Class 24 Key to Exercises

Class 24 Key to Exercises¶

In the Key to Exercises, break up every verb and participle into prefix + root + root sign + verbal ending / suffix.

e.g. paṭiggaṇhāmi:

pati + √gah + ṇhā + ti

Please pay attention to the syntax: underline the subject, object(s), and predicate of the sentences

1. MN140
   tañ'hi'ssa, bhikkhu, n'atthi yena jāyetha, ajāyamāno kiṃ jīyissati, ajīyamāno kiṃ mīyissati, amīyamāno kiṃ kuppissati, akuppamāno kissa pihessati?

Monk, there is indeed for him (i.e. he has indeed) not that by which he himself could be born. Not being born, how will he age? Not getting old, how will he die? Not dying, how will he be agitated? Not being agitated, for what will he long?

2. DHP40
   kumbh'ūpamaṃ kāyam'imaṃ viditvā,
   nagar'ūpamaṃ cittam'idaṃ ṭhapetvā.
   yodhetha māraṃ paññ'āvudhena,
   jitañ'ca rakkhe anivesano siyā.

Having perceived this body [is fragile] like a clay pot, having set up this mind like a fortress, you should fight against death with the weapon of wisdom; one should protect the conquest and be without attachment.

3. DHP422
   usabhaṃ pavaraṃ vīraṃ, mahesiṃ vijitāvinaṃ,
   anejaṃ nhātakaṃ buddhaṃ, tam'ahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.

The one who is foremost, the supreme hero, the great sage, the conqueror, unmoved, cleansed, the awakened one – him do I call a brahmin.

4. ITI62
   tīṇ'imāni, bhikkhave, indriyāni. katamāni tīṇi? anaññātaññassāmī't'indriyaṃ, aññ'indriyaṃ, aññātāv'indriyaṃ

Monks, [there are] these three mental faculties. Which three? The faculty (that senses) "I will know the unknown," the faculty of final knowledge, the faculty of one who has understood.

5. AN6.103
   nibbāne ca santadassāvī bhavissāmi, anusayā ca me samugghātaṃ gacchissanti, kiccakārī ca bhavissāmi, satthā ca me pariciṇṇo bhavissati mettāvatāyā'ti.

"I will be one who has seen peacefulness in extinguishment, my underlying tendencies will be(come) exterminated (there will be extermination of my underlying tendencies), I will be one who has done his duty, and my teacher will (have) be(en) served with goodwill."

6. VIN PAT PC 35
   yo pana bhikkhu bhuttāvī pavārito anatirittaṃ khādanīyaṃ vā bhojanīyaṃ vā khādeyya vā bhuñjeyya vā, pācittiyaṃ.

If any monk who has eaten (a meal), who has been invited (to take more and refused), should chew uncooked food or consume food to be savored, which is not left over, [this is a case] involving confession.

7. SN4.19
   api, samaṇa, balībadde addasā'ti?

Perhaps, ascetic, he saw oxen?

8. MN31 kiṃ nu kho mayaṃ āyasmato anuruddhassa evam'ārocimha, imāsañ'ca imāsañ'ca vihārasamāpattīnaṃ mayaṃ lābhino'ti

"Did we ever inform the venerable Anuruddha, 'We obtain such and such meditation attainments'?"

9. MN18
   ko nu kho imassa bhagavatā saṃkhittena uddesassa uddiṭṭhassa vitthārena atthaṃ avibhattassa vitthārena atthaṃ vibhajeyyā'ti

Who, then, would expound in detail the meaning of this brief statement declared by the Blessed One, the meaning not (yet) analysed in detail?

10. SN1.71
    kiṃsu chetvā sukhaṃ seti, kiṃsu chetvā na socati, kissassu ekadhammassa, vadhaṃ rocesi gotamā'ti.

Having severed what, he sleeps comfortably? Having severed what, he does not mourn? The slaughter of which one thing, O Gotama, do you consent to?

11. AN3.91
    yathā divā tathā rattiṃ, yathā rattiṃ tathā divā, abhibhuyya disā sabbā, appamāṇasamādhinā.

As by day, so by night, as by night, so by day. Overcoming all directions with a boundless stable mind.

12. AN3.101
    yo, bhikkhave, evaṃ vadeyya, yathā yath'āyaṃ puriso kammaṃ karoti tathā tathā taṃ paṭisaṃvediyatī'ti, evaṃ santaṃ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyavāso na hoti, okāso na paññāyati sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāya.

Whoever monks, would say thus, "

In whatever way a person performs a deed, in exactly that way he experiences that (result).

This being the case, monks, there is no living the holy life, no opportunity is evident for the complete ending of suffering.

