Cakkavattisutta 1.1-16
Cakkavattisutta 1.1-16
- Language
- Pāli
1.1
Evaṃ me sutaṃ—
So I have heard.
1.2
ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā magadhesu viharati mātulāyaṃ.
At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Magadhans at Mātulā.
1.3
Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:
There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,
1.4
“bhikkhavo”ti.
“Mendicants!”
1.5
“Bhaddante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.
“Venerable sir,” they replied.
1.6
Bhagavā etadavoca:
The Buddha said this:
1.7
“Attadīpā, bhikkhave, viharatha attasaraṇā anaññasaraṇā, dhammadīpā dhammasaraṇā anaññasaraṇā.
“Mendicants, live as your own island, your own refuge, with no other refuge. Let the teaching be your island and your refuge, with no other refuge.
1.8
Kathañca pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attadīpo viharati attasaraṇo anaññasaraṇo, dhammadīpo dhammasaraṇo anaññasaraṇo?
And how does a mendicant do this?
1.9
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ.
They meditate observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
1.10
Vedanāsu vedanānupassī …pe…
They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …
1.11
citte cittānupassī …pe…
mind …
1.12
dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṃ.
principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
1.13
Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attadīpo viharati attasaraṇo anaññasaraṇo, dhammadīpo dhammasaraṇo anaññasaraṇo.
That’s how a mendicant lives with themselves as island and refuge, without other refuge; with the teachings as island and refuge, without other refuge.
1.14
Gocare, bhikkhave, caratha sake pettike visaye.
You should roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers.
1.15
Gocare, bhikkhave, carataṃ sake pettike visaye na lacchati māro otāraṃ, na lacchati māro ārammaṇaṃ.
If you roam inside your own territory, the domain of your fathers, Māra won’t find a vulnerability or get an opportunity.
1.16
Kusalānaṃ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṃ samādānahetu evamidaṃ puññaṃ pavaḍḍhati.
It is due to undertaking skillful qualities that merit grows.
Translations (3)
- O vladaru koji pokreće točak istine — sr
- The Wheel-Turning Monarch — English
- Der Rad-drehende Herrscher — German
Commentaries (1)
- Sumaṅgalavilāsinī — Buddhaghosa, Pāli