--- title: "Middle Discourses · Majjhima Nikāya" author: "The Buddha" translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato" languages: [pi, en] shelf: "Pali Canon" section: 128 of 165 url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-majjhima-nikaya/128/ cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Middle Discourses · Majjhima Nikāya, section 128. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-majjhima-nikaya/128/" --- # Middle Discourses · Majjhima Nikāya *The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato* The 152 middle-length discourses: the simile of the saw, the snake and the raft, mindfulness of breathing, Aṅgulimāla, and the Buddha’s own account of his awakening. > Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). > English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included. > Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines. ## 128. MN 116 · At Isigili Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-majjhima-nikaya/128/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-majjhima-nikaya/128/#p-N [¶0] MN 116 · At Isigili > Pali: MN 116 · Isigilisutta [¶1] So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Isigili Mountain. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!” > Pali: Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati isigilismiṁ pabbate. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti. [¶2] “Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this: > Pali: “Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca: [¶3] “Mendicants, do you see that Mount Vebhāra?” > Pali: “Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṁ vebhāraṁ pabbatan”ti? [¶4] “Yes, sir.” > Pali: “Evaṁ, bhante”. [¶5] “It used to have a different label and description. Do you see that Mount Paṇḍava?” > Pali: “Etassapi kho, bhikkhave, vebhārassa pabbatassa aññāva samaññā ahosi aññā paññatti. Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṁ paṇḍavaṁ pabbatan”ti? [¶6] “Yes, sir.” > Pali: “Evaṁ, bhante”. [¶7] “It too used to have a different label and description. Do you see that Mount Vepulla?” > Pali: “Etassapi kho, bhikkhave, paṇḍavassa pabbatassa aññāva samaññā ahosi aññā paññatti. Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṁ vepullaṁ pabbatan”ti? [¶8] “Yes, sir.” > Pali: “Evaṁ, bhante”. [¶9] “It too used to have a different label and description. Do you see that Mount Vulture’s Peak?” > Pali: “Etassapi kho, bhikkhave, vepullassa pabbatassa aññāva samaññā ahosi aññā paññatti. Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, etaṁ gijjhakūṭaṁ pabbatan”ti? [¶10] “Yes, sir.” > Pali: “Evaṁ, bhante”. [¶11] “It too used to have a different label and description. Do you see that Mount Isigili?” > Pali: “Etassapi kho, bhikkhave, gijjhakūṭassa pabbatassa aññāva samaññā ahosi aññā paññatti. Passatha no tumhe, bhikkhave, imaṁ isigiliṁ pabbatan”ti? [¶12] “Yes, sir.” > Pali: “Evaṁ, bhante”. [¶13] “It used to have exactly the same label and description. > Pali: “Imassa kho pana, bhikkhave, isigilissa pabbatassa esāva samaññā ahosi esā paññatti. [¶14] Once upon a time, five hundred independent Buddhas dwelt for a long time on this Isigili. They were seen entering the mountain, but after entering were seen no more. When people noticed this they said: ‘That mountain swallows these seers!’ That’s how it came to be known as Isigili, the “seer-swallower”. > Pali: Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, pañca paccekabuddhasatāni imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsino ahesuṁ. Te imaṁ pabbataṁ pavisantā dissanti, paviṭṭhā na dissanti. Tamenaṁ manussā disvā evamāhaṁsu: ‘ayaṁ pabbato ime isī gilatī’ti; ‘isigili isigili’ tveva samaññā udapādi. [¶15] I shall declare the names of the independent Buddhas; I shall extol the names of the independent Buddhas; I shall teach the names of the independent Buddhas. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.” > Pali: Ācikkhissāmi, bhikkhave, paccekabuddhānaṁ nāmāni; kittayissāmi, bhikkhave, paccekabuddhānaṁ nāmāni; desessāmi, bhikkhave, paccekabuddhānaṁ nāmāni. Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti. [¶16] “Yes, sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this: > Pali: “Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca: [¶17] “The independent Buddhas who dwelt for a long time on this Isigili were named Ariṭṭha, Upariṭṭha, Tagarasikhī, Yasassin, Sudassana, Piyadassin, Gandhāra, Piṇḍola, Upāsabha, Nīta, Tatha, Sutavā, and Bhāvitatta. > Pali: “Ariṭṭho nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; upariṭṭho nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; tagarasikhī nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; yasassī nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; sudassano nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; piyadassī nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; gandhāro nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; piṇḍolo nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; upāsabho nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; nīto nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; tatho nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi, sutavā nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi; bhāvitatto nāma, bhikkhave, paccekasambuddho imasmiṁ isigilismiṁ pabbate ciranivāsī ahosi. [¶18] Those saintly beings, untroubled, with no need for hope, who each achieved awakening independently; hear me extol their names, the supreme men, free of thorns. > Pali: Ye sattasārā anīghā nirāsā, Paccekamevajjhagamaṁsu bodhiṁ; Tesaṁ visallāna naruttamānaṁ, Nāmāni me kittayato suṇātha. [¶19] Ariṭṭha, Upariṭṭha, Tagarasikhī, Yasassin, Sudassana, and Piyadassin the awakened; Gandhāra, Piṇḍola, and Upāsabha, Nīta, Tatha, Sutavā, and Bhāvitatta. > Pali: Ariṭṭho upariṭṭho tagarasikhī yasassī, Sudassano piyadassī ca susambuddho; Gandhāro piṇḍolo upāsabho ca, Nīto tatho sutavā bhāvitatto. [¶20] Sumbha, Subha, Methula, and Aṭṭhama, then Assumegha, Anīgha, and Sudāṭha, Independent Buddhas, enders of the leash to existence; and Hiṅgū and Hiṅga the mighty. > Pali: Sumbho subho matulo aṭṭhamo ca, Athassumegho anīgho sudāṭho; Paccekabuddhā bhavanettikhīṇā, Hiṅgū ca hiṅgo ca mahānubhāvā. [¶21] Two sages named Jāli, and Aṭṭhaka; then the awakened one Kosala, then Subāhu; Upanemi, Nemi, and Santacitta, right and true, stainless and astute. > Pali: Dve jālino munino aṭṭhako ca, Atha kosallo buddho atho subāhu; Upanemiso nemiso santacitto, Sacco tatho virajo paṇḍito ca. [¶22] Kāḷa and Upakāḷa, Vijita and Jita, Aṅga and Paṅga, and Guttijita too; Passin gave up attachment, suffering’s root, while Aparājita defeated Māra’s power. > Pali: Kāḷūpakāḷā vijito jito ca, Aṅgo ca paṅgo ca guttijito ca; Passi jahi upadhidukkhamūlaṁ, Aparājito mārabalaṁ ajesi. [¶23] Satthar, Pavattar, Sarabhaṅga, Lomahaṁsa, Uccaṅgamāya, Asita, Anāsava, Manomaya, and Bandhumā the cutter of conceit, then Adhimutta, and Ketumā the immaculate. > Pali: Satthā pavattā sarabhaṅgo lomahaṁso, Uccaṅgamāyo asito anāsavo; Manomayo mānacchido ca bandhumā, Tadādhimutto vimalo ca ketumā. [¶24] Ketumbharāga, Mātaṅga, and Ariya, then Accuta, Accutagāma, and Byāmaka, Sumaṅgala, Dabbila, Supatiṭṭhita, Asayha, Khemābhirata, and Sorata. > Pali: Ketumbharāgo ca mātaṅgo ariyo, Athaccuto accutagāmabyāmako; Sumaṅgalo dabbilo supatiṭṭhito, Asayho khemābhirato ca sorato. [¶25] Durannaya, Saṅgha, and also Ujjaya, another sage, Sayha of peerless effort. There are twelve Ānandas, Nandas, and Upanandas, and Bhāradvāja, bearing his final body. > Pali: Durannayo saṅgho athopi ujjayo, Aparo muni sayho anomanikkamo; Ānando nando upanando dvādasa, Bhāradvājo antimadehadhārī. [¶26] Bodhi, Mahānāma, and also Uttara, Kesī, Sikhī, Sundara, and Bhāradvāja, Tissa and Upatissa, who’ve both cut the bonds to rebirth, Upasīdarī and Sīdarī, who’ve both cut off craving. > Pali: Bodhi mahānāmo athopi uttaro, Kesī sikhī sundaro dvārabhājo; Tissūpatissā bhavabandhanacchidā, Upasikhi taṇhacchido ca sikhari. [¶27] Maṅgala was awakened, free of greed, Usabha cut the net, the root of suffering, Upanīta who attained the state of peace, Uposatha, Sundara, and Saccanāma. > Pali: Buddho ahu maṅgalo vītarāgo, Usabhacchidā jāliniṁ dukkhamūlaṁ; Santaṁ padaṁ ajjhagamopanīto, Uposatho sundaro saccanāmo. [¶28] Jeta, Jayanta, Paduma, and Uppala; Padumuttara, Rakkhita, and Pabbata, Mānatthaddha, beautiful and free of greed, and the Buddha Kaṇha, his mind well freed. > Pali: Jeto jayanto padumo uppalo ca, Padumuttaro rakkhito pabbato ca; Mānatthaddho sobhito vītarāgo, Kaṇho ca buddho suvimuttacitto. [¶29] These and other mighty ones awakened independently, enders of the leash to existence— honor these great seers who have slipped all chains, fully quenched, limitless.” > Pali: Ete ca aññe ca mahānubhāvā, Paccekabuddhā bhavanettikhīṇā; Te sabbasaṅgātigate mahesī, Parinibbute vandatha appameyye”ti. [¶30] > Pali: Isigilisuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.