With TissametteyyaTissametteyyasutta

“When someone indulges in sex,”“Methunamanuyuttassa, said Venerable Tissametteyya,(iccāyasmā tisso metteyyo) “tell us, good fellow: what trouble befalls them?Vighātaṁ brūhi mārisa; After hearing your instruction,Sutvāna tava sāsanaṁ, we shall train in seclusion.”Viveke sikkhissāmase”.

“When someone indulges in sex,”“Methunamanuyuttassa, replied the Buddha,(metteyyāti