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
seamstress·has escapedsibbinimaccagā”.
“Who here in the world is content?” said Venerable Tissametteyya. “Who has no perturbations? What thoughtful one, knowing both ends, is not stuck in the middle? Who do they say is a great man? Who here has escaped the seamstress?”
among sensual pleasures“Kāmesu
leading the spiritual lifebrahmacariyavā,
as Metteyya(metteyyāti
the Blessed Onebhagavā)
rid of·cravingVītataṇho
eversadā
mindfulsato;
after appraisalSaṅkhāya
out·quenchednibbuto
a mendicantbhikkhu,
of that oneTassa
nono
there aresanti
perturbationsiñjitā.
“Leading the spiritual life among sensual pleasures,” replied the Buddha, “rid of craving, ever mindful; a mendicant who, after appraisal, is quenched: that’s who has no perturbations.
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.
That thoughtful one, knowing both ends, is not stuck in the middle. He is a great man, I declare; he has escaped the seamstress here.”
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