Dhammapada, Dhamma Verses (KN 2)
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with a discussion of their meaning and their collection.
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25: The Chapter about Monastics – 132<br />
Pañca chinde, pañca jahe, pañca cuttaribhāvaye,<br />
One should cut off five, one should abandon five, one should cultivate five more,<br />
pañca saṅgātigo bhikkhu oghatiṇṇo ti vuccati. [370]<br />
the monastic who surmounts five attachments is called a flood-crosser. 1<br />
Jhāya, bhikkhu, mā ca pāmado,<br />
Meditate, monastic, do not be heedless,<br />
mā te kāmaguṇe bhamassu cittaṁ,<br />
do not let your mind swirl around in strands of desire,<br />
mā lohaguḷaṁ gilī, pamatto,<br />
do not, heedless, swallow a (hot) iron ball,<br />
mā kandi: ‘Dukkham-idan’-ti ḍayhamāno. [371]<br />
do not, while burning, cry: ‘This is suffering.’<br />
Natthi jhānaṁ apaññassa, paññā natthi ajhāyato,<br />
There is no concentration for one without wisdom, there is no wisdom for one without<br />
concentration,<br />
yamhi jhānañ-ca paññā ca sa ve Nibbānasantike. [372]<br />
the one who has both concentration and wisdom is indeed in the presence of Nibbāna.<br />
Suññāgāraṁ paviṭṭhassa, santacittassa bhikkhuno,<br />
For the one who has entered an empty place, a monastic with a peaceful mind,<br />
amānusī ratī hoti sammā <strong>Dhamma</strong>ṁ vipassato. [373]<br />
there is superhuman delight from insight into true <strong>Dhamma</strong>.<br />
Yato yato sammasati khandhānaṁ udayabbayaṁ<br />
Whoever has right mindfulness regarding the rise and fall of the components (of mind<br />
and body)<br />
labhatī pītipāmojjaṁ, amataṁ taṁ vijānataṁ. [374]<br />
gains joy and happiness, that is the deathless state for the one who knows.<br />
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The comm. explains it thus: one should cut off the five lower destinations, abandon the five lower<br />
fetters, cultivate five spiritual faculties; the five attachments are through passion, hatred,<br />
delusion, conceit and views.