Khuddaka Nikaya - Sutta Nipata - Bhadravudha-manava-puccha

Sn 5.12
Bhadravudha-manava-puccha
Bhadravudha's Questions
Translated from the Pali by
Thanissaro BhikkhuPTS: Sn 1101-1104



Source: Transcribed from a file provided by the translator.



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[Bhadravudha:]
I entreat the one
who is very intelligent,
released, unperturbed —
who has abandoned home,
abandoned delight,
abandoned resemblances,
cut through craving,
crossed over the flood.

Having heard the Great One, they will leave —
the many gathered
from many lands, hero,
in hope of your words.
So tell them, please,
how this Dhamma has
been known to you.
[The Buddha:]
Subdue craving & clinging — all —
above, below,
across, in between. 1
For whatever people cling to in the world,
it's through that
that Mara pursues them.

So a monk, mindful,
seeing these people
clinging to entanglement
as entangled in Death's realm,
should cling to nothing
in all the world,
every world.



Note
1. For Nd.II's discussion of the various meanings of the objects of craving
"above, below, across, in between," see Note 2 to Sn.V.4 (Mettagu's Question).