With Vāsudatta

Vāsudattasutta

With Vāsudatta

Vāsudattasutta

EN
Standing to one side, the godling Vāsudatta spoke this verse in the Buddha’s presence: “Like they’re struck by a sword, like their head was on fire, a mendicant should wander mindful,
PL
Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho vāsudatto devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi: “Sattiyā viya omaṭṭho, ḍayhamānova matthake; Kāmarāgappahānāya,
EN
to give up sensual desire.” “Like they’re struck by a sword, like their head was on fire, a mendicant should wander mindful,
PL
sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti. “Sattiyā viya omaṭṭho, ḍayhamānova matthake; Sakkāyadiṭṭhippahānāya,
EN
to give up substantialist view.”
PL
sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.

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

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