With Subrahmā

Subrahmasutta

With Subrahmā

Subrahmasutta

EN
Standing to one side, the godling Subrahmā addressed the Buddha in verse: “This mind is always anxious, this mind is always stressed about stresses that haven’t arisen
PL
Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho subrahmā devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi: “Niccaṁ utrastamidaṁ cittaṁ, niccaṁ ubbiggamidaṁ mano; Anuppannesu kicchesu,
EN
and those that have. If there is a state free of anxiety, please answer my question.” “Not without understanding and fervor,
PL
atho uppatitesu ca; Sace atthi anutrastaṁ, taṁ me akkhāhi pucchito”ti. “Nāññatra bojjhā tapasā,
EN
not without restraining the sense faculties, not without letting go of everything, do I see safety for living creatures.” That is what the Buddha said. …
PL
nāññatrindriyasaṁvarā; Nāññatra sabbanissaggā, sotthiṁ passāmi pāṇinan”ti. Idamavoca …pe…
EN
The godling vanished right there.
PL
tatthevantaradhāyīti.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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