Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saṃyutta
2. Dhamma-Cakka-Pavattana Vagga
Sutta 21
Paṭhama Vijjā Suttaṃ
Visualizing (1)
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
[1][1][pts][bodh] I HEAR TELL:
Once upon a time The Lucky Man
was residing among the Vajjians
at the village of Koṭigāme.
There then The Lucky Man addressed the beggars, saying:
"Beggars!"
And the beggars responding "Bhante!"
The Lucky Man said this to them:
"It is, beggars,
through not awakening to,
not seeing through,
the four aristocratic truths,
that for a long time here
you and I
have been running round
this run-around.[1]
What four?
It is, beggars,
through not awakening to,
not seeing through,
the aristocratic truth
about pain,
that for a long time here
you and I
have been running round
this run-around.
It is, beggars,
through not awakening to,
not seeing through,
the aristocratic truth
about the self-arising of pain,
that for a long time here
you and I
have been running round
this run-around.
It is, beggars,
through not awakening to,
not seeing through,
the aristocratic truth
about the ending of pain,
that for a long time here
you and I
have been running round
this run-around.
It is, beggars,
through not awakening to,
not seeing through,
the aristocratic truth
about the wall to walk
for the ending of pain,
that for a long time here
you and I
have been running round
this run-around.
Today, beggars,
the aristocratic truth
about pain,
is awakened to
is seen through.
Today, beggars,
the aristocratic truth
about the self-arising of pain,
is awakened to
is seen through.
Today, beggars,
the aristocratic truth
about the ending of pain,
is awakened to
is seen through.
Today, beggars,
the aristocratic truth
about the walk to walk
for the endin of pain,
is awakened to
is seen through.
Uprooted is the thirst for becoming,
destroyed is what leads to becoming,
there is now no further becoming."
That is what The Lucky Man said.|| ||
Here then the Welcome One is said to have added these verses as Master:[2]
"Not seeing the
four aristocratic truths
we get this long time
run-around
in terrifying anxiety of birth.
What leads to pain is seen
Uprooted is its root
no further becoming is there now.
[1] For beauty of expression, it is hard to beat Woodwards:
"Monks, it is through not
understanding,
not penetrating
four Ariyan truths
that we have run on,
wandered on,
this long long road,
both you and I.
[2] An attempt was made to follow the pāḷi and failed. What is there is the Pāḷi in intent, but shuffled around.
