{"id":"thag9.1","title":"Bhūta","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag9.1","title":"Bhūta","units":[{"id":"thag9.1:0","sourceIds":["thag9.1:0.1","thag9.1:0.2","thag9.1:0.3","thag9.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 9.1\nNavakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nBhūtattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 9.1\nThe Book of the Nines\nChapter One\nBhūta"}},{"id":"thag9.1:1","sourceIds":["thag9.1:1.1","thag9.1:1.2","thag9.1:1.3","thag9.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yadā dukkhaṁ jarāmaraṇanti paṇḍito,\nAviddasū yattha sitā puthujjanā;\nDukkhaṁ pariññāya satova jhāyati,\nTato ratiṁ paramataraṁ na vindati.","en":"When an astute person knows, “Old age and death are suffering;\nyet an ignorant ordinary person is bound to them”,\ncompletely understanding suffering, being mindful, practicing absorption:\nthere is no greater pleasure than this."}},{"id":"thag9.1:2","sourceIds":["thag9.1:2.1","thag9.1:2.2","thag9.1:2.3","thag9.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā dukkhassāvahaniṁ visattikaṁ,\nPapañcasaṅghātadukhādhivāhiniṁ;\nTaṇhaṁ pahantvāna satova jhāyati,\nTato ratiṁ paramataraṁ na vindati.","en":"When clinging, the carrier of suffering,\nand craving, the carrier  of this painful mass of proliferation,\nare destroyed, and one is mindful, practicing absorption:\nthere is no greater pleasure than this."}},{"id":"thag9.1:3","sourceIds":["thag9.1:3.1","thag9.1:3.2","thag9.1:3.3","thag9.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā sivaṁ dvecaturaṅgagāminaṁ,\nMagguttamaṁ sabbakilesasodhanaṁ;\nPaññāya passitva satova jhāyati,\nTato ratiṁ paramataraṁ na vindati.","en":"When the eightfold way, so full of grace,\nthe supreme path, cleanser of all corruptions,\nis seen with wisdom; and one is mindful, practicing absorption:\nthere is no greater pleasure than this."}},{"id":"thag9.1:4","sourceIds":["thag9.1:4.1","thag9.1:4.2","thag9.1:4.3","thag9.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā asokaṁ virajaṁ asaṅkhataṁ,\nSantaṁ padaṁ sabbakilesasodhanaṁ;\nBhāveti saṁyojanabandhanacchidaṁ,\nTato ratiṁ paramataraṁ na vindati.","en":"When one develops that peaceful state,\nsorrowless, stainless, unconditioned,\ncleanser of all corruptions, cutter of fetters and bonds:\nthere is no greater pleasure than this."}},{"id":"thag9.1:5","sourceIds":["thag9.1:5.1","thag9.1:5.2","thag9.1:5.3","thag9.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā nabhe gajjati meghadundubhi,\nDhārākulā vihagapathe samantato;\nBhikkhū ca pabbhāragatova jhāyati,\nTato ratiṁ paramataraṁ na vindati.","en":"When the thundercloud rumbles in the sky,\nwhile the rain pours on the path of birds all around,\nand a monk has gone to a mountain cave, practicing absorption:\nthere is no greater pleasure than this."}},{"id":"thag9.1:6","sourceIds":["thag9.1:6.1","thag9.1:6.2","thag9.1:6.3","thag9.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā nadīnaṁ kusumākulānaṁ,\nVicitta-vāneyya-vaṭaṁsakānaṁ;\nTīre nisinno sumanova jhāyati,\nTato ratiṁ paramataraṁ na vindati.","en":"When sitting on a riverbank covered in flowers,\ngarlanded with brightly colored forest plants,\none is truly happy, practicing absorption:\nthere is no greater pleasure than this."}},{"id":"thag9.1:7","sourceIds":["thag9.1:7.1","thag9.1:7.2","thag9.1:7.3","thag9.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā nisīthe rahitamhi kānane,\nDeve gaḷantamhi nadanti dāṭhino;\nBhikkhū ca pabbhāragatova jhāyati,\nTato ratiṁ paramataraṁ na vindati.","en":"When it is midnight in a lonely forest,\nand the lions roar as the heavens pour,\nand a monk has gone to a mountain cave, practicing absorption:\nthere is no greater pleasure than this."}},{"id":"thag9.1:8","sourceIds":["thag9.1:8.1","thag9.1:8.2","thag9.1:8.3","thag9.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā vitakke uparundhiyattano,\nNagantare nagavivaraṁ samassito;\nVītaddaro vītakhilova jhāyati,\nTato ratiṁ paramataraṁ na vindati.","en":"When one’s own thoughts have been cut off,\nbetween the mountains, sheltered inside a cleft,\nwithout stress or heartlessness, practicing absorption:\nthere is no greater pleasure than this."}},{"id":"thag9.1:9","sourceIds":["thag9.1:9.1","thag9.1:9.2","thag9.1:9.3","thag9.1:9.4","thag9.1:9.5","thag9.1:9.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā sukhī malakhilasokanāsano,\nNiraggaḷo nibbanatho visallo;\nSabbāsave byantikatova jhāyati,\nTato ratiṁ paramataraṁ na vindatī”ti.\n… Bhūto thero …\nNavakanipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"When one is happy, destroyer of stains, heartlessness, and sorrow,\nfree of obstructions, snarls, and thorns,\nand with all defilements annihilated, practicing absorption:\nthere is no greater pleasure than this."}},{"id":"thag9.1:10","sourceIds":["thag9.1:10.0","thag9.1:10.1","thag9.1:10.2","thag9.1:10.3","thag9.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nBhūto tathaddaso thero,\neko khaggavisāṇavā;\nNavakamhi nipātamhi,\ngāthāyopi imā navāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag9.1/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."}