Dear friends,
Here is AN 6.8.10, and the completion of the Arahattavagga.
Before that, I had two ideas:
1) Would it be possible to download the entire PED from the website:
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/dictionaries/pali/index.html
one page at a time? Maybe have a group of people do it, each downloading 100 pages and saving them, then putting it together in an HTML "book" and putting it in the files section? Would that be breaking any laws? It certainly would be helpful. I am willing to download part of the book, say 100 pages.
2) Would it make sense to divide the Anguttara up into sections? I will try to finish the book of sixes, if others would have time to translate the other sections. So far, not so much activity
Okay, on to AN 6.8.10:
1) "yaa ratti vaa divaso vaa aagacchati" is confusing for me, and I imagine that it might be an idiom meaning "as the days and nights go by..." Instead of following this line of thought, I have gone against the CSCD when they put a comma after aagacchati, and instead I put the comma before, and put aagacchati with the next "haaniyeva", giving as a translation "whether night or day, there comes a decline..."
2) "haani" and "parihaani" gave a technical problem, as I stubbornly tried to relate the two words but not equate them (i.e. rendering them with the same translation); I came up with a not quite natural "decline" and "declining away", as "pari" can also mean "away" (cp PED).
3) It's funny, the sutta seems at first glance to have at least eight items, not six, but the key I guess is to watch the word "hoti" and so "mahiccho hoti, vighaatavaa, asantu.t.tho, itariitaraciivarapi.n.dapaatasenaasanagilaanappaccayabhesajjaparikkhaarena" is one item.
Here is the sutta:
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A'nguttaranikaayo
Chakkanipaatapaa.li
8. Arahattavaggo
10. Rattidivasasutta'm
"Chahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannaagatassa bhikkhuno yaa ratti vaa divaso vaa aagacchati haaniyeva paa.tika'nkhaa kusalesu dhammesu, no vuddhi.
/by six /oh monks /dhammas /of the endowed /monk /which /night /or /day /or /comes /a decline, yea /indubitably /in wholesome /dhammas /not /an increase/
By six, oh monks, dhammas, for a bhikkhu so-endowed whether night or day, there comes, yea, indubitably, a decline in regards to wholesome dhammas, not an increase.
Katamehi chahi? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu mahiccho hoti, vighaatavaa, asantu.t.tho, itariitaraciivarapi.n.dapaatasenaasanagilaanappaccayabhesajjaparikkhaarena,
assaddho hoti, dussiilo hoti, kusiito hoti, mu.t.thassati hoti, duppañño hoti.
/by which /six /here /oh monks /a monk /of great wanting /is /disappointed /dissatisfied /with one or another robe, almsfood, lodging, or required medicine to aid in sickness /uncertain /is /immoral /is /lazy /is /of forgotten mindfulness /is /unwise /is /
By which six? Here, oh monks, a monk is of great wanting, of disappointment, of dissatisfaction with one or another robe, alms-food, lodging, or required medicine to aid in sickness, is uncertain, is immoral, is lazy, is of forgotten mindfulness, is unwise.
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, chahi dhammehi samannaagatassa bhikkhuno yaa ratti vaa divaso vaa aagacchati haaniyeva paa.tika'nkhaa kusalesu dhammesu, no vuddhi.
/by these /indeed /oh monks /six /dhammas /of the endowed /monk /which /night /or /day /or /comes /a decline, yea /indubitably /in wholesome /dhammas /not /an increase/
Indeed, by these, oh monks, six dhammas, for a bhikkhu so-endowed whether night or day, there comes, yea, indubitably, a decline in regards to wholesome dhammas, not an increase.
"Chahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannaagatassa bhikkhuno yaa ratti vaa divaso vaa aagacchati vuddhiyeva paa.tika'nkhaa kusalesu dhammesu, no parihaani.
/by six /oh monks /dhammas /of the endowed /monk /which /night /or /day /or /comes /a increase, yea /indubitably /in wholesome /dhammas /not /a declining away /
By six, oh monks, dhammas, for a bhikkhu so-endowed whether night or day, there comes, yea, indubitably, an increase in regards to wholesome dhammas, not a declining away.
Katamehi chahi? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na mahiccho hoti, avighaatavaa, santu.t.tho, itariitaraciivarapi.n.dapaatasenaasanagilaanappaccayabhesajjaparikkhaarena, saddho hoti, siilavaa hoti, aaraddhaviiriyo hoti, satimaa hoti, paññavaa hoti.
/by which /six /here /oh monks /a monk /not of great wanting /is /disappointed /dissatisfied /with one or another robe, alms-food, lodging, or required medicine to aid in sickness /certain /is /moral /is /firmly energetic /is /mindful /is /wise /is /
By which six? Here, oh monks, a monk is not of great wanting, of disappointment, of dissatisfaction with one or another robe, alms-food, lodging, or required medicine to aid in sickness, is certain, is moral, is firmly energetic, is mindful, is wise.
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, chahi dhammehi samannaagatassa bhikkhuno yaa ratti vaa divaso vaa aagacchati vuddhiyeva paa.tika'nkhaa, kusalesu dhammesu no parihaanii"ti
/by these /indeed /oh monks /six /dhammas /of the endowed /monk /which /night /or /day /or /comes /an increase, yea /indubitably /in wholesome /dhammas /not /a declining away/
Indeed, by these, oh monks, six dhammas, for a bhikkhu so-endowed whether night or day, there comes, yea, indubitably, an increase in regards to wholesome dhammas, not a declining away.
Arahattavaggo a.t.thamo.
The Chapter of the Arahant, number eight.
Tassuddaana'm -
Its content is -
Dukkha'm arahatta'm uttari ca, sukha'm adhigamena ca;
"Suffering, the Arahant, and the Super; Happiness with Attaining, too;
mahantatta'm dvaya'm niraye, aggadhammañca rattiyoti.
Greatness, a twosome of the Hells; Highest of Dhamma and the Nights."
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