{"id":"thag8.1","title":"Mahākaccāna","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag8.1","title":"Mahākaccāna","units":[{"id":"thag8.1:0","sourceIds":["thag8.1:0.1","thag8.1:0.2","thag8.1:0.3","thag8.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 8.1\nAṭṭhakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nMahākaccāyanattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 8.1\nThe Book of the Eights\nChapter One\nMahākaccāna"}},{"id":"thag8.1:1","sourceIds":["thag8.1:1.1","thag8.1:1.2","thag8.1:1.3","thag8.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kammaṁ bahukaṁ na kāraye,\nParivajjeyya janaṁ na uyyame;\nSo ussukko rasānugiddho,\nAtthaṁ riñcati yo sukhādhivāho.","en":"Don’t get involved in lots of work,\navoid people, and don’t try to acquire things.\nIf you’re eager and greedy for flavors,\nyou’ll miss the goal that brings such happiness."}},{"id":"thag8.1:2","sourceIds":["thag8.1:2.1","thag8.1:2.2","thag8.1:2.3","thag8.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paṅkoti hi naṁ avedayuṁ,\nYāyaṁ vandanapūjanā kulesu;\nSukhumaṁ sallaṁ durubbahaṁ,\nSakkāro kāpurisena dujjaho.","en":"They know it really is a bog,\nthis homage and veneration in respectable families.\nHonor is a subtle dart, hard to extract,\nand hard for a reprobate to give up."}},{"id":"thag8.1:3","sourceIds":["thag8.1:3.1","thag8.1:3.2","thag8.1:3.3","thag8.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na parassupanidhāya,\nkammaṁ maccassa pāpakaṁ;\nAttanā taṁ na seveyya,\nkammabandhū hi mātiyā.","en":"The deeds of a mortal aren’t bad\nbecause of what others do.\nYou yourself should not do bad,\nfor mortals have deeds as their kin."}},{"id":"thag8.1:4","sourceIds":["thag8.1:4.1","thag8.1:4.2","thag8.1:4.3","thag8.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na pare vacanā coro,\nna pare vacanā muni;\nAttā ca naṁ yathāvedi,\ndevāpi naṁ tathā vidū.","en":"You’re not a bandit because of what someone says,\nyou’re not a sage because of what someone says;\nbut as you know yourself,\nso the gods will know you."}},{"id":"thag8.1:5","sourceIds":["thag8.1:5.1","thag8.1:5.2","thag8.1:5.3","thag8.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pare ca na vijānanti,\nmayamettha yamāmase;\nYe ca tattha vijānanti,\ntato sammanti medhagā.","en":"When others do not understand,\nlet us, who do understand this,\nrestrain ourselves in this regard;\nfor that is how conflicts are laid to rest."}},{"id":"thag8.1:6","sourceIds":["thag8.1:6.1","thag8.1:6.2","thag8.1:6.3","thag8.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jīvate vāpi sappañño,\napi vittaparikkhayo;\nPaññāya ca alābhena,\nvittavāpi na jīvati.","en":"A wise person lives on\neven after loss of wealth;\nbut without gaining wisdom,\neven a rich person doesn’t really live."}},{"id":"thag8.1:7","sourceIds":["thag8.1:7.1","thag8.1:7.2","thag8.1:7.3","thag8.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbaṁ suṇāti sotena,\nsabbaṁ passati cakkhunā;\nNa ca diṭṭhaṁ sutaṁ dhīro,\nsabbaṁ ujjhitumarahati.","en":"All is heard with the ear,\nall is seen with the eye;\nthe attentive ought not discard\nall that is seen and heard."}},{"id":"thag8.1:8","sourceIds":["thag8.1:8.1","thag8.1:8.2","thag8.1:8.3","thag8.1:8.4","thag8.1:8.5","thag8.1:8.6","thag8.1:8.7"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cakkhumāssa yathā andho,\nsotavā badhiro yathā;\nPaññavāssa yathā mūgo,\nbalavā dubbaloriva;\nAtha atthe samuppanne,\nsayetha matasāyikan”ti.\n… Mahākaccāyano thero ….","en":"Though you have eyes, be as if blind;\nthough you have ears, be as if deaf;\nthough you have wisdom, be as if dumb;\nthough you have strength, be as if feeble.\nAnd when issues come up\nlie as still as a corpse."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag8.1/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."}