4:10 Before the Breakup

848“How does he see, how does he behave,
the one who is said to be ‘peaceful’?
When asked by me, O Gotama,
describe the supreme person.” (1)

(said the Blessed One)

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849“Devoid of craving before the breakup,
not dependent on the past,
not to be reckoned in the middle,
for him there are no preferences. (2) [167]

850“He is without anger, unafraid,
not boastful, not regretful,
of speaking with reflection, not restless:
he is truly a muni controlled in speech. (3)

851“He is without attachment to the future;
he does not sorrow over the past.
As a seer of seclusion in the midst of contacts,
he is not led astray among views. (4)

852“Withdrawn, not a schemer,
without longing, not miserly,
courteous, not [morally] repulsive,
not intent on slander. (5)

853“Not swept up by enjoyments,
and not swollen with arrogance;
gentle, gifted with ingenuity,
not credulous, not growing dispassionate. (6)

854“He does not train from a desire for gain,
nor is he irritated over lack of gain.
Not hostile, because of craving
he does not hanker after tastes. (7)

855“Equanimous, ever mindful,
in the world he does not conceive himself
to be equal, or superior, or inferior:
for him there are no swellings. (8)

856“He has no dependencies —
having known the Dhamma, he is independent.
No craving is found in him
for existence or nonexistence. (9)

857“I call him ‘peaceful’
who is indifferent to sensual pleasures.
In him no knots are found;
he has crossed over attachment. (10)

858“He has no sons or cattle,
nor does he possess fields or land. [168]
In him there is nothing to be found
as either taken up or rejected. (11)

859“That by which they might speak of him —
worldlings as well as ascetics and brahmins —
is not esteemed by him;
therefore he is not stirred up by words. (12)

860“Devoid of greed, without miserliness,
the muni does not speak [of himself]
as among superiors, or equals, or inferiors.
Not given to mental construction,
he does not enter upon mental constructs. (13)

861“One who takes nothing in the world as his own,
and who does not sorrow over what is absent,
who does not enter upon things:
he is truly said to be ‘peaceful.’ ” (14)

Purābhedasutta

848"Kathaṁdassī kathaṁsīlo,
upasantoti vuccati;
Taṁ me gotama pabrūhi,
pucchito uttamaṁ naraṁ".

(iti bhagavā):

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849 "Vītataṇho purā bhedā,
Pubbamantamanissito;
Vemajjhe nupasaṅkheyyo,
Tassa natthi purakkhataṁ.

850 Akkodhano asantāsī,
avikatthī akukkuco;
Mantabhāṇī anuddhato,
sa ve vācāyato muni.

851 Nirāsatti anāgate,
atītaṁ nānusocati;
Vivekadassī phassesu,
diṭṭhīsu ca na nīyati.

852 Patilīno akuhako,
apihālu amaccharī;
Appagabbho ajeguccho,
pesuṇeyye ca no yuto.

853 Sātiyesu anassāvī,
atimāne ca no yuto;
Saṇho ca paṭibhānavā,
na saddho na virajjati.

854 Lābhakamyā na sikkhati,
alābhe ca na kuppati;
Aviruddho ca taṇhāya,
rasesu nānugijjhati.

855 Upekkhako sadā sato,
na loke maññate samaṁ;
Na visesī na nīceyyo,
tassa no santi ussadā.

856 Yassa nissayanā natthi,
ñatvā dhammaṁ anissito;
Bhavāya vibhavāya vā,
taṇhā yassa na vijjati.

857 Taṁ brūmi upasantoti,
Kāmesu anapekkhinaṁ;
Ganthā tassa na vijjanti,
Atarī so visattikaṁ.

858 Na tassa puttā pasavo,
Khettaṁ vatthuñca vijjati;
Attā vāpi nirattā vā,
Na tasmiṁ upalabbhati.

859 Yena naṁ vajjuṁ puthujjanā,
Atho samaṇabrāhmaṇā;
Taṁ tassa apurakkhataṁ,
Tasmā vādesu nejati.

860 Vītagedho amaccharī,
Na ussesu vadate muni;
Na samesu na omesu,
Kappaṁ neti akappiyo.

861 Yassa loke sakaṁ natthi,
Asatā ca na socati;
Dhammesu ca na gacchati,
Sa ve santoti vuccatī"ti.

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Purābhedasuttaṁ dasamaṁ.