Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saṃyutta
4. Paṭipatti Vagga: Suriyassa Peyyāla
1. Viveka-Nissitaṃ
The Sun — Repetition
I: Seated in Seclusion
Sutta 54
Appamāda Suttaṃ
Possession of Non-Carelessness
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
[1][pts][bodh] Cast in Sāvatthi.
"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
possession of non-carelessness.
This possession of non-carelessness 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 possession of non-carelessness
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 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;
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 consummate serenity
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender.
This is how, beggars, a beggar's possession of non-carelessness
result in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
makes a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way."
