2:1 Gems

222[39] Whatever beings are gathered here,
whether of the earth or in the sky,
may all beings indeed be happy
and then listen carefully to what is said. (1)

223Therefore, O beings, all of you listen;
show loving-kindness to the human population,
who day and night bring you offerings;
therefore, being heedful, protect them. (2)

224Whatever treasure exists here or beyond,
or the sublime gem in the heavens,
there is none equal to the Tathāgata.
This too is the sublime gem in the Buddha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (3)

225Destruction, dispassion, the deathless, the sublime,
which Sakyamuni, concentrated, attained:
there is nothing equal to that Dhamma.
This too is the sublime gem in the Dhamma:
by this truth, may there be safety! (4)

226The purity that the supreme Buddha praised,
which they call concentration without interval — [40]
the equal of that concentration does not exist.
This too is the sublime gem in the Dhamma:
by this truth, may there be safety! (5)

227The eight persons praised by the good
constitute these four pairs.
These, worthy of offerings, are the Fortunate One’s disciples;
gifts given to them yield abundant fruit.
This too is the sublime gem in the Sangha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (6)

228Those who strived well with a firm mind,
who are desireless in Gotama’s teaching,
have reached attainment, having plunged into the deathless,
enjoying perfect peace obtained free of charge.
This too is the sublime gem in the Sangha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (7)

229As a gate post, planted in the ground,
would be unshakable by the four winds,
similarly I speak of the good person
who, having experienced them, sees the noble truths.
This too is the sublime gem in the Sangha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (8)

230Those who have cognized the noble truths
well taught by the one of deep wisdom,
even if they are extremely heedless,
do not take an eighth existence.
This too is the sublime gem in the Sangha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (9)

231Together with one’s achievement of vision
three things are discarded: [41]
the view of the personal entity and doubt,
and whatever good behavior and observances there are.
One is also freed from the four planes of miseryBe counts this line as the beginning of a new verse, which it numbers 234. Such a division seems arbitrary, even mistaken. I follow Ce and Ee, which treat this as a single verse of eight lines.
and is incapable of doing six deeds.
This too is the sublime gem in the Sangha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (10)

232Although one does a bad deed
by body, speech, or mind,
one is incapable of concealing it;
such inability is stated for one who has seen the state.
This too is the sublime gem in the Sangha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (11)

233Like a woodland thicket with flowering crests
in a summer month, in the first of the summer,
just so he taught the excellent Dhamma,
leading to nibbāna, for the supreme welfare.
This too is the sublime gem in the Buddha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (12)

234The excellent one, knower of the excellent,
giver of the excellent, bringer of the excellent,
the unsurpassed one taught the excellent Dhamma.
This too is the sublime gem in the Buddha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (13)

235The old is destroyed, there is no new origination,
their minds are dispassionate toward future existence.
With seeds destroyed, with no desire for growth, [42]
those wise ones are extinguished like this lamp.
This too is the sublime gem in the Sangha:
by this truth, may there be safety! (14)

236Whatever beings are gathered here,
whether of the earth or in the sky,
we pay homage to the thus-gone Buddha,
venerated by devas and humans: may there be safety! (15)

237Whatever beings are gathered here,
whether of the earth or in the sky,
we pay homage to the thus-gone Dhamma,
venerated by devas and humans: may there be safety! (16)

238Whatever beings are gathered here,
whether of the earth or in the sky,
we pay homage to the thus-gone Sangha,
venerated by devas and humans: may there be safety! (17)

2:1 Ratanasutta

222Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,
Bhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;
Sabbeva bhūtā sumanā bhavantu,
Athopi sakkacca suṇantu bhāsitaṁ.

223 Tasmā hi bhūtā nisāmetha sabbe,
Mettaṁ karotha mānusiyā pajāya;
Divā ca ratto ca haranti ye baliṁ,
Tasmā hi ne rakkhatha appamattā.

224 Yaṁ kiñci vittaṁ idha vā huraṁ vā,
Saggesu vā yaṁ ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;
Na no samaṁ atthi tathāgatena,
Idampi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

225 Khayaṁ virāgaṁ amataṁ paṇītaṁ,
Yadajjhagā sakyamunī samāhito;
Na tena dhammena samatthi kiñci,
Idampi dhamme ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

226 Yaṁ buddhaseṭṭho parivaṇṇayī suciṁ,
Samādhimānantarikaññamāhu;
Samādhinā tena samo na vijjati,
Idampi dhamme ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ;
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

227 Ye puggalā aṭṭha sataṁ pasatthā,
Cattāri etāni yugāni honti;
Te dakkhiṇeyyā sugatassa sāvakā,
Etesu dinnāni mahapphalāni;
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

228 Ye suppayuttā manasā daḷhena,
Nikkāmino gotamasāsanamhi;
Te pattipattā amataṁ vigayha,
Laddhā mudhā nibbutiṁ bhuñjamānā;
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

229 Yathindakhīlo pathavissito siyā,
Catubbhi vātehi asampakampiyo;
Tathūpamaṁ sappurisaṁ vadāmi,
Yo ariyasaccāni avecca passati;
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

230 Ye ariyasaccāni vibhāvayanti,
Gambhīrapaññena sudesitāni;
Kiñcāpi te honti bhusaṁ pamattā,
Na te bhavaṁ aṭṭhamamādiyanti;
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

231 Sahāvassa dassanasampadāya,
Tayassu dhammā jahitā bhavanti;
Sakkāyadiṭṭhī vicikicchitañca,
Sīlabbataṁ vāpi yadatthi kiñci.
Catūhapāyehi ca vippamutto,
Chaccābhiṭhānāni abhabba kātuṁ;
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

232 Kiñcāpi so kamma karoti pāpakaṁ,
Kāyena vācā uda cetasā vā;
Abhabba so tassa paṭicchadāya,
Abhabbatā diṭṭhapadassa vuttā;
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

233 Vanappagumbe yatha phussitagge,
Gimhānamāse paṭhamasmiṁ gimhe;
Tathūpamaṁ dhammavaraṁ adesayi,
Nibbānagāmiṁ paramaṁ hitāya;
Idampi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

234 Varo varaññū varado varāharo,
Anuttaro dhammavaraṁ adesayi;
Idampi buddhe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

235 Khīṇaṁ purāṇaṁ nava natthi sambhavaṁ,
Virattacittāyatike bhavasmiṁ;
Te khīṇabījā avirūḷhichandā,
Nibbanti dhīrā yathāyaṁ padīpo;
Idampi saṅghe ratanaṁ paṇītaṁ,
Etena saccena suvatthi hotu.

236 Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,
Bhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;
Tathāgataṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ,
Buddhaṁ namassāma suvatthi hotu.

237 Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,
Bhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;
Tathāgataṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ,
Dhammaṁ namassāma suvatthi hotu.

238 Yānīdha bhūtāni samāgatāni,
Bhummāni vā yāni va antalikkhe;
Tathāgataṁ devamanussapūjitaṁ,
Saṅghaṁ namassāma suvatthi hotūti.

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Ratanasuttaṁ paṭhamaṁ.