{"id":"thag17.2","title":"Sāriputta","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag17.2","title":"Sāriputta","units":[{"id":"thag17.2:0","sourceIds":["thag17.2:0.1","thag17.2:0.2","thag17.2:0.3","thag17.2:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 17.2\nTiṁsanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nSāriputtattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 17.2\nThe Book of the Thirties\nChapter One\nSāriputta"}},{"id":"thag17.2:1","sourceIds":["thag17.2:1.1","thag17.2:1.2","thag17.2:1.3","thag17.2:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yathācārī yathāsato satīmā,\nYatasaṅkappajjhāyi appamatto;\nAjjhattarato samāhitatto,\nEko santusito tamāhu bhikkhuṁ.","en":"“One who’s mindful as per their conduct and mindfulness,\ndiligent as per their intentions and meditation,\nhappy inside, serene, solitary, contented:\nthat is what they call a mendicant."}},{"id":"thag17.2:2","sourceIds":["thag17.2:2.1","thag17.2:2.2","thag17.2:2.3","thag17.2:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Allaṁ sukkhaṁ vā bhuñjanto,\nNa bāḷhaṁ suhito siyā;\nŪnūdaro mitāhāro,\nSato bhikkhu paribbaje.","en":"When eating fresh or dried food,\none shouldn’t be overly replete.\nA mendicant should wander mindfully,\nwith empty stomach, taking limited food."}},{"id":"thag17.2:3","sourceIds":["thag17.2:3.1","thag17.2:3.2","thag17.2:3.3","thag17.2:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cattāro pañca ālope,\nabhutvā udakaṁ pive;\nAlaṁ phāsuvihārāya,\npahitattassa bhikkhuno.","en":"Four or five mouthfuls before you’re full,\ndrink some water;\nthis is enough for a resolute mendicant\nto live in comfort."}},{"id":"thag17.2:4","sourceIds":["thag17.2:4.1","thag17.2:4.2","thag17.2:4.3","thag17.2:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kappiyaṁ tañce chādeti,\ncīvaraṁ idamatthikaṁ;\nAlaṁ phāsuvihārāya,\npahitattassa bhikkhuno.","en":"If they cover themselves with a robe\nthat’s allowable and fit for purpose;\nthis is enough for a resolute mendicant\nto live in comfort."}},{"id":"thag17.2:5","sourceIds":["thag17.2:5.1","thag17.2:5.2","thag17.2:5.3","thag17.2:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pallaṅkena nisinnassa,\njaṇṇuke nābhivassati;\nAlaṁ phāsuvihārāya,\npahitattassa bhikkhuno.","en":"When sitting cross-legged,\nthe rain doesn’t fall on the knees;\nthis is enough for a resolute mendicant\nto live in comfort.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:6","sourceIds":["thag17.2:6.1","thag17.2:6.2","thag17.2:6.3","thag17.2:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo sukhaṁ dukkhato adda,\ndukkhamaddakkhi sallato;\nUbhayantarena nāhosi,\nkena lokasmi kiṁ siyā.","en":"“When you’ve seen happiness as suffering,\nand suffering as a dart,\nand that there’s nothing between the two—\nwhat keeps you in the world? What would you become?"}},{"id":"thag17.2:7","sourceIds":["thag17.2:7.1","thag17.2:7.2","thag17.2:7.3","thag17.2:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mā me kadāci pāpiccho,\nkusīto hīnavīriyo;\nAppassuto anādaro,\nkena lokasmi kiṁ siyā.","en":"Thinking, ‘May I have nothing to do with those of bad wishes,\nlazy, lacking energy,\nunlearned, lacking regard for others’—\nwhat keeps you in the world? What would you become?”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:8","sourceIds":["thag17.2:8.1","thag17.2:8.2","thag17.2:8.3","thag17.2:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bahussuto ca medhāvī,\nsīlesu susamāhito;\nCetosamathamanuyutto,\napi muddhani tiṭṭhatu.","en":"“An intelligent, learned person,\nsteady in ethics,\ndevoted to serenity of heart—\nlet them stand at the head.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:9","sourceIds":["thag17.2:9.1","thag17.2:9.2","thag17.2:9.3","thag17.2:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo papañcamanuyutto,\npapañcābhirato mago;\nVirādhayī so nibbānaṁ,\nyogakkhemaṁ anuttaraṁ.","en":"“A beast who likes to proliferate,\nenjoying proliferation,\nfails to win extinguishment,\nthe supreme sanctuary from the yoke."