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Siddhartha Gautama / Buddha
Saṃyutta Nikāya: Connected Discourses Text 13
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Canonical reference sn9.13
English
Bhikkhu Sujato
Linked Discourses 9.13
1. In the Woods
Undisciplined Faculties
At one time several mendicants were staying in the Kosalan lands in a certain forest grove. They were haughty, insolent, fickle, scurrilous, loose-tongued, unmindful, lacking situational awareness and immersion, with straying minds and undisciplined faculties.
The deity haunting that forest had sympathy for those mendicants, and wanted what’s best for them. So they approached those mendicants wanting to stir them up, and addressed them in verse:
“The mendicants used to live happily,
as disciples of Gotama.
Desireless they sought alms;
desireless they used their lodgings.
Knowing that the world was impermanent
they made an end of suffering.
But now they’ve made themselves hard to look after,
like chiefs in a village.
They eat and eat and then lie down,
unconscious in the homes of others.
Having raised my cupped palms to the Saṅgha,
I speak here only about certain people.
They’re dregs, with no protector,
just like those who have passed away.
I’m speaking about
those who live negligently.
To those who live diligently
I pay homage.”
Impelled by that deity, those mendicants were struck with a sense of urgency.
Pali
Saṁyutta Nikāya 9.13
1. Vanavagga
Pākatindriyasutta
Ekaṁ samayaṁ sambahulā bhikkhū kosalesu viharanti aññatarasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe uddhatā unnaḷā capalā mukharā vikiṇṇavācā muṭṭhassatino asampajānā asamāhitā vibbhantacittā pākatindriyā.
Atha kho yā tasmiṁ vanasaṇḍe adhivatthā devatā tesaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ anukampikā atthakāmā te bhikkhū saṁvejetukāmā yena te bhikkhū tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā te bhikkhū gāthāhi ajjhabhāsi:
“Sukhajīvino pure āsuṁ,
bhikkhū gotamasāvakā;
Anicchā piṇḍamesanā,
anicchā sayanāsanaṁ;
Loke aniccataṁ ñatvā,
dukkhassantaṁ akaṁsu te.
Dupposaṁ katvā attānaṁ,
gāme gāmaṇikā viya;
Bhutvā bhutvā nipajjanti,
parāgāresu mucchitā.
Saṅghassa añjaliṁ katvā,
idhekacce vadāmahaṁ;
Apaviddhā anāthā te,
yathā petā tatheva te.
Ye kho pamattā viharanti,
te me sandhāya bhāsitaṁ;
Ye appamattā viharanti,
namo tesaṁ karomahan”ti.
Atha kho te bhikkhū tāya devatāya saṁvejitā saṁvegamāpādunti.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-11
Discours reliés 9.13
1. Dans les bois
Les facultés indisciplinées
Un jour, plusieurs mendiants séjournaient dans les terres des Kosalans, dans un certain bosquet forestier. Ils étaient hautains, insolents, inconstants, grossiers, bavards, sans pleine conscience, dépourvus de conscience de la situation et d’immersion, l’esprit vagabond et les facultés indisciplinées.
La divinité qui hantait cette forêt éprouvait de la sympathie pour ces mendiants et voulait leur bien. Elle s’approcha donc d’eux afin de les stimuler et s’adressa à eux en vers :
« Les mendiants vivaient autrefois heureux,
en disciples de Gotama.
Sans désir, ils cherchaient l’aumône ;
sans désir, ils utilisaient leurs logements.
Sachant que le monde était impermanent,
ils mirent fin à la souffrance.
Mais à présent, ils se sont rendus difficiles à entretenir,
comme des chefs dans un village.
Ils mangent et mangent encore, puis se couchent,
inconscients dans les maisons d’autrui.
Ayant levé mes paumes jointes vers le Saṅgha,
je ne parle ici que de certaines personnes.
Ce sont des rebuts, sans protecteur,
pareils à ceux qui sont morts.
Je parle de
ceux qui vivent dans la négligence.
À ceux qui vivent avec diligence,
je rends hommage. »
Poussés par cette divinité, ces mendiants furent saisis d’un sentiment d’urgence.
Concepts in this passage
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