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Sutta Piṭaka

Snp 2.11

Rāhulasutta

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

With Rāhula

“Does familiarity breed contempt, even for the man of wisdom? Do you honor he who holds aloft the torch for all humanity?”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“Familiarity breeds no contempt for the man of wisdom. I always honor he who holds aloft the torch for all humanity.”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

“One who’s given up the five sensual stimulations, so pleasing and delightful, and who’s left the home life out of faith— let them make an end to suffering!

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Mix with spiritual friends, stay in remote lodgings, secluded and quiet, and eat in moderation.

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Robes, almsfood, requisites and lodgings: don’t crave such things; don’t come back to this world again.

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Be restrained in the monastic code and the five sense faculties. With mindfulness immersed in the body, be full of disillusionment.

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Turn away from the sign that’s attractive, provoking lust. With mind unified and serene, meditate on the ugly aspects of the body.

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

Meditate on the signless, give up the tendency to conceit; and when you comprehend conceit, you will live at peace.”

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English · Bhikkhu Sujato

That is how the Buddha regularly advised Venerable Rāhula with these verses.

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Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (M.L. Maniratana Bunnag Dhamma Society Fund), as published by SuttaCentral. Public domain. · Source ↗

Pāli text: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka, via SuttaCentral. Public domain.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato. SuttaCentral, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). · Source ↗

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato (SuttaCentral), dedicated to the public domain via CC0. The translator respectfully requests that any use be in accordance with the values and principles of the Buddhist community. In particular, please do not use this work in AI training datasets, for the development of any AI model or algorithm, or in any AI-derived technologies.

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