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

The Sun — Repetition

I: Seated in Seclusion

Sutta 49

Kalyāṇa-Mittatā Suttaṃ

Friendship with the Good

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts][bodh] I Hear Tell:

Once upon a time, Bhagava,
Sāvatthi-town residing:

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

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

And how, beggars,
does a beggar's friendship with the good
result in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
the making a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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