Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

23. The World

0 Source: Savathi.

1 The world, O bhikkhus, has been awoken to, by the Tathagata. The Tathagata is detached from the world. The origination of the world, O bhikkhus, has been awoken to, by the Tathagata. The Tathagata has abandoned the origination of the world. The cessation of the world, O bhikkhus, has been awoken to, by the Tathagata. The Tathagata has realized the cessation of the world. The path leading to the cessation of the world, O bhikkhus, has been awoken to, by the Tathagata. the Tathagata has enculturated the path leading to the cessation of the world.

2 O bhikkhus, of the deva world with Mara and Brahma, together with the population of samanas and brahmanas, devas and humans, whatever is seen, heard, thought, cognized, attained, sought after, pondered over by the mind, all that has been awoken to, by the Tathagata. Therefore he is called: “The Tathagata.”

3 Between the night, O bhikkhus, the Tathagata attained supreme awakening, to the night during his parinibbana, whatever he says, explains, declares, all that is just so, not otherwise. Therefore he is called: “The Tathagata.”

4 As the Tathagata says, O bhikkhus, so he does. As he does, so he says. Since, as he says, so he does, as he does, so he says, therefore he is called: “The Tathagata.””

5 O bhikkhus, in the world with its devas, Mara and Brahma, together with the population of samanas and brahmanas, devas and humans, the Tathagata is the vanquisher, the unvanquished, the universal seer, the wielder of power. Therefore he is called: “The Tathagata.”

With supreme knowlege over all the worlds,
all the worlds as it is;
he is detached from all the worlds,
unattracted to all the worlds.

Indeed he is the wise one, conqueror of the all,
freed from all bonds is he;
attained to the highest peace,
nibbana, inadmissible to fear.

This is the Buddha with asavas extincted,
untroubled, with all doubt cut;
attained to the extinction of all kamma,
liberated by the extinction of ownership.

This is the Buddha, the Auspicious One,
this is the lion unsurpassed;
for in the world with its devas,
he sets rolling the wheel of Brahma.

Thus, do the devas and humans,
those gone to the Buddha as refuge;
having assembled, they pay him homage,
that great one, free from diffidence.

Tamed, of the tamed, he is the best,
calmed, of the calmed, he is the seer;
freed, of the freed, he is the foremost,
crossed, of crossing guides, he is most excellent.

Thus indeed, do they pay him homage,
The great one free from diffidence;
In this world with its devas,
there is none equaling you.

0 sāvatthinidānaṃ

1 loko bhikkhave tathāgatena abhisambuddho. lokasmā tathāgato visaṃyutto. lokasamudayo bhikkhave tathāgatena abhisambuddho. lokasamudayo tathāgatassa pahīṇo. lokanirodho bhikkhave tathāgatena abhisambuddho. lokanirodho tathāgatassa sacchikato. lokanirodhagāminīpaṭipadā bhikkhave tathāgatena abhisambuddhā. lokanirodhagāminīpaṭipadā tathāgatassa bhāvitā.

2 yaṃ bhikkhave sadevakassa lokassa samārakassa sabrahmakassa sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya diṭṭhaṃ sutaṃ mutaṃ viññātaṃ pattaṃ pariyesitaṃ anuvicaritaṃ manasā, sabbaṃ taṃ tathāgatena abhisambuddhaṃ. tasmā tathāgato'ti vuccati.

3 yañca bhikkhave rattiṃ tathāgato abhisambujjhati, yañca rattiṃ parinibbāyati, yaṃ etasmiṃ antare bhāsati lapati niddisati, sabbaṃ taṃ tatheva hoti. no aññathā. tasmā tathāgato'ti vuccati.

4 yathāvādī bhikkhave tathāgato tathākārī, yathākārī tathāvādī, iti yathāvādī tathākārī yathākārī tathāvādī. tasmā tathāgato'ti vuccati.

5 sadevake bhikkhave loke samārake sabrahmake sassamaṇabrāhmaṇiyā pajāya sadevamanussāya tathāgato abhibhū anabhibhūto, aṭṭadatthu daso vasavattī. tasmā tathāgato'ti vuccati.

sabbalokaṃ abhiññāya,
sabbaloke yathā tathaṃ;
sabbalokavisaṃyutto,
sabbaloke anūpayo.

sa ve sabbābhibhū dhīro,
sabbaganthappamocano;
phuṭṭhassa paramā santi,
nibbānaṃ akutobhayaṃ.

esa khīṇāsavo buddho,
anīghocchinnasaṃsayo;
sabbakammakkhayaṃ patto,
vimutto upadhisaṅkhaye.

esa so bhagavā buddho,
esa sīho anuttaro;
sadevakassa lokassa,
brahmacakkaṃ pavattayī.

iti devamanussā ca,
ye buddhaṃ saraṇaṃgatā;
saṅgamma naṃ namassanti,
mahantaṃ vītasāradaṃ.

danto damayataṃ seṭṭho,
santo samayataṃ isī;
mutto mocayataṃ aggo,
tiṇṇo tārayataṃ varo.

iti hetaṃ namassanti,
mahantaṃ vītasāradaṃ;
sadevakasmiṃ lokasmiṃ,
natthi te paṭipuggaloti.