{"id":"thag6.6","title":"Sappadāsa","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag6.6","title":"Sappadāsa","units":[{"id":"thag6.6:0","sourceIds":["thag6.6:0.1","thag6.6:0.2","thag6.6:0.3","thag6.6:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 6.6\nChakkanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nSappadāsattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 6.6\nThe Book of the Sixes\nChapter One\nSappadāsa"}},{"id":"thag6.6:1","sourceIds":["thag6.6:1.1","thag6.6:1.2","thag6.6:1.3","thag6.6:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Paṇṇavīsativassāni,\nyato pabbajito ahaṁ;\nAccharāsaṅghātamattampi,\ncetosantimanajjhagaṁ.","en":"In the twenty-five years\nsince I went forth,\nI have not found peace of mind,\neven as long as a finger-snap."}},{"id":"thag6.6:2","sourceIds":["thag6.6:2.1","thag6.6:2.2","thag6.6:2.3","thag6.6:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aladdhā cittassekaggaṁ,\nkāmarāgena aṭṭito;\nBāhā paggayha kandanto,\nvihārā upanikkhamiṁ.","en":"Since I couldn’t get my mind unified,\nI was racked by desire for pleasures of the senses.\nWailing, with outstretched arms,\nI left my dwelling."}},{"id":"thag6.6:3","sourceIds":["thag6.6:3.1","thag6.6:3.2","thag6.6:3.3","thag6.6:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Satthaṁ vā āharissāmi,\nKo attho jīvitena me;\nKathaṁ hi sikkhaṁ paccakkhaṁ,\nKālaṁ kubbetha mādiso.","en":"Or shall I commit suicide?\nWhat’s the point of living?\nFor how on earth can one such as me die\nafter resigning the training?"}},{"id":"thag6.6:4","sourceIds":["thag6.6:4.1","thag6.6:4.2","thag6.6:4.3","thag6.6:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tadāhaṁ khuramādāya,\nmañcakamhi upāvisiṁ;\nParinīto khuro āsi,\ndhamaniṁ chettumattano.","en":"Then I picked up a razor,\nI sat on a cot:\nthe razor was ready\nto slice my vein."}},{"id":"thag6.6:5","sourceIds":["thag6.6:5.1","thag6.6:5.2","thag6.6:5.3","thag6.6:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato me manasīkāro,\nyoniso udapajjatha;\nĀdīnavo pāturahu,\nnibbidā samatiṭṭhatha.","en":"Then the realization\ncame upon me—\nthe danger became clear,\nand I was firmly disillusioned."}},{"id":"thag6.6:6","sourceIds":["thag6.6:6.1","thag6.6:6.2","thag6.6:6.3","thag6.6:6.4","thag6.6:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato cittaṁ vimucci me,\npassa dhammasudhammataṁ;\nTisso vijjā anuppattā,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.\n… Sappadāso thero ….","en":"Then my mind was freed—\nbehold the clear rightness of the teaching!\nI’ve attained the three knowledges,\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag6.6/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."}