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Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.17

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2. Nandanavagga

2. The Garden of Delight

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Dukkarasutta

Hard to Do

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“Dukkaraṁ duttitikkhañca,

“Hard to do, hard to endure,

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abyattena ca sāmaññaṁ;

is the ascetic life for the inept,

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Bahūhi tattha sambādhā,

for it has many narrow passes

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yattha bālo visīdatī”ti.

where the fool founders.”

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“Katihaṁ careyya sāmaññaṁ,

“How many days could an ascetic live

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cittañce na nivāraye;

without controlling the mind?

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Pade pade visīdeyya,

They’d founder with each step,

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saṅkappānaṁ vasānugoti.

under the sway of thoughts.

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Kummova aṅgāni sake kapāle,

A mendicant should collect their thoughts

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Samodahaṁ bhikkhu manovitakke;

as a tortoise draws its limbs into its shell.

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Anissito aññamaheṭhayāno,

Independent, not disturbing others,

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Parinibbuto nūpavadeyya kañcī”ti.

quenched: they wouldn’t blame anyone.”