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SN 2.14 With Nandana – Nandanasutta

 

Standing to one side, the god Nandana addressed the Buddha in verse:

Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho nandano devaputto bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi:

“I ask you, Gotama, whose wisdom is vast,

“Pucchāmi taṁ gotama bhūripañña,

the Blessed One of unhindered knowledge and vision.

Anāvaṭaṁ bhagavato ñāṇadassanaṁ;

What kind of person do they call ethical?

Kathaṁvidhaṁ sīlavantaṁ vadanti,

What kind of person do they call wise?

Kathaṁvidhaṁ paññavantaṁ vadanti;

What kind of person lives on after transcending suffering?

Kathaṁvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati,

What kind of person is worshipped by the deities?”

Kathaṁvidhaṁ devatā pūjayantī”ti.

“A person who is ethical, wise, evolved,

“Yo sīlavā paññavā bhāvitatto,

becomes serene, loving absorption, mindful,

Samāhito jhānarato satīmā;

who’s gotten rid of and given up all sorrows,

Sabbassa sokā vigatā pahīnā,

with defilements ended, they bear their final body.

Khīṇāsavo antimadehadhārī.

That’s the kind of person they call ethical.

Tathāvidhaṁ sīlavantaṁ vadanti,

That’s the kind of person they call wise.

Tathāvidhaṁ paññavantaṁ vadanti;

That kind of person lives on after transcending suffering.

Tathāvidho dukkhamaticca iriyati,

That kind of person is worshipped by the deities.”

Tathāvidhaṁ devatā pūjayantī”ti.