}},{"id":"thag17.2:10","sourceIds":["thag17.2:10.1","thag17.2:10.2","thag17.2:10.3","thag17.2:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca papañcaṁ hitvāna,\nnippapañcapathe rato;\nĀrādhayī so nibbānaṁ,\nyogakkhemaṁ anuttaraṁ.","en":"But one who gives up proliferation,\nenjoying the state of non-proliferation,\nwins extinguishment,\nthe supreme sanctuary from the yoke.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:11","sourceIds":["thag17.2:11.1","thag17.2:11.2","thag17.2:11.3","thag17.2:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gāme vā yadi vāraññe,\nNinne vā yadi vā thale;\nYattha arahanto viharanti,\nTaṁ bhūmirāmaṇeyyakaṁ.","en":"“Whether in the village or the wilderness,\nin a valley or the uplands,\nwherever the perfected ones live\nis a delightful place.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:12","sourceIds":["thag17.2:12.1","thag17.2:12.2","thag17.2:12.3","thag17.2:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ramaṇīyāni araññāni,\nyattha na ramatī jano;\nVītarāgā ramissanti,\nna te kāmagavesino.","en":"“Delightful are the wildernesses\nwhere no people delight.\nThose free of greed will delight there,\nnot those who seek sensual pleasures.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:13","sourceIds":["thag17.2:13.1","thag17.2:13.2","thag17.2:13.3","thag17.2:13.4","thag17.2:13.5","thag17.2:13.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nidhīnaṁva pavattāraṁ,\nyaṁ passe vajjadassinaṁ;\nNiggayhavādiṁ medhāviṁ,\ntādisaṁ paṇḍitaṁ bhaje;\nTādisaṁ bhajamānassa,\nseyyo hoti na pāpiyo.","en":"“Regard one who sees your faults\nas a guide to a hidden treasure.\nStay close to one so intelligent and astute\nwho curbs you when you need it.\nSticking close to such an impartial person,\nthings get better, not worse.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:14","sourceIds":["thag17.2:14.1","thag17.2:14.2","thag17.2:14.3","thag17.2:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ovadeyyānusāseyya,\nasabbhā ca nivāraye;\nSatañhi so piyo hoti,\nasataṁ hoti appiyo.","en":"“Advise and instruct;\ncurb wickedness:\nfor you shall be loved by the good,\nand disliked by the bad.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:15","sourceIds":["thag17.2:15.1","thag17.2:15.2","thag17.2:15.3","thag17.2:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aññassa bhagavā buddho,\ndhammaṁ desesi cakkhumā;\nDhamme desiyamānamhi,\nsotamodhesimatthiko.","en":"“The Blessed One, the Buddha, the seer\nwas teaching Dhamma to another.\nAs he taught the Dhamma,\nI lent an ear to get the meaning."}},{"id":"thag17.2:16","sourceIds":["thag17.2:16.1","thag17.2:16.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ me amoghaṁ savanaṁ,\nvimuttomhi anāsavo.","en":"My listening wasn’t wasted:\nI’m freed, without defilements.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:17","sourceIds":["thag17.2:17.1","thag17.2:17.2","thag17.2:17.3","thag17.2:17.4","thag17.2:17.5","thag17.2:17.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Neva pubbenivāsāya,\nnapi dibbassa cakkhuno;\nCetopariyāya iddhiyā,\ncutiyā upapattiyā;\nSotadhātuvisuddhiyā,\npaṇidhī me na vijjati”.","en":"“Not for knowledge of past lives,\nnor even for clairvoyance;\nnot for psychic powers, or encompassing the minds of others,\nnor for knowing people’s passing away and being reborn;\nnot for purifying the power of clairaudience,\ndid I have any wish.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:18","sourceIds":["thag17.2:18.1","thag17.2:18.2","thag17.2:18.3","thag17.2:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Rukkhamūlaṁva nissāya,\nmuṇḍo saṅghāṭipāruto;\nPaññāya uttamo thero,\nupatissova jhāyati.","en":"“His only shelter is the foot of a tree;\nshaven, wrapped in his outer robe,\nthe senior monk foremost in wisdom,\nUpatissa himself practices absorption."