Saṁyutta Nikāya 2.2

Translators: sujato and bodhi

Linked Discourses 2.2

1. Paṭhamavagga
Chapter One

Dutiyakassapasutta

Kassapa (Second) With Kassapa (2nd)

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
At Sāvatthī.

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho kassapo devaputto bhagavato santike imaṁ gāthaṁ abhāsi:
Standing to one side, the young deva Kassapa recited this verse in the presence of the Blessed One:
Standing to one side, the god Kassapa recited this verse in the Buddha’s presence:

“Bhikkhu siyā jhāyī vimuttacitto,
“A bhikkhu should be a meditator,
“Suppose a mendicant is a meditator, freed in mind.

Ākaṅkhe ce hadayassānupattiṁ;
One who is liberated in mind, If he desires the heart’s attainment,
If they want to reach the heart’s peace,

Lokassa ñatvā udayabbayañca,
Having known the world’s rise and fall,
having known the arising and passing of the world,

Sucetaso anissito tadānisaṁso”ti.
Let him be lofty in mind and unattached, bent on that as his advantage.”
healthy-minded, independent, that is their reward.”