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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 1.21 Linked Discourses 1.21Linked Discourses 1.21
3. Sattivagga 3. A Sword 3. A Sword
Sattisutta A Sword A Sword The Sword
SÄvatthinidÄnaį¹. At SÄvatthÄ«. At Savatthi.
Ekamantaį¹ į¹hitÄ kho sÄ devatÄ bhagavato santike imaį¹ gÄthaį¹ abhÄsi: As she was standing there, the devatÄ recited this verse in the Blessed Oneās presence: Standing to one side, that deity spoke this verse in the Buddhaās presence: Standing to one side, that devatÄ recited this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:
āSattiyÄ viya omaį¹į¹ho, āAs if struck by a sword, āLike theyāre struck by a sword, āAs if smitten by a sword,
įøayhamÄnova matthake; as if his head were on fire, like their head was on fire, As if his head were on fire,
KÄmarÄgappahÄnÄya, a monk should live the wandering life āmindfulā a mendicant, mindful, should go forth, To abandon sensual lust.
sato bhikkhu paribbajeāti. for the abandoning of sensual passion.ā to give up sensual desire.ā Here, as often (eg. AN 6.54:22.3), giving up kÄmarÄga implies attaining the absorptions. It cannot mean relinquishing the āunderlying tendencyā or the āfetterā to sensual desire, for this occurs only at the third stage of awakening (non-return), whereas the Buddhaās rejoinder urges rather to give up substantialist view, the first stage of awakening, the stream-enterer.A bhikkhu should wander mindfully ā
āSattiyÄ viya omaį¹į¹ho, āAs if struck by a sword, āLike theyāre struck by a sword, āAs if smitten by a sword,
įøayhamÄnova matthake; as if his head were on fire, like their head was on fire, As if his head were on fire,
SakkÄyadiį¹į¹hippahÄnÄya, a monk should live the wandering life āmindfulā a mendicant, mindful, should go forth, To abandon identity view.
sato bhikkhu paribbajeāti. for the abandoning of self-identity.āSee also: SN 22:1; AN 10:51; Thag 1:39to give up substantialist view.ā In some parallels for this verse, the mendicant is urged, rather, to give up desire for rebirth (Thag 1.40:1.2, Thag 20.1:24.1). But SN 2.16:3.2 is the same as here.A bhikkhu should wander mindfully ā