Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)

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Bhikkhuvaggo
25. The Chapter about Monastics
Cakkhunā saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu sotena saṁvaro,
Restraint of eye is good, restraint of ear is good,
ghāṇena saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu jivhāya saṁvaro, [360]
restraint of nose is good, restraint of tongue is good,
kāyena saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu vācāya saṁvaro,
restraint of body is good, 1 restraint of speech is good,
manasā saṁvaro sādhu, sādhu sabbattha saṁvaro,
restraint of mind is good, restraint is everywhere good,
sabbattha saṁvuto bhikkhu sabbadukkhā pamuccati. [361]
a monastic who is restrained everywhere is liberated from all suffering.
Hatthasaṁyatŏ pādasaṁyato,
One who controls his hands, controls his feet,
vācāya saṁyatŏ saṁyatuttamo,
controls his speech, controls the (mind) supreme,
ajjhattarato samāhito,
with inner delight 2 and composure,
eko santusito: tam-āhu bhikkhuṁ. [362]
solitary, content: that one is called a monastic.
Yo mukhasaṁyato bhikkhu, mantabhāṇī anuddhato,
That monastic who restrains the mouth, who speaks well, and who is modest,
atthaṁ Dhammañ-ca dīpeti, madhuraṁ tassa bhāsitaṁ. [363]
who explains the meaning of the Dhamma, his speech is sweet.
1
Note that restraint of body at this point forms a bridge between categories, on the one hand it is
the last of the five-fold sense-spheres; and on the other it is the first of the three courses of
action.
2
The comm. explains it to mean one who personally delights in cultivating his meditation object.