Tripiṭaka 5. Attadīpavagga
5. Be Your Own Island
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yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
yadanattā taṁ ‘netaṁ mama, nesohamasmi, na meso attā’ti evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya daṭṭhabbaṁ.
And what’s not-self should be truly seen with right understanding like this: ‘This is not mine, I am not this, this is not my self.’
Evametaṁ yathābhūtaṁ sammappaññāya passato pubbantānudiṭṭhiyo na honti.
Seeing truly with right understanding like this, they have no theories about the first beginning.
Pubbantānudiṭṭhīnaṁ asati, aparantānudiṭṭhiyo na honti.
Not having theories about the first beginning, they have no theories about the final end.
Aparantānudiṭṭhīnaṁ asati, thāmaso parāmāso na hoti.
Not having theories about the final end, they don’t obstinately stick to them.
Thāmase parāmāse asati rūpasmiṁ …
Not misapprehending, the mind becomes dispassionate towards form,
viññāṇasmiṁ cittaṁ virajjati vimuccati anupādāya āsavehi.
and consciousness; it’s freed from defilements by not grasping.
Vimuttattā ṭhitaṁ. Ṭhitattā santusitaṁ. Santusitattā na paritassati. Aparitassaṁ paccattaññeva parinibbāyati.
Being free, it’s stable. Being stable, it’s content. Being content, they’re not anxious. Not being anxious, they personally become extinguished.
‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī”ti.
They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’”
Catutthaṁ.