Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
45. Magga Saṃyutta
4. Paṭipatti Vagga: Suriyassa Peyyāla
2. Rāga-Vinaya-Nissitaṃ
The Sun — Repetition
II: Disciplining Passion
Sutta 56
Kalyāṇa-Mittatā Suttaṃ
Friendship with the Good
Translated from the Pali
by
Michael M. Olds
[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
friendship with the good.
This friendship with the good of a beggar, beggars,
is certain to result in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way
the making a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way.
And how, beggars, does a beggar's friendship with the good
result in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
the making 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 friendship with the good
results in the living of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way,
makes a big thing of
the Aristocratic Eight-dimensional High Way."
