{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/iti/iti4.htm","path":"bud/iti/iti4.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/iti/iti4.htm","text":"\"For one knowing and seeing, I tell you, there is the ending of effluents, not for one not knowing and seeing. For one knowing what and seeing what is there the ending of effluents? For one knowing and seeing, 'This is stress,' there is the ending of effluents. For one knowing and seeing, 'This is the origination of stress,' there is the ending of effluents. For one knowing and seeing, 'This is the cessation of stress,' there is the ending of effluents. For one knowing and seeing, 'This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress,' there is the ending of effluents. Thus it is that for one knowing and seeing there is the ending of effluents.\"\nFor a learner in training\nalong the straight path,\nthe knowledge of ending arises first,\nand from that the final knowledge,\nunexcelled.\nFrom that final knowledge,\nto one released\nthere arises the knowledge of ending,\nthe supreme knowledge of release:\n'Ended are the fetters.'\nCertainly not by the lazy fool\nuncomprehending,\nis there attained\nUnbinding,\nthe loosing of all ties.\n\"Any priests or contemplatives who do not discern, as it actually is present, that 'This is stress,'...that 'This is the origination of stress,'...that 'This is the cessation of stress,' who do not discern, as it actually is present, that 'This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress': to me these priests & contemplatives are not counted as priests among priests or as contemplatives among contemplatives. Furthermore, they do not enter & remain in the goal of the priestly life or the goal of the contemplative life, having directly known & realized it for themselves in the here & now.\n\"But any priests or contemplatives who discern, as it actually is present, that 'This is stress,'...that 'This is the origination of stress,'...that 'This is the cessation of stress,' who discern, as it actually is present, that 'This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress': to me these priests & contemplatives are counted as priests among priests and as contemplatives among contemplatives. Furthermore, they enter & remain in the goal of the priestly life & the goal of the contemplative life, having directly known & realized it for themselves in the here & now.\"\nThose who don't discern stress,\nthe cause of stress,\n& where stress disbands entirely,\nwithout trace,\nwho don't know the path,\nthe way to the stilling of stress:\nTheir release of awareness is lowly,\nas is their release of discernment.\nIncapable of putting an end to stress,\nthey are headed\nto birth & aging.\nBut those who discern stress,\nthe cause of stress,\n& where stress disbands entirely,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 without trace,\nwho discern the path,\nthe way to the stilling of stress:\nTheir release of awareness is consummate,\nas is their release of discernment.\nCapable of putting an end to stress,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 they are not headed\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 to birth & aging.\n\"Living with Brahma are those families where, in the home, mother and father are revered by the children. Living with the first devas are those families where, in the home, mother and father are revered by the children. Living with the first teachers are those families where, in the home, mother and father are revered by the children. Living with those worthy of gifts are those families where, in the home, mother and father are revered by the children. 'Brahma' is a designation for mother and father. 'The first devas' is a designation for mother and father. 'The first teachers' is a designation for mother and father. 'Those worthy of gifts' is a designation for mother and father. Why is that? Mother and father do much for their children. They care for them, nourish them, introduce them to this world.\"\nMother & father\ncompassionate to their family\nare called\nBrahma,\nthe first teachers\nthose worthy of gifts from their children.\nSo the sage should pay them\nhomage\nhonor\nwith food & drink\nclothing & bedding\nanointing & bathing\n& washing their feet.\nPerforming these services to their parents, the wise\nare praised here & now\nand after death\nrejoice in heaven.\n\"Monks, brahmins and householders are very helpful to you, as they provide you with the requisites of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medical requisites for the sick. And you, monks, are very helpful to brahmins and householders, as you teach them the Dhamma admirable in the beginning, admirable in the middle, and admirable in the end, as you expound the holy life both in its particulars and in its essence, entirely complete, surpassingly pure. In this way the holy life is lived in mutual dependence, for the purpose of crossing over the flood, for making a right end to stress.\"\nHouseholders & the homeless\nin dependence on one another\nboth accomplish the true Dhamma --\nthe unexcelled rest from the yoke.\nFrom householders, the homeless\nreceive requisites -- robes, lodgings,\nprotection from inclemencies.\nWhile in dependence on those well-gone,\nhome-loving householders\nhave conviction in Arahants\nof noble discernment,\nabsorbed in jhana.\nHere practicing the Dhamma,\nthe path leading to good destinations,\nthose wishing for pleasure rejoice\nin delight in the heavenly world.\n\"If, while he is walking, there arises in a monk a thought of sensuality, a thought of ill-will, or a thought of harmfulness, and he does not quickly abandon, dispel, demolish, or wipe that thought out of existence, then a monk walking with such a lack of ardency & concern is called continually & continuously lethargic & low in his persistence.\n\"If, while he is standing...\n\"If, while he is sitting...\n\"If, while he is lying down, there arises in a monk a thought of sensuality, a thought of ill-will, or a thought of harmfulness, and he does not quickly abandon, dispel, demolish, or wipe that thought out of existence, then a monk lying down with such a lack of ardency & concern is called continually & continuously lethargic & low in his persistence.