Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saṃyutta
2. Dhamma-Cakka-Pavattana Vagga

Sutta 19

Saṅkāsanā Suttaṃ

Expressions

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][1][pts][bodh] I HEAR TELL:

Once upon a time, The Lucky man,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting,
Jeta Grove,
Anathapiṇḍika's Sporting Grounds.

There then The Lucky Man addressed the beggars, saying:

"Beggars!"

And the beggars responding "Bhante!"
The Lucky Man said this to them:

"'This is pain', beggars
is an aristocratic truth
I have pointed out.

Of this aristocratic truth,
'This is pain' there are
unlimited colorations,
unlimited variations,
unlimited expressions.

'This is the self-arising of pain', beggars
is an aristocratic truth
I have pointed out.

Of this aristocratic truth,
'This is the self-arising of pain' there are
unlimited colorations,
unlimited variations,
unlimited expressions.

'This is the ending of pain', beggars
is an aristocratic truth
I have pointed out.

Of this aristocratic truth,
'This is the ending of pain' there are
unlimited colorations,
unlimited variations,
unlimited expressions.

'This is the walk
to walk to get to the ending of pain', beggars
is an aristocratic truth
I have pointed out.

Of this aristocratic truth,
'This is the walk to walk
to get to the ending of pain' there are
unlimited colorations
unlimited variations
unlimited expressions.

Therefore, beggars,
'This is pain' —
harnessing yourselves to this,
is a thing that ought to be done.

'This is the self-arising of pain' —
harnessing yourselves to this,
is a thing that ought to be done.

'This is the ending of pain' —
harnessing yourselves to this,
is a thing that ought to be done.

'This is the walk
to walk to get to the ending of pain' —
harnessing yourselves to this,
is a thing that ought to be done."