Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saṁyutta
4. Paṭipatti Vagga: Suriyassa Peyyāla
1. Viveka-Nissitaṁ

The Sun — Repetition

I: Seated in Seclusion

Sutta 50

Sīla Suttaṁ

Possession of Ethics

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts][bodh] Cast in Sāvatthi.

"As the sun's rise, beggars,
is forecast,
is predicted by
the dawn,
in the same way, beggars,
here the arising in a beggar of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way
is forecast,
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 consummate view
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives consummate principles
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives consummate talk
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives consummate works
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives consummate lifestyle
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives consummate self-control
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives consummate mind
seated in seclusion,
seated in dispassion,
seated in ending;
culminating in surrender;

Lives consummate serenity
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."