The Questions of the Student Tissametteyya · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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“Kodha
santusito
loke,
(iccāyasmā
tissametteyyo)
Kassa
no
santi
iñjitā;
Ko
ubhantamabhiññāya,
Majjhe
mantā
na
lippati;
Kaṁ
brūsi
mahāpurisoti,
Ko
idha
sibbinimaccagā”.
“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?”
“Kāmesu
brahmacariyavā,
(metteyyāti
bhagavā)
Vītataṇho
sadā
sato;
Saṅkhāya
nibbuto
bhikkhu,
Tassa
no
santi
iñjitā.
“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.
So
ubhantamabhiññāya,
Majjhe
mantā
na
lippati;
Taṁ
brūmi
mahāpurisoti,
So
idha
sibbinimaccagā”ti.
Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā
dutiyā.
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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