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Dhamma Verses (Dhammapada, KN 2)

Pāli verses with English translation in this collection of 423 Dhamma verses, along with their story and moral.

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25: The Chapter about Monastics – 309<br />

370. Pañca chinde, pañca jahe, pañca cuttaribhāvaye,<br />

pañca saṅgātigo bhikkhu oghatiṇṇo ti vuccati.<br />

One should cut off five, abandon<br />

five and then cultivate five more,<br />

the monastic who surmounts five<br />

attachments is called flood-crosser.<br />

(Commentarial interpretation:<br />

One should cut off the five lower<br />

destinations, abandon the<br />

five lower fetters, cultivate<br />

five spiritual faculties;<br />

the monastic who surmounts the<br />

attachments of passion, hatred,<br />

delusion and conceit and views,<br />

is called one who has crossed the flood.)<br />

371. Jhāya, bhikkhu, mā ca pāmado,<br />

mā te kāmaguṇe bhamassu cittaṁ,<br />

mā lohaguḷaṁ gilī, pamatto,<br />

mā kandi: ‘Dukkham-idan’-ti ḍayhamāno.<br />

Meditate, monastic, don’t be heedless,<br />

don’t let your mind swirl in strands of desire,<br />

don’t, heedless, swallow a hot iron ball,<br />

do not, burning, cry: ‘This is suffering.’<br />

372. Natthi jhānaṁ apaññassa, paññā natthi ajhāyato,<br />

yamhi jhānañ-ca paññā ca sa ve Nibbānasantike.<br />

There’s no concentration for one without wisdom,<br />

there’s no wisdom for one without concentration,<br />

the one who has both concentration and wisdom<br />

is indeed in the presence of Nibbāna.

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