{"id":"kp6","title":"Gems","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"kp6","title":"Gems","units":[{"id":"kp6:0","sourceIds":["kp6:0.1","kp6:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khuddakapāṭha 6\nRatanasutta","en":"Basic Passages 6\nGems"}},{"id":"kp6:1","sourceIds":["kp6:1.1","kp6:1.2","kp6:1.3","kp6:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,\nBhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;\nSabbeva bhūtā sumanā bhavantu,\nAthopi sakkacca suṇantu bhāsitaṁ.","en":"Whatever beings have gathered here,\non the ground or in the sky;\nmay beings all be of happy heart,\nand listen carefully to what is said."}},{"id":"kp6:2","sourceIds":["kp6:2.1","kp6:2.2","kp6:2.3","kp6:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi bhūtā nisāmetha sabbe,\nMettaṁ karotha mānusiyā pajāya;\nDivā ca ratto ca haranti ye baliṁ,\nTasmā hi ne rakkhatha appamattā.","en":"So pay heed, all you beings,\nhave love for humankind,\nwho day and night bring offerings;\nplease protect them diligently."}},{"id":"kp6:3","sourceIds":["kp6:3.1","kp6:3.2","kp6:3.3","kp6:3.4","kp6:3.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ kiñci vittaṁ idha vā huraṁ vā,\nSaggesu vā yaṁ ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;\nNa no samaṁ atthi tathāgatena,\nIdampi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"There’s no wealth this life or the next,\nno sublime gem in the heavens,\nthat equals the Realized One.\nThis sublime gem is in the Buddha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:4","sourceIds":["kp6:4.1","kp6:4.2","kp6:4.3","kp6:4.4","kp6:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khayaṁ virāgaṁ amataṁ paṇītaṁ,\nYadajjhagā sakyamunī samāhito;\nNa tena dhammena samatthi kiñci,\nIdampi dhamme ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"Ending, dispassion, the undying, the sublime,\nattained by the Sakyan Sage immersed in samādhi;\nthere is nothing equal to that Dhamma.\nThis sublime gem is in the Dhamma:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:5","sourceIds":["kp6:5.1","kp6:5.2","kp6:5.3","kp6:5.4","kp6:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ buddhaseṭṭho parivaṇṇayī suciṁ,\nSamādhimānantarikaññamāhu;\nSamādhinā tena samo na vijjati,\nIdampi dhamme ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"The purity praised by the highest Buddha,\nis said to be the “immersion with immediate fruit”;\nno equal to that immersion is found.\nThis sublime gem is in the Dhamma:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:6","sourceIds":["kp6:6.1","kp6:6.2","kp6:6.3","kp6:6.4","kp6:6.5","kp6:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye puggalā aṭṭha sataṁ pasatthā,\nCattāri etāni yugāni honti;\nTe dakkhiṇeyyā sugatassa sāvakā,\nEtesu dinnāni mahapphalāni;\nIdampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"The eight individual persons praised by the good\nare the four pairs of the Holy One’s disciples;\nthey are worthy of religious donations,\nwhat’s given to them is very fruitful.\nThis sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:7","sourceIds":["kp6:7.1","kp6:7.2","kp6:7.3","kp6:7.4","kp6:7.5","kp6:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye suppayuttā manasā daḷhena,\nNikkāmino gotamasāsanamhi;\nTe pattipattā amataṁ vigayha,\nLaddhā mudhā nibbutiṁ bhuñjamānā;\nIdampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"Dedicated to Gotama’s dispensation,\nstrong-minded, free of sense desire,\nthey’ve attained the goal, plunged into freedom from death,\nand enjoy the quenching they’ve freely gained.\nThis sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:8","sourceIds":["kp6:8.1","kp6:8.2","kp6:8.3","kp6:8.4","kp6:8.5","kp6:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathindakhīlo pathavissito siyā,\nCatubbhi vātehi asampakampiyo;\nTathūpamaṁ sappurisaṁ vadāmi,\nYo ariyasaccāni avecca passati;\nIdampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"As Indra’s pillar rooted in earth\nis not shaken by the four winds,\nI say a true person is like this,\nwho sees the noble truths in experience.\nThis sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:9","sourceIds":["kp6:9.1","kp6:9.2","kp6:9.3","kp6:9.4","kp6:9.5","kp6:9.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ariyasaccāni vibhāvayanti,\nGambhīrapaññena sudesitāni;\nKiñcāpi te honti bhusaṁ pamattā,\nNa te bhavaṁ aṭṭhamamādiyanti;\nIdampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"Those who fathom the noble truths\ntaught by the one of deep wisdom,\ndo not take an eighth life,\neven if they are hugely negligent.