Saŋyutta Nikāya,
V: MahāVagga
45. Magga Saŋyutta
Suriyassa-Peyyālo
Rāgavinaya-nissitaṃ

The Sun — Repetition

II: Restraint of Passion

Sutta 57

Sīlam Suttaṃ

Possession of Ethics

Translated from the Pali by Michael Olds

[1][pts][bodh] Cast in Sāvatthi.

As the sun's rise, beggars,
is forcast,
is predicted by
the dawn,
in the same way, beggars,
here the arising in a beggar of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way
is forcast,
is predicted by
possession of ethics.

This possession of ethics of a beggar, beggars,
is certain to result in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way
the making of a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way.

And how, beggars, does a beggar's possession of ethics
result in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
make a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way?

Here beggars, a beggar
lives high view
completely disciplining passion,
completely disciplining anger,
completely disciplining stupidity;
lives high principles
completely disciplining passion,
completely disciplining anger,
completely disciplining stupidity;
lives high talk
completely disciplining passion,
completely disciplining anger,
completely disciplining stupidity;
lives high works
completely disciplining passion,
completely disciplining anger,
completely disciplining stupidity;
lives high lifestyle
completely disciplining passion,
completely disciplining anger,
completely disciplining stupidity;
lives high self-control
completely disciplining passion,
completely disciplining anger,
completely disciplining stupidity;
lives high mind
completely disciplining passion,
completely disciplining anger,
completely disciplining stupidity;
lives high getting high
completely disciplining passion,
completely disciplining anger,
completely disciplining stupidity.

This is how, beggars, a beggar's possession of ethics
results in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
makes a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way?