Thag 10.7 - Thag 10:7 Gotama
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
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Publisher references (not part of the sutta): See also: Dhp 183–185; Sn 1:3; Sn 1:12; Sn 2:6; Sn 2:9; Sn 2:13; Sn 3:11; Sn 4:14–16
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Thag 10:7 Gotama

You should know what’s to your benefit.
You should take a good look
    at the Buddha’s word
    & at what’s fitting here
for one who has entered
on the contemplative life.

An admirable friend right here,
undertaking the complete training,
& obedience to teachers:
    This is fitting
    for a contemplative.

Respect for the Buddhas,
honoring the Dhamma
as it has come to be,
& thinking highly of the Saṅgha:
    This is fitting
    for a contemplative.

Fitting behavior & range of association,
a livelihood purified, blameless,
the establishing of the mind:
    This is fitting
    for a contemplative.

Virtuous in what you do
& what you abstain from doing,
inspiring comportment,
commitment to the heightened mind:
    This is fitting
    for a contemplative.

Wilderness lodgings,
secluded, with next-to-no noise,
right for sages to resort to:
    This is fitting
    for a contemplative.

Virtue, learning,
investigating
phenomena,
mental qualities,
as they have come to be:
    This is fitting
    for a contemplative.

You should develop
inconstancy,
the perception of not-self,
the perception of unattractiveness,
& distaste for the world:
    This is fitting
    for a contemplative.

You should develop
the factors for awakening,
the bases for success,
the faculties,
& the noble eightfold path:
    This is fitting
    for a contemplative.

A sage should abandon craving,
should cut through the effluents, root & all,
should dwell fully released:
    This is fitting
    for a contemplative.