{"id":"thag16.1","title":"Adhimutta (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag16.1","title":"Adhimutta (2nd)","units":[{"id":"thag16.1:0","sourceIds":["thag16.1:0.1","thag16.1:0.2","thag16.1:0.3","thag16.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 16.1\nVīsatinipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nAdhimuttattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 16.1\nThe Book of the Twenties\nChapter One\nAdhimutta (2nd)"}},{"id":"thag16.1:1","sourceIds":["thag16.1:1.1","thag16.1:1.2","thag16.1:1.3","thag16.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yaññatthaṁ vā dhanatthaṁ vā,\nye hanāma mayaṁ pure;\nAvasesaṁ bhayaṁ hoti,\nvedhanti vilapanti ca.","en":"“Those who we killed in the past,\nwhether for sacrifice or for wealth,\nwithout exception were afraid;\nthey trembled and they squealed."}},{"id":"thag16.1:2","sourceIds":["thag16.1:2.1","thag16.1:2.2","thag16.1:2.3","thag16.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa te natthi bhītattaṁ,\nbhiyyo vaṇṇo pasīdati;\nKasmā na paridevesi,\nevarūpe mahabbhaye”.","en":"But you’re not scared;\nyou look even calmer than before.\nWhy don’t you cry out\nin such a terrifying situation?”"}},{"id":"thag16.1:3","sourceIds":["thag16.1:3.1","thag16.1:3.2","thag16.1:3.3","thag16.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Natthi cetasikaṁ dukkhaṁ,\nanapekkhassa gāmaṇi;\nAtikkantā bhayā sabbe,\nkhīṇasaṁyojanassa ve.","en":"“There isn’t any mental suffering\nfor one without concern, village chief.\nAll fears are left behind\nby one whose fetters have ended."}},{"id":"thag16.1:4","sourceIds":["thag16.1:4.1","thag16.1:4.2","thag16.1:4.3","thag16.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khīṇāya bhavanettiyā,\ndiṭṭhe dhamme yathātathe;\nNa bhayaṁ maraṇe hoti,\nbhāranikkhepane yathā.","en":"When the leash to existence is ended,\nand the truth is seen as it is,\nthere is no fear of death;\nit’s like laying down a burden."}},{"id":"thag16.1:5","sourceIds":["thag16.1:5.1","thag16.1:5.2","thag16.1:5.3","thag16.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suciṇṇaṁ brahmacariyaṁ me,\nmaggo cāpi subhāvito;\nMaraṇe me bhayaṁ natthi,\nrogānamiva saṅkhaye.","en":"I’ve lived the spiritual life well,\nand developed the path well, too.\nI do not fear death;\nit’s like the passing of a disease."}},{"id":"thag16.1:6","sourceIds":["thag16.1:6.1","thag16.1:6.2","thag16.1:6.3","thag16.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suciṇṇaṁ brahmacariyaṁ me,\nmaggo cāpi subhāvito;\nNirassādā bhavā diṭṭhā,\nvisaṁ pitvāva chaḍḍitaṁ.","en":"I’ve lived the spiritual life well,\nand developed the path well, too.\nI’ve seen that there’s nothing gratifying in existences,\nlike someone who has tasted poison, then thrown it out."}},{"id":"thag16.1:7","sourceIds":["thag16.1:7.1","thag16.1:7.2","thag16.1:7.3","thag16.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pāragū anupādāno,\nkatakicco anāsavo;\nTuṭṭho āyukkhayā hoti,\nmutto āghātanā yathā.","en":"One who has gone beyond, without grasping,\nthey’ve completed the task and are free of defilements.\nThey are content at the end of life,\nlike someone released from execution."}},{"id":"thag16.1:8","sourceIds":["thag16.1:8.1","thag16.1:8.2","thag16.1:8.3","thag16.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uttamaṁ dhammataṁ patto,\nsabbaloke anatthiko;\nĀdittāva gharā mutto,\nmaraṇasmiṁ na socati.","en":"Having realized the supreme Dhamma,\nwithout needing anything in the whole world,\none doesn’t grieve at death;\nfor it’s like escaping from a burning house."}},{"id":"thag16.1:9","sourceIds":["thag16.1:9.1","thag16.1:9.2","thag16.1:9.3","thag16.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadatthi saṅgataṁ kiñci,\nbhavo vā yattha labbhati;\nSabbaṁ anissaraṁ etaṁ,\niti vuttaṁ mahesinā.","en":"Whatever has come to pass,\nwherever life is obtained,\nthere is no Lord of all that:\nso said the great seer."}},{"id":"thag16.1:10","sourceIds":["thag16.1:10.1","thag16.1:10.2","thag16.1:10.3","thag16.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo taṁ tathā pajānāti,\nyathā buddhena desitaṁ;\nNa gaṇhāti bhavaṁ kiñci,\nsutattaṁva ayoguḷaṁ.","en":"Whoever understands this\nas it was taught by the Buddha\ndoesn’t grab on to any new life,\nlike you wouldn’t grab a hot iron ball."}},{"id":"thag16.1:11","sourceIds":["thag16.1:11.1","thag16.1:11.2","thag16.1:11.3","thag16.