Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saṃyutta
4. Paṭipatti Vagga: Suriyassa Peyyāla
1. Viveka-Nissitaṃ

The Sun — Repetition

I: Seated in Seclusion

Sutta 52

Atta Suttaṃ

Self-possession

Translated from the Pali
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts][bodh] Cast in Sāvatthi.

"As the sun's rise, beggars,
is forcast,
is predicted by
the dawn,
in the same way, beggars,
here the arising in a beggar of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way
is forcast,
is predicted by
self-possession.

This self-possession of a beggar, beggars,
is certain to result in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way
the making of a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way.

And how, beggars, does a beggar's self-possession
result in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
make a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way?

Here beggars, a beggar
lives high view
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives high principles
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives high talk
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives high works
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives high lifestyle
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives high self-control
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives high mind
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives high getting high
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender.

This is how, beggars, a beggar's self-possession
results in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
makes a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way."