Namo tassa Bhagavato arahato sammā‧sambuddhassa.
Homage to the blessed, noble and perfectly enlightened one.
Yathā pi selā vipulā
Nabhaṃ āhacca pabbatā
Samantā anupariyeyyuṃ
Nippothentā catuddisā.
Evaṃ jarā ca maccu ca
Adhivattanti pāṇino
Khattiye brāhmaṇe vesse
Sudde caṇḍāla‧pukkuse.
Na kiñci parivajjeti
Sabbam evābhimaddati.
Na tattha hatthīnaṃ bhūmi
Na rathānaṃ na pattiyā.
Na cāpi manta‧yuddhena
Sakkā jetuṃ dhanena vā.
Tasmā hi paṇḍito poso
Sampassaṃ attham attano
Buddhe Dhamme ca Saṅghe ca
Dhīro saddhaṃ nivesaye.
Yo dhammacārī kāyena
Vācāya uda cetasā
Idh’eva naṃ pasaṃsanti
Pecca sagge pamodati.
Like gigantic boulders,
Mountains reaching to the sky
Moving in from all sides,
Crushing all in the four directions—
So aging and death come
Rolling over living beings—
Noble warriors, priests, merchants,
Workers, outcasts, and scavengers.
They spare nothing;
They crush everything.
Here elephants can hold no ground,
Nor can chariots or infantry.
One can’t defeat them by a battle of spells
Or buy them off by means of wealth.
So a wise person,
Seeing his own good,
Secures firm conviction
In the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha.
He who practices the Dhamma
In thought, word, and deed,
Receives praise here on earth
And after death rejoices in heaven.
Yassa saddhā Tathāgate
Acalā supatiṭṭhitā
Sīlañ ca yassa kalyāṇaṃ
Ariyakantaṃ pasaṃsitaṃ.
Saṅghe pasādo yassatthi
Ujubhūtañ ca dassanaṃ,
Adaḷiddo’ti taṃ āhu
Amoghaṃ tassa jīvitaṃ.
Tasmā saddhañ ca sīlañ ca
Pasādaṃ dhammadassanaṃ
Anuyuñjetha medhāvī
Saraṃ Buddhāna’sāsanan’ti.
When one has faith in the Perfect One,
Unshakable and well established,
And good conduct built on virtue,
Dear to the noble ones and praised,
When one has confidence in the Sangha,
And one’s view is straightened out,
They say that one isn’t poor;
One’s life is not lived in vain.
Therefore the person of intelligence,
Remembering the Buddha’s Teaching,
Should be devoted to faith and virtue,
To confidence and vision of the Dhamma.
Evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati Jetavane
Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: Bhikkhavo’ti.
Bhadante’ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etad avoca:
Uppādā vā bhikkhave Tathāgatānaṃ anuppādā vā Tathāgatānaṃ, ṭhitā’va
sā dhātu‧dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā: sabbe saṅkhārā aniccā. Taṃ
Tathāgato abhisambujjhati abhisameti. Abhisambujjhitvā abhisametvā
ācikkhati deseti paññāpeti paṭṭhapeti vivarati vibhajati uttānī‧karoti: Sabbe
saṅkhārā aniccā’ti.
sā dhātu‧dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā: sabbe saṅkhārā dukkhā. Taṃ
saṅkhārā dukkhā’ti.
sā dhātu‧dhammaṭṭhitatā dhammaniyāmatā: sabbe dhammā anattā. Taṃ
dhammā anattā’ti.
Idaṃ avoca Bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū Bhagavato bhāsitaṃ
abhinandun’ti.
Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Sublime One was living at Sāvatthī,
at Jeta’s grove in the park of Anāthapiṇḍika. The Sublime One addressed
bhikkhus thus: “Bhikkhus.” “Venerable Sir,” they replied. The Sublime One
then said:
“Bhikkhus, whether Tathāgatas appear or do not appear, there is this
established element of Dhamma, this fixed law of Dhamma: All that is
conditioned is impermanent. A Tathāgata fully awakens to this, and fully
understands it. So awakened and thus understanding, he announces, points
out, declares, establishes, expounds, explains, and clarifies it: All that is
conditioned is impermanent.
established condition of Dhamma, this fixed law of Dhamma: All that is
conditioned is unsatisfactory. A Tathāgata fully awakens to this, and fully
conditioned is unsatisfactory.
established condition of Dhamma, this fixed law of Dhamma: All Dhammas
are without self. A Tathāgata fully awakens to this, and fully understands it.
So awakened and understanding, he announces, points out, declares,
establishes, expounds, explains, and clarifies it: All Dhammas are
without self.”
Thus spoke the Sublime One. Delighted, those bhikkhus rejoiced in what
the Sublime One had said.