}},{"id":"thag17.2:19","sourceIds":["thag17.2:19.1","thag17.2:19.2","thag17.2:19.3","thag17.2:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Avitakkaṁ samāpanno,\nsammāsambuddhasāvako;\nAriyena tuṇhībhāvena,\nupeto hoti tāvade.","en":"When in a meditation  free of placing the mind,\na disciple of the Buddha\nis at that moment blessed\nwith noble silence."}},{"id":"thag17.2:20","sourceIds":["thag17.2:20.1","thag17.2:20.2","thag17.2:20.3","thag17.2:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi pabbato selo,\nacalo suppatiṭṭhito;\nEvaṁ mohakkhayā bhikkhu,\npabbatova na vedhati”.","en":"As a rocky mountain\nis unwavering and well grounded,\nso when delusion ends,\na monk, like a mountain, doesn’t tremble.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:21","sourceIds":["thag17.2:21.1","thag17.2:21.2","thag17.2:21.3","thag17.2:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Anaṅgaṇassa posassa,\nniccaṁ sucigavesino;\nVālaggamattaṁ pāpassa,\nabbhamattaṁva khāyati.","en":"“To the man who has not a blemish,\nwho is always seeking purity,\neven a hair-tip of evil\nseems as big as a stormcloud.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:22","sourceIds":["thag17.2:22.1","thag17.2:22.2","thag17.2:22.3","thag17.2:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nābhinandāmi maraṇaṁ,\nnābhinandāmi jīvitaṁ;\nNikkhipissaṁ imaṁ kāyaṁ,\nsampajāno patissato.","en":"“I don’t long for death;\nI don’t long for life;\nI will lay down this body,\naware and mindful."}},{"id":"thag17.2:23","sourceIds":["thag17.2:23.1","thag17.2:23.2","thag17.2:23.3","thag17.2:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nābhinandāmi maraṇaṁ,\nnābhinandāmi jīvitaṁ;\nKālañca paṭikaṅkhāmi,\nnibbisaṁ bhatako yathā”.","en":"I don’t long for death;\nI don’t long for life;\nI await my time,\nlike a worker waiting for their wages.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:24","sourceIds":["thag17.2:24.1","thag17.2:24.2","thag17.2:24.3","thag17.2:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ubhayena midaṁ maraṇameva,\nNāmaraṇaṁ pacchā vā pure vā;\nPaṭipajjatha mā vinassatha,\nKhaṇo vo mā upaccagā.","en":"“Both what came before and what follows after\nare nothing but death, not freedom from death.\nPractice, don’t perish—\ndon’t let the moment pass you by."}},{"id":"thag17.2:25","sourceIds":["thag17.2:25.1","thag17.2:25.2","thag17.2:25.3","thag17.2:25.4","thag17.2:25.5","thag17.2:25.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nagaraṁ yathā paccantaṁ,\nguttaṁ santarabāhiraṁ;\nEvaṁ gopetha attānaṁ,\nkhaṇo vo mā upaccagā;\nKhaṇātītā hi socanti,\nnirayamhi samappitā”.","en":"Just like a frontier city,\nis guarded inside and out,\nso you should ward yourselves—\ndon’t let the moment pass you by.\nFor if you miss your moment\nyou’ll grieve when sent to hell.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:26","sourceIds":["thag17.2:26.1","thag17.2:26.2","thag17.2:26.3","thag17.2:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Upasanto uparato,\nmantabhāṇī anuddhato;\nDhunāti pāpake dhamme,\ndumapattaṁva māluto.","en":"“Calm and still,\nthoughtful in counsel, not restless—\nhe shakes off bad qualities\nas the gale shakes leaves off a tree."}},{"id":"thag17.2:27","sourceIds":["thag17.2:27.1","thag17.2:27.2","thag17.2:27.3","thag17.2:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upasanto uparato,\nmantabhāṇī anuddhato;\nAppāsi pāpake dhamme,\ndumapattaṁva māluto.","en":"Calm and still,\nthoughtful in counsel, not restless—\nhe plucks off bad qualities\nas the gale shakes leaves off a tree."