{"id":"thag14.1","title":"Revata of the Acacia Wood","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag14.1","title":"Revata of the Acacia Wood","units":[{"id":"thag14.1:0","sourceIds":["thag14.1:0.1","thag14.1:0.2","thag14.1:0.3","thag14.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 14.1\nCuddasakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nKhadiravaniyarevatattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 14.1\nThe Book of the Fourteens\nChapter One\nRevata of the Acacia Wood"}},{"id":"thag14.1:1","sourceIds":["thag14.1:1.1","thag14.1:1.2","thag14.1:1.3","thag14.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yadā ahaṁ pabbajito,\nagārasmānagāriyaṁ;\nNābhijānāmi saṅkappaṁ,\nanariyaṁ dosasaṁhitaṁ.","en":"Since I’ve gone forth\nfrom the lay life to homelessness,\nI’ve not been aware of any thought\nthat is ignoble and hateful."}},{"id":"thag14.1:2","sourceIds":["thag14.1:2.1","thag14.1:2.2","thag14.1:2.3","thag14.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Ime haññantu vajjhantu,\ndukkhaṁ pappontu pāṇino’;\nSaṅkappaṁ nābhijānāmi,\nimasmiṁ dīghamantare.","en":"“May these beings be killed!\nMay they be slaughtered! May they suffer!”—\nI’ve not been aware of any such thought\nin all this long while."}},{"id":"thag14.1:3","sourceIds":["thag14.1:3.1","thag14.1:3.2","thag14.1:3.3","thag14.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mettañca abhijānāmi,\nappamāṇaṁ subhāvitaṁ;\nAnupubbaṁ paricitaṁ,\nyathā buddhena desitaṁ.","en":"I have been aware of loving-kindness,\nlimitless and well-developed;\ngradually consolidated\nas it was taught by the Buddha."}},{"id":"thag14.1:4","sourceIds":["thag14.1:4.1","thag14.1:4.2","thag14.1:4.3","thag14.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbamitto sabbasakho,\nsabbabhūtānukampako;\nMettacittañca bhāvemi,\nabyāpajjarato sadā.","en":"I’m friend and comrade to all,\nsympathetic for all beings!\nI develop a mind of love,\nalways delighting in harmlessness."}},{"id":"thag14.1:5","sourceIds":["thag14.1:5.1","thag14.1:5.2","thag14.1:5.3","thag14.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asaṁhīraṁ asaṅkuppaṁ,\ncittaṁ āmodayāmahaṁ;\nBrahmavihāraṁ bhāvemi,\nakāpurisasevitaṁ.","en":"The unfaltering, the unshakable:\nI gladden that mind.\nI develop a divine meditation,\nwhich reprobates do not cultivate."}},{"id":"thag14.1:6","sourceIds":["thag14.1:6.1","thag14.1:6.2","thag14.1:6.3","thag14.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Avitakkaṁ samāpanno,\nsammāsambuddhasāvako;\nAriyena tuṇhībhāvena,\nupeto hoti tāvade.","en":"When in a meditation  free of placing the mind,\na disciple of the Buddha\nis at that moment blessed\nwith noble silence."}},{"id":"thag14.1:7","sourceIds":["thag14.1:7.1","thag14.1:7.2","thag14.1:7.3","thag14.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathāpi pabbato selo,\nacalo suppatiṭṭhito;\nEvaṁ mohakkhayā bhikkhu,\npabbatova na vedhati.","en":"As a rocky mountain\nis unwavering and well grounded,\nso when delusion ends,\na monk, like a mountain, doesn’t tremble."}},{"id":"thag14.1:8","sourceIds":["thag14.1:8.1","thag14.1:8.2","thag14.1:8.3","thag14.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anaṅgaṇassa posassa,\nniccaṁ sucigavesino;\nVālaggamattaṁ pāpassa,\nabbhamattaṁva khāyati.","en":"To the man who has not a blemish,\nwho is always seeking purity,\neven a hair-tip of evil\nseems as big as a stormcloud."}},{"id":"thag14.1:9","sourceIds":["thag14.1:9.1","thag14.1:9.2","thag14.1:9.3","thag14.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nagaraṁ yathā paccantaṁ,\nguttaṁ santarabāhiraṁ;\nEvaṁ gopetha attānaṁ,\nkhaṇo vo mā upaccagā.","en":"As a frontier city\nis guarded inside and out,\nso you should ward yourselves—\ndon’t let the moment pass you by."}},{"id":"thag14.1:10","sourceIds":["thag14.1:10.1","thag14.1:10.2","thag14.1:10.3","thag14.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nābhinandāmi maraṇaṁ,\nnābhinandāmi jīvitaṁ;\nKālañca paṭikaṅkhāmi,\nnibbisaṁ bhatako yathā.","en":"I don’t long for death;\nI don’t long for life;\nI await my time,\nlike a worker waiting for their wages."}},{"id":"thag14.1:11","sourceIds":["thag14.1:11.1","thag14.1:11.2","thag14.1:11.3","thag14.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nābhinandāmi maraṇaṁ,\n… pe\n…\nsampajāno patissato.","en":"I don’t long for death;\nI don’t long for life;\nI await my time,\naware and mindful."}},{"id":"thag14.1:12","sourceIds":["thag14.1:12.1","thag14.1:12.2","thag14.1:12.3","thag14.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pariciṇṇo mayā satthā,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ;\nOhito garuko bhāro,\nbhavanetti samūhatā.","en":"I’ve served the Teacher\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.\nThe heavy burden is laid down,\nthe leash to existence is eradicated."}},{"id":"thag14.1:13","sourceIds":["thag14.1:13.1","thag14.1:13.2","thag14.1:13.3","thag14.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa catthāya pabbajito,\nagārasmānagāriyaṁ;\nSo me attho anuppatto,\nsabbasaṁyojanakkhayo.","en":"I’ve attained the goal\nfor the sake of which I went forth\nfrom the lay life to homelessness—\nthe ending of all fetters."}},{"id":"thag14.1:14","sourceIds":["thag14.1:14.1","thag14.1:14.2","thag14.1:14.3","thag14.1:14.4","thag14.1:14.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sampādethappamādena,\nesā me anusāsanī;\nHandāhaṁ parinibbissaṁ,\nvippamuttomhi sabbadhī”ti.\n… Khadiravaniyarevato thero ….","en":"Persist with diligence:\nthis is my instruction.\nCome, I’ll be fully quenched—\nI’m liberated in every way."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag14.1/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."}