Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā

Sutta Nipāta 5.3

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 perturbations?

Ko ubhantamabhiññāya,

What thoughtful one, knowing 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 perturbations.

So ubhantamabhiññāya,

That thoughtful one, knowing 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.