The Questions of the Student Tissametteyya · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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who here“Kodha
is contentsantusito
in the worldloke,
thus venerable(iccāyasmā
Tissametteyyatissametteyyo)
for whomKassa
notno
there aresanti
perturbationsiñjitā;
what oneKo
knowing both endsubhantamabhiññāya,
in the middleMajjhe
thoughtful onemantā
notna
is stucklippati;
whomKaṁ
you saybrūsi
a great manmahāpurisoti,
who hereKo
hereidha
has escaped the seamstresssibbinimaccagā”.
among sensual pleasures“Kāmesu
leading the spiritual lifebrahmacariyavā,
as Metteyya(metteyyāti
the Blessed Onebhagavā)
rid of cravingVītataṇho
eversadā
mindfulsato;
after appraisalSaṅkhāya
quenchednibbuto
a mendicantbhikkhu,
of that oneTassa
nono
there aresanti
perturbationsiñjitā.
heSo
having known both endsubhantamabhiññāya,
in the middleMajjhe
thoughtful onemantā
notna
is stucklippati;
himTaṁ
I declarebrūmi
a great manmahāpurisoti,
heSo
hereidha
has escaped the seamstresssibbinimaccagā”ti.
the questions of the student TissametteyyaTissametteyyamāṇavapucchā
the seconddutiyā.
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