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Anthology of Discourses 5.3
Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā
The Questions of Tissametteyya
“Kodha santusito loke,
“Who here in the world is content?”
(iccāyasmā tissametteyyo)
said Venerable Tissametteyya.
Kassa no santi iñjitā;
“Who has no disturbances?
Ko ubhantamabhiññāya,
What thoughtful one, having known both ends,
Majjhe mantā na lippati;
is not stuck in the middle?
Kaṁ brūsi mahāpurisoti,
Who do they say is a great man?
Ko idha sibbinimaccagā”.
Who here has escaped the seamstress?”
“Kāmesu brahmacariyavā,
“Leading the spiritual life among sensual pleasures,”
(metteyyāti bhagavā)
replied the Buddha,
Vītataṇho sadā sato;
“rid of craving, ever mindful;
Saṅkhāya nibbuto bhikkhu,
a mendicant who, after appraisal, is quenched:
Tassa no santi iñjitā.
that’s who has no disturbances.
So ubhantamabhiññāya,
That thoughtful one, having known both ends,
Majjhe mantā na lippati;
is not stuck in the middle.
Taṁ brūmi mahāpurisoti,
He is a great man, I declare,
So idha sibbinimaccagā”ti.
he has escaped the seamstress here.”
Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā dutiyā.