Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saṃyutta
4. Paṭipatti Vagga: Suriyassa Peyyāla
1. Viveka-Nissitaṃ
The Sun — Repetition
I: Seated in Seclusion
Sutta 50
Sīla Suttaṃ
Possession of Ethics
Translated from the Pali
by
Michael M. 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
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 ethics
results in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
makes a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way."