Theravadan

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From: Pali, Bhikkhu Sujato , Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

Sutta Nipāta 2.13 Sutta Nipāta 2.13Anthology of Discourses 2.13

Sammāparibbājanīyasutta Right WanderingThe Right Way to Wander

“Pucchāmi muniṁ pahūtapaññaṁ, “I ask the sage of abundant discernment,“I ask the sage abounding in wisdom—

Tiṇṇaṁ pāraṅgataṁ parinibbutaṁ ṭhitattaṁ; crossed over to the far shore, totally unbound, steadfast in mind:crossed-over, gone beyond, quenched, steadfast:

Nikkhamma gharā panujja kāme, Leaving home, rejecting sensuality,when a mendicant has left home, casting aside sensuality,

Kathaṁ bhikkhu sammā so loke paribbajeyya”. how does one wander rightly in the world?”1what’s the right way to wander the world?”

“Yassa maṅgalā samūhatā, “Whoever’s omens are uprooted,“When they’ve eradicated superstitions,”

(iti bhagavā) (said the Blessed One)said the Buddha,

Uppātā supinā ca lakkhaṇā ca; as are meteors, dreams, & marks,2“about celestial portents, dreams, or bodily marks;

So maṅgaladosavippahīno, whose fault of omens is completely abandoned:with the stain of superstitions left behind,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Rāgaṁ vinayetha mānusesu, A monk should subdue passion for sensualities humanA mendicant ought dispel desire

Dibbesu kāmesu cāpi bhikkhu; & even divine.for pleasures human or heavenly;

Atikkamma bhavaṁ samecca dhammaṁ, Having gone past becoming, and met with the Dhamma,with rebirth transcended and truth comprehended,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Vipiṭṭhikatvāna pesuṇāni, Putting behind him divisive tale-bearing,Putting backbiting behind them,

Kodhaṁ kadarīyaṁ jaheyya bhikkhu; a monk should abandon anger & meanness.a mendicant gives up anger and stinginess;

Anurodhavirodhavippahīno, With favoring & opposing totally abandoned,with favoring and opposing left behind,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Hitvāna piyañca appiyañca, Having abandoned dear & undear,When the loved and the unloved are both left behind,

Anupādāya anissito kuhiñci; independent—through no-clinging—of anything at all,not grasping or dependent on anything;

Saṁyojaniyehi vippamutto, fully released from fetters,freed from all things that fetter,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Na so upadhīsu sārameti, He finds no essence in acquisitions,Finding no core in attachments,

Ādānesu vineyya chandarāgaṁ; having subdued passion-desire for graspings,rid of desire for things they’ve acquired,

So anissito anaññaneyyo, independent is he, by others unled:independent, needing no one to guide them,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Vacasā manasā ca kammunā ca, Unobstructed in speech, mind, & act,Not hostile in speech, mind, or deed,

Aviruddho sammā viditvā dhammaṁ; having rightly found the Dhamma,they’ve rightly understood the teaching.

Nibbānapadābhipatthayāno, aspiring to unbinding,Aspiring to the state of extinguishment,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Yo vandati manti nunnameyya, A monk who’d not gloat, ‘He venerates me,’Not gloating that, ‘they bow to me’;

Akkuṭṭhopi na sandhiyetha bhikkhu; or brood when insulted,though reviled, they’d still stay in touch;

Laddhā parabhojanaṁ na majje, or be elated on receiving food from another:not besotted when getting food from others,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Lobhañca bhavañca vippahāya, Fully abandoning greed & becoming,When greed and craving to live again are cast off,

Virato chedanabandhanā ca bhikkhu; abstaining from cutting & binding (other beings),a mendicant refrains from violence and abduction;

So tiṇṇakathaṅkatho visallo, he, having crossed over doubt, de-arrowed,rid of indecision, free of thorns,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Sāruppaṁ attano viditvā, Having found what’s appropriate for himself,Knowing what is suitable for themselves,

No ca bhikkhu hiṁseyya kañci loke; the monk wouldn’t harm anyone in the world,a mendicant would hurt no one in the world;

Yathātathiyaṁ viditvā dhammaṁ, having found the Dhamma as it actually is,understanding the teaching in line with the truth,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Yassānusayā na santi keci, In whom there are no obsessions,They have no underlying tendencies at all,

Mūlā ca akusalā samūhatāse; his unskillful roots uprooted,and are rid of unskillful roots;

So nirāso anāsisāno, with no longing, no expectations:free of hope, with no need for hope,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Āsavakhīṇo pahīnamāno, His effluents ended, conceit abandoned,Defilements ended, conceit given up,

Sabbaṁ rāgapathaṁ upātivatto; beyond reach of every road to passion,beyond all manner of desire;

Danto parinibbuto ṭhitatto, tamed, totally unbound, steadfast in mind:tamed, quenched, and steadfast,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Saddho sutavā niyāmadassī, Convinced, learned, having seen certainty,Faithful, learned, seer of the sure path,

Vaggagatesu na vaggasāri dhīro; not following factions among those who are factious,an attentive one joins no faction among sects;

Lobhaṁ dosaṁ vineyya paṭighaṁ, enlightened; his greed, aversion, & irritation subdued:rid of greed, hate, and aversion,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Saṁsuddhajino vivaṭṭacchado, Victorious, pure, his roof opened up,3A purified victor with veil cast off,

Dhammesu vasī pāragū anejo; a master of dhammas, gone beyond & unperturbed,among worldly things master, transcendent, stilled;

Saṅkhāranirodhañāṇakusalo, skilled in the knowledge of fabrication-cessation:expert in knowledge of conditions’ cessation,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Atītesu anāgatesu cāpi, Gone beyond speculations about futures & pasts,They’re over speculating on the future or past,

Kappātīto aticcasuddhipañño; and—having passed by—purified in his discernment,and understand what it means to be pure;

Sabbāyatanehi vippamutto, fully released from all sense-media4:freed from all the sense fields,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya. he would wander rightly in the world.they’d rightly wander the world.

Aññāya padaṁ samecca dhammaṁ, Knowing the state, meeting the Dhamma,The state of peace is understood, the truth is comprehended,

Vivaṭaṁ disvāna pahānamāsavānaṁ; seeing the opened-up, when his effluents are abandonedthey’ve openly seen defilements cast off;

Sabbupadhīnaṁ parikkhayāno, from the ending of all acquisitions:and with the ending of all attachments,

Sammā so loke paribbajeyya”. he would wander rightly in the world.”they’d rightly wander the world.”

“Addhā hi bhagavā tatheva etaṁ, “Yes, Blessed One, that’s just how it is.“Clearly, Blessed One, it is just as you say.

Yo so evaṁvihārī danto bhikkhu; Any monk dwelling thus, tamed,One who lives like this is a tamed mendicant,

Sabbasaṁyojanayogavītivatto, gone totally beyond all things conducive for fetters5,passed beyond all fetters and yokes:

Sammā so loke paribbajeyyā”ti. he would wander rightly in the world.”they’d rightly wander the world.”

Sammāparibbājanīyasuttaṁ terasamaṁ. The Sammāparibbājanīya Sutta, the thirteenth.