{"id":"snp5.5","title":"The Questions of Mettagū","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp5.5","title":"The Questions of Mettagū","units":[{"id":"snp5.5:0","sourceIds":["snp5.5:0.1","snp5.5:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 5.5\nMettagūmāṇavapucchā","en":"Anthology of Discourses 5.5\nThe Questions of Mettagū"}},{"id":"snp5.5:1","sourceIds":["snp5.5:1.1","snp5.5:1.2","snp5.5:1.3","snp5.5:1.4","snp5.5:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pucchāmi taṁ bhagavā brūhi me taṁ,\n(iccāyasmā mettagū)\nMaññāmi taṁ vedaguṁ bhāvitattaṁ;\nKuto nu dukkhā samudāgatā ime,\nYe keci lokasmimanekarūpā”.","en":"“I ask you, Blessed One; please tell me this,”\nsaid Venerable Mettagū,\n“for I think you are a knowledge master, evolved.\nWhere do all these sufferings come from,\nin all their countless forms in the world?”"}},{"id":"snp5.5:2","sourceIds":["snp5.5:2.1","snp5.5:2.2","snp5.5:2.3","snp5.5:2.4","snp5.5:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dukkhassa ve maṁ pabhavaṁ apucchasi,\n(mettagūti bhagavā)\nTaṁ te pavakkhāmi yathā pajānaṁ;\nUpadhinidānā pabhavanti dukkhā,\nYe keci lokasmimanekarūpā.","en":"“You have rightly asked me of the origin of suffering,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“I shall tell you as I understand it.\nAttachment is the source of suffering\nin all its countless forms in the world."}},{"id":"snp5.5:3","sourceIds":["snp5.5:3.1","snp5.5:3.2","snp5.5:3.3","snp5.5:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ve avidvā upadhiṁ karoti,\nPunappunaṁ dukkhamupeti mando;\nTasmā pajānaṁ upadhiṁ na kayirā,\nDukkhassa jātippabhavānupassī”.","en":"When an ignorant person builds up attachments,\nthat dullard returns to suffering again and again.\nSo let one who understands not build up attachments,\ncontemplating the inception of suffering and rebirth.”"}},{"id":"snp5.5:4","sourceIds":["snp5.5:4.1","snp5.5:4.2","snp5.5:4.3","snp5.5:4.4","snp5.5:4.5","snp5.5:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ taṁ apucchimha akittayī no,\nAññaṁ taṁ pucchāma tadiṅgha brūhi;\nKathaṁ nu dhīrā vitaranti oghaṁ,\nJātiṁ jaraṁ sokapariddavañca;\nTaṁ me muni sādhu viyākarohi,\nTathā hi te vidito esa dhammo”.","en":"“Whatever I asked you have explained to me.\nI ask you once more, please tell me this:\nHow do the attentive cross the flood\nof rebirth, old age, sorrow, and lamenting?\nPlease, sage, answer me clearly,\nfor truly you understand this matter.”"}},{"id":"snp5.5:5","sourceIds":["snp5.5:5.1","snp5.5:5.2","snp5.5:5.3","snp5.5:5.4","snp5.5:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kittayissāmi te dhammaṁ,\n(mettagūti bhagavā)\nDiṭṭhe dhamme anītihaṁ;\nYaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ,\nTare loke visattikaṁ”.","en":"“I shall extol a teaching to you,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“that is apparent in the present, not relying on legends.\nHaving understood it, one who lives mindfully\nmay cross over clinging in the world.”"}},{"id":"snp5.5:6","sourceIds":["snp5.5:6.1","snp5.5:6.2","snp5.5:6.3","snp5.5:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tañcāhaṁ abhinandāmi,\nmahesi dhammamuttamaṁ;\nYaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ,\ntare loke visattikaṁ”.","en":"“And I rejoice, great seer,\nin that supreme teaching,\nhaving understood which, one who lives mindfully\nmay cross over clinging in the world.”"}},{"id":"snp5.5:7","sourceIds":["snp5.5:7.1","snp5.5:7.2","snp5.5:7.3","snp5.5:7.4","snp5.5:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ kiñci sampajānāsi,\n(mettagūti bhagavā)\nUddhaṁ adho tiriyañcāpi majjhe;\nEtesu nandiñca nivesanañca,\nPanujja viññāṇaṁ bhave na tiṭṭhe.","en":"“Once you’ve expelled relishing and dogmatism,”\nreplied the Buddha,\n“regarding everything you are aware of—\nabove, below, all round, between—\nhaving cast aside consciousness, don’t continue in existence."}},{"id":"snp5.5:8","sourceIds":["snp5.5:8.1","snp5.5:8.2","snp5.5:8.3","snp5.5:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁvihārī sato appamatto,\nBhikkhu caraṁ hitvā mamāyitāni;\nJātiṁ jaraṁ sokapariddavañca,\nIdheva vidvā pajaheyya dukkhaṁ”.","en":"A mendicant who wanders meditating like this,\ndiligent and mindful, calling nothing their own,\nwould, being wise, give up the suffering\nof rebirth, old age, sorrow and lamenting right here.”"}},{"id":"snp5.5:9","sourceIds":["snp5.5:9.1","snp5.5:9.2","snp5.5:9.3","snp5.5:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etābhinandāmi vaco mahesino,\nSukittitaṁ gotamanūpadhīkaṁ;\nAddhā hi bhagavā pahāsi dukkhaṁ,\nTathā hi te vidito esa dhammo.","en":"“I rejoice in the words of the great seer!\nYou have expounded non-attachment well, Gotama.\nClearly the Buddha has given up suffering,\nfor truly you understand this matter."}},{"id":"snp5.5:10","sourceIds":["snp5.5:10.1","snp5.5:10.2","snp5.5:10.3","snp5.5:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te cāpi nūnappajaheyyu dukkhaṁ,\nYe tvaṁ muni aṭṭhitaṁ ovadeyya;\nTaṁ taṁ namassāmi samecca nāga,\nAppeva maṁ bhagavā aṭṭhitaṁ ovadeyya”.","en":"Surely, sage, those you’d regularly instruct\nwould also give up suffering.\nHaving met, I bow especially to you, O spiritual giant;\nhopefully the Buddha may regularly instruct me.”"}},{"id":"snp5.5:11","sourceIds":["snp5.5:11.1","snp5.5:11.2","snp5.5:11.3","snp5.5:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ vedagumābhijaññā,\nAkiñcanaṁ kāmabhave asattaṁ;\nAddhā hi so oghamimaṁ atāri,\nTiṇṇo ca pāraṁ akhilo akaṅkho.","en":"“Any brahmin recognized as a knowledge master,\nwho has nothing, unattached to sensual life,\nclearly has crossed this flood,\ncrossed to the far shore, kind, wishless."}},{"id":"snp5.5:12","sourceIds":["snp5.5:12.1","snp5.5:12.2","snp5.5:12.3","snp5.5:12.4","snp5.5:12.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vidvā ca yo vedagū naro idha,\nBhavābhave saṅgamimaṁ visajja;\nSo vītataṇho anīgho nirāso,\nAtāri so jātijaranti brūmī”ti.\nMettagūmāṇavapucchā catutthī.","en":"And a wise person here, a knowledge master,\nhaving untied the bond to life after life,\nfree of craving, untroubled, with no need for hope,\nhas crossed over rebirth and old age, I declare.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp5.5/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."}