmaparisaṁ upasaṅkamitā. Tatrapi mayā sannisinnapubbañceva sallapitapubbañca sākacchā ca samāpannapubbā. Tattha yādisako tesaṁ vaṇṇo hoti tādisako mayhaṁ vaṇṇo hoti, yādisako tesaṁ saro hoti tādisako mayhaṁ saro hoti. Dhammiyā ca kathāya sandassemi samādapemi samuttejemi sampahaṁsemi. Bhāsamānañca maṁ na jānanti: ‘ko nu kho ayaṁ bhāsati devo vā manusso vā’ti. Dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṁsetvā antaradhāyāmi. Antarahitañca maṁ na jānanti: ‘ko nu kho ayaṁ antarahito devo vā manusso vā’ti. Imā kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha parisā”ti.

I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of brahmins …Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, anekasataṁ brāhmaṇaparisaṁ …pe… householders …gahapatiparisaṁ … ascetics …samaṇaparisaṁ … the gods of the four great kings …cātumahārājikaparisaṁ … the gods of the thirty-three …tāvatiṁsaparisaṁ … Māras …māraparisaṁ … divinities.brahmaparisaṁ upasaṅkamitā. There too I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.Tatrapi mayā sannisinnapubbañceva sallapitapubbañca sākacchā ca samāpannapubbā. And my appearance and voice became just like theirs.Tattha yādisako tesaṁ vaṇṇo hoti tādisako mayhaṁ vaṇṇo hoti, yādisako tesaṁ saro hoti tādisako mayhaṁ saro hoti. I educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk.Dhammiyā ca kathāya sandassemi samādapemi samuttejemi sampahaṁsemi. But when I spoke they didn’t know:Bhāsamānañca maṁ na jānanti: ‘Who is this that speaks? Is it a god or a human?’‘ko nu kho ayaṁ bhāsati devo vā manusso vā’ti. And when my Dhamma talk was finished I vanished.Dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṁsetvā antaradhāyāmi. But when I vanished they didn’t know:Antarahitañca maṁ na jānanti: ‘Who was that who vanished? Was it a god or a human?’‘ko nu kho ayaṁ antarahito devo vā manusso vā’ti. These are the eight assemblies.”Imā kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭha parisā”ti.