{"collection":"Buddhism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bud/snp/snp4-14.htm","path":"bud/snp/snp4-14.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bud/snp/snp4-14.htm","text":"I ask the kinsman of the Sun, the great seer,\nabout seclusion & the state of peace.\nSeeing in what way is a monk unbound,\nclinging to nothing in the world?\nThrough wisdom, he should put\nan entire stop\nto the root of the differentiation-classifications:\n'I am.'\nHe should always train mindfully\nto subdue any internal craving.\nWhatever truth he may know,\nwithin or without,\nhe should not become fixed because of it,\nfor that isn't called\nUnbinding by the good.\nHe should not, because of it, think himself\nbetter,\nlower, or\nequal.\nTouched by contact in various ways,\nhe should not keep forming conceits about self.\nStilled right within,\nhe should not seek peace from another.\nFor one stilled right within,\nthere's nothing grasped,\nso how rejected?\nAs in the middle of the sea\nit is still,\nwith no waves upwelling,\nso the monk -- unperturbed, still --\nshould not swell himself in any way.\nHe whose eyes are open has described\nthe Dhamma he's witnessed,\nsubduing danger.\nNow tell us, sir, the practice:\nthe code of discipline & concentration.\nOne should not be careless with his eyes,\nshould close his ears to village-talk,\nshould not hunger for flavors,\nor view anything in the world\nas mine.\nWhen touched by contact\nhe should not lament,\nshould not covet any state of becoming at all,\nor tremble at terrors.\nWhen gaining food & drink,\nstaples & cloth,\nhe should not make a hoard.\nNor should he be upset\nwhen receiving no gains.\nAbsorbed, not foot-loose,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 restless,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or heedless,\nhe should live in a noise-less abode.\nNot making much of sleep,\nardent, given to wakefulness,\nhe should abandon sloth, deception,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 laughter, sports,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 fornication, & all that goes with it;\nshould not practice charms,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 interpret physical marks, dreams,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the stars, animal cries;\nshould not be devoted to\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 medicine or inducing fertility.\nA monk should not tremble at blame\nor grow haughty with praise;\nshould thrust aside stinginess, greed,\ndivisive speech, anger;\nshould not buy or sell\nor revile anyone in any way;\nshould not linger in villages,\nor flatter people in hopes of gains.\nA monk should not boast\nor speak with ulterior motive,\nshould not train in impudence\nor speak quarrelsome words;\nshould not engage in deception\nor knowingly cheat;\nshould not despise others for their\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 life,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 discernment,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 precepts,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 or practices.\nProvoked with many words\nfrom contemplatives or ordinary people,\nhe should not respond harshly,\nfor those who retaliate\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 are't calm.\nKnowing this teaching, inquisitive,\na monk should always train in it mindfully.\nKnowing Unbinding as peace,\nhe should not be heedless of Gotama's message -- \nfor he, the Conqueror unconquered,\nwitnessed the Dhamma,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 not by hearsay,\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 but directly, himself.\nSo, heedful, one should always train\nin line with that Blessed One's message.","title":"Sn IV.14: Tuvataka Sutta","type":"page"}