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A Yoke With a Hole (1st)

Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Papātavagga
Paṭhamachiggaḷayugasutta
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5. The Chapter on a Cliff
A Yoke With a Hole (1st)
Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Papātavagga
Paṭhamachiggaḷayugasutta

A blind turtle would put its head through a yoke with a hole in it floating in the ocean sooner than someone in the lower realms would be reborn as a human.

Ruta suttaSN 56.47Sutta PiṭakaSaṃyutta Nikāya5. Mahāvaggasaṁyutta56. Saccasaṁyutta5. PapātavaggaPaṭhamachiggaḷayugasutta
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“Mendicants, suppose a person were to throw a yoke with a single hole into the ocean. And there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years. *For kāṇa as “one-eyed” see Manu 3.177.

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso mahāsamudde ekacchiggaḷaṁ yugaṁ pakkhipeyya. Tatrāpissa kāṇo kacchapo. So vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjeyya. *ekacchiggaḷaṁ → ekacchiggalaṁ (bj)

“Mendicants, suppose a person were to throw a yoke with a single hole into the ocean. And there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years. *For kāṇa as “one-eyed” see Manu 3.177.
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso mahāsamudde ekacchiggaḷaṁ yugaṁ pakkhipeyya. Tatrāpissa kāṇo kacchapo. So vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjeyya. *ekacchiggaḷaṁ → ekacchiggalaṁ (bj)

“Mendicants, suppose a person were to throw a yoke with a single hole into the ocean. And there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years. *For kāṇa as “one-eyed” see Manu 3.177.“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso mahāsamudde ekacchiggaḷaṁ yugaṁ pakkhipeyya. Tatrāpissa kāṇo kacchapo. So vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjeyya. *ekacchiggaḷaṁ → ekacchiggalaṁ (bj)

What do you think, mendicants? Would that one-eyed turtle, popping up once every hundred years, still poke its neck through the hole in that yoke?”

Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, api nu kho kāṇo kacchapo vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjanto amusmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe yuge gīvaṁ paveseyyā”ti?

What do you think, mendicants?
Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,
Would that one-eyed turtle, popping up once every hundred years, still poke its neck through the hole in that yoke?”
api nu kho kāṇo kacchapo vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjanto amusmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe yuge gīvaṁ paveseyyā”ti?

What do you think, mendicants? Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave, Would that one-eyed turtle, popping up once every hundred years, still poke its neck through the hole in that yoke?” api nu kho kāṇo kacchapo vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjanto amusmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe yuge gīvaṁ paveseyyā”ti?

“Only after a very long time, sir, if ever.”

“Yadi nūna, bhante, kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayenā”ti.

“Only after a very long time, sir, if ever.”
“Yadi nūna, bhante, kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayenā”ti.

“Only after a very long time, sir, if ever.” “Yadi nūna, bhante, kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayenā”ti.

“That one-eyed turtle might poke its neck through the hole in that yoke, but in any case it’d be sooner than a fool fallen to the underworld is reborn as a human being, I say.

“Khippataraṁ kho so, bhikkhave, kāṇo kacchapo vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjanto amusmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe yuge gīvaṁ paveseyya, na tvevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sakiṁ vinipātagatena bālena manussattaṁ vadāmi. *vinipātagatena bālena → vinipātaṁ gatena bālena (bj); vinītagatena bahulena (mr)

“That one-eyed turtle might poke its neck through the hole in that yoke, but in any case it’d be sooner than a fool fallen to the underworld is reborn as a human being, I say.
“Khippataraṁ kho so, bhikkhave, kāṇo kacchapo vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjanto amusmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe yuge gīvaṁ paveseyya, na tvevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sakiṁ vinipātagatena bālena manussattaṁ vadāmi. *vinipātagatena bālena → vinipātaṁ gatena bālena (bj); vinītagatena bahulena (mr)

“That one-eyed turtle might poke its neck through the hole in that yoke, but in any case it’d be sooner than a fool fallen to the underworld is reborn as a human being, I say. “Khippataraṁ kho so, bhikkhave, kāṇo kacchapo vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ sakiṁ ummujjanto amusmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe yuge gīvaṁ paveseyya, na tvevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sakiṁ vinipātagatena bālena manussattaṁ vadāmi. *vinipātagatena bālena → vinipātaṁ gatena bālena (bj); vinītagatena bahulena (mr)

Why is that? Because in that place there’s no principled or moral conduct, and no doing what is good and skillful. There they just prey on each other, preying on the weak. Why is that? It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths. What four? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.

Taṁ kissa hetu? Na hettha, bhikkhave, atthi dhammacariyā, samacariyā, kusalakiriyā, puññakiriyā. Aññamaññakhādikā ettha, bhikkhave, vattati dubbalakhādikā. Taṁ kissa hetu? Adiṭṭhattā, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ. Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.

Why is that?
Taṁ kissa hetu?
Because in that place there’s no principled or moral conduct, and no doing what is good and skillful.
Na hettha, bhikkhave, atthi dhammacariyā, samacariyā, kusalakiriyā, puññakiriyā.
There they just prey on each other, preying on the weak.
Aññamaññakhādikā ettha, bhikkhave, vattati dubbalakhādikā.
Why is that?
Taṁ kissa hetu?
It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths.
Adiṭṭhattā, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ.
What four?
Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?
The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.
Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.

Why is that? Taṁ kissa hetu? Because in that place there’s no principled or moral conduct, and no doing what is good and skillful. Na hettha, bhikkhave, atthi dhammacariyā, samacariyā, kusalakiriyā, puññakiriyā. There they just prey on each other, preying on the weak. Aññamaññakhādikā ettha, bhikkhave, vattati dubbalakhādikā. Why is that? Taṁ kissa hetu? It’s because they haven’t seen the four noble truths. Adiṭṭhattā, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ. What four? Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? The noble truths of suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path. Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.

That’s why you should practice meditation …” Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.

Sattamaṁ.

Sattamaṁ.

Sattamaṁ.