Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saṃyutta
4. Paṭipatti Vagga: Suriyassa Peyyāla
1. Viveka-Nissitaṃ
The Sun — Repetition
I: Seated in Seclusion
Sutta 53
Diṭṭhi Suttaṃ
Possession of View
Translated from the Pali
by
Michael M. Olds
"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 view.
This possession of view 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 view
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
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;
Lives high principles
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;
Lives high talk
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;
Lives high works
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;
Lives high lifestyle
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;
Lives high self-control
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;
Lives high mind
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;
Lives high getting high
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender.
This is how, beggars, a beggar's possession of view
result in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
makes a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way."