{"id":"thag16.2","title":"Pārāsariya (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag16.2","title":"Pārāsariya (2nd)","units":[{"id":"thag16.2:0","sourceIds":["thag16.2:0.1","thag16.2:0.2","thag16.2:0.3","thag16.2:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 16.2\nVīsatinipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nPārāpariyattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 16.2\nThe Book of the Twenties\nChapter One\nPārāsariya (2nd)"}},{"id":"thag16.2:1","sourceIds":["thag16.2:1.1","thag16.2:1.2","thag16.2:1.3","thag16.2:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Samaṇassa ahu cintā,\npārāpariyassa bhikkhuno;\nEkakassa nisinnassa,\npavivittassa jhāyino.","en":"This thought came to the ascetic,\nthe monk Pārāsariya,\nas he was seated alone\nmeditating in seclusion:"}},{"id":"thag16.2:2","sourceIds":["thag16.2:2.1","thag16.2:2.2","thag16.2:2.3","thag16.2:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kimānupubbaṁ puriso,\nkiṁ vataṁ kiṁ samācāraṁ;\nAttano kiccakārīssa,\nna ca kañci viheṭhaye.","en":"“Following what procedure,\nwhat observance, what conduct,\nmay a person do what they need for themselves,\nwithout harming anyone else?"}},{"id":"thag16.2:3","sourceIds":["thag16.2:3.1","thag16.2:3.2","thag16.2:3.3","thag16.2:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Indriyāni manussānaṁ,\nhitāya ahitāya ca;\nArakkhitāni ahitāya,\nrakkhitāni hitāya ca.","en":"The faculties of human beings\ncan lead to both welfare and harm.\nUnguarded they lead to harm;\nguarded they lead to welfare."}},{"id":"thag16.2:4","sourceIds":["thag16.2:4.1","thag16.2:4.2","thag16.2:4.3","thag16.2:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Indriyāneva sārakkhaṁ,\nindriyāni ca gopayaṁ;\nAttano kiccakārīssa,\nna ca kañci viheṭhaye.","en":"By protecting the faculties,\ntaking care of the faculties,\nI can do what I need for myself\nwithout harming anyone else."}},{"id":"thag16.2:5","sourceIds":["thag16.2:5.1","thag16.2:5.2","thag16.2:5.3","thag16.2:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cakkhundriyañce rūpesu,\ngacchantaṁ anivārayaṁ;\nAnādīnavadassāvī,\nso dukkhā na hi muccati.","en":"If your eye wanders\namong sights without check,\nnot seeing the danger,\nyou’re not freed from suffering."}},{"id":"thag16.2:6","sourceIds":["thag16.2:6.1","thag16.2:6.2","thag16.2:6.3","thag16.2:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sotindriyañce saddesu,\ngacchantaṁ anivārayaṁ;\nAnādīnavadassāvī,\nso dukkhā na hi muccati.","en":"If your ear wanders\namong sounds without check,\nnot seeing the danger,\nyou’re not freed from suffering."}},{"id":"thag16.2:7","sourceIds":["thag16.2:7.1","thag16.2:7.2","thag16.2:7.3","thag16.2:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anissaraṇadassāvī,\ngandhe ce paṭisevati;\nNa so muccati dukkhamhā,\ngandhesu adhimucchito.","en":"If, not seeing the escape,\nyou indulge in a smell,\nyou’re not freed from suffering,\nbeing besotted by smells."}},{"id":"thag16.2:8","sourceIds":["thag16.2:8.1","thag16.2:8.2","thag16.2:8.3","thag16.2:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ambilaṁ madhuraggañca,\ntittakaggamanussaraṁ;\nRasataṇhāya gadhito,\nhadayaṁ nāvabujjhati.","en":"Recollecting the sour,\nthe superbly sweet and the bitter,\ncaptivated by craving for taste,\nyou don’t understand the heart."}},{"id":"thag16.2:9","sourceIds":["thag16.2:9.1","thag16.2:9.2","thag16.2:9.3","thag16.2:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Subhānyappaṭikūlāni,\nphoṭṭhabbāni anussaraṁ;\nRatto rāgādhikaraṇaṁ,\nvividhaṁ vindate dukhaṁ.","en":"Recollecting lovely\nand pleasurable touches,\nfull of desire, you experience\nmany kinds of suffering because of lust."}},{"id":"thag16.2:10","sourceIds":["thag16.2:10.1","thag16.2:10.2","thag16.2:10.3","thag16.2:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Manaṁ cetehi dhammehi,\nyo na sakkoti rakkhituṁ;\nTato naṁ dukkhamanveti,\nsabbehetehi pañcahi.","en":"Unable to protect\nthe mind from such thoughts,\nsuffering follows them\nbecause of all five."