Bereft of Wisdom · 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.
“Te,
bhikkhave,
sattā
suparihīnā
ye
ariyāya
paññāya
parihīnā.
Te
diṭṭheva
dhamme
dukkhaṁ
viharanti
savighātaṁ
saupāyāsaṁ
sapariḷāhaṁ;
kāyassa
bhedā
paraṁ
maraṇā
duggati
pāṭikaṅkhā.
Te,
bhikkhave,
sattā
aparihīnā
ye
ariyāya
paññāya
aparihīnā.
Te
diṭṭheva
dhamme
sukhaṁ
viharanti
avighātaṁ
anupāyāsaṁ
apariḷāhaṁ;
kāyassa
bhedā
paraṁ
maraṇā
sugati
pāṭikaṅkhā”ti.
Etamatthaṁ
bhagavā
avoca.
Tatthetaṁ
iti
vuccati:
“Those sentient beings are truly bereft, mendicants, who are bereft of noble wisdom. They live unhappily in this very life—with distress, anguish, and fever— and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a bad rebirth. Those sentient beings are not bereft who are not bereft of noble wisdom. In this very life they’re happy—free of distress, anguish, and fever— and when the body breaks up, after death, they can expect a good rebirth.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Paññāya
parihānena,
passa
lokaṁ
sadevakaṁ;
Niviṭṭhaṁ
nāmarūpasmiṁ,
idaṁ
saccanti
maññati.
“See the world with its gods, bereft of wisdom, habituated to name and form, imagining this is truth.
Paññā
hi
seṭṭhā
lokasmiṁ,
yāyaṁ
nibbedhagāminī;
Yāya
sammā
pajānāti,
jātibhavaparikkhayaṁ.
Wisdom is best in the world, as it leads to penetration, through which one rightly understands the ending of rebirth and continued existence.
Tesaṁ
devā
manussā
ca,
sambuddhānaṁ
satīmataṁ;
Pihayanti
hāsapaññānaṁ,
sarīrantimadhārinan”ti.
Gods and humans envy them, the Buddhas, ever mindful, of laughing wisdom, bearing their final body.”
Ayampi
attho
vutto
bhagavatā,
iti
me
sutanti.
Catutthaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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