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.
Of paths, the eightfold is the best; of truths, the four statements; dispassion is the best of things, and the Clear-eyed One is the best of humans.
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 is the path, there is no other for the purification of vision. You all must practice this, it is the way to baffle Māra.
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.
When you all are practicing this, you’ll make an end of suffering. I have explained the path to you for extracting the thorn with wisdom.
by youTumhehi
the work, the effortkiccamātappaṁ,
proclaimersakkhātāro
the Realized Onestathāgatā;
practicingPaṭipannā
are releasedpamokkhanti,
meditatorsjhāyino
from Māra’s bondsmārabandhanā.
You yourselves must do the work, the Realized Ones just show the way. Meditators practicing absorption are released from Māra’s bonds.
all“Sabbe
conditionssaṅkhārā
are impermanent; quotation markeraniccā”ti,
whenyadā
with wisdompaññāya
one seespassati;
thenAtha
one grows disillusionednibbindati
with sufferingdukkhe,
thisesa
pathmaggo
to purityvisuddhiyā.
All conditions are impermanent— when this is seen with wisdom, one grows disillusioned with suffering: this is the path to purity.
“all“Sabbe
conditionssaṅkhārā
suffering” thusdukkhā”ti,
whenyadā
with wisdompaññāya
one seespassati;
thenAtha
grows disillusionednibbindati
with sufferingdukkhe,
thisesa
pathmaggo
to purityvisuddhiyā.
All conditions are suffering— when this is seen with wisdom, one grows disillusioned with suffering: this is the path to purity.
"All“Sabbe
thingsdhammā
are not-self,"anattā”ti,
whenyadā
with wisdompaññāya
one seespassati;
thenAtha
grows disillusioned withnibbindati
sufferingdukkhe,
thisesa
pathmaggo
to purity.visuddhiyā.
All things are not-self— when this is seen with wisdom, one grows disillusioned with suffering: this is the path to purity.
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.
They don’t get going when it’s time to start; they’re young and strong, but given to sloth. Their mind depressed in sunken thought, lazy and slothful, they can’t discern the path.
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.
Guarded in speech, restrained in mind, doing no unskillful bodily deed. Purify these three ways of performing deeds, and win the path known to seers.
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.
From meditation springs wisdom, without meditation, wisdom ends. Knowing these two paths— of progress and decline— you should conduct yourself so that wisdom grows.
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.
Cut down the jungle, not just a tree; from the jungle springs fear. Having cut down jungle and snarl, be free of jungles, mendicants!
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.
So long as the vine, no matter how small, that ties a man to women is not cut, his mind remains trapped, like a calf suckling its mother.
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.
Cut out affection for oneself, like plucking an autumn lotus. Foster only the path to peace, the extinguishment the Holy One taught.
hereIdha
for the rainsvassaṁ
I will stayvasissāmi,
hereidha
in winter and summerhemantagimhisu;
thusIti
the foolbālo
thinksvicinteti,
the dangerantarāyaṁ
notna
realizesbujjhati.
“Here I will stay for the rains; here for winter, here the summer”; thus the fool thinks, not realizing the danger.
himTaṁ
devoted to children and cattleputtapasusammattaṁ,
with mind attachedbyāsattamanasaṁ
mannaraṁ;
sleepingSuttaṁ
villagegāmaṁ
like a great floodmahoghova,
deathmaccu
takingādāya
goesgacchati.
As a mighty flood sweeps away a sleeping village, death steals away a man who dotes on children and cattle, his mind caught up in them.
notNa
there aresanti
childrenputtā
for sheltertāṇāya,
notna
fatherpitā
nor evennāpi
relativesbandhavā;
for one seized by the terminatorAntakenādhipannassa,
there is notnatthi
among relativesñātīsu
sheltertāṇatā.
Children provide you no shelter, nor does father, nor relatives. When you’re seized by the terminator, there’s no shelter in family.
this reasonEtamatthavasaṁ
having knownñatvā,
astute onepaṇḍito
ethically restrainedsīlasaṁvuto;
leading to extinguishmentNibbānagamanaṁ
pathmaggaṁ,
quickly indeedkhippameva
one would clearvisodhaye.
the path chapterMaggavaggo
twentiethvīsatimo.
Knowing the reason for this, astute, and ethically restrained, one would quickly clear the path that leads to extinguishment.
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