{"id":"snp4.10","title":"Before the Breakup","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp4.10","title":"Before the Breakup","units":[{"id":"snp4.10:0","sourceIds":["snp4.10:0.1","snp4.10:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 4.10\nPurābhedasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 4.10\nBefore the Breakup"}},{"id":"snp4.10:1","sourceIds":["snp4.10:1.1","snp4.10:1.2","snp4.10:1.3","snp4.10:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁdassī kathaṁsīlo,\nupasantoti vuccati;\nTaṁ me gotama pabrūhi,\npucchito uttamaṁ naraṁ”.","en":"“Seeing how, behaving how,\nis one said to be at peace?\nWhen asked, Gotama, please tell me\nabout the ultimate person.”"}},{"id":"snp4.10:2","sourceIds":["snp4.10:2.1","snp4.10:2.2","snp4.10:2.3","snp4.10:2.4","snp4.10:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Vītataṇho purā bhedā,\n(iti bhagavā)\nPubbamantamanissito;\nVemajjhe nupasaṅkheyyo,\nTassa natthi purakkhataṁ.","en":"“Rid of craving before the breakup,”\nsaid the Buddha,\n“not dependent on the first beginning,\nunfathomable in the middle,\nthey are not governed by anything."}},{"id":"snp4.10:3","sourceIds":["snp4.10:3.1","snp4.10:3.2","snp4.10:3.3","snp4.10:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Akkodhano asantāsī,\navikatthī akukkuco;\nMantabhāṇī anuddhato,\nsa ve vācāyato muni.","en":"Unangry, unafraid,\nnot boastful or regretful,\nthoughtful in counsel, not restless—\ntruly that sage is controlled in speech."}},{"id":"snp4.10:4","sourceIds":["snp4.10:4.1","snp4.10:4.2","snp4.10:4.3","snp4.10:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nirāsatti anāgate,\natītaṁ nānusocati;\nVivekadassī phassesu,\ndiṭṭhīsu ca na nīyati.","en":"Rid of attachment to the future,\nthey don’t grieve for the past.\nA seer of seclusion in the midst of contacts\nis not led astray among views."}},{"id":"snp4.10:5","sourceIds":["snp4.10:5.1","snp4.10:5.2","snp4.10:5.3","snp4.10:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Patilīno akuhako,\napihālu amaccharī;\nAppagabbho ajeguccho,\npesuṇeyye ca no yuto.","en":"Withdrawn, free of deceit,\nthey’re not envious or stingy,\nnor rude or disgusting,\nor given to slander."}},{"id":"snp4.10:6","sourceIds":["snp4.10:6.1","snp4.10:6.2","snp4.10:6.3","snp4.10:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sātiyesu anassāvī,\natimāne ca no yuto;\nSaṇho ca paṭibhānavā,\nna saddho na virajjati.","en":"Not swept up in pleasures,\nor given to arrogance,\nthey’re gentle and articulate,\nneither hungering nor growing dispassionate."}},{"id":"snp4.10:7","sourceIds":["snp4.10:7.1","snp4.10:7.2","snp4.10:7.3","snp4.10:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Lābhakamyā na sikkhati,\nalābhe ca na kuppati;\nAviruddho ca taṇhāya,\nrasesu nānugijjhati.","en":"Not training for desire for profit,\nnor getting annoyed at lack of profit;\nthey are not hostile due to craving,\nfor they are not greedy for flavors."}},{"id":"snp4.10:8","sourceIds":["snp4.10:8.1","snp4.10:8.2","snp4.10:8.3","snp4.10:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upekkhako sadā sato,\nna loke maññate samaṁ;\nNa visesī na nīceyyo,\ntassa no santi ussadā.","en":"Equanimous, ever mindful,\nthey never conceive themselves in the world\nas equal, special, or less than;\nthey have no pretensions."}},{"id":"snp4.10:9","sourceIds":["snp4.10:9.1","snp4.10:9.2","snp4.10:9.3","snp4.10:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa nissayanā natthi,\nñatvā dhammaṁ anissito;\nBhavāya vibhavāya vā,\ntaṇhā yassa na vijjati.","en":"They have no dependencies,\nunderstanding the teaching, they are independent.\nNo craving is found in them\nto continue existence or to end it."}},{"id":"snp4.10:10","sourceIds":["snp4.10:10.1","snp4.10:10.2","snp4.10:10.3","snp4.10:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ brūmi upasantoti,\nKāmesu anapekkhinaṁ;\nGanthā tassa na vijjanti,\nAtarī so visattikaṁ.","en":"I declare them to be at peace,\nunconcerned for sensual pleasures.\nNo ties are found in them,\nthey have crossed over clinging."}},{"id":"snp4.10:11","sourceIds":["snp4.10:11.1","snp4.10:11.2","snp4.10:11.3","snp4.10:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na tassa puttā pasavo,\nKhettaṁ vatthuñca vijjati;\nAttā vāpi nirattā vā,\nNa tasmiṁ upalabbhati.","en":"They have no children or livestock,\nnor possess fields or lands.\nNo picking up or putting down\nis found in them."}},{"id":"snp4.10:12","sourceIds":["snp4.10:12.1","snp4.10:12.2","snp4.10:12.3","snp4.10:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yena naṁ vajjuṁ puthujjanā,\nAtho samaṇabrāhmaṇā;\nTaṁ tassa apurakkhataṁ,\nTasmā vādesu nejati.","en":"That by which one might describe\nan ordinary person or ascetics and brahmins\nhas no importance to them,\nwhich is why they’re unperturbed by words."}},{"id":"snp4.10:13","sourceIds":["snp4.10:13.1","snp4.10:13.2","snp4.10:13.3","snp4.10:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vītagedho amaccharī,\nNa ussesu vadate muni;\nNa samesu na omesu,\nKappaṁ neti akappiyo.","en":"Freed of greed, not stingy,\na sage doesn’t speak of themselves as being\namong superiors, inferiors, or equals.\nOne not prone to creation does not return to creation."}},{"id":"snp4.10:14","sourceIds":["snp4.10:14.1","snp4.10:14.2","snp4.10:14.3","snp4.10:14.4","snp4.10:14.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa loke sakaṁ natthi,\nAsatā ca na socati;\nDhammesu ca na gacchati,\nSa ve santoti vuccatī”ti.\nPurābhedasuttaṁ dasamaṁ.","en":"They who have nothing in the world of their own\ndo not grieve for that which is not,\nor drift among the teachings;\nthat’s who is said to be at peace.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp4.10/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}