20. The Path · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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of paths, the eightfoldMaggānaṭṭhaṅgiko
is the bestseṭṭho,
truthsaccānaṁ
fourcaturo
statementspadā;
dispassionVirāgo
is the bestseṭṭho
of thingsdhammānaṁ,
of humansdvipadānañca
the Clear-eyed Onecakkhumā.
this very oneEseva
pathmaggo
there is no othernatthañño,
of seeingDassanassa
for purificationvisuddhiyā;
this indeedEtañhi
you alltumhe
must practicepaṭipajjatha,
this is the way to baffle MāraMārassetaṁ
the bafflingpamohanaṁ.
this indeedEtañhi
you alltumhe
practicingpaṭipannā,
end of sufferingdukkhassantaṁ
you all will makekarissatha;
explainedAkkhāto
to youvo
by memayā
the pathmaggo,
with wisdomaññāya
for extracting the thornsallakantanaṁ.
by youTumhehi
the work, the effortkiccamātappaṁ,
proclaimersakkhātāro
the Realized Onestathāgatā;
practicingPaṭipannā
are releasedpamokkhanti,
meditatorsjhāyino
from Māra’s bondsmārabandhanā.
all“Sabbe
conditionssaṅkhārā
are impermanent; quotation markeraniccā”ti,
whenyadā
with wisdompaññāya
one seespassati;
thenAtha
one grows disillusionednibbindati
with sufferingdukkhe,
thisesa
pathmaggo
to purityvisuddhiyā.
“all“Sabbe
conditionssaṅkhārā
suffering” thusdukkhā”ti,
whenyadā
with wisdompaññāya
one seespassati;
thenAtha
grows disillusionednibbindati
with sufferingdukkhe,
thisesa
pathmaggo
to purityvisuddhiyā.
"All“Sabbe
thingsdhammā
are not-self,"anattā”ti,
whenyadā
with wisdompaññāya
one seespassati;
thenAtha
grows disillusioned withnibbindati
sufferingdukkhe,
thisesa
pathmaggo
to purity.visuddhiyā.
when it is time to startUṭṭhānakālamhi
not getting goinganuṭṭhahāno,
youngYuvā
strongbalī
to slothālasiyaṁ
givenupeto;
mind depressed in sunken thoughtSaṁsannasaṅkappamano
lazykusīto,
by wisdomPaññāya
the pathmaggaṁ
slothfulalaso
notna
discernsvindati.
guarded in speechVācānurakkhī
with mindmanasā
restrainedsusaṁvuto,
by bodyKāyena
andca
no unskillful deednākusalaṁ
you should dokayirā;
theseEte
threetayo
ways of performing deedskammapathe
you should purifyvisodhaye,
you should winĀrādhaye
path known to seersmaggamisippaveditaṁ.
from meditationYogā
indeedve
is bornjāyatī
wisdombhūri,
without meditationayogā
wisdom endsbhūrisaṅkhayo;
thisEtaṁ
two pathsdvedhāpathaṁ
having knownñatvā,
for progressbhavāya
for declinevibhavāya
andca;
oneself thusTathāttānaṁ
should establishniveseyya,
so thatyathā
wisdombhūri
increasespavaḍḍhati.
the jungleVanaṁ
cut downchindatha
notmā
a treerukkhaṁ,
from the junglevanato
springsjāyate
fearbhayaṁ;
having cut downChetvā
and the junglevanañca
and the snarlvanathañca,
free of junglesnibbanā
behotha
mendicantsbhikkhavo.
so long asYāva
indeedhi
the vinevanatho
notna
is cutchijjati,
no matter how smallAṇumattopi
of a mannarassa
to womennārisu;
with mind boundPaṭibaddhamanova
so longtāva
heso,
like a calfVaccho
like one suckling milkkhīrapakova
on its mothermātari.
cut outUcchinda
affection for oneselfsinehamattano,
lotusKumudaṁ
like an autumn onesāradikaṁva
with the handpāṇinā;
only the path to peaceSantimaggameva
fosterbrūhaya,
extinguishmentNibbānaṁ
by the Holy Onesugatena
taughtdesitaṁ.
hereIdha
for the rainsvassaṁ
I will stayvasissāmi,
hereidha
in winter and summerhemantagimhisu;
thusIti
the foolbālo
thinksvicinteti,
the dangerantarāyaṁ
notna
realizesbujjhati.
himTaṁ
devoted to children and cattleputtapasusammattaṁ,
with mind attachedbyāsattamanasaṁ
mannaraṁ;
sleepingSuttaṁ
villagegāmaṁ
like a great floodmahoghova,
deathmaccu
takingādāya
goesgacchati.
notNa
there aresanti
childrenputtā
for sheltertāṇāya,
notna
fatherpitā
nor evennāpi
relativesbandhavā;
for one seized by the terminatorAntakenādhipannassa,
there is notnatthi
among relativesñātīsu
sheltertāṇatā.
this reasonEtamatthavasaṁ
having knownñatvā,
astute onepaṇḍito
ethically restrainedsīlasaṁvuto;
leading to extinguishmentNibbānagamanaṁ
pathmaggaṁ,
quickly indeedkhippameva
one would clearvisodhaye.
the path chapterMaggavaggo
twentiethvīsatimo.
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