Snp 4.5

Paramaṭṭhakasutta

Paramanti diṭṭhīsu paribbasāno, Yaduttari kurute jantu loke; Hīnāti aññe tato sabbamāha, Tasmā vivādāni avītivatto.

Eight on the Ultimate

If, maintaining that theirs is the “ultimate” view, a personage makes it out to be highest in the world; then they declare all others are “lesser”; that’s why they’re not beyond disputes.

Yadattanī passati ānisaṁsaṁ, Diṭṭhe sute sīlavate mute vā; Tadeva so tattha samuggahāya, Nihīnato passati sabbamaññaṁ.

If they see an advantage for themselves in what’s seen, heard, or thought; or in precepts or vows, in that case, having adopted that one alone, they see all others as inferior.

Taṁ vāpi ganthaṁ kusalā vadanti, Yaṁ nissito passati hīnamaññaṁ; Tasmā hi diṭṭhaṁ va sutaṁ mutaṁ vā, Sīlabbataṁ bhikkhu na nissayeyya.

Those who are skilled say that, too, is a knot, relying on which people see others as lesser. That’s why a mendicant ought not rely on what’s seen, heard, or thought, or on precepts and vows.

Diṭṭhimpi lokasmiṁ na kappayeyya, Ñāṇena vā sīlavatena vāpi; Samoti attānamanūpaneyya, Hīno na maññetha visesi vāpi.

Nor would they form a view about the world through a notion or through precepts and vows. They would never represent themselves as “equal”, nor conceive themselves “worse” or “better”.

Attaṁ pahāya anupādiyāno, Ñāṇepi so nissayaṁ no karoti; Sa ve viyattesu na vaggasārī, Diṭṭhimpi so na pacceti kiñci.

What was picked up has been set down and is not grasped again; they form no dependency even on notions. They follow no side among the factions, and believe in no view at all.

Yassūbhayante paṇidhīdha natthi, Bhavābhavāya idha vā huraṁ vā; Nivesanā tassa na santi keci, Dhammesu niccheyya samuggahītaṁ.

One here who has no wish for either end— for any state of existence in this life or the next— has adopted no dogma at all after judging among the teachings.

Tassīdha diṭṭhe va sute mute vā, Pakappitā natthi aṇūpi saññā; Taṁ brāhmaṇaṁ diṭṭhimanādiyānaṁ, Kenīdha lokasmiṁ vikappayeyya.

For them not even the tiniest idea is formulated here regarding what is seen, heard, or thought. That brahmin does not grasp any view— how could anyone in this world judge them?

Na kappayanti na purekkharonti, Dhammāpi tesaṁ na paṭicchitāse; Na brāhmaṇo sīlavatena neyyo, Pāraṅgato na pacceti tādīti.

They don’t make things up or promote them, and don’t subscribe to any of the doctrines. The brahmin has no need to be led by precept or vow; gone to the far shore, one such does not return.