1.36. Lòng Tin

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

Atha kho sambahulā satullapakāyikā devatāyo abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhaṁsu.

Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho ekā devatā bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:

“Saddhā dutiyā purisassa hoti,

No ce assaddhiyaṁ avatiṭṭhati;

Yaso ca kittī ca tatvassa hoti,

Saggañca so gacchati sarīraṁ vihāyā”ti.

Atha kho aparā devatā bhagavato santike imā gāthāyo abhāsi:

“Kodhaṁ jahe vippajaheyya mānaṁ,

Saṁyojanaṁ sabbamatikkameyya;

Taṁ nāmarūpasmimasajjamānaṁ,

Akiñcanaṁ nānupatanti saṅgā”ti.

“Pamādamanuyuñjanti,

bālā dummedhino janā;

Appamādañca medhāvī,

dhanaṁ seṭṭhaṁva rakkhati.

Mā pamādamanuyuñjetha,

mā kāmarati santhavaṁ;

Appamatto hi jhāyanto,

pappoti paramaṁ sukhan”ti.

SC 1On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Savatthi in Jeta’s Grove, Anathapiṇḍika’s Park. Then, when the night had advanced, a number of devatās belonging to the Satullapa host, of stunning beauty, illuminating the entire Jeta’s Grove, approached the Blessed One. Having approached, they paid homage to the Blessed One and stood to one side.

SC 2Then one devatā, standing to one side, recited this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:

SC 3 “Faith is a person’s partner;
If lack of faith does not persist,
Fame and renown thereby come to him,
And he goes to heaven on leaving the body.”

SC 4Then another devatā recited these verses in the presence of the Blessed One:

SC 5 “One should discard anger, cast off conceit,
Transcend all the fetters.
No ties torment one who has nothing,
Who does not adhere to name-and-form.”

Another devatā:

SC 6 “Foolish people devoid of wisdom
Devote themselves to negligence.
But the wise man guards diligence
As his foremost treasure.

SC 7 “Do not yield to negligence,
Don’t be intimate with sensual delight.
For the diligent ones, meditating,
Attain supreme happiness.” sn.i.26