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Khuddaka Nikāya - The Minor Texts

Sutta Nipata

Sutta Nipata Chapter 5: The Way to the Beyond

5:3 The Questions of Tissametteyya

5:3 The Questions of Tissametteyya

 

1040 “Who here in the world is content?”
said Venerable Tissametteyya.
“Who has no disturbances?
What thoughtful one, having known both ends,
is not stuck in the middle?
Who do they say is a great man?
Who here has escaped the seamstress?”

 

1041 “Leading the spiritual life among sensual pleasures,”
replied the Buddha,
“rid of craving, ever mindful;
a mendicant who, after assessing, is quenched:
that’s who has no disturbances.

1042 That thoughtful one, having known both ends,
is not stuck in the middle.
He is a great man, I declare,
he has escaped the seamstress here.”

The Young Man Tissa Metteyya’s Questions are Finished

Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā

(iccāyasmā tissametteyyo):

1040"Kodha santusito loke,
Kassa no santi iñjitā;
Ko ubhantamabhiññāya,
Majjhe mantā na lippati;
Kaṁ brūsi mahāpurisoti,
Ko idha sibbinimaccagā".

(metteyyāti bhagavā):

1041 "Kāmesu brahmacariyavā,
Vītataṇho sadā sato;
Saṅkhāya nibbuto bhikkhu,
Tassa no santi iñjitā.

1042 So ubhantamabhiññāya,
Majjhe mantā na lippati;
Taṁ brūmi mahāpurisoti,
So idha sibbinimaccagā"ti.

Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā dutiyā.