14. Buddhavaggo

14. Awakened

179.

Yassa jitaṃ nāvajīyati, jitaṃ yassa [jitamassa (sī. syā. pī.), jitaṃ massa (ka.)] no yāti koci loke;

Whose conquest can’t be undone, whose conquest no one in the world can reach;

Taṃ buddhamanantagocaraṃ, apadaṃ kena padena nessatha.

awakened, his pasture endless, pathless: by what path will you lead him astray?

180.

Yassa jālinī visattikā, taṇhā natthi kuhiñci netave;

In whom there’s no craving —the sticky ensnarer— to lead him anywherever at all;

Taṃ buddhamanantagocaraṃ, apadaṃ kena padena nessatha.

awakened, his pasture endless, pathless: by what path will you lead him astray?

181.

Ye jhānapasutā dhīrā, nekkhammūpasame ratā;

They, the enlightened, intent on jhana, delighting in stilling & renunciation,

Devāpi tesaṃ pihayanti, sambuddhānaṃ satīmataṃ.

self-awakened & mindful: even the devas view them with envy.

182.

Kiccho manussapaṭilābho, kicchaṃ maccāna jīvitaṃ;

Hard the winning of a human birth. Hard the life of mortals.

Kicchaṃ saddhammassavanaṃ, kiccho buddhānamuppādo.

Hard the chance to hear the true Dhamma. Hard the arising of Awakened Ones.

183.

Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṃ, kusalassa upasampadā [kusalassūpasampadā (syā.)];

The non-doing of any evil, the performance of what’s skillful,

Sacittapariyodapanaṃ [sacittapariyodāpanaṃ (?)], etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.

the cleansing of one’s own mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened.

184.

Khantī paramaṃ tapo titikkhā, nibbānaṃ [nibbāṇaṃ (ka. sī. pī.)] paramaṃ vadanti buddhā;

Patient endurance: the foremost austerity. Unbinding: the foremost, so say the Awakened.

Na hi pabbajito parūpaghātī, na [ayaṃ nakāro sī. syā. pī. pātthakesu na dissati] samaṇo hoti paraṃ viheṭhayanto.

He who injures another is no contemplative. He who mistreats another, no monk.

185.

Anūpavādo anūpaghāto [anupavādo anupaghāto (syā. ka.)], pātimokkhe ca saṃvaro;

Not disparaging, not injuring, restraint in line with the Patimokkha,

Mattaññutā ca bhattasmiṃ, pantañca sayanāsanaṃ;

moderation in food, dwelling in seclusion,

Adhicitte ca āyogo, etaṃ buddhāna sāsanaṃ.

commitment to the heightened mind: this is the teaching of the Awakened.

186.

Na kahāpaṇavassena, titti kāmesu vijjati;

Not even if it rained gold coins would we have our fill of sensual pleasures.

Appassādā dukhā kāmā, iti viññāya paṇḍito.

‘Stressful, they give little enjoyment’— knowing this,

187.

Api dibbesu kāmesu, ratiṃ so nādhigacchati;

, the wise one finds no delight even in heavenly sensual pleasures.

Taṇhakkhayarato hoti, sammāsambuddhasāvako.

He is one who delights in the ending of craving, a disciple of the Rightly Self-Awakened One.

188.

Bahuṃ ve saraṇaṃ yanti, pabbatāni vanāni ca;

They go to many a refuge, to mountains & forests,

Ārāmarukkhacetyāni, manussā bhayatajjitā.

to park & tree shrines: people threatened with danger.

189.

Netaṃ kho saraṇaṃ khemaṃ, netaṃ saraṇamuttamaṃ;

That’s not the secure refuge, not the supreme refuge,

Netaṃ saraṇamāgamma, sabbadukkhā pamuccati.

that’s not the refuge, having gone to which, you gain release from all suffering & stress.

190.

Yo ca buddhañca dhammañca, saṅghañca saraṇaṃ gato;

But when, having gone to the Buddha, Dhamma, & Sangha for refuge,

Cattāri ariyasaccāni, sammappaññāya passati.

you see with right discernment the four noble truths—

191.

Dukkhaṃ dukkhasamuppādaṃ, dukkhassa ca atikkamaṃ;

stress, the cause of stress, the transcending of stress,

Ariyaṃ caṭṭhaṅgikaṃ maggaṃ, dukkhūpasamagāminaṃ.

& the noble eightfold path, the way to the stilling of stress:

192.

Etaṃ kho saraṇaṃ khemaṃ, etaṃ saraṇamuttamaṃ;

that’s the secure refuge, that, the supreme refuge,

Etaṃ saraṇamāgamma, sabbadukkhā pamuccati.

that is the refuge, having gone to which, you gain release from all suffering & stress.

193.

Dullabho purisājañño, na so sabbattha jāyati;

It’s hard to come by a thoroughbred of a man. It’s simply not true that he’s born everywhere.

Yattha so jāyati dhīro, taṃ kulaṃ sukhamedhati.

Wherever he’s born, an enlightened one, the family prospers, is happy.

194.

Sukho buddhānamuppādo, sukhā saddhammadesanā;

A blessing: the arising of Awakened Ones. A blessing: the teaching of true Dhamma.

Sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī, samaggānaṃ tapo sukho.

A blessing: the concord of the Sangha. The austerity of those in concord is a blessing.

195.

Pūjārahe pūjayato, buddhe yadi va sāvake;

If you worship those worthy of worship, —Awakened Ones or their disciples—

Papañcasamatikkante, tiṇṇasokapariddave.

who’ve transcended objectification, crossed over lamentation & grief,

196.

Te tādise pūjayato, nibbute akutobhaye;

who are unendangered, fearless, unbound:

Na sakkā puññaṃ saṅkhātuṃ, imettamapi kenaci.

there’s no measure for reckoning that your merit’s ‘this much.’

Buddhavaggo cuddasamo niṭṭhito.