- 0.1Sutta Nipāta 4.7Anthology of Discourses 4.7
0.2TissametteyyasuttaWith Tissametteyya
1.1“Methunamanuyuttassa,“When someone indulges in sex,”1.2(iccāyasmā tisso metteyyo)said Venerable Tissametteyya,1.3Vighātaṁ brūhi mārisa;“tell us, good fellow: what trouble befalls them?1.4Sutvāna tava sāsanaṁ,After hearing your instruction,1.5Viveke sikkhissāmase”.we shall train in seclusion.”
2.1“Methunamanuyuttassa,“When someone indulges in sex,”2.2(metteyyāti bhagavā)replied the Buddha,2.3Mussate vāpi sāsanaṁ;“they forget their instructions2.4Micchā ca paṭipajjati,and go the wrong way—2.5Etaṁ tasmiṁ anāriyaṁ.that is something ignoble in them.
3.1Eko pubbe caritvāna,Someone who formerly lived alone3.2methunaṁ yo nisevati;and then resorts to sex3.3Yānaṁ bhantaṁva taṁ loke,is like a chariot careening off-track;3.4hīnamāhu puthujjanaṁ.in the world they call them a low, ordinary person.
4.1Yaso kitti ca yā pubbe,Their former fame and reputation4.2hāyate vāpi tassa sā;also fall away.4.3Etampi disvā sikkhetha,Seeing this, they’d train4.4methunaṁ vippahātave.to give up sex.
5.1Saṅkappehi pareto so,Oppressed by thoughts,5.2kapaṇo viya jhāyati;they brood like a wretch.5.3Sutvā paresaṁ nigghosaṁ,When they hear what others are saying,5.4maṅku hoti tathāvidho.that sort is embarrassed.
6.1Atha satthāni kurute,Then they lash out with verbal daggers6.2paravādehi codito;when reproached by others.6.3Esa khvassa mahāgedho,This is their great blind spot;16.4mosavajjaṁ pagāhati.they sink to lies.
7.1Paṇḍitoti samaññāto,They once were considered astute,27.2ekacariyaṁ adhiṭṭhito;committed to the solitary life.7.3Athāpi methune yutto,But then they indulged in sex,7.4mandova parikissati.dragged along by desire like a dullard.3
8.1Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,Knowing this danger8.2Muni pubbāpare idha;in falling from a former state here,48.3Ekacariyaṁ daḷhaṁ kayirā,a sage would firmly resolve to wander alone,8.4Na nisevetha methunaṁ.and would not resort to sex.
9.1Vivekaññeva sikkhetha,They’d train themselves only in seclusion;9.2etaṁ ariyānamuttamaṁ;this, for the noble ones, is highest.9.3Na tena seṭṭho maññetha,One who’d not think themselves ‘best’ due to that9.4sa ve nibbānasantike.has truly drawn near to extinguishment.
10.1Rittassa munino carato,People tied to sensual pleasures envy them:10.2Kāmesu anapekkhino;the isolated, wandering sage10.3Oghatiṇṇassa pihayanti,who has crossed the flood,10.4Kāmesu gadhitā pajā”ti.unconcerned for sensual pleasures.”
10.5Tissametteyyasuttaṁ sattamaṁ.