\nThis sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:10","sourceIds":["kp6:10.1","kp6:10.2","kp6:10.3","kp6:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sahāvassa dassanasampadāya,\nTayassu dhammā jahitā bhavanti;\nSakkāyadiṭṭhī vicikicchitañca,\nSīlabbataṁ vāpi yadatthi kiñci.","en":"When they attain to vision\nthey give up three things:\nsubstantialist view, doubt, and any\nattachment to precepts and observances."}},{"id":"kp6:11","sourceIds":["kp6:11.1","kp6:11.2","kp6:11.3","kp6:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Catūhapāyehi ca vippamutto,\nChaccābhiṭhānāni abhabba kātuṁ;\nIdampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"They’re freed from the four places of loss,\nand cannot do six things.\nThis sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:12","sourceIds":["kp6:12.1","kp6:12.2","kp6:12.3","kp6:12.4","kp6:12.5","kp6:12.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiñcāpi so kamma karoti pāpakaṁ,\nKāyena vācā uda cetasā vā;\nAbhabba so tassa paṭicchadāya,\nAbhabbatā diṭṭhapadassa vuttā;\nIdampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"Even if they do a bad deed\nby body, speech, or mind,\nthey are unable to conceal it;\nthis, it’s said, is the inability of one who has seen the truth.\nThis sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:13","sourceIds":["kp6:13.1","kp6:13.2","kp6:13.3","kp6:13.4","kp6:13.5","kp6:13.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vanappagumbe yatha phussitagge,\nGimhānamāse paṭhamasmiṁ gimhe;\nTathūpamaṁ dhammavaraṁ adesayi,\nNibbānagāmiṁ paramaṁ hitāya;\nIdampi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"Like a tall forest tree crowned with flowers\nin the first month of summer;\nthat’s how he taught the superb Dhamma,\nleading to extinguishment, the ultimate benefit.\nThis sublime gem is in the Buddha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:14","sourceIds":["kp6:14.1","kp6:14.2","kp6:14.3","kp6:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Varo varaññū varado varāharo,\nAnuttaro dhammavaraṁ adesayi;\nIdampi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"The superb, knower of the superb, giver of the superb, bringer of the superb;\ntaught the superb Dhamma supreme.\nThis sublime gem is in the Buddha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:15","sourceIds":["kp6:15.1","kp6:15.2","kp6:15.3","kp6:15.4","kp6:15.5","kp6:15.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khīṇaṁ purāṇaṁ nava natthi sambhavaṁ,\nVirattacittāyatike bhavasmiṁ;\nTe khīṇabījā avirūḷhichandā,\nNibbanti dhīrā yathāyaṁ padīpo;\nIdampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,\nEtena saccena suvatthi hotu.","en":"The old is ended, nothing new is produced;\ntheir minds have no desire for future rebirth.\nWithered are the seeds, there’s no desire for growth,\nthose attentive ones are extinguished like this lamp.\nThis sublime gem is in the Saṅgha:\nby this truth, may you be well!"}},{"id":"kp6:16","sourceIds":["kp6:16.1","kp6:16.2","kp6:16.3","kp6:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,\nBhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;\nTathāgataṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ,\nBuddhaṁ namassāma suvatthi hotu.","en":"Whatever beings have gathered here,\non the ground or in the sky:\nthe Realized One is honored by gods and humans!\nWe bow to the Buddha! May you be safe!"}},{"id":"kp6:17","sourceIds":["kp6:17.1","kp6:17.2","kp6:17.3","kp6:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,\nBhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;\nTathāgataṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ,\nDhammaṁ namassāma suvatthi hotu.","en":"Whatever beings have gathered here,\non the ground or in the sky:\nthe Realized One is honored by gods and humans!\nWe bow to the Dhamma! May you be safe!"}},{"id":"kp6:18","sourceIds":["kp6:18.1","kp6:18.2","kp6:18.3","kp6:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,\nBhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;\nTathāgataṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ,\nSaṅghaṁ namassāma suvatthi hotūti.","en":"Whatever beings have gathered here,\non the ground or in the sky:\nthe Realized One is honored by gods and humans!\nWe bow to the Saṅgha! May you be safe!"}},{"id":"kp6:19","sourceIds":["kp6:19.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ratanasuttaṁ."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/kp6/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}