"There is no existence that is permanent, nor are activities eternal;

Those aggregates arise, and pass away again and again.

"Having known this danger, I am not desirous of existence;

Escaped from all sensual pleasures, the elimination of mental corruptions has been attained by me."

"This life is not by calamity, nutriment is not near to the heart;

The body is sustained by nutriment, having seen thus, I practise the search.

"For they declared it to be mire, this salutation and veneration in families;

A subtle dart, difficult to remove, honour is hard to give up by a contemptible person."

"The monkey, having entered this hut with five doors,

Goes around from door to door, shaking again and again.

"Stop, monkey, do not run, for it is not for you as before;

You have been restrained by wisdom, you will not go far."

"My hut was made of three palm leaves, on the bank of the Ganges;

My bowl is like a vessel for pouring on a corpse, and my robe is a rag robe.

"During two rainy seasons, one word was spoken by me;

In the third rainy season, the mass of darkness was split open."

"Even if one is a possessor of the threefold true knowledge, victorious over death, without mental corruptions;

'He is unknown,' the foolish despise him, not knowing.

"But whoever here is an obtainer of food and drink, a person;

Even if he is of bad character, he is honoured by them."

"When I heard the teaching, of the Teacher who was speaking;

I directly know no uncertainty, in the Omniscient One, the Unconquered.

"In the caravan leader, the great hero, the excellent best among charioteers;

In the path or in the practice, uncertainty is not found in me."

Just as rain penetrates a poorly thatched house,

So lust penetrates an undeveloped mind.

Just as rain does not penetrate a well-thatched house,

So lust does not penetrate a well-developed mind.

"Birth has been eliminated for me indeed, the Conqueror's Dispensation has been lived;

What is termed the net has been abandoned, the conduit to existence has been uprooted.

"For the purpose of which I went forth, from home into homelessness;

That purpose has been attained by me, the destruction of all mental fetters."

"Happily sleep the sages, who are not bound to women;

To those who must always be guarded, among whom truth is very difficult to find.

"We have practised your murder, O sensual pleasure, now we are free of debt to you;

Now we go to Nibbāna, where having gone one does not grieve."

"First he injures himself, afterwards he injures others;

He injures himself thoroughly, like a fowler with a decoy bird.

"A brahmin is not one of outer beauty, but one of inner beauty is a brahmin;

In whom there are evil deeds, he is indeed dark, O husband of Sujā."

"The wish to hear increases learning, learning is the increase of wisdom;

Through wisdom one knows the meaning, the meaning known brings happiness.

"One should resort to remote lodgings, one should practise for release from the fetters;

If one should not find delight there, one should dwell in the Community, guarded in oneself, mindful."

"Those indeed who, with binding and mixing, and with diverse actions;

Oppress human beings, people of harsh attack;

They too are scattered right there, for action does not perish.

"Whatever action a man does, whether good or evil;

Of that very action he is the heir, whatever action he performs."

"Days and nights pass by, life ceases;

The life span of mortals is exhausted, like water in small streams.

"Then the fool, doing evil actions, does not understand;

Afterwards for him it is bitter, for the result of it is evil."

"Having climbed onto a small piece of wood, just as one sinks in the great ocean;

Thus, having associated with the lazy, even one living well sinks;

Therefore one should avoid him, the lazy one of inferior energy.

"With the secluded noble ones, with the resolute meditators;

With those constantly putting forth strenuous energy, with the wise ones, one should live together."

"People are bound to people, people depend on people alone;

People are harassed by people, and people harass people.

"For what use is a person to him, or by a person begotten?

Having left people behind, going, having harassed many people."

"Kāḷī, a woman, gigantic, crow-like in appearance, having broken one thigh and the other thigh;

Having broken one arm and the other arm, having broken the head like a bowl of curds;

She sat down having joined them together.

"He who indeed, not knowing, creates clinging, the fool goes to suffering again and again;

Therefore, one understanding should not create clinging, may I not lie again with a broken head."

"He obtains many rivals, shaven-headed, wrapped in the double robe;

An obtainer of food, drink, clothing and bedding.

"Having known this danger, the great fear in honours;

With little gain, not filled with desire, a mindful monk should wander forth."

"In the Eastern Bamboo Grove, sons of the Sakyans, companions;

Having abandoned no small wealth, delighting in what comes into the bowl through gleaning.

