Gāthā Flashcards
Sabba-pāpassa akarańam
Kusalassa upasampadā
Sacitta pariyo dapanam
Etam Buddhāna sāsanam
Avoid all evil action
Cultivate all good action
Purify one’s own mind
This is the teaching of the Buddha
Satthā Bhagavā
Buddho jānam jānāti
Sāvako ahaM asmi
Nāham jānāmi
The Buddha is the teacher
I am the disciple
He knows
I don’t know
Saddhāya tarati oghaM
Oppamādena ańńavam
Viriyena dukkhaM acceti
Paññaya parisujjhati
Oppamādena
Nābhinandāmi maraṇaṃ
Nāvakamkhāmi jīvitaṃ
Kālañca abhikamkhāmi
Vetanaṃ bhatako yathā
(Theragāthā 654)
I do not specially rejoice over death
I do not underestimate life (living)
i.e., I don’t have the desire for life
I am waiting for the time (moment) of death
Just as a daily paid worker wait for his payments after the day’s work.
Saddhā bijaM
Tapo vuTThi
Paññā me yuganarigalaM
Hiri īsā mano yottaM
Faith is seed
Austerity is rain
Wisdom is yoke and plough
Moral shame is pole plough
Desito, Ānanda, mayā dhammo anantaraṃ abāhiraṃ karitvā. Natthānanda, tathāgatassa dhammesu ācariyamuṭṭhi.
I have taught the Dhamma, Ānanda, without making a distinction between inside and outside. The Tathāgata has no closed fist of a teacher in regard to the teachings.
阿難！我所說的法，沒有做了內部、沒有做了外部。如來的法沒有老師的秘藏(袖中秘笈) 。
Atha kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ Ānandaṃ āmantesi – ‘‘siyā kho panānanda, tumhākaṃ evamassa – ‘atītasatthukaṃ pāvacanaṃ, natthi no satthā’ti. Na kho panetaṃ, ānanda, evaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ. Yo vo, Ānanda, mayā dhammo ca vinayo ca desito paññatto, so vo mamaccayena satthā.”
Then the Blessed One said to Ven. Ananda, “Now, if it occurs to any of you — ‘The teaching has lost its authority; we are without a Teacher’ — do not view it in that way. Whatever Dhamma & Vinaya I have pointed out & formulated for you, Ānanda, that will be your Teacher when I am gone.”
— DN 16: Mahāparinibbānasutta
爾時，世尊告阿難曰：
“阿難!若於汝等中，有作如是思惟：“大師之教言滅，我等無複有大師。”阿難!勿作如是見，阿難!依我為汝等所說之法與律，於我滅後，當為汝等之大師。
Pheṇapiṇḍūpamaṃ rūpaṃ vedanā bubbuḷupamā. Marīcikūpamā saññā saṃkhārā kadalūpamā, Māyūpamañca viññāṇaṃ dīpitādiccabandhunā
Material form is just like a foam,
Feeling is just like a bubble,
Identification or perception is like mirage,
Volitional activities are like the trunk of a banana tree (which is empty),
Consciousness is just like deceit / magic.
「觀色如聚沫，受如水上泡，想如春時燄，諸行如芭蕉，諸識法如幻，日種姓尊說。
kāyena saṃvaro sādhu, sādhu vācāya saṃvaro, manasā saṃvaro sādhu, sādhu sabbattha saṃvaro, sabbattha saṃvaro bhikkhu sabbadukkhā pamuccati.
Restraint over the body is good. Good is restraint over the speech. Restraint over the mind is good. Good is restraint everywhere. The monk who is restrained everywhere will be freed from all suffering.
律儀身是好的， 律儀語是好的， 律儀意是好的， 律儀諸根是好的， 律儀諸根的比丘得以解脫一切苦。
(法句經 第廿五：比丘品 BHIKKHUVAGGO偈頌 361)
Tudanti vācāya janā asaññatā
(uncultured people attack with the words)
Source : Udānapāḷi 4: Meghiyavaggo 4-8: Sundarīsuttaṃ (38)
(Āḷavako:)
Kathaṃ su tarati oghaṃ kathaṃ su tarati aṇṇavaṃ,
Kathaṃ su dukkhaṃ acceti kathaṃ su parisujjhatīti.
(Bhagavā:)
Saddhāya tarati oghaṃ appamādena aṇṇavaṃ,
Viriyena dukkhaṃ acceti paññāya parisujjhatīti.
「如何渡洪水？如何渡海洋？
如何克服苦？如何被淨化？」
「以信渡洪水，以不放逸[渡]海洋，
以活力克服苦，被慧淨化。
Saddhāya tarati oghaṃ
By saddhā (i.e. faith) one crosses over the stream (saṃsāra, i.e. cycle of birth & death)
saṃsāra : ‘round of rebirth’
ogha: ‘floods’, is a name for the 4 cankers (āsava, q.v.).
Appamādena aṇṇavaṃ,
By mindfulness one crosses over the ocean
aṇṇava (nt.) [Sk. arṇa & arṇava to ṛ, ṛṇoti to move, runs, river, flow.] 1. a great flood (= ogha), the sea or ocean (often as mah˚, cp. BSk. mahārṇava) (mahā udak˚); (fig. for saŋsāra (˚kucchi). – 2. a stream, river.
Viriyena dukkhaṃ acceti
By effort one surpasses suffering
acceti([ati越過.過度]+[eti去.到] fr. i): 越過去
Paññāya parisujjhati
By wisdom, one is purified
Parisujjhati [Pass. of pari+śudh] to become clear or clean, to be purified
“ 以信渡洪流，以不放逸渡海，以精進止息苦憂，以智慧清淨自己。”
Saddhāya tarati oghaṃ
By saddhā (i.e. faith) one crosses over the stream (saṃsāra, i.e. cycle of birth & death)
saṃsāra : ‘round of rebirth’
ogha: ‘floods’, is a name for the 4 cankers (āsava, q.v.).
Appamādena aṇṇavaṃ,
By mindfulness one crosses over the ocean
aṇṇava (nt.) [Sk. arṇa & arṇava to ṛ, ṛṇoti to move, runs, river, flow.] 1. a great flood (= ogha), the sea or ocean (often as mah˚, cp. BSk. mahārṇava) (mahā udak˚); (fig. for saŋsāra (˚kucchi). – 2. a stream, river.
Viriyena dukkhaṃ acceti
By effort one surpasses suffering
acceti([ati越過.過度]+[eti去.到] fr. i): 越過去
Paññāya parisujjhati
By wisdom, one is purified
Parisujjhati [Pass. of pari+śudh] to become clear or clean, to be purified
“ 以信渡洪流，以不放逸渡海，以精進止息苦憂，以智慧清淨自己。”
Pañca khaNDa
Rūpa, vedanā, saññā, saMkhārā, ViññāNa
Natthi attakāre, natthi parakāre, natthi purisakāre
There is no action as done by oneself, done by others or done by person
