Mahagovindasutta 46.1-23

Mahāgovindasutta 46.1-23

Language: Pāli

46.1

“‘Hitvā mamattan’ti ahaṃ, bhoto, ājānāmi.

“Sir, I understand what ‘giving up possessiveness’ means.
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Idhekacco appaṃ vā bhogakkhandhaṃ pahāya mahantaṃ vā bhogakkhandhaṃ pahāya appaṃ vā ñātiparivaṭṭaṃ pahāya mahantaṃ vā ñātiparivaṭṭaṃ pahāya kesamassuṃ ohāretvā kāsāyāni vatthāni acchādetvā agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajati,

It’s when someone gives up a large or small fortune, and a large or small family circle. They shave off hair and beard, dress in ocher robes, and go forth from the lay life to homelessness.
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46.3

iti ‘hitvā mamattan’ti ahaṃ, bhoto, ājānāmi.

That’s how I understand ‘giving up possessiveness’.
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46.4

‘Ekodibhūto’ti ahaṃ, bhoto, ājānāmi.

Sir, I understand what ‘at one’ means.
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46.5

Idhekacco vivittaṃ senāsanaṃ bhajati araññaṃ rukkhamūlaṃ pabbataṃ kandaraṃ giriguhaṃ susānaṃ vanapatthaṃ abbhokāsaṃ palālapuñjaṃ,

It’s when someone frequents a secluded lodging—a wilderness, the root of a tree, a hill, a ravine, a mountain cave, a charnel ground, a forest, the open air, a heap of straw.
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46.6

iti ‘ekodibhūto’ti ahaṃ, bhoto, ājānāmi.

That’s how I understand ‘at one’.
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46.7

‘Karuṇedhimutto’ti ahaṃ, bhoto, ājānāmi.

Sir, I understand what ‘compassionate’ means.
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46.8

Idhekacco karuṇāsahagatena cetasā ekaṃ disaṃ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṃ, tathā tatiyaṃ, tathā catutthaṃ. Iti uddhamadhotiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṃ lokaṃ karuṇāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati.

It’s when someone meditates spreading a heart full of compassion to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of compassion to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.
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