btsun pa sgra gcan zin | rab tu byuṅ ba’i yon tan daṅ | phan yon ji ltar khyod ston pa de ltar mi bstan to ||
de ci’i phyir źe na |
rab tu ’byuṅ ba ni yon tan med ciṅ phan yon med pa yin no ||
btsun pa sgra gcan zin | gaṅ la ’dus byas ’jug pa de la yon tan daṅ | phan yon yod mod kyi
rab tu byuṅ pa ni ’dus ma byas par sbyor ba yin te | ’dus ma byas la ni yon tan daṅ | phan yon med do ||
btsun pa sgra gcan zin rab tu ’byuṅ ba ni gzugs can ma yin te | gzugs daṅ bral pa’o ||
thog ma daṅ | tha ma’i mthar lta ba daṅ bral pa’o ||
mya ṅan las ’das pa’i lam mo ||
mkhas pa rnams kyis bsṅags pa’o || ’phags pa rnams kyis yoṅs su bzuṅ ba’o ||
bdud thams cad pham par byed pa’o || ’gro ba lṅa las grol ba’o ||
mig lṅa rnam par sby’oṅ ba’o || stobs lṅa ’thob pa’o || dbaṅ po lṅa’i rten to ||
gźan dag la mi gnod pa’o || sdig pa’i chos daṅ ma ’dres pa’o || pha rol mu stegs can rab tu ’dul ba’o ||
gdags pa las yaṅ dag par ’das pa’o || ’dod pa’i ’dam la zab pa’o ||
yoṅs su ’dzin pa med pa’o || ṅa yi ba med ciṅ ṅar ’dzin pa daṅ bral ba’o ||
len pa med pa’o || ’khrug pa med pa’o || ’khrug pa spaṅs pa’o ||
raṅ gi sems ’dul źiṅ gźan gyi sems sruṅ ba’o ||
źi gnas daṅ mthun pa’o || thams cad du kha na ma tho ba med pa ste |
de ni rab tu byuṅ ba źes bya | gaṅ dag de ltar rab tu byuṅ ba de dag ni legs par rab tu byuṅ ba’o ||
Reverend Rāhula, you should not teach the benefits and virtues of renunciation in the way that you do.
Why?
Renunciation is itself the very absence of virtues and benefits.
Reverend Rāhula, one may speak of benefits and virtues in regard to compounded things
but renunciation is uncompounded, and there can be no question of benefits and virtues in regard to the uncompounded.
Reverend Rāhula, renunciation is not material but is free of matter.
It is free of the extreme views of beginning and end.
It is the path of liberation.
It is praised by the wise, embraced by the saints
and causes the defeat of all Māras. It liberates from the five states of existence
purifies the five eyes, cultivates the five powers, and supports the five spiritual faculties.
Renunciation is totally harmless to others and is not adulterated with evil things. It disciplines the heterodox
transcending all denominations. It is the bridge over the swamp of desire
without grasping, and free of the habits of I and mine.
It is without attachment and without disturbance, eliminating all commotion.
It disciplines ones own mind and protects the minds of others.
It favors mental quiescence and stimulates transcendental analysis.
It is irreproachable in all respects and so is called renunciation. Those who leave the mundane in this way are called truly renunciant.