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16.
The Discourse to Sāriputta
962.
"Never before have I seen, (thus said the Venerable Sāriputta)
Nor heard of from anyone;
A Teacher of such lovely speech,
Come from Tusita as leader of a following.
963.
"For the world with its gods, just as the one with vision appears;
Having dispelled all darkness, alone he attained delight.
964.
"To that Buddha, unattached, such a one, without deceit, who has come with a following;
For the many here who are bound, there is a coming with a question.
965.
"For a monk who is disgusted, who resorts to an empty seat;
The root of a tree, a cemetery, or in caves of mountains.
966.
"In high and low lodgings, how many fearful things are there;
By which a monk would not tremble, in a quiet resting place.
967.
"How many dangers are there in the world, for one going to the untravelled direction;
Which a monk might overcome, in a secluded lodging.
968.
"What would be his ways of speech, what would be his resorts here;
What would be his moral rules and austerities, for the resolute monk?
969.
"What training having accepted, unified, prudent, mindful;
Like a smith with silver, should he blow away his own stain?"
970.
"What is comfortable for one who is disgusted, (said the Blessed One to Sāriputta)
If he resorts to empty seats and beds;
For one desiring highest enlightenment, according to the Teaching,
That I shall tell you, as one who understands.
971.
"The wise one should not fear the five fears, a mindful monk living within the boundaries;
Of gadflies and stinging insects, of reptiles, of human contact, of quadrupeds.
972.
"One should not fear those of other doctrines, even having seen their many frightful things;
And one should overcome other dangers, the seeker of the wholesome.
973.
"Touched by the contact of illness and by hunger, one should endure cold and heat;
He, touched by these in many ways, without attachment, should make firm effort with exertion.
974.
"One should not commit theft, should not speak falsely, should touch with friendliness the trembling and the still;
Whatever agitation of the mind one should cognise, one should dispel it as the side of the Dark One."
975.
"One should not come under the control of wrath and arrogance, one should stand having uprooted their root;
And then one should surely overcome the pleasant or the unpleasant.
976.
"Having put wisdom in front, with good rapture, one should suppress those dangers;
One should overcome discontent in a remote lodging, one should overcome the four states of lamentation.
977.
"What shall I eat, or where shall I eat, alas I slept in suffering, where shall I sleep today;
These thoughts leading to lamentation, a trainee wandering without an abode should remove.
978.
"And having obtained food and clothing at the proper time, he should know moderation here for the purpose of contentment;
He, guarded in those, wandering restrained in the village, even if provoked, should not utter harsh speech.
979.
"With eyes downcast and not desirous of wandering about, engaged in meditative absorption, very wakeful;
Having undertaken equanimity, with concentrated mind, one should cut off thought and its dwelling place and worry.
980.
"Accused by words, being mindful one should rejoice, among fellows in the holy life one should break through barrenness;
One should utter wholesome speech, not excessively, one should not intend for the principle of popular talk.
981.
"And furthermore, there are five impurities in the world, for the removal of which one who is mindful should train;
Regarding forms, sounds, and also flavours, odours, and contacts, one should overcome lust.
982.
"Having removed desire for these phenomena, the monk, mindful, with well-liberated mind;
In proper time, rightly investigating the Teaching,
Having become unified, he would dispel the darkness."
The Discourse on Sāriputta is concluded as sixteenth.
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