sn.1.81 Saṁyutta Nikāya (Linked Discourses)

Without Conflict

“Who here in the world are placid?
Whose mode of life is not squandered?
Who here fully understand desire?
Who enjoy perpetual freedom?

“Whom do parents and brothers worship
When he stands firmly established?
Who is the one of humble birth
That even khattiyas here salute?”

“Ascetics are placid in the world;
The ascetic life is not squandered;
Ascetics fully understand desire;
They enjoy perpetual freedom.

“Parents and brothers worship an ascetic
When he stands firmly established.
Though an ascetic be of humble birth
Even khattiyas here salute him.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Bodhi

- Editor: Blake Walsh

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Without Conflict

“Who in the world has no conflict?
Whose life is not lost?
Who here completely understands desire?
Who always lives as their own master?
To whom do mother, father, and brothers
bow when they’re established?
Who here, though of low birth,
is bowed to even by aristocrats?”
“Ascetics have no conflict in the world.
The life of ascetics is not lost.
Ascetics completely understand desire.
Ascetics always live as their own master.
Mother, father, and brothers
bow to ascetics when they’re established.
Even though an ascetic is of low birth,
they’re bowed to even by aristocrats.”





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