{"id":"thag10.3","title":"Mahākappina","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag10.3","title":"Mahākappina","units":[{"id":"thag10.3:0","sourceIds":["thag10.3:0.1","thag10.3:0.2","thag10.3:0.3","thag10.3:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 10.3\nDasakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nMahākappinattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 10.3\nThe Book of the Tens\nChapter One\nMahākappina"}},{"id":"thag10.3:1","sourceIds":["thag10.3:1.1","thag10.3:1.2","thag10.3:1.3","thag10.3:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Anāgataṁ yo paṭikacca passati,\nHitañca atthaṁ ahitañca taṁ dvayaṁ;\nViddesino tassa hitesino vā,\nRandhaṁ na passanti samekkhamānā.","en":"If you’re prepared for the future,\nboth the good and the bad,\nthen those, whether enemies or well-wishers,\nwho examine you for weakness will see none."}},{"id":"thag10.3:2","sourceIds":["thag10.3:2.1","thag10.3:2.2","thag10.3:2.3","thag10.3:2.4","thag10.3:2.5","thag10.3:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ānāpānasatī yassa,\nparipuṇṇā subhāvitā;\nAnupubbaṁ paricitā,\nyathā buddhena desitā;\nSomaṁ lokaṁ pabhāseti,\nabbhā muttova candimā.","en":"One who has fulfilled, developed,\nand gradually consolidated\nmindfulness of breathing\nas it was taught by the Buddha:\nthey shine on this world,\nlike the moon freed from clouds."}},{"id":"thag10.3:3","sourceIds":["thag10.3:3.1","thag10.3:3.2","thag10.3:3.3","thag10.3:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Odātaṁ vata me cittaṁ,\nappamāṇaṁ subhāvitaṁ;\nNibbiddhaṁ paggahītañca,\nsabbā obhāsate disā.","en":"Yes, my mind is clean,\nlimitless and well-developed;\nit has broken through and been uplifted—\nit radiates in every direction."}},{"id":"thag10.3:4","sourceIds":["thag10.3:4.1","thag10.3:4.2","thag10.3:4.3","thag10.3:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jīvate vāpi sappañño,\napi vittaparikkhayo;\nPaññāya ca alābhena,\nvittavāpi na jīvati.","en":"A wise person lives on\neven after loss of wealth;\nbut without gaining wisdom,\neven a rich person doesn’t really live."}},{"id":"thag10.3:5","sourceIds":["thag10.3:5.1","thag10.3:5.2","thag10.3:5.3","thag10.3:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paññā sutavinicchinī,\nPaññā kittisilokavaddhanī;\nPaññāsahito naro idha,\nApi dukkhesu sukhāni vindati.","en":"Wisdom questions what is learned;\nwisdom grows fame and reputation;\na person united with wisdom\nfinds happiness even among sufferings."}},{"id":"thag10.3:6","sourceIds":["thag10.3:6.1","thag10.3:6.2","thag10.3:6.3","thag10.3:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nāyaṁ ajjatano dhammo,\nnacchero napi abbhuto;\nYattha jāyetha mīyetha,\ntattha kiṁ viya abbhutaṁ.","en":"It’s not a teaching just for today;\nit isn’t incredible or amazing.\nWhen you’re born, you die—\nwhat’s amazing about that?"}},{"id":"thag10.3:7","sourceIds":["thag10.3:7.1","thag10.3:7.2","thag10.3:7.3","thag10.3:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anantaraṁ hi jātassa,\njīvitā maraṇaṁ dhuvaṁ;\nJātā jātā marantīdha,\nevaṁdhammā hi pāṇino.","en":"For anyone who is born,\ndeath always follows after life.\nEveryone who is born here dies here;\nsuch is the nature of living creatures."}},{"id":"thag10.3:8","sourceIds":["thag10.3:8.1","thag10.3:8.2","thag10.3:8.3","thag10.3:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hetadatthāya matassa hoti,\nYaṁ jīvitatthaṁ paraporisānaṁ;\nMatamhi ruṇṇaṁ na yaso na lokyaṁ,\nNa vaṇṇitaṁ samaṇabrāhmaṇehi.","en":"The things that are useful for the living\nare of no use for the dead—not fame, not celebrity,\nnot praise by ascetics and brahmins.\nFor the dead, there is only weeping."}},{"id":"thag10.3:9","sourceIds":["thag10.3:9.1","thag10.3:9.2","thag10.3:9.3","thag10.3:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cakkhuṁ sarīraṁ upahanti tena,\nNihīyati vaṇṇabalaṁ matī ca;\nĀnandino tassa disā bhavanti,\nHitesino nāssa sukhī bhavanti.","en":"And weeping impairs the eye and the body;\ncomplexion, strength, and intelligence decline.\nYour enemies rejoice;\nbut your well-wishers are not happy."}},{"id":"thag10.3:10","sourceIds":["thag10.3:10.1","thag10.3:10.2","thag10.3:10.3","thag10.3:10.4","thag10.3:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi iccheyya kule vasante,\nMedhāvino ceva bahussute ca;\nYesaṁ hi paññāvibhavena kiccaṁ,\nTaranti nāvāya nadiṁva puṇṇan”ti.\n… Mahākappino thero ….","en":"So you should wish that those who stay in your family\nhave intelligence and learning,\nand do their duty through the power of wisdom,\njust as you’d cross a full river by boat."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag10.3/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."}