Theravadan

From: Pali, Bhikkhu Sujato , Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu

Sutta Nipāta 5.11 Sutta Nipāta 5.10Anthology of Discourses 5.11

Kappamāṇavapucchā Kappa’s QuestionThe Questions of Kappa

“Majjhe sarasmiṁ tiṭṭhataṁ, “For one stranded in the middle of the lake,“For those overwhelmed by old age and death,”

(iccāyasmā kappo) (Kappa)said Venerable Kappa,

Oghe jāte mahabbhaye; in the flood of great danger—birth—“stuck mid-stream

Jarāmaccuparetānaṁ, overwhelmed with aging & death:as the terrifying flood arises,

Dīpaṁ pabrūhi mārisa; Tell me the island, dear sir,tell me an island, good fellow.

Tvañca me dīpamakkhāhi, and show me the islandExplain to me an island

Yathāyidaṁ nāparaṁ siyā”. so that this may not happen again.”so this may occur no further.”

“Majjhe sarasmiṁ tiṭṭhataṁ, “For one stranded in the middle of the lake,“For those overwhelmed by old age and death,”

(kappāti bhagavā) (the Buddha)replied the Buddha,

Oghe jāte mahabbhaye; in the flood of great danger—birth—“stuck mid-stream

Jarāmaccuparetānaṁ, overwhelmed with aging & death,as the terrifying flood arises,

Dīpaṁ pabrūmi kappa te. Kappa, I will tell you the island.I shall tell you an island, Kappa.

Akiñcanaṁ anādānaṁ, Having nothing, free of clinging:Having nothing, taking nothing:

etaṁ dīpaṁ anāparaṁ; That is the island, there is no other.this is the island with nothing further.

Nibbānaṁ iti naṁ brūmi, That’s unbinding, I tell you,I call it extinguishment,

jarāmaccuparikkhayaṁ. the total ending of aging & death.the ending of old age and death.

Etadaññāya ye satā, Those knowing this, mindful,Those who have fully understood this, mindful,

Diṭṭhadhammābhinibbutā; fully unbound in the here-&-now,are quenched in this very life.

Na te māravasānugā, don’t come under Māra’s sway,They don’t fall under Māra’s sway,

Na te mārassa paddhagū”ti. don’t serve as Māra’s servants.”nor are they his footmen.”

Kappamāṇavapucchā dasamā. Kappa’s Questions, the tenth.