Buddhavagga
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral
1Yassa jitaṁ nāvajīyati,He whose victory may not be undone,2Jitaṁ yassa noyāti koci loke;a victory unrivaled in all the world;3Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ,by what track would you trace that Buddha,4Apadaṁ kena padena nessatha.who leaves no track in his infinite range?
1Yassa jālinī visattikā,Of craving, the weaver, the clinger, he has none:2Taṇhā natthi kuhiñci netave;so where can he be traced?3Taṁ buddhamanantagocaraṁ,By what track would you trace that Buddha,4Apadaṁ kena padena nessatha.who leaves no track in his infinite range?
1Ye jhānapasutā dhīrā,The attentive intent on absorption,2nekkhammūpasame ratā;who love the peace of renunciation,3Devāpi tesaṁ pihayanti,the Buddhas, ever mindful,4sambuddhānaṁ satīmataṁ.are envied by even the gods.
1Kiccho manussapaṭilābho,It’s hard to gain a human birth;2kicchaṁ maccāna jīvitaṁ;the life of mortals is hard;3Kicchaṁ saddhammassavanaṁ,it’s hard to hear the true teaching;4kiccho buddhānamuppādo.the arising of Buddhas is hard.
1Sabbapāpassa akaraṇaṁ,Not to do any evil;2kusalassa upasampadā;to embrace the good;3Sacittapariyodapanaṁ,to purify one’s mind:4etaṁ buddhāna sāsanaṁ.this is the instruction of the Buddhas.
1Khantī paramaṁ tapo titikkhā,Patient acceptance is the ultimate fervor.2Nibbānaṁ paramaṁ vadanti buddhā;Extinguishment is the ultimate, say the Buddhas.3Na hi pabbajito parūpaghātī,No true renunciate injures another,4Na samaṇo hoti paraṁ viheṭhayanto.nor does an ascetic hurt another.
1Anūpavādo anūpaghāto,Not speaking ill nor doing harm;2Pātimokkhe ca saṁvaro;restraint in the monastic code;3Mattaññutā ca bhattasmiṁ,moderation in eating;4Pantañca sayanāsanaṁ;staying in remote lodgings;5Adhicitte ca āyogo,commitment to the higher mind—6Etaṁ buddhāna sāsanaṁ.this is the instruction of the Buddhas.
1Na kahāpaṇavassena,Even if it were raining money,2titti kāmesu vijjati;you’d not be sated in sensual pleasures.3Appassādā dukhā kāmā,An astute person understands that sensual pleasures4iti viññāya paṇḍito.offer little gratification and much suffering.
1Api dibbesu kāmesu,Thus they find no delight2ratiṁ so nādhigacchati;even in celestial pleasures.3Taṇhakkhayarato hoti,A disciple of the fully awakened Buddha4sammāsambuddhasāvako.delights in the ending of craving.
1Bahuṁ ve saraṇaṁ yanti,So many go for refuge2pabbatāni vanāni ca;to mountains and forest groves,3Ārāmarukkhacetyāni,to shrines in tended parks;4manussā bhayatajjitā.those people are driven by fear.
1Netaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ,But such refuge is no sanctuary,2netaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ;it is no supreme refuge.3Netaṁ saraṇamāgamma,By going to that refuge,4sabbadukkhā pamuccati.you’re not released from all suffering.
1Yo ca buddhañca dhammañca,One gone for refuge to the Buddha,2saṅghañca saraṇaṁ gato;to his teaching and to the Saṅgha,3Cattāri ariyasaccāni,sees the four noble truths4sammappaññāya passati.with right understanding:
1Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ,suffering, suffering’s origin,2dukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ;suffering’s transcendence,3Ariyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,and the noble eightfold path4dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.that leads to the stilling of suffering.
1Etaṁ kho saraṇaṁ khemaṁ,Such refuge is a sanctuary,2etaṁ saraṇamuttamaṁ;it is the supreme refuge.3Etaṁ saraṇamāgamma,By going to that refuge,4sabbadukkhā pamuccati.you’re released from all suffering.
1Dullabho purisājañño,It’s hard to find a thoroughbred man:2na so sabbattha jāyati;they’re not born just anywhere.3Yattha so jāyati dhīro,A family where that attentive one is born4taṁ kulaṁ sukhamedhati.prospers in happiness.
1Sukho buddhānamuppādo,Happy, the arising of Buddhas!2sukhā saddhammadesanā;Happy, the teaching of Dhamma!3Sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī,Happy is the harmony of the Saṅgha,4samaggānaṁ tapo sukho.and the striving of the harmonious is happy.
1Pūjārahe pūjayato,When a person venerates the worthy—2buddhe yadi va sāvake;the Buddha or his disciple,3Papañcasamatikkante,who have transcended proliferation,4tiṇṇasokapariddave.and have left behind grief and lamentation,
1Te tādise pūjayato,quenched, fearing nothing from any quarter—2nibbute akutobhaye;the merit of one venerating such as these,3Na sakkā puññaṁ saṅkhātuṁ,cannot be calculated by anyone,4imettamapi kenaci.saying it is just this much.
5Buddhavaggo cuddasamo.
6Paṭhamabhāṇavāraṁ.
