8: The Book of the Eights
IX. Mindfulness — AN 8.85: Terms for the Realized One
- © Translated from the Pali by Bhante Sujato. (More copyright information)
1“‘Ascetic’ is a term for the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha. ‘Brahmin’, ‘Knowledge Master’, ‘Healer’, ‘Unstained’, ‘Immaculate’, ‘Knower’, and ‘Freed’ are terms for the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.
2The supreme should be attained by an ascetic,
a brahmin who has lived the life;
it should be attained by a knowledge master,
a healer.
3The supreme should be attained by the unstained,
stainless and pure;
it should be attained by a knower,
who is free.
4I am victorious in battle!
Released, I release others from their chains.
I am a dragon completely tamed,
an adept, I am extinguished.”
1"‘Samaṇo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Brāhmaṇo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Vedagū’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Bhisakko’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Nimmalo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Vimalo’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Ñāṇī’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassa. ‘Vimutto’ti, bhikkhave, tathāgatassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ arahato sammāsambuddhassāti.
2Yaṁ samaṇena pattabbaṁ,
brāhmaṇena vusīmatā;
Yaṁ vedagunā pattabbaṁ,
bhisakkena anuttaraṁ.
3Yaṁ nimmalena pattabbaṁ,
vimalena sucīmatā;
Yaṁ ñāṇinā ca pattabbaṁ,
vimuttena anuttaraṁ.
4Sohaṁ vijitasaṅgāmo,
mutto mocemi bandhanā;
Nāgomhi paramadanto,
asekho parinibbuto"ti.
Pañcamaṁ.