"Putting forth strenuous energy, resolute, always of firm effort;

They delight in delight in the Dhamma, having abandoned mundane delight."

"Through unwise attention, I engaged in adornment;

I was agitated and fickle, distressed by sensual lust.

"By the Buddha, kinsman of the sun, skilled in means,

Having proceeded wisely, I lifted up my mind from existence."

"Others may praise him, if oneself is unconcentrated;

In vain do others praise, for oneself is unconcentrated.

"Others may censure him, if oneself is well concentrated;

In vain do others censure, for oneself is well concentrated."

"The aggregates have been fully understood by me, craving has been well uprooted by me;

The factors of enlightenment have been developed by me, the elimination of mental corruptions has been attained by me.

"I, having fully understood the aggregates, having pulled out craving;

Having developed the factors of enlightenment, I shall attain nibbāna, without mental corruptions."

"Panāda was the name of that king, whose sacrificial post was of gold;

Across it measured sixteen in height, upwards they said a thousandfold.

"With a thousand storeys, a hundred pinnacles, adorned with flags, made of green gold;

There the gandhabbas danced, six thousand in seven groups."

"A mindful, wise monk, with strenuous energy and power;

I recollected five hundred cosmic cycles as if one night.

"Developing the four establishments of mindfulness, and the seven and eight;

I recollected five hundred cosmic cycles as if one night."

"Whatever is the function for one of firm energy, whatever is the function for one wishing to awaken;

I shall do it, I shall not fail, see my energy and endeavour.

"And you, declare to me the path, the straight way grounded upon the Deathless;

I shall know through wisdom, as the Ganges stream approaches the ocean."

"A barber approached me to comb my hair;

Then, having taken a mirror, I reviewed my body.

"The body was seen as hollow, the darkness of ignorance was dispelled;

All the rags have been cut off, there is now no more rebirth."

"Having abandoned the five mental hindrances, for the attainment of freedom from bondage;

Having taken up the mirror of the Teaching, the knowledge and vision of oneself.

"I reviewed this body, all within and without;

Internally and externally, the body was seen as hollow."

"Just as a good thoroughbred, having stumbled, stands firm again;

Having gained more urgency, undaunted, he bears the burden.

"Thus one accomplished in vision, a disciple of the Fully Self-Enlightened One;

Remember me as a thoroughbred, a legitimate son of the Buddha."

"Come, Nandaka, let us go to the presence of our preceptor;

We shall roar the lion's roar in the presence of the Buddha, the foremost.

"With which compassion the sage ordained us;

That purpose has been attained by us, the destruction of all mental fetters."

"Thus the wise roar, like lions in a mountain cave;

Heroes victorious in battle, having conquered Māra with his army.

"The Teacher has been attended upon by me, the Teaching and the Community venerated;

And I am delighted, glad, having seen my son without mental corruptions."

"Good persons attended upon, teachings heard repeatedly;

Having heard, I shall proceed upon the straight way grounded upon the Deathless.

"For me who was destroyed by lust for existence, being mindful, lust for existence is no longer found in me;

There has not been, nor will there be for me, nor is there at present found in me."

"Since I went forth in the teaching of the Fully Self-Enlightened One;

Being liberated I rose up, I transcended the sensual element.

"While the Brahmā was looking on, thereupon my mind was liberated;

'Unshakable is my liberation' - through the destruction of all fetters."

"Impermanent are the houses, here and there again and again;

Seeking the house-builder, painful is birth again and again.

"House-builder, you have been seen, you will not build a house again;

All your ribs are broken, and the ridge-pole is shattered;

The mind has become boundless, right here it will be destroyed."

"The Worthy One, the Fortunate One in the world, the sage is afflicted by winds;

If there is hot water, give it for the sage, brahmin.

"Venerated by those worthy of veneration, honoured by those worthy of honour;

Esteemed by those worthy of esteem, I wish to bring it for him."

"Seen by me are lay followers who are bearers of the Teaching, speaking thus: 'Sensual pleasures are impermanent';

Thoroughly infatuated with jewelled earrings, they have longing for sons and wives.

"Certainly they do not know the Teaching here, since they also say: 'Sensual pleasures are impermanent';

And there is no power in them to cut off lust, therefore they remain attached to children, wife and wealth."

