Nakula’s Father 14.1-6
Nakulapitusutta 14.1-6
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14.1
Kathañca, gahapati, āturakāyo hi kho hoti no ca āturacitto?
And how is one ailing in body and healthy in mind?
14.2
Idha, gahapati, sutavā ariyasāvako ariyānaṃ dassāvī ariyadhammassa kovido ariyadhamme suvinīto sappurisānaṃ dassāvī sappurisadhammassa kovido sappurisadhamme suvinīto
It’s when a learned noble disciple has seen the noble ones, and is skilled and trained in the teaching of the noble ones. They’ve seen true persons, and are skilled and trained in the teaching of the true persons.
14.3
na rūpaṃ attato samanupassati, na rūpavantaṃ vā attānaṃ; na attani vā rūpaṃ, na rūpasmiṃ vā attānaṃ.
They don’t regard form as self, self as having form, form in self, or self in form.
14.4
‘Ahaṃ rūpaṃ, mama rūpan’ti na pariyuṭṭhaṭṭhāyī hoti.
They’re not obsessed with the thought: ‘I am form, form is mine!’
14.5
Tassa ‘ahaṃ rūpaṃ, mama rūpan’ti apariyuṭṭhaṭṭhāyino, taṃ rūpaṃ vipariṇamati aññathā hoti.
So when that form of theirs decays and perishes,
14.6
Tassa rūpavipariṇāmaññathābhāvā nuppajjanti sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā.
it doesn’t give rise to sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress.
Translations (3)
- Nakulapitā — sr
- Nakula’s Father — English
- Nakulas Vater — German