“Without having enjoyed
(sensual pleasures),
you go for alms, monk.
You don’t go for alms
after having enjoyed.
Having enjoyed, monk,
then go for alms.
Don’t let time pass you by.”
Ven. Samiddhi:
“I don’t know my time.
My time
is hidden.
It can’t be seen.
That’s why, not having enjoyed,
I go for alms:
Don’t let my time pass me by.”
“Perceiving in terms of signs, beings
take a stand on signs.
Not fully comprehending signs, they
come into the bonds
of death.
But fully comprehending signs, one
doesn’t suppose
a signifier.1
Yet nothing exists for him
by which one would say,
‘To him no thought occurs.’
If you know this, spirit, then say so.”
The Buddha:
“Whoever supposes
‘equal,’
‘superior,’ or
‘inferior,’
by that he’d dispute.
Whereas to one unaffected by these three,
‘equal’
‘superior’
do not occur.2
If you know this, spirit, then say so.”
The Buddha:
“Having
shed classifications,
gone beyond conceit,
he has here
cut
through craving
for name
& form:
This one—
his bonds cut through,
free
from trouble,
from longing—
though they search, they can’t find him,
human beings & devas,
here & beyond,
in heaven
or any abode.3
If you know this, spirit, then say so.”
In all the world,
every world,
you should do no evil
with speech,
body,
or mind.
Having abandoned sensuality
—mindful, alert—
don’t consort
with suffering & stress,
with what doesn’t pertain
to the goal.”4
Notes
1. This verse is from Iti 63.
2. This verse is from Sn 4:9.
3. This verse is also found in SN 1:40.
4. This verse is also found in SN 1:34.
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