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na me hoti ‘ahosin’ti,\n‘bhavissan’ti na hoti me;\nSaṅkhārā vigamissanti,\ntattha kā paridevanā.","en":"It doesn’t occur to me, ‘I existed in the past’;\nnor, ‘I will exist in the future’.\nConditions will vanish—\nwhy weep over that?"}},{"id":"thag16.1:12","sourceIds":["thag16.1:12.1","thag16.1:12.2","thag16.1:12.3","thag16.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suddhaṁ dhammasamuppādaṁ,\nSuddhaṁ saṅkhārasantatiṁ;\nPassantassa yathābhūtaṁ,\nNa bhayaṁ hoti gāmaṇi.","en":"Seeing truly\nthe bare arising of phenomena,\nand the bare process of conditions,\nthere is no fear, village chief."}},{"id":"thag16.1:13","sourceIds":["thag16.1:13.1","thag16.1:13.2","thag16.1:13.3","thag16.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tiṇakaṭṭhasamaṁ lokaṁ,\nyadā paññāya passati;\nMamattaṁ so asaṁvindaṁ,\n‘natthi me’ti na socati.","en":"The world is like grass and sticks:\nwhen this is seen with wisdom,\nnot finding any possessiveness,\nyou won’t grieve, thinking ‘I don’t have it’."}},{"id":"thag16.1:14","sourceIds":["thag16.1:14.1","thag16.1:14.2","thag16.1:14.3","thag16.1:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ukkaṇṭhāmi sarīrena,\nbhavenamhi anatthiko;\nSoyaṁ bhijjissati kāyo,\nañño ca na bhavissati.","en":"I’m fed up with the body;\nI have no need for another life.\nThis body will be broken up,\nand there won’t be another."}},{"id":"thag16.1:15","sourceIds":["thag16.1:15.1","thag16.1:15.2","thag16.1:15.3","thag16.1:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ vo kiccaṁ sarīrena,\ntaṁ karotha yadicchatha;\nNa me tappaccayā tattha,\ndoso pemañca hehiti”.","en":"Do what you want\nwith my corpse.\nI won’t be angry or attached\non account of that.”"}},{"id":"thag16.1:16","sourceIds":["thag16.1:16.1","thag16.1:16.2","thag16.1:16.3","thag16.1:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa taṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\nabbhutaṁ lomahaṁsanaṁ;\nSatthāni nikkhipitvāna,\nmāṇavā etadabravuṁ.","en":"When they heard these words,\nso astonishing and hair-raising,\nthe young men laid down their swords\nand spoke these words:"}},{"id":"thag16.1:17","sourceIds":["thag16.1:17.1","thag16.1:17.2","thag16.1:17.3","thag16.1:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ bhadante karitvāna,\nko vā ācariyo tava;\nKassa sāsanamāgamma,\nlabbhate taṁ asokatā”.","en":"“What have you practiced, Venerable?\nAnd who is your tutor?\nWhose instructions do we follow\nto gain the sorrowless state?”"}},{"id":"thag16.1:18","sourceIds":["thag16.1:18.1","thag16.1:18.2","thag16.1:18.3","thag16.1:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sabbaññū sabbadassāvī,\njino ācariyo mama;\nMahākāruṇiko satthā,\nsabbalokatikicchako.","en":"“The knower of all, the seer of all:\nthe victor is my tutor.\nHe is a Teacher of great compassion,\nhealer of the whole world."}},{"id":"thag16.1:19","sourceIds":["thag16.1:19.1","thag16.1:19.2","thag16.1:19.3","thag16.1:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tenāyaṁ desito dhammo,\nkhayagāmī anuttaro;\nTassa sāsanamāgamma,\nlabbhate taṁ asokatā”.","en":"He taught this Dhamma,\nleading to ending, unsurpassed.\nFollowing his instructions,\nyou can gain the sorrowless state.”"}},{"id":"thag16.1:20","sourceIds":["thag16.1:20.1","thag16.1:20.2","thag16.1:20.3","thag16.1:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutvāna corā isino subhāsitaṁ,\nNikkhippa satthāni ca āvudhāni ca;\nTamhā ca kammā viramiṁsu eke,\nEke ca pabbajjamarocayiṁsu.","en":"When the bandits heard the good words of the seer,\nthey laid down their swords and weapons.\nSome refrained from their former deeds,\nwhile others chose the going-forth."}},{"id":"thag16.1:21","sourceIds":["thag16.1:21.1","thag16.1:21.2","thag16.1:21.3","thag16.1:21.4","thag16.1:21.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Te pabbajitvā sugatassa sāsane,\nBhāvetva bojjhaṅgabalāni paṇḍitā;\nUdaggacittā sumanā katindriyā,\nPhusiṁsu nibbānapadaṁ asaṅkhatanti.\n… Adhimutto thero ….","en":"Having gone forth in the teaching of the Holy One,\nthose astute ones developed the awakening factors and the powers.\nElated, happy, their faculties complete,\nthey realized the state of extinguishment, the unconditioned."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag16.1/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."}