}},{"id":"thag16.2:11","sourceIds":["thag16.2:11.1","thag16.2:11.2","thag16.2:11.3","thag16.2:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pubbalohitasampuṇṇaṁ,\nbahussa kuṇapassa ca;\nNaravīrakataṁ vagguṁ,\nsamuggamiva cittitaṁ.","en":"This body is full of pus and blood,\nit’s home to many carcasses;\nbut cunning people decorate it\nlike a lovely painted casket."}},{"id":"thag16.2:12","sourceIds":["thag16.2:12.1","thag16.2:12.2","thag16.2:12.3","thag16.2:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kaṭukaṁ madhurassādaṁ,\npiyanibandhanaṁ dukhaṁ;\nKhuraṁva madhunā littaṁ,\nullihaṁ nāvabujjhati.","en":"You don’t understand that\nthe sweetness of honey turns bitter,\nand the bonds to those we love cause pain,\nlike a razor’s edge smeared with honey."}},{"id":"thag16.2:13","sourceIds":["thag16.2:13.1","thag16.2:13.2","thag16.2:13.3","thag16.2:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itthirūpe itthisare,\nphoṭṭhabbepi ca itthiyā;\nItthigandhesu sāratto,\nvividhaṁ vindate dukhaṁ.","en":"Full of lust for the sight of a woman,\nfor the voice and the smells of a woman,\nfor a woman’s touch,\nyou experience many kinds of suffering."}},{"id":"thag16.2:14","sourceIds":["thag16.2:14.1","thag16.2:14.2","thag16.2:14.3","thag16.2:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itthisotāni sabbāni,\nsandanti pañca pañcasu;\nTesamāvaraṇaṁ kātuṁ,\nyo sakkoti vīriyavā.","en":"All of a woman’s streams\nflow from five to five.\nWhoever, being energetic,\nis able to curb these,"}},{"id":"thag16.2:15","sourceIds":["thag16.2:15.1","thag16.2:15.2","thag16.2:15.3","thag16.2:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So atthavā so dhammaṭṭho,\nso dakkho so vicakkhaṇo;\nKareyya ramamānopi,\nkiccaṁ dhammatthasaṁhitaṁ.","en":"purposeful and firm in principle,\nis clever and clear-seeing.\nThough he might enjoy himself,\nhis duty is connected with the teaching and its goal."}},{"id":"thag16.2:16","sourceIds":["thag16.2:16.1","thag16.2:16.2","thag16.2:16.3","thag16.2:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atho sīdati saññuttaṁ,\nvajje kiccaṁ niratthakaṁ;\n‘Na taṁ kiccan’ti maññitvā,\nappamatto vicakkhaṇo.","en":"One who’s diligent and discerning,\nthinking, ‘This ought not be done’,\nwould avoid a useless task\nthat’s doomed to failure."}},{"id":"thag16.2:17","sourceIds":["thag16.2:17.1","thag16.2:17.2","thag16.2:17.3","thag16.2:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañca atthena saññuttaṁ,\nyā ca dhammagatā rati;\nTaṁ samādāya vattetha,\nsā hi ve uttamā rati.","en":"Whatever is meaningful,\nand whatever happiness is principled,\nlet one proceed having undertaken that:\nthis is the best happiness."}},{"id":"thag16.2:18","sourceIds":["thag16.2:18.1","thag16.2:18.2","thag16.2:18.3","thag16.2:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uccāvacehupāyehi,\nParesamabhijigīsati;\nHantvā vadhitvā atha socayitvā,\nĀlopati sāhasā yo paresaṁ.","en":"They want to get hold of what belongs to others\nby any means, fair or foul.\nThey kill, injure, and torment,\nviolently plundering what belongs to others."}},{"id":"thag16.2:19","sourceIds":["thag16.2:19.1","thag16.2:19.2","thag16.2:19.3","thag16.2:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tacchanto āṇiyā āṇiṁ,\nnihanti balavā yathā;\nIndriyānindriyeheva,\nnihanti kusalo tathā.","en":"Just as a strong person when building\nknocks out a peg with a peg,\nso the skillful person\nknocks out the faculties with the faculties."}},{"id":"thag16.2:20","sourceIds":["thag16.2:20.1","thag16.2:20.2","thag16.2:20.3","thag16.2:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhaṁ vīriyaṁ samādhiñca,\nsatipaññañca bhāvayaṁ;\nPañca pañcahi hantvāna,\nanīgho yāti brāhmaṇo.","en":"Developing faith, energy, immersion,\nmindfulness, and wisdom;\ndestroying the five with the five,\nthe brahmin walks on untroubled."}},{"id":"thag16.2:21","sourceIds":["thag16.2:21.1","thag16.2:21.2","thag16.2:21.3","thag16.2:21.4","thag16.2:21.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So atthavā so dhammaṭṭho,\nkatvā vākyānusāsaniṁ;\nSabbena sabbaṁ buddhassa,\nso naro sukhamedhatī”ti.\n… Pārāpariyo thero ….","en":"Purposeful and firm in principle,\nhaving fulfilled in every respect\nthe instructions spoken by the Buddha,\nthat person prospers in happiness.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag16.2/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."}