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AN 10.48 pabbajit-ābhiṇha-suttaṃ

AN 10.48 pabbajit-ābhiṇha-suttaṃ	AN 10.48 gone-forth-frequenty-discourse

“dasay-ime, bhikkhave, dhammā	"(There are) ten-of-these, *********, things,
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbā.	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).
katame dasa?	which ten?

(1. Ordained into casteless)

‘vevaṇṇiyamhi ajjh-upa-gato’ti	(1) 'casteless (I have) become.'
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

(2. Bound to others for livelihood)

‘para-paṭi-baddhā me jīvikā’ti	(2) '(to) Others,-****-bound (is) my life (to them).'
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

(3. Behavior should be different (than householders)

‘añño me ākappo karaṇīyo’ti	(3) 'different [than householders] (should) my behavior (be) conducted.
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

(4. Virtue blameless?)

‘kacci nu kho me attā sīlato	(4) 'is any thing (in) my self virtue
na upavadatī’ti	not blameable?'
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

(5. The wise find my Virtue blameless?)

‘kacci nu kho maṃ	(5) 'is any thing (about) me,
anu-vicca viññū sa-brahmacārī	examined-carefully (by) wise companions-in-the-holy-life,
sīlato na upavadantī’ti	[find my] virtue (is) not blameable?'
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

(6. All that you love changes and leaves you)

‘sabbehi me piyehi manāpehi	'All ** (that is) dear (and) pleasing {to me},
nānā-bhāvo vinā-bhāvo’ti	different-(it)-becomes, separated-(from me it)-becomes.'
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

(7. I am the owner of my actions)

‘kamma-ssakomhi	'actions; -(I am the) owner (of them),
kamma-dāyādo	actions; -(I am the) heir (to them),
kamma-yoni	actions; -(are the)-vagina [I am born from],
kamma-bandhu	actions; -(are my)-relatives,
kamma-paṭisaraṇo,	actions; -(are my)-shelter.
yaṃ kammaṃ karissāmi	Whatever actions (I) do,
kalyāṇaṃ vā pāpakaṃ vā	good (or) evil **,
tassa dāyādo bhavissāmī’ti	(to) that, heir (to it I) will-become.
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

(8. Am I spending time wisely?)

‘kathaṃ-bhūtassa me rattin-divā	'what-becomes (of) me (as) nights-(and)-days
[thai: vītipatantīti] vītivattantī’ti	fly past?
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

(9. Do I enjoy empty dwellings?)

‘kacci nu kho ahaṃ	Do {I} not indeed ****,
suññ-āgāre abhi-ramāmī’ti	(in) empty-dwellings, exceedingly-enjoy (them)?
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

(10. Do I have something to show for this life?)

‘atthi nu kho me	'Is (there) not indeed (in) me,
uttari manussa-dhammo	(a) superior human-state,
alam-ariya-ñāṇa-dassana-viseso	(a) truly-noble-knowledge-(and)-vision-distinction
adhigato, yen-āhaṃ	attainment, on-account-of-which,-I,
pacchime kāle	(in my) final moments [of life],
sa-brahmacārī-hi	(when my)-companions-in-the-holy-life
puṭṭho	question-(me),
na maṅku bhavissāmī’ti	{I will not become} -confused,-ashamed,-despondent.'
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbaṃ;	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on (this).

ime kho, bhikkhave,	these, indeed, monks,
dasa dhammā	(are) ten things
pabbajitena abhiṇhaṃ pacc-avekkhitabbā”ti.	[a monk]-gone-forth frequently {should}-reflect-on.

aṭṭhamaṃ.	(end of sutta)