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title: "Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 104 of 105
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/104/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga, section 104. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/104/"
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# Linked Discourses V: The Great Book · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Mahāvagga

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

The path: the noble eightfold path, the factors of awakening, mindfulness meditation, breathing, and the first teaching, Turning the Wheel of Dhamma.

> 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.

## 104. Abbreviated Texts on Raw Grain · SN 56.91–56.96–101

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/104/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-5/104/#p-N

[¶0] SN 56.91 · Fields and Land

> Pali: SN 56.91 · Khettavatthusutta

[¶1] “… the sentient beings who refrain from receiving fields and land are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye khettavatthupaṭiggahaṇā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye khettavatthupaṭiggahaṇā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶2] > Pali: Paṭhamaṁ.

[¶3] SN 56.92 · Buying and Selling

> Pali: SN 56.92 · Kayavikkayasutta

[¶4] “… the sentient beings who refrain from buying and selling are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye kayavikkayā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye kayavikkayā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶5] > Pali: Dutiyaṁ.

[¶6] SN 56.93 · Errands

> Pali: SN 56.93 · Dūteyyasutta

[¶7] “… the sentient beings who refrain from running errands and messages are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye dūteyyapahiṇagamanānuyogā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye dūteyyapahiṇagamanānuyogā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶8] > Pali: Tatiyaṁ.

[¶9] SN 56.94 · False Weights

> Pali: SN 56.94 · Tulākūṭasutta

[¶10] “… the sentient beings who refrain from falsifying weights, metals, or measures are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye tulākūṭakaṁsakūṭamānakūṭā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶11] > Pali: Catutthaṁ.

[¶12] SN 56.95 · Bribery

> Pali: SN 56.95 · Ukkoṭanasutta

[¶13] “… the sentient beings who refrain from bribery, fraud, cheating, and duplicity are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. …”

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye ukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye ukkoṭanavañcananikatisāciyogā appaṭiviratā …pe….

[¶14] > Pali: Pañcamaṁ.

[¶15] SN 56.96–101 · Mutilation, Etc.

> Pali: SN 56.96–101 · Chedanādisutta

[¶16] “… the sentient beings who refrain from mutilation, murder, abduction, banditry, plunder, and violence are few, while those who don’t refrain are many. 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.

> Pali: … “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, appakā te sattā ye chedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā paṭiviratā; atha kho eteva bahutarā sattā ye chedanavadhabandhanaviparāmosaālopasahasākārā appaṭiviratā. Taṁ kissa hetu? Adiṭṭhattā bhikkhave, catunnaṁ ariyasaccānaṁ. Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? Dukkhassa ariyasaccassa …pe… dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ariyasaccassa.

[¶17] That’s why you should practice meditation …”

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

[¶18] > Pali: Ekādasamaṁ.

[¶19] > Pali: Catutthaāmakadhaññapeyyālavaggo dasamo.

[¶20] > Pali: Tassuddānaṁ

[¶21] > Pali: Khettaṁ kāyaṁ dūteyyañca,
tulākūṭaṁ ukkoṭanaṁ;
Chedanaṁ vadhabandhanaṁ,
viparālopaṁ sāhasanti.