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With Sujāta

Sujātasutta

The Buddha praises Venerable Sujāta as beautiful both inside and out.

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

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1.1PTS 2.279Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho āyasmā sujāto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami.Then Venerable Sujāta went to the Buddha.

1.3Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṁ sujātaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.The Buddha saw him coming off in the distance,1.4Disvāna bhikkhū āmantesi:and addressed the mendicants:1.5“ubhayenevāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kulaputto sobhati—“This gentleman shines in both ways.1.6yañca abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato, yassa catthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti tadanuttaraṁ brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.He’s attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. And he has realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lives having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.”

1.7Idamavoca bhagavā …pe…That is what the Buddha said.1.8satthā:Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

2.1“Sobhati vatāyaṁ bhikkhu,“This mendicant truly shines.2.2ujubhūtena cetasā;His heart is upright,2.3Vippayutto visaṁyutto,he’s unfettered, detached,2.4anupādāya nibbuto;quenched by not grasping.2.5Dhāreti antimaṁ dehaṁ,He bears his final body,2.6jetvā māraṁ savāhinin”ti.having vanquished Māra with his legions.”

2.7Pañcamaṁ.