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SN 1.52PTS (1st ed) SN 1.361 min read

Getting Old

Ajarasāsutta

Morality is good when it doesn’t decay.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.52Linked Discourses 1.52
  • 0.26. Jarāvagga6. Old Age

0.3AjarasāsuttaGetting Old

1.1“Kiṁsu ajarasā sādhu,“What’s good because it never gets old?1.2kiṁsu sādhu adhiṭṭhitaṁ;What’s good when committed?1.3Kiṁsu narānaṁ ratanaṁ,What is people’s treasure?1.4kiṁsu corehyahāriyan”ti.What can thieves never take?”

2.1“Sīlaṁ ajarasā sādhu,“Ethics are good because they never grow old.2.2saddhā sādhu adhiṭṭhitā;Faith is good when committed.12.3Paññā narānaṁ ratanaṁ,Wisdom is people’s treasure.2.4puññaṁ corehyahāriyan”ti.Merit’s what thieves can never take.”

Translator’s notes

  1. The previous discourse had patiṭṭhitā (“grounded”, i.e. based on reason), whereas here we have adhiṭṭhitā (“committed”, i.e. unwavering).

    ↩ sn1.52:2.2