- Numbered Discourses 4.25 Aį¹ guttara NikÄya 4.25
- 3. At UruvelÄ 3. Uruvelavagga
The Spiritual Life Brahmacariyasutta
āMendicants, this spiritual life is not lived for the sake of deceiving people or flattering them, nor for the benefit of possessions, honor, or popularity, nor for the benefit of winning debates, nor thinking, āSo let people know about me!ā āNayidaį¹, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaį¹ vussati janakuhanatthaį¹, na janalapanatthaį¹, na lÄbhasakkÄrasilokÄnisaį¹satthaį¹, na itivÄdappamokkhÄnisaį¹satthaį¹, na āiti maį¹ jano jÄnÄtÅ«āti. This spiritual life is lived for the sake of restraint, giving up, fading away, and cessation. Atha kho idaį¹, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaį¹ vussati saį¹varatthaį¹ pahÄnatthaį¹ virÄgatthaį¹ nirodhatthanti.
The Buddha taught the spiritual life Saį¹varatthaį¹ pahÄnatthaį¹, not because of tradition, brahmacariyaį¹ anÄ«tihaį¹; but for the sake of restraint and giving up, Adesayi so bhagavÄ, and because it culminates in extinguishment. nibbÄnogadhagÄminaį¹; This is the path followed by the big-hearted, Esa maggo mahantehi, the great seers. anuyÄto mahesibhi.
Those who practice it Ye ca taį¹ paį¹ipajjanti, as it was taught by the Buddha, yathÄ buddhena desitaį¹; doing the teacherās bidding, Dukkhassantaį¹ karissanti, make an end of suffering.ā satthusÄsanakÄrinoāti.
PaƱcamaį¹.