Itivuttaka 16
Translators: sujato
So It Was Said 16
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Dutiyavagga
Chapter Two
Paṭhamasekhasutta
A Trainee (1st)
Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Sekhassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno appattamānasassa anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ patthayamānassa viharato ajjhattikaṁ aṅganti karitvā nāññaṁ ekaṅgampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bahūpakāraṁ yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, yoniso manasikāro.
“Taking into account interior factors, mendicants, I do not see a single one that is so very helpful as rational application of mind for a trainee mendicant who hasn’t achieved their heart’s desire, but lives aspiring to the supreme sanctuary from the yoke.
Yoniso, bhikkhave, bhikkhu manasi karonto akusalaṁ pajahati, kusalaṁ bhāvetī”ti.
A mendicant rationally applying the mind gives up the unskillful and develops the skillful.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
The Buddha spoke this matter.
Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
On this it is said:
“Yonisomanasikāro,
“There is nothing so helpful
dhammo sekhassa bhikkhuno;
for a trainee mendicant
Natthañño evaṁ bahukāro,
aspiring for the ultimate goal
uttamatthassa pattiyā;
as rational application of mind.
Yoniso padahaṁ bhikkhu,
Striving rationally, a mendicant
khayaṁ dukkhassa pāpuṇe”ti.
attains the end of suffering.”
Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.