A Trainee (1st) · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
for a trainee“Sekhassa,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
for a mendicantbhikkhuno
who has not attainedappattamānasassa
unsurpassedanuttaraṁ
the sanctuary from the yokeyogakkhemaṁ
aspiring topatthayamānassa
who is livingviharato
interiorajjhattikaṁ
as a factoraṅganti
having madekaritvā
no othernāññaṁ
even a single factorekaṅgampi
I seesamanupassāmi
whichyaṁ
soevaṁ
very helpfulbahūpakāraṁ
as thisyathayidaṁ,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
rationallyyoniso
application of mindmanasikāro.
rationallyYoniso,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
a mendicantbhikkhu
in the mindmanasi
applyingkaronto
the unskillfulakusalaṁ
gives uppajahati,
the skillfulkusalaṁ
developsbhāvetī”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Buddhabhagavā
spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ
thusiti
it is saidvuccati:
“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:
rational application of mind“Yonisomanasikāro,
so helpfuldhammo
for a traineesekhassa
mendicantbhikkhuno;
there is nothingNatthañño
thusevaṁ
helpfulbahukāro,
for the ultimate goaluttamatthassa
aspiringpattiyā;
rationallyYoniso
strivingpadahaṁ
mendicantbhikkhu,
the endkhayaṁ
of sufferingdukkhassa
attainspāpuṇe”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.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
indeediti
by meme
heardsutanti.
sixthChaṭṭhaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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