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Sutta Nipāta 1.5

Cundasutta

With the Smith Cunda · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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I ask“Pucchāmi the sagemuniṁ abounding in wisdompahūtapaññaṁ,
indeed(iti Cundacundo the smithkammāraputto)
the BuddhaBuddhaṁ master of the teachingdhammassāmiṁ free of cravingvītataṇhaṁ;
best of menDvipaduttamaṁ of charioteerssārathīnaṁ excellentpavaraṁ,
how manyKati in the worldloke asceticssamaṇā pleasetadiṅgha tell mebrūhi”.

four“Caturo asceticssamaṇā notna there is a fifthpañcamatthi,
O Cunda, quotation marker(cundāti the Blessed Onebhagavā)
themTe to youte I make knownāvikaromi asked as witnesssakkhipuṭṭho;
path-victorMaggajino path-teachermaggadesako andca,
on the pathMagge livesjīvati whoyo andca path-wreckermaggadūsī”.

whom“Kaṁ path-victormaggajinaṁ they sayvadanti Buddhasbuddhā,
quotation marker(iti Cundacundo smithkammāraputto)
explainer of the pathMaggakkhāyī howkathaṁ unequaledatulyo ishoti;
in the pathMagge livesjīvati meme tellbrūhi askedpuṭṭho,
thenAtha meme declareāvikarohi path-wreckermaggadūsiṁ”.

who“Yo rid of indecisiontiṇṇakathaṅkatho free of thornsvisallo,
delighting in extinguishmentNibbānābhirato not fawninganānugiddho;
for the worldLokassa with its godssadevakassa a guidenetā,
one suchTādiṁ victor of the pathmaggajinaṁ they sayvadanti Buddhasbuddhā.

the ultimateParamaṁ as ultimateparamanti who hereyodha having knownñatvā,
they explainAkkhāti they analyzevibhajate right hereidheva the teachingdhammaṁ;
thatTaṁ with doubt cut offkaṅkhachidaṁ sagemuniṁ unstirredanejaṁ,
secondDutiyaṁ of mendicants, I saybhikkhunamāhu teacher of the pathmaggadesiṁ.

whoYo in the teaching passagedhammapade well taughtsudesite,
on the pathMagge livesjīvati restrainedsaññato mindfulsatīmā;
blameless statesAnavajjapadāni cultivatingsevamāno,
thirdTatiyaṁ of mendicants, I saybhikkhunamāhu path-livermaggajīviṁ.

a coveringChadanaṁ having madekatvāna of the true-vowed onessubbatānaṁ,
pushyPakkhandī a corrupter of familieskuladūsako rudepagabbho;
deviousMāyāvī unrestrainedasaññato chaffpalāpo,
in the guisePatirūpena livingcaraṁ hesa path-wreckermaggadūsī.

theseEte andca who getspaṭivijjhi whoyo laypersongahaṭṭho,
learnedSutavā noble discipleariyasāvako wisesapañño;
allSabbe “not all like that one”netādisāti knowsñatvā,
soIti when they see themdisvā notna losehāpeti theirtassa faithsaddhā;
howKathaṁ forhi corruptduṭṭhena uncorruptasampaduṭṭhaṁ,
pureSuddhaṁ impureasuddhena equatesamaṁ could onekareyyā”ti.
Cunda SuttaCundasuttaṁ fifthpañcamaṁ.

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