"The sky rains and the sky roars,

And I dwell alone in a frightful den;

For me dwelling alone in that frightful den,

There is no fear or trepidation or terror.

"This is my nature, that for me dwelling alone in the frightful den;

There is no fear or trepidation or terror."

"Whose mind is like a rock, steady, not trembling;

Dispassionate towards enticing things, not agitated by what provokes agitation;

For whom the mind is thus developed, from where will suffering come to him?

"My mind is like a rock, steady, not trembling;

Dispassionate towards enticing things, not agitated by what provokes agitation;

My mind is thus developed, from where will suffering come to me?"

"There is no sleeping so long, the night garlanded with stars;

This night is for keeping watch, by one who knows.

"If an elephant should trample one fallen from an elephant's back;

Death in battle is better for me, than if I should live defeated."

"Having abandoned the five types of sensual pleasure, dear and delightful;

Having gone forth from home through faith, may one become one who makes an end of suffering.

"I do not delight in death, I do not delight in life;

And I await the time, fully aware, mindful."

"Having placed on my shoulder the robe similar to a mango sprout;

Seated on the elephant's neck, I entered the village for almsfood.

"Having descended from the elephant's back, I gained anxiety then;

I, being bloated then, peaceful, the elimination of mental corruptions has been attained by me."

"This is my rag," said Kappaṭakura, with a bear overloaded;

In the pot of the Deathless, indifferent to the teaching, the path prepared to cultivate the meditative absorptions.

"Do not, Kappaṭa, nod off, lest I strike you near the ear;

For you, Kappaṭa, do not know the measure, nodding off in the midst of the Community."

"Oh, the Buddhas! Oh, the Teaching! Oh, the accomplishment of our Teacher!

Where such a Teaching a disciple may realise."

"In incalculable aeons, identity was attained;

Of those this is the last, this is the final body;

The cycle of birth and death, there is now no more rebirth."

"Whoever indeed, a young monk, engages in the Buddha's teaching;

Awake he is indeed among those who sleep, his life is not in vain.

"Therefore faith and morality, confidence and vision of the Teaching;

The wise one should pursue, remembering the Buddhas' teaching."

"Whose faculties have reached serenity, like horses well-tamed by a charioteer;

Who has abandoned conceit, who is without mental corruptions, even the gods envy such a one?"

"My faculties have reached serenity, like horses well-tamed by a charioteer;

Who has abandoned conceit, who is without mental corruptions, even the gods envy me, such a one."

"With bad skin but good mind, Mogharāja, constantly concentrated;

During the cold winter nights, monk, what will you do?"

"The Magadhas have abundant crops, entire, thus I have heard;

Covered with straw I lie down, like others who live happily."

"One should not exalt oneself nor disparage others, nor cast down one who has gone to the far shore, nor provoke him;

One should not speak one's own praise in assemblies, unagitated, speaking with measure, of good conduct.

"For one who sees the very subtle and refined meaning, skilled in wisdom, of humble conduct;

For one who has cultivated mature virtue, Nibbāna is indeed not difficult to attain."

"The peacocks cry out, with beautiful crests, with beautiful tail-feathers, with beautiful blue necks, lovely-faced, with beautiful calls;

And this great earth is covered with beautiful grass, the sky with well-spread water, with beautiful clouds.

"With a well-pliant form, for one with a serene mind meditating, with good progress, well in the Well-awakened One's Dispensation;

The very pure and bright, the subtle, the very difficult to see, touch that highest, imperishable state."

"The mind that has come rejoicing, being raised upon a stake;

By that very way you go, where the stake and the log are.

"Therefore I call you a misfortune of the mind, I call you a betrayer of the mind;

The Teacher, rare to obtain, has been obtained by you, do not urge me towards what is not beneficial."

"Wandering for a long course, I revolved in the destinations;

Not seeing the noble truths, a mentally blind worldling.

"For me, being diligent, wandering in the round of rebirths has been rendered useless;

All destinations have been cut off, there is now no more rebirth."

"At the sacred fig tree with green radiance, at the tree that had fully grown;

One perception directed to the Buddha, I obtained, being mindful.

"Thirty-one cosmic cycles ago from now, when I obtained that perception then;

Owing to that perception, the elimination of mental corruptions has been attained by me."