Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiujjhitasmiṁ mahāpathe;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatodiscarded on the highway,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiPadumaṁ tattha jāyetha,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoa lotus might blossom,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisucigandhaṁ manoramaṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatofragrant and delightful.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiEvaṁ saṅkārabhūtesu,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoSo too, among those thought of as trash,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiandhabhūte puthujjane;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoa disciple of the perfect Buddha
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAtirocati paññāya,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatooutshines with their wisdom
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisammāsambuddhasāvako.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothe blind ordinary folk.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiPupphavaggo catuttho.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKhuddakanikāya
English · Bhikkhu SujatoMinor Collection
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDhammapada
English · Bhikkhu SujatoSayings of the Dhamma 60–75
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiBālavagga
English · Bhikkhu Sujato5. The Fool
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAññatarapurisavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDīghā jāgarato ratti,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoLong is the night for the wakeful;
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītidīghaṁ santassa yojanaṁ;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolong is the league for the weary;
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDīgho bālāna saṁsāro,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolong transmigrate the fools
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisaddhammaṁ avijānataṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatowho don’t understand the true teaching.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMahākassapasaddhivihārikavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiCarañce nādhigaccheyya,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoIf while wandering you find no partner
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSeyyaṁ sadisamattano;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoequal or better than yourself,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiEkacariyaṁ daḷhaṁ kayirā,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothen firmly resolve to wander alone—
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNatthi bāle sahāyatā.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothere’s no fellowship with fools.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiĀnandaseṭṭhivatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiPuttā matthi dhanaṁ matthi,
English · Bhikkhu Sujato“Sons are mine, wealth is mine”—
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiiti bālo vihaññati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothus the fool frets.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAttā hi attano natthi,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoFor even your self is not your own,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītikuto puttā kuto dhanaṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolet alone your sons or wealth.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiGaṇṭhibhedakacoravatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYo bālo maññati bālyaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoThe fool who thinks they’re a fool
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītipaṇḍito vāpi tena so;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatois wise at least to that extent.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiBālo ca paṇḍitamānī,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoBut the true fool is said to be one
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītisa ve “bālo”ti vuccati.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatowho imagines that they are wise.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiUdāyittheravatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYāvajīvampi ce bālo,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoThough a fool attends to the wise
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītipaṇḍitaṁ payirupāsati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoeven for the rest of their life,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNa so dhammaṁ vijānāti,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothey still don’t understand the teaching,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītidabbī sūparasaṁ yathā.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolike a spoon the taste of the soup.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiTiṁsapāveyyakabhikkhuvatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMuhuttamapi ce viññū,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoIf a clever person attends to the wise
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītipaṇḍitaṁ payirupāsati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoeven just for an hour or so,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKhippaṁ dhammaṁ vijānāti,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothey swiftly understand the teaching,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītijivhā sūparasaṁ yathā.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolike a tongue the taste of the soup.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSuppabuddhakuṭṭhivatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiCaranti bālā dummedhā,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoFools and simpletons behave
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiamitteneva attanā;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolike their own worst enemies,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKarontā pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatodoing wicked deeds
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiyaṁ hoti kaṭukapphalaṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothat ripen as bitter fruit.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKassakavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNa taṁ kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoIt’s not good to do a deed
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiyaṁ katvā anutappati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothat plagues you later on,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYassa assumukho rodaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatofor which you weep and wail,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītivipākaṁ paṭisevati.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoas its effect stays with you.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSumanamālākāravatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiTañca kammaṁ kataṁ sādhu,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoIt is good to do a deed
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiyaṁ katvā nānutappati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothat doesn’t plague you later on,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYassa patīto sumano,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothat gladdens and cheers,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītivipākaṁ paṭisevati.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoas its effect stays with you.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiUppalavaṇṇattherīvatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMadhuṁvā maññati bālo,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoThe fool imagines that evil is sweet,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiyāva pāpaṁ na paccati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoso long as it has not yet ripened.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYadā ca paccati pāpaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoBut as soon as that evil ripens,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiatha dukkhaṁ nigacchati.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothey fall into suffering.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiJambukattheravatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMāse māse kusaggena,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoMonth after month a fool may eat
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītibālo bhuñjeyya bhojanaṁ;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatofood from a grass-blade’s tip;
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNa so saṅkhātadhammānaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatobut they’ll never be worth a sixteenth part
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītikalaṁ agghati soḷasiṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoof one who has appraised the teaching.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAhipetavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNa hi pāpaṁ kataṁ kammaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoFor a wicked deed that has been done
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSajjukhīraṁva muccati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatodoes not curdle quickly like milk.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiḌahantaṁ bālamanveti,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoSmoldering, it follows the fool,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiBhasmacchannova pāvako.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolike a fire smothered over with ash.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSaṭṭhikūṭapetavatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම ගැළපූ ඛණ්ඩයට පරිවර්තන පාඨයක් සපයා නැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiYāvadeva anatthāya,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoWhatever fame a fool may get,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiñattaṁ bālassa jāyati;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoit only gives rise to harm.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiHanti bālassa sukkaṁsaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoWhatever good features they have it ruins,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītimuddhamassa vipātayaṁ.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoand blows their head into bits.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiCittagahapativatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAsantaṁ bhāvanamiccheyya,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoThey’d seek the esteem that they lack,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiPurekkhārañca bhikkhusu;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoand status among the mendicants;
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiĀvāsesu ca issariyaṁ,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoauthority over monasteries,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiPūjaṁ parakulesu ca.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoand honor among other families.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMameva kata maññantu,
English · Bhikkhu Sujato“Let both layfolk and renunciants think
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītigihī pabbajitā ubho;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatothe work was done by me alone.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiMamevātivasā assu,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoIn anything at all that’s to be done,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītikiccākiccesu kismici;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatolet them fall under my sway alone.”
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiIti bālassa saṅkappo,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoSo thinks the fool,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiicchā māno ca vaḍḍhati.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatotheir greed and pride only growing.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiVanavāsitissasāmaṇeravatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiAññā hi lābhūpanisā,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoFor the means to profit and the path to quenching
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītiaññā nibbānagāminī;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoare two quite different things.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiEvametaṁ abhiññāya,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoA mendicant disciple of the Buddha,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītibhikkhu buddhassa sāvako;
English · Bhikkhu Sujatounderstanding what this really means,
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiSakkāraṁ nābhinandeyya,
English · Bhikkhu Sujatowould never delight in honors,
Pali · Mahāsaṅgītivivekamanubrūhaye.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatobut rather would foster seclusion.
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiBālavaggo pañcamo.
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiKhuddakanikāya
English · Bhikkhu SujatoMinor Collection
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiDhammapada
English · Bhikkhu SujatoSayings of the Dhamma 76–89
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiPaṇḍitavagga
English · Bhikkhu Sujato6. The Astute
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiRādhattheravatthu
English · Bhikkhu Sujatoමෙම සංස්කරණයේ ඛණ්ඩය නොමැත
Pali · MahāsaṅgītiNidhīnaṁva pavattāraṁ,
English · Bhikkhu SujatoRegard one who sees your faults