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B0102050404catukkanipāto (chapter four sutra)

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sloth and torpor are gone, restlessness and remorse are gone, doubt is abandoned, if energy is aroused, unflagging, if mindfulness is established, unconfused, if the body is tranquil, not agitated, if the mind is concentrated, unified. Even such a monk, monks, while walking, ardent, conscientious, constantly, continuously, with aroused energy, with mind directed, is called. Even for a monk, monks, who is standing, if covetousness is gone, ill will is gone, sloth and torpor are gone, restlessness and remorse are gone, doubt is abandoned, if energy is aroused, unflagging, if mindfulness is established, unconfused, if the body is tranquil, not agitated, if the mind is concentrated, unified. Even such a monk, monks, while standing, ardent, conscientious, constantly, continuously, with aroused energy, with mind directed, is called. Even for a monk, monks, who is sitting, if covetousness is gone, ill will is gone, sloth and torpor are gone, restlessness and remorse are gone, doubt is abandoned, if energy is aroused, unflagging, if mindfulness is established, unconfused, if the body is tranquil, not agitated, if the mind is concentrated, unified. Even such a monk, monks, while sitting, ardent, conscientious, constantly, continuously, with aroused energy, with mind directed, is called. Even for a monk, monks, who is lying down, awake, if covetousness is gone, ill will is gone, sloth and torpor are gone, restlessness and remorse are gone, doubt is aban not slack, energy is aroused, not sluggish, mindfulness is established, not forgotten, the body is tranquil, not agitated, the mind is concentrated, unified. Even lying down, bhikkhus, a monk who is awake, thus ardent, conscientious, constantly, continuously with aroused energy, with mind directed, is called. The Blessed One said this meaning. And there, this is said: Restrained he walks, restrained he stands, restrained he sits, restrained he lies down; Restrained the bhikkhu bends (his limbs), restrained he stretches them out. Upwards, across, downwards, as far as the world's course; And observing the phenomena, the rise and fall of the aggregates. Dwelling thus, ardent, with tranquil conduct, not agitated; Rightly calming the mind, always mindful, training; Constantly with mind directed, they call such a bhikkhu. This meaning too was spoken by the Blessed One, thus have I heard. The Twelfth. 13. The Discourse on the World 112. This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, thus have I heard: The world, bhikkhus, has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata; from the world the Tathāgata is disjoined. The origin of the world, bhikkhus, has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata; the origin of the world has been abandoned by the Tathāgata. The cessation of the world, bhikkhus, has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata; the cessation of the world has been realized by the Tathāgata. The path leading to the cessation of the world, bhikkhus, has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata; the path leading to the cessation of the world has been developed by the Tathāgata. Whatever, bhikkhus, in the world with its devas, with its Māra, with its Brahmā, with its ascetics and brahmins, with its devas and humans, is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought, pondered by the mind, because that has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata, therefore he is called the Tathāgata. And whatever night, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata fully awakens to the unexcelled perfect enlightenment, and whatever night he utterly passes away into the Nibbāna element with no fuel remaining, whatever he speaks, utters, expounds in that interval, all that is just so, not otherwise. otherwise, therefore he is called Tathāgata. “As he speaks, monks, so the Tathāgata acts; as he acts, so he speaks. Thus, as he speaks, so he acts; as he acts, so he speaks. Therefore he is called Tathāgata. “In the world with its devas, monks, with its Māras, with its Brahmās, with its ascetics and brahmins, with its devas and humans, the Tathāgata is the conqueror, unconquered, the all-seer, the master. Therefore he is called Tathāgata.” The Blessed One spoke this meaning. Therein this is said: Having fully known all the world, In all the world as it truly is; Disconnected from all the world, Without attachment in all the world. He, indeed, is the wise one, the conqueror of all, The releaser from all bonds; He has touched the supreme peace, Nibbāna, without fear from any quarter. This is the Buddha, with defilements destroyed, Without affliction, with doubts cut off; He has attained the destruction of all kamma, Liberated in the ending of attachments. This is that Blessed One, the Buddha, This is the supreme lion; For the world with its devas, He set in motion the Brahma-wheel. Thus devas and humans, Who have gone for refuge to the Buddha; Gather and pay homage to him, The great one, free from fear. The tamed, best of those who tame; The peaceful, sage of those who pacify; The liberated, foremost of those who liberate; The crossed over, excellent of those who ferry across. Thus they pay homage to him, The great one, free from fear; In the world with its devas, There is no one equal to him. This meaning too was spoken by the Blessed One, so I have heard. The Thirteenth. The Chapter of Fours is finished. Its summary: Brāhmaṇa, Sulabhā, Jāna, Samaṇa, Sīlā, Taṇhā, Brahmā; Bahukārā, Kuhapurisā, Cara, Sampanna, Lokena, Thirteenth. Collection of Suttas: The Chapter of Ones with seven suttas, The Chapter of Twos with twenty-two suttas collected; The Chapter of Threes with fifty, And the Chapter of Fours with thirteen, thus it is. Two hundred and two suttas, Having recited, they established in ancient times; The Arahants And for its long preservation, they call it by the name 'Itivuttaka'. The Itivuttaka Pāli is completed.

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