Tissa Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

[1][rhyc][bodh] EVAṀ ME SUTAṀ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati,||
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

[282] [2][rhyc] Atha kho āyasmā Tisso Bhagavato pitu-c-chā-putto yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṁ nisīdi,||
dukkhī dummano assūni pavattayamāno.|| ||

[3][rhyc] Atha kho Bhagavā āyasmantaṁ Tissaṁ etad avoca:|| ||

"Kiṁ nu kho tvaṁ Tissa,||
eka-m-antaṁ nisinno||
dukkhī dummano assūni pavattayamāno" ti?|| ||

[4][rhyc] "Tathā hi pana maṁ bhante,||
bhikkhū samantā vācāya sannitodakena sañjambhariṁ akaṁsū" ti.|| ||

[5][rhyc] "Tathā hi pana tvaṁ Tissa,||
vattā no ca vacana-k-khamo.|| ||

[6][rhyc] Na kho te taṁ Tissa,||
patirūpaṁ kula-puttassa saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabba-jitassa,||
yaṁ tvaṁ vattā no vacana-k-khamo.|| ||

Etaṁ kho te Tissa,||
patirūpaṁ kula-puttassa saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabba-jitassa,||
yaṁ tvaṁ vattā assa vacana-k-khamo cā" ti.|| ||

[7][rhyc] Idam avoca Bhagavā.|| ||

Idaṁ vatvāna Sugato athāparaṁ etad avoca Satthā:|| ||

Kiṁ nu kujjhasi mā kujjhi||
Akodho Tissa te varaṁ,||
Kodhamānamakkha-vinayatthaṁ hi||
Tissa Brahma-cariyaṁ vussatī' ti.|| ||