[The Buddha admonished me:]
Gutta, devote yourself to the goal
for which you went forth,
having discarded [hope]
for a dear son of your own.
Don't fall under the sway
of the mind.Hoodwinked by mind,
beings in love with Mara's realm,
roam
through the many-birth wandering-on,
unknowing.Abandoning these lower fetters, nun —
sensual desire, ill will,
self-identity views,grasping at precepts & practices,
and uncertainty as the fifth —
you won't come
to this again.Forsaking passion, conceit,
ignorance, & restlessness
—cutting through [all] the fetters —
you will make an end
of suffering & stress.Discarding birth & wandering-on,
comprehending further becoming,
free from hunger
in the right-here-&-now
you will go about
totally calmed.
thig.6.7 Therigatha
Gutta
- Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu
- Editor: Ayya Kathrin Vimalañāṇī
Guttā
Guttā, you have given up your child,your wealth, and all that you love.
Foster the goal for which you went forth;
do not fall under the mind’s control.
Beings deceived by the mind,
playing in Māra’s domain,
ignorant, they journey on,
transmigrating through countless rebirths.
Sensual desire and ill will,
and identity view;
misapprehension of precepts and observances,
and doubt as the fifth.
O nun, when you have given up
these lower fetters,
you won’t come back
to this world again.
And when you’re rid of desire,
conceit, ignorance, and restlessness,
having cut the fetters,
you’ll make an end to suffering.
Having wiped out transmigration,
and fully understood rebirth,
hungerless in this very life,
you will live at peace.