Khuddaka Nikāya - The Minor Texts

Sutta Nipata

Sutta Nipata 2: The Lesser Chapter

2:13 Proper Wandering

  • DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi

2:13 Proper Wandering

359“I ask the muni, one of abundant wisdom,
who has crossed over, gone beyond, attained nibbāna, inwardly firm:
having renounced the home life and discarded sensual pleasures,
how would that bhikkhu properly wander in the world?” (1)

(Said the Blessed One)

360“When he was uprooted [concern with] blessings,”
“with portents,Reading uppātā with Be and Ce, defined by DOP as “an unusual or startling event, taken as a portent.” dreams, and lucky signs,
when he has abandoned the defects of blessings,
that bhikkhu would properly wander in the world. (2)

361“A bhikkhu should remove lust for sensual pleasures,
for pleasures both human and celestial;
having transcended existence, having penetrated the Dhamma,
he would properly wander in the world. (3)

362“Having put behind him divisive words,
a bhikkhu should discard anger and meanness;
when he has abandoned attraction and repulsion,
he would properly wander in the world. (4)

363“Having abandoned what is pleasing and displeasing,
without clinging, not depending on anything,
utterly released from things that fetter,
he would properly wander in the world. (5)

364“He does not find a core in acquisitions,
having removed desire and lust for things taken up;
not dependent, not to be led by others,
he would properly wander in the world. (6) [64]

365“Not hostile by speech, mind, and deed,
having rightly understood the Dhamma,
aspiring for the state of nibbāna,
he would properly wander in the world. (7)

366“A bhikkhu should not be elated, thinking, ‘He venerates me,’
and though insulted, he should not nurture resentment;
he should not be intoxicated over food gained from others:
he would properly wander in the world. (8)

367“Having abandoned greed and existence,
a bhikkhu refraining from wounding and binding,
who has overcome perplexity, without darts:
he would properly wander in the world. (9)

368“Having understood what is suitable for himself,
a bhikkhu would not injure anyone in the world;
having understood the Dhamma as it is,
he would properly wander in the world. (10)

369“One who has no latent tendencies at all,
whose unwholesome roots have been uprooted,
who is wishless, without expectations:
he would properly wander in the world. (11) [65]

370“One with influxes destroyed, with conceit abandoned,
who has transcended the entire pathway of lust,
tamed, quenched, inwardly firm,
he would properly wander in the world. (12)

371“Endowed with faith, learned, a seer of the fixed course,
a wise one who, among partisans, does not take sides,
having removed greed, hatred, aversion,
he would properly wander in the world. (13)

372“A purified conqueror whose coverings are removed,
a master of things, gone beyond, without impulse,
skilled in the knowledge of the cessation of conditioned things,
he would properly wander in the world. (14)

373“One who has overcome mental constructs
about things past and future,
having overcome, wise about purity,
released from all the sense bases,
he would properly wander in the world. (15)

374“Having known the state, having penetrated the Dhamma,
having seen clearly the abandoning of the influxes,
with the utter destruction of all acquisitions,Reading with Ee and Pj II sabbūpadhīnaṃ parikkhayā, as against Be sabbupadhīnaṃ parikkhayāno and Ce sabbupadhinaṃ parikkhayāno.
he would properly wander in the world.” (16)

375“Surely, Blessed One, it is just so:
one who dwells thus is a tamed bhikkhu [66]
and has transcended all the things that fetter:
he would properly wander in the world.” (17)

Sammāparibbājanīyasutta

359"Pucchāmi muniṁ pahūtapaññaṁ,
Tiṇṇaṁ pāraṅgataṁ parinibbutaṁ ṭhitattaṁ;
Nikkhamma gharā panujja kāme,
Kathaṁ bhikkhu sammā so loke paribbajeyya".

(iti bhagavā):

360 "Yassa maṅgalā samūhatā,
Uppātā supinā ca lakkhaṇā ca;
So maṅgaladosavippahīno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

361 Rāgaṁ vinayetha mānusesu,
Dibbesu kāmesu cāpi bhikkhu;
Atikkamma bhavaṁ samecca dhammaṁ,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

362 Vipiṭṭhikatvāna pesuṇāni,
Kodhaṁ kadarīyaṁ jaheyya bhikkhu;
Anurodhavirodhavippahīno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

363 Hitvāna piyañca appiyañca,
Anupādāya anissito kuhiñci;
Saṁyojaniyehi vippamutto,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

364 Na so upadhīsu sārameti,
Ādānesu vineyya chandarāgaṁ;
So anissito anaññaneyyo,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

365 Vacasā manasā ca kammunā ca,
Aviruddho sammā viditvā dhammaṁ;
Nibbānapadābhipatthayāno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

366 Yo vandati manti nunnameyya,
Akkuṭṭhopi na sandhiyetha bhikkhu;
Laddhā parabhojanaṁ na majje,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

367 Lobhañca bhavañca vippahāya,
Virato chedanabandhanā ca bhikkhu;
So tiṇṇakathaṅkatho visallo,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

368 Sāruppaṁ attano viditvā,
No ca bhikkhu hiṁseyya kañci loke;
Yathātathiyaṁ viditvā dhammaṁ,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

369 Yassānusayā na santi keci,
Mūlā ca akusalā samūhatāse;
So nirāso anāsisāno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

370 Āsavakhīṇo pahīnamāno,
Sabbaṁ rāgapathaṁ upātivatto;
Danto parinibbuto ṭhitatto,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

371 Saddho sutavā niyāmadassī,
Vaggagatesu na vaggasāri dhīro;
Lobhaṁ dosaṁ vineyya paṭighaṁ,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

372 Saṁsuddhajino vivaṭṭacchado,
Dhammesu vasī pāragū anejo;
Saṅkhāranirodhañāṇakusalo,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

373 Atītesu anāgatesu cāpi,
Kappātīto aticcasuddhipañño;
Sabbāyatanehi vippamutto,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya.

374 Aññāya padaṁ samecca dhammaṁ,
Vivaṭaṁ disvāna pahānamāsavānaṁ;
Sabbupadhīnaṁ parikkhayāno,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyya".

375 "Addhā hi bhagavā tatheva etaṁ,
Yo so evaṁvihārī danto bhikkhu;
Sabbasaṁyojanayogavītivatto,
Sammā so loke paribbajeyyā"ti.


Sammāparibbājanīyasuttaṁ terasamaṁ.

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