- 0.1Theragāthā 3.3Verses of the Senior Monks 3.3
- 0.2TikanipātaThe Book of the Threes
- 0.3PaṭhamavaggaChapter One
0.4BākulattheragāthāBakkula
1.1“Yo pubbe karaṇīyāni,Whoever wishes to do afterwards1.2pacchā so kātumicchati;what they should have done before1.3Sukhā so dhaṁsate ṭhānā,has lost the causes for happiness,1.4pacchā ca manutappati.and afterwards they’re tormented by regrets.
2.1Yañhi kayirā tañhi vade,You should only say what you would do;2.2yaṁ na kayirā na taṁ vade;you shouldn’t say what you wouldn’t do.2.3Akarontaṁ bhāsamānaṁ,The wise will recognize2.4parijānanti paṇḍitā.one who talks without doing.
3.1Susukhaṁ vata nibbānaṁ,Oh! Extinguishment is so very blissful,3.2sammāsambuddhadesitaṁ;as taught by the fully awakened Buddha:3.3Asokaṁ virajaṁ khemaṁ,sorrowless, stainless, secure,3.4yattha dukkhaṁ nirujjhatī”ti.where suffering all ceases.
3.5… Bākulo thero ….