13. AN10.51
    seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, ādittacelo vā ādittasīso vā, tass'eva celassa vā sīsassa vā nibbāpanāya adhimattaṃ chandañ'ca vāyāmañ'ca ussāhañ'ca ussoḷhiñ'ca appaṭivāniñ'ca satiñ'ca sampajaññañ'ca kareyya.

Imagine if, monks, someone's clothes or head was on fire.

He would (set) extreme intention and (make) effort and energy, endurance and tireless determination and (have) mindfulness and clear attention for putting out that exact clothes or head.

14. SN46.52/53
    atha kho te bhikkhū tesaṃ aññatitthiyānaṃ paribbājakānaṃ bhāsitaṃ n'eva abhinandiṃsu nappaṭikkosiṃsu, anabhinanditvā appaṭikkositvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkamiṃsu, bhagavato santike etassa bhāsitassa atthaṃ ājānissāmā'ti.

Then those monks neither approved of nor rejected the statement of those wandering ascetics of another religion.

Having neither approved of nor rejected, they got up from their seats and left.

"We will learn the meaning of this statement in the presence of the Blessed One," (they said).

15. MN107
    ehi tvaṃ bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hohi. paṭisaṅkhā yoniso āhāraṃ āhāreyyāsi n'eva davāya na madāya na maṇḍanāya na vibhūsanāya yāvadeva imassa kāyassa ṭhitiyā yāpanāya vihiṃs'ūparatiyā brahmacariy'ānuggahāya iti purāṇañ'ca vedanaṃ paṭihaṅkhāmi navañ'ca vedanaṃ na uppādessāmi yātrā ca no bhavissati anavajjatā ca phāsu vihāro cā'ti

Come, monk! You must be (one) who knows the right measure in eating.

Reflecting deeply: you should not eat food for fun, nor for intoxication, nor for embellishment, nor for beautification.

Only for as much the continuance of this body and for nourishment of this body, and for avoiding harm to this body, and for supporting the spiritual life.

Thus I will destroy the old feelings (of hunger) and not cause a new feeling (of fullness) to arise

And we will have a support, blamelessness and comfortable existence."

Class 24 Extra Examples¶

1. SN22.93
   tassā puriso sotena vuyhamāno kāse ce'pi gaṇheyya, te palujjeyyuṃ. so tatonidānaṃ anayabyasanaṃ āpajjeyya.

A person being carried along by its (the rivers) current, even if he grabbed hold of the grasses (growing along the bank), they would break off and because of that he would experience misfortune and disaster.

2. SN22.95
   seyyathā'pi, bhikkhave, māyākāro vā māyākār'antevāsī vā catumahāpathe māyaṃ vidaṃseyya.

Just as a magician or a magician's apprentice would display an illusion at a crossroads (i.e. at the meeting of four great roads).

3. MN65
   tassa mukh'ādhāne kāraṇaṃ kāriyamānassa honti y'eva visūkāyitāni visevitāni vipphanditāni kānici kānici, yathā taṃ akāritapubbaṃ kāraṇaṃ kāriyamānassa.

While³¹ [the colt] is being made to do a task with the bit, there are just twistings, tricks, and vacillations in whichever way, [because] it is being made to do that task not previously done before.

4. SN35.245
   seyyathāpi, bhikkhu, purisassa kiṃsuko adiṭṭhapubbo assa. so yen'aññataro puriso kiṃsukassa dassāvī ten'upasaṅkameyya.

Suppose there were (lit: would be) a man who had never seen a parrot tree before (lit: by whom a parrot tree had not been seen before); he would approach a certain person who has seen a parrot tree….

Cf. Syntax, p. 231: "The subjective Gen. can also be regarded as an extension of the possessive gen. (cp. KVG §559) since the verbal noun qualified represents some action of the person denoted by the noun in the gen. (vide §140). But more particularly it denotes agency as shown by the following examples where the action is expressed by a p.p.p. in -ta: imassa ca bhikkhuno duggahītaṃ D II.124 "also a misconception of this monk"; paresaṃ subhāsitaṃ D I.3 "good-speech (lit. well-spoken) of others". We may observe from these examples that the gen. in such instances is interchangeable with the inst. of agent (§88)."

5. AN10.61
   ko c'āhāro ayonisomanasikārassa. assaddhiyan'ti'ssa vacanīyaṃ. assaddhiyam'p'āhaṃ, bhikkhave, sāhāraṃ vadāmi, no anāhāraṃ. ko c'āhāro assaddhiyassa. asaddhammassavanan'ti'ssa vacanīyaṃ

And what is the fuel for improper attention? It should be said of this, "lack of belief." And monks, lack of belief has a fuel, it is not fuel-less. What is the fuel for lack of belief? It should be said of this, "not listening to the true teaching."