At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof. Then Mahāpajāpati Gotamī went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him: “Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”
“Gotamī, you might know that certain things lead to passion, not dispassion; to yoking, not to unyoking; to accumulation, not dispersal;
PL
“Ye kho tvaṁ, gotami, dhamme jāneyyāsi: ‘ime dhammā sarāgāya saṁvattanti, no virāgāya; saṁyogāya saṁvattanti, no visaṁyogāya; ācayāya saṁvattanti, no apacayāya;
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to more desires, not fewer; to lack of contentment, not contentment; to crowding, not seclusion; to laziness, not energy;
PL
mahicchatāya saṁvattanti, no appicchatāya; asantuṭṭhiyā saṁvattanti, no santuṭṭhiyā; saṅgaṇikāya saṁvattanti, no pavivekāya; kosajjāya saṁvattanti, no vīriyārambhāya;
EN
to being burdensome, not being unburdensome. Categorically, you should remember these things as not the teaching, not the training, and not the Teacher’s instructions. You might know that certain things
PL
dubbharatāya saṁvattanti, no subharatāyā’ti, ekaṁsena, gotami, dhāreyyāsi: ‘neso dhammo, neso vinayo, netaṁ satthusāsanan’ti. Ye ca kho tvaṁ, gotami, dhamme jāneyyāsi:
EN
lead to dispassion, not passion; to unyoking, not to yoking; to dispersal, not accumulation; to fewer desires, not more;
PL
‘ime dhammā virāgāya saṁvattanti, no sarāgāya; visaṁyogāya saṁvattanti, no saṁyogāya; apacayāya saṁvattanti, no ācayāya; appicchatāya saṁvattanti, no mahicchatāya;
EN
to contentment, not lack of contentment; to seclusion, not crowding; to energy, not laziness; to being unburdensome, not being burdensome.
PL
santuṭṭhiyā saṁvattanti, no asantuṭṭhiyā; pavivekāya saṁvattanti, no saṅgaṇikāya; vīriyārambhāya saṁvattanti, no kosajjāya; subharatāya saṁvattanti, no dubbharatāyā’ti,
EN
Categorically, you should remember these things as the teaching, the training, and the Teacher’s instructions.”
At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof. Then Mahāpajāpati Gotamī went up to the Buddha, bowed, stood to one side, and said to him: “Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”
“Gotamī, you might know that certain things lead to passion, not dispassion; to yoking, not to unyoking; to accumulation, not dispersal;
PL
“Ye kho tvaṁ, gotami, dhamme jāneyyāsi: ‘ime dhammā sarāgāya saṁvattanti, no virāgāya; saṁyogāya saṁvattanti, no visaṁyogāya; ācayāya saṁvattanti, no apacayāya;
EN
to more desires, not fewer; to lack of contentment, not contentment; to crowding, not seclusion; to laziness, not energy;
PL
mahicchatāya saṁvattanti, no appicchatāya; asantuṭṭhiyā saṁvattanti, no santuṭṭhiyā; saṅgaṇikāya saṁvattanti, no pavivekāya; kosajjāya saṁvattanti, no vīriyārambhāya;
EN
to being burdensome, not being unburdensome. Categorically, you should remember these things as not the teaching, not the training, and not the Teacher’s instructions. You might know that certain things
PL
dubbharatāya saṁvattanti, no subharatāyā’ti, ekaṁsena, gotami, dhāreyyāsi: ‘neso dhammo, neso vinayo, netaṁ satthusāsanan’ti. Ye ca kho tvaṁ, gotami, dhamme jāneyyāsi:
EN
lead to dispassion, not passion; to unyoking, not to yoking; to dispersal, not accumulation; to fewer desires, not more;
PL
‘ime dhammā virāgāya saṁvattanti, no sarāgāya; visaṁyogāya saṁvattanti, no saṁyogāya; apacayāya saṁvattanti, no ācayāya; appicchatāya saṁvattanti, no mahicchatāya;
EN
to contentment, not lack of contentment; to seclusion, not crowding; to energy, not laziness; to being unburdensome, not being burdensome.
PL
santuṭṭhiyā saṁvattanti, no asantuṭṭhiyā; pavivekāya saṁvattanti, no saṅgaṇikāya; vīriyārambhāya saṁvattanti, no kosajjāya; subharatāya saṁvattanti, no dubbharatāyā’ti,
EN
Categorically, you should remember these things as the teaching, the training, and the Teacher’s instructions.”
Sutraya