Udāna
1 3: Bodhi Suttaɱ
The Bodhi Tree (3)
Translated from the Pali by John D. Ireland.
©1997 Buddhist Publication Society.
From The Udana: Inspired Utterances of the Buddha, (Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 1997). Copyright © 1997 Buddhist Publication Society. Used with permission.
[I-3.1][than] Thus have I heard. At one time the Lord was staying at Uruvela... for seven days experiencing the bliss of liberation. Then, at the end of those seven days, the Lord... gave well-reasoned attention during the last watch of the night to dependent arising in both forward and reverse order, thus:
This being, that is;
from the arising of this, that arises;
this not being, that is not;
from the cessation of this, that ceases.
That is: with ignorance as condition, volitional activities come to be; ... with birth as condition, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair come to be. This is the origin of this whole mass of suffering.
But from the complete disappearance and cessation of ignorance, volitional activities cease; ... from the cessation of birth, aging-and-death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair cease. This is the ceasing of this whole mass of suffering.
Then, on realizing its significance, the Lord uttered on that occasion this inspired utterance:
When things become manifest
To the ardent meditating brahman,
He abides scattering Mara's host
Like the sun illumining the sky.
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