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Sutta Nipāta 2.13

Sammāparibbājanīyasutta

The Right Way to Wander · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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“Pucchāmi muniṁ pahūtapaññaṁ,
Tiṇṇaṁ pāraṅgataṁ parinibbutaṁ ṭhitattaṁ;
Nikkhamma gharā panujja kāme,
Kathaṁ bhikkhu sammā so loke paribbajeyya”.

“I ask the sage abounding in wisdom— crossed-over, gone beyond, quenched, steadfast: when a mendicant has left home, casting aside sensuality, what’s the right way to wander the world?”

“Yassa maṅgalā samūhatā,
(iti bhagavā)
Uppātā supinā ca lakkhaṇā ca;
So maṅgaladosavippahīno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

“When they’ve eradicated superstitions,” said the Buddha, “about celestial portents, dreams, or bodily marks; with the stain of superstitions left behind, they’d rightly wander the world.

Rāgaṁ vinayetha mānusesu,
Dibbesu kāmesu cāpi bhikkhu;
Atikkamma bhavaṁ samecca dhammaṁ,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

A mendicant ought dispel desire for pleasures human or heavenly; with rebirth transcended and truth comprehended, they’d rightly wander the world.

Vipiṭṭhikatvāna pesuṇāni,
Kodhaṁ kadarīyaṁ jaheyya bhikkhu;
Anurodhavirodhavippahīno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

Putting backbiting behind them, a mendicant gives up anger and stinginess; with favoring and opposing left behind, they’d rightly wander the world.

Hitvāna piyañca appiyañca,
Anupādāya anissito kuhiñci;
Saṁyojaniyehi vippamutto,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

When the loved and the unloved are both left behind, not grasping or dependent on anything; freed from all things that fetter, they’d rightly wander the world.

Na so upadhīsu sārameti,
Ādānesu vineyya chandarāgaṁ;
So anissito anaññaneyyo,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

Finding no core in attachments, rid of desire for things they’ve acquired, independent, needing no one to guide them, they’d rightly wander the world.

Vacasā manasā ca kammunā ca,
Aviruddho sammā viditvā dhammaṁ;
Nibbānapadābhipatthayāno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

Not hostile in speech, mind, or deed, they’ve rightly understood the teaching. Aspiring to the state of extinguishment, they’d rightly wander the world.

Yo vandati manti nunnameyya,
Akkuṭṭhopi na sandhiyetha bhikkhu;
Laddhā parabhojanaṁ na majje,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

Not gloating that, ‘they bow to me’; though reviled, they’d still stay in touch; not besotted when getting food from others, they’d rightly wander the world.

Lobhañca bhavañca vippahāya,
Virato chedanabandhanā ca bhikkhu;
So tiṇṇakathaṅkatho visallo,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

When greed and craving to live again are cast off, a mendicant refrains from violence and abduction; rid of indecision, free of thorns, they’d rightly wander the world.

Sāruppaṁ attano viditvā,
No ca bhikkhu hiṁseyya kañci loke;
Yathātathiyaṁ viditvā dhammaṁ,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

Knowing what is suitable for themselves, a mendicant would hurt no one in the world; understanding the teaching in line with the truth, they’d rightly wander the world.

Yassānusayā na santi keci,
Mūlā ca akusalā samūhatāse;
So nirāso anāsisāno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

They have no underlying tendencies at all, and are rid of unskillful roots; free of hope, with no need for hope, they’d rightly wander the world.

Āsavakhīṇo pahīnamāno,
Sabbaṁ rāgapathaṁ upātivatto;
Danto parinibbuto ṭhitatto,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

Defilements ended, conceit given up, beyond all manner of desire; tamed, quenched, and steadfast, they’d rightly wander the world.

Saddho sutavā niyāmadassī,
Vaggagatesu na vaggasāri dhīro;
Lobhaṁ dosaṁ vineyya paṭighaṁ,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

Faithful, learned, seer of the sure path, an attentive one joins no faction among sects; rid of greed, hate, and aversion, they’d rightly wander the world.

Saṁsuddhajino vivaṭṭacchado,
Dhammesu vasī pāragū anejo;
Saṅkhāranirodhañāṇakusalo,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

A purified victor with veil cast off, among worldly things master, transcendent, stilled; expert in knowledge of conditions’ cessation, they’d rightly wander the world.

Atītesu anāgatesu cāpi,
Kappātīto aticcasuddhipañño;
Sabbāyatanehi vippamutto,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

They’re over speculating on the future or past, and understand what it means to be pure; freed from all the sense fields, they’d rightly wander the world.

Aññāya padaṁ samecca dhammaṁ,
Vivaṭaṁ disvāna pahānamāsavānaṁ;
Sabbupadhīnaṁ parikkhayāno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya”.

The state of peace is understood, the truth is comprehended, they’ve openly seen defilements cast off; and with the ending of all attachments, they’d rightly wander the world.”

“Addhā hi bhagavā tatheva etaṁ,
Yo so evaṁvihārī danto bhikkhu;
Sabbasaṁyojanayogavītivatto,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyyā”ti.
Sammāparibbājanīyasuttaṁ terasamaṁ.

“Clearly, Blessed One, it is just as you say. One who lives like this is a tamed mendicant, passed beyond all fetters and yokes: they’d rightly wander the world.”

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