}},{"id":"thag17.2:28","sourceIds":["thag17.2:28.1","thag17.2:28.2","thag17.2:28.3","thag17.2:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upasanto anāyāso,\nvippasanno anāvilo;\nKalyāṇasīlo medhāvī,\ndukkhassantakaro siyā”.","en":"Calm and free of despair,\nclear and unclouded,\nof good morals, intelligent:\none would make an end of suffering.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:29","sourceIds":["thag17.2:29.1","thag17.2:29.2","thag17.2:29.3","thag17.2:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Na vissase ekatiyesu evaṁ,\nAgārisu pabbajitesu cāpi;\nSādhūpi hutvā na asādhu honti,\nAsādhu hutvā puna sādhu honti.","en":"“Some householders, and even some renunciants,\nare not to be trusted.\nSome who were good later become bad;\nwhile some who were bad become good.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:30","sourceIds":["thag17.2:30.1","thag17.2:30.2","thag17.2:30.3","thag17.2:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmacchando ca byāpādo,\nthinamiddhañca bhikkhuno;\nUddhaccaṁ vicikicchā ca,\npañcete cittakelisā.","en":"“Sensual desire, ill will,\ndullness and drowsiness,\nrestlessness, and doubt:\nthese are the five mental stains for a monk.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:31","sourceIds":["thag17.2:31.1","thag17.2:31.2","thag17.2:31.3","thag17.2:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa sakkariyamānassa,\nasakkārena cūbhayaṁ;\nSamādhi na vikampati,\nappamādavihārino.","en":"“Whether they’re honored\nor not honored, or both,\ntheir immersion doesn’t waver\nas they abide in the immeasurables."}},{"id":"thag17.2:32","sourceIds":["thag17.2:32.1","thag17.2:32.2","thag17.2:32.3","thag17.2:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ jhāyinaṁ sātatikaṁ,\nsukhumadiṭṭhivipassakaṁ;\nUpādānakkhayārāmaṁ,\nāhu sappuriso iti.","en":"They persistently practice absorption\nwith subtle view and discernment.\nRejoicing in the ending of grasping,\nthey’re said to be a true person.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:33","sourceIds":["thag17.2:33.1","thag17.2:33.2","thag17.2:33.3","thag17.2:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahāsamuddo pathavī,\npabbato anilopi ca;\nUpamāya na yujjanti,\nsatthu varavimuttiyā.","en":"“The oceans and the earth,\nthe mountains and the wind—\nno simile can do justice\nto the Teacher’s magnificent liberation.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:34","sourceIds":["thag17.2:34.1","thag17.2:34.2","thag17.2:34.3","thag17.2:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cakkānuvattako thero,\nmahāñāṇī samāhito;\nPathavāpaggisamāno,\nna rajjati na dussati.","en":"“The senior monk who keeps the wheel rolling,\nhe is very wise and serene.\nLike earth, like water, like fire,\nhe is neither attracted nor repelled."}},{"id":"thag17.2:35","sourceIds":["thag17.2:35.1","thag17.2:35.2","thag17.2:35.3","thag17.2:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paññāpāramitaṁ patto,\nmahābuddhi mahāmati;\nAjaḷo jaḷasamāno,\nsadā carati nibbuto.","en":"He has attained the perfection of wisdom,\nso intelligent and thoughtful.\nHe is bright, but seems to be dull;\nhe always wanders, quenched.”"}},{"id":"thag17.2:36","sourceIds":["thag17.2:36.1","thag17.2:36.2","thag17.2:36.3","thag17.2:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pariciṇṇo mayā satthā,\n… pe\n…\nbhavanetti samūhatā.","en":"“I’ve served the Teacher\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.\nThe heavy burden is laid down,\nthe leash to existence is eradicated."}},{"id":"thag17.2:37","sourceIds":["thag17.2:37.1","thag17.2:37.2","thag17.2:37.3","thag17.2:37.4","thag17.2:37.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sampādethappamādena,\nesā me anusāsanī;\nHandāhaṁ parinibbissaṁ,\nvippamuttomhi sabbadhī”ti.\n… Sāriputto thero …","en":"Persist with diligence:\nthis is my instruction.\nCome, I’ll be fully quenched—\nI am everywhere free.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag17.2/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."}