\n\"But if, while he is walking, there arises in a monk a thought of sensuality, a thought of ill-will, or a thought of harmfulness, and he quickly abandons, dispels, demolishes, & wipes that thought out of existence, then a monk walking with such ardency & concern is called continually & continuously resolute, one with persistence aroused.\n\"If, while he is lying down, there arises in a monk a thought of sensuality, a thought of ill-will, or a thought of harmfulness, and he quickly abandons, dispels, demolishes, & wipes that thought out of existence, then a monk lying down with such ardency & concern is called continually & continuously resolute, one with persistence aroused.\"\nWhether walking, standing,\nsitting, or lying down,\nwhoever thinks evil thoughts,\nrelated to the household life,\nhe is following no path at all,\ninfatuated with delusory things.\nSuch a monk is incapable\nof touching the highest Awakening.\nBut whoever -- \nwalking, standing,\nsitting, or lying down -- \novercomes thought,\ndelighting in the stilling of thought:\nSuch a monk is capable\nof touching the highest Awakening.\n\"Be consummate in virtue, monks, and consummate in the Patimokkha. Dwell restrained in accordance with the Patimokkha, consummate in your behavior & sphere of activity. Train yourselves, having undertaken the training rules, seeing danger in the slightest faults.\n\"When one is consummate in virtue, consummate in the Patimokkha; dwelling restrained in accordance with the Patimokkha, consummate in one's behavior & sphere of activity; training oneself, having undertaken the training rules, seeing danger in the slightest faults -- what more is to be done?\n\"If, while he is walking, any greed in a monk is done away with, any ill will, any sloth & torpor, any restlessness & anxiety, any uncertainty is done away with; if his persistence is aroused and not lax; if his mindfulness is established & unmuddled; if his body is calm & unaroused; if his mind is centered & unified: then a monk walking with such ardency & concern is called continually & continuously resolute, one with persistence aroused.\n\"If, while he is lying down, any greed in a monk is done away with, any ill will, any sloth & torpor, any restlessness & anxiety, any uncertainty is done away with; if his persistence is aroused and not lax; if his mindfulness is established & unmuddled; if his body is calm & unaroused; if his mind is centered & unified: then a monk lying down with such ardency & concern is called continually & continuously resolute, one with persistence aroused.\"\nControlled in walking,\ncontrolled in standing,\ncontrolled in sitting,\ncontrolled in lying down,\ncontrolled in flexing & extending his limbs\n-- above, around, & below,\nas far as the worlds extend --\nobserving the arising & passing away\nof phenomena,\nof aggregates:\nA monk who dwells thus ardently,\nwith quiet conduct and calm --\nalways mindfully\ntraining in the mastery\nof the tranquillity\nof awareness --\nis said to be continually\nresolute.\n\"The world has been fully awakened to by the Tathagata. From the world, the Tathagata is disjoined. The origination of the world has been fully awakened to by the Tathagata. The origination of the world has, by the Tathagata, been abandoned. The cessation of the world has been fully awakened to by the Tathagata. The cessation of the world has, by the Tathagata, been realized. The path leading to the cessation of the world has been fully awakened to by the Tathagata. The path leading to the cessation of the world has, by the Tathagata, been developed.\nWhatever in this world -- with its gods, Maras, and Brahmas, its generations complete with contemplatives and priests, princes and men -- is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, pondered by the intellect, that has been fully awakened to by the Tathagata. Thus he is called the Tathagata.\nFrom the night the Tathagata fully awakens to the unsurpassed Right Self-awakening to the night he is totally unbound in the Unbinding property with no fuel remaining, whatever the Tathagata has said, spoken, explained is just so (tatha) and not otherwise. Thus he is called the Tathagata.\nThe Tathagata is one who does in line with (tathaa) what he teaches, one who teaches in line with what he does. Thus he is called the Tathagata.\nIn this world with its gods, Maras, and Brahmas, its generations complete with contemplatives and priests, princes and men, the Tathagata is the conqueror, unconquered, all-seeing, the wielder of power. Thus he is called the Tathagata.\" This is the meaning of what the Blessed One said. So with regard to this it was said:\nDirectly knowing all the world,\nall the world as is actually is,\nfrom all the world disjoined,\nin all the world unmatched:\nAbsolute conqueror of all, wise,\nreleased from all bonds,\nhe touches the highest peace -- \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Unbinding, which is free from fear.\nHe is effluent-free,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 awakened,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 trouble-free,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 his doubts demolished,\nhas attained the ending of action,\nis released in the destruction of acquisitions.\nHe is the Blessed One, awakened,\nhe is a lion, unexcelled.\nIn the world with its devas\nhe set the Brahma-wheel in motion.\nThus human and heavenly beings\nwho have gone to the Buddha for refuge,\non meeting him, pay homage\nto the great one, fully mature.\nTamed, he's the best\nof those who can be tamed;\ncalm, the seer\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of those who can be calmed;\nreleased, supreme\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 among those who can be released;\ncrossed, the foremost\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of those who can cross.\nThus do they pay homage\nto the great one, fully mature:\n\"In this world with its devas,\nthere is no one to compare with you.\"","title":"Iti 4","type":"page"}