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Sutta Nipata 5.13: Bhadravudhamanavapuccha

by The Buddha (attributed) traditionally 5th century BCE; the Dhammapada compiled c. 3rd century BCE

Translated by V. Fausböll (1881) · From The Sutta-Nipata (1881)

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‘I entreat the wise (Buddha), the houseless, who cuts off desire,’—so (said) the venerable Bhadravudha,—‘who is free from commotion, forsakes joy, has crossed the stream, is liberated, and who leaves time behind; having heard the chief (word), they will go away from here.

‘Different people have come together from the provinces, longing (to hear) thy speech, O hero; do thou expound it thoroughly to them, for this Dhamma is well known to thee.’

‘Let one wholly subdue the desire of grasping (after everything),—O Bhadravudha,’ so said Bhagavat,—‘above, below, across, and in the middle; for whatever they grasp after in the world, just by that Mara follows the man.

‘Therefore, knowing this, let not the thoughtful Bhikkhu grasp after anything in all the world, considering as creatures of desire this generation, sticking fast in the realm of death.’

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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The Buddha (attributed). “Sutta Nipata 5.13: Bhadravudhamanavapuccha.” Translated by V. Fausböll. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/buddha/92/.

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The Buddha (attributed). “Sutta Nipata 5.13: Bhadravudhamanavapuccha.” Translated by V. Fausböll. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/buddha/92/.

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