A Trainee (1st) · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Sekhassa,
bhikkhave,
bhikkhuno
appattamānasassa
anuttaraṁ
yogakkhemaṁ
patthayamānassa
viharato
ajjhattikaṁ
aṅganti
karitvā
nāññaṁ
ekaṅgampi
samanupassāmi
yaṁ
evaṁ
bahūpakāraṁ
yathayidaṁ,
bhikkhave,
yoniso
manasikāro.
Yoniso,
bhikkhave,
bhikkhu
manasi
karonto
akusalaṁ
pajahati,
kusalaṁ
bhāvetī”ti.
Etamatthaṁ
bhagavā
avoca.
Tatthetaṁ
iti
vuccati:
“Taking into account interior factors, mendicants, I do not see a single one that is so very helpful as rational application of mind for a trainee mendicant who hasn’t achieved their heart’s desire, but lives aspiring to the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. A mendicant rationally applying the mind gives up the unskillful and develops the skillful.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Yonisomanasikāro,
dhammo
sekhassa
bhikkhuno;
Natthañño
evaṁ
bahukāro,
uttamatthassa
pattiyā;
Yoniso
padahaṁ
bhikkhu,
khayaṁ
dukkhassa
pāpuṇe”ti.
“There is nothing so helpful for a trainee mendicant aspiring for the ultimate goal as rational application of mind. Striving rationally, a mendicant attains the end of suffering.”
Ayampi
attho
vutto
bhagavatā,
iti
me
sutanti.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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