{"id":"thag10.6","title":"Upasena son of Vaṅgantā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag10.6","title":"Upasena son of Vaṅgantā","units":[{"id":"thag10.6:0","sourceIds":["thag10.6:0.1","thag10.6:0.2","thag10.6:0.3","thag10.6:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 10.6\nDasakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nVaṅgantaputtaupasenattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 10.6\nThe Book of the Tens\nChapter One\nUpasena son of Vaṅgantā"}},{"id":"thag10.6:1","sourceIds":["thag10.6:1.1","thag10.6:1.2","thag10.6:1.3","thag10.6:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Vivittaṁ appanigghosaṁ,\nvāḷamiganisevitaṁ;\nSeve senāsanaṁ bhikkhu,\npaṭisallānakāraṇā.","en":"In order to go on retreat,\na monk should stay in lodgings\nthat are secluded and quiet,\nfrequented by beasts of prey."}},{"id":"thag10.6:2","sourceIds":["thag10.6:2.1","thag10.6:2.2","thag10.6:2.3","thag10.6:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅkārapuñjā āhatvā,\nsusānā rathiyāhi ca;\nTato saṅghāṭikaṁ katvā,\nlūkhaṁ dhāreyya cīvaraṁ.","en":"Having gathered scraps from rubbish heaps,\ncemeteries and streets,\nand making an outer robe from them,\none should wear that coarse robe."}},{"id":"thag10.6:3","sourceIds":["thag10.6:3.1","thag10.6:3.2","thag10.6:3.3","thag10.6:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nīcaṁ manaṁ karitvāna,\nsapadānaṁ kulā kulaṁ;\nPiṇḍikāya care bhikkhu,\nguttadvāro susaṁvuto.","en":"Humbling their heart,\na mendicant should walk for alms\nfrom family to family indiscriminately,\nwith sense doors guarded, well-restrained."}},{"id":"thag10.6:4","sourceIds":["thag10.6:4.1","thag10.6:4.2","thag10.6:4.3","thag10.6:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Lūkhenapi vā santusse,\nnāññaṁ patthe rasaṁ bahuṁ;\nRasesu anugiddhassa,\njhāne na ramatī mano.","en":"They should be content even with coarse food,\nnot hoping for lots of flavors.\nThe mind that’s greedy for flavors\ndoesn’t enjoy absorption."}},{"id":"thag10.6:5","sourceIds":["thag10.6:5.1","thag10.6:5.2","thag10.6:5.3","thag10.6:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appiccho ceva santuṭṭho,\npavivitto vase muni;\nAsaṁsaṭṭho gahaṭṭhehi,\nanāgārehi cūbhayaṁ.","en":"With few wishes, content,\na sage should live secluded,\nmixing with neither\nhouseholders nor the homeless."}},{"id":"thag10.6:6","sourceIds":["thag10.6:6.1","thag10.6:6.2","thag10.6:6.3","thag10.6:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā jaḷo va mūgo va,\nattānaṁ dassaye tathā;\nNātivelaṁ sambhāseyya,\nsaṅghamajjhamhi paṇḍito.","en":"They should present themselves\nas if stupid or dumb;\nan astute person would not speak overly long\nin the midst of the Saṅgha."}},{"id":"thag10.6:7","sourceIds":["thag10.6:7.1","thag10.6:7.2","thag10.6:7.3","thag10.6:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na so upavade kañci,\nupaghātaṁ vivajjaye;\nSaṁvuto pātimokkhasmiṁ,\nmattaññū cassa bhojane.","en":"They would not insult anyone,\nand would avoid causing damage.\nRestrained in the monastic code,\nthey would eat in moderation."}},{"id":"thag10.6:8","sourceIds":["thag10.6:8.1","thag10.6:8.2","thag10.6:8.3","thag10.6:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suggahītanimittassa,\ncittassuppādakovido;\nSamathaṁ anuyuñjeyya,\nkālena ca vipassanaṁ.","en":"Expert in the arising of thought,\nthey would grasp well the pattern of the mind.\nThey would be devoted to practicing\nserenity and discernment at the right time."}},{"id":"thag10.6:9","sourceIds":["thag10.6:9.1","thag10.6:9.2","thag10.6:9.3","thag10.6:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vīriyasātaccasampanno,\nyuttayogo sadā siyā;\nNa ca appatvā dukkhantaṁ,\nvissāsaṁ eyya paṇḍito.","en":"Though endowed with energy and persistence,\nand always devoted to meditation,\na wise person would not be too sure of themselves,\nuntil they have attained the end of suffering."}},{"id":"thag10.6:10","sourceIds":["thag10.6:10.1","thag10.6:10.2","thag10.6:10.3","thag10.6:10.4","thag10.6:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ viharamānassa,\nsuddhikāmassa bhikkhuno;\nKhīyanti āsavā sabbe,\nnibbutiñcādhigacchatī”ti.\n… Upaseno vaṅgantaputto thero ….","en":"For a mendicant who meditates in this way,\nlonging for purification,\nall their defilements wither away,\nand they realize quenching."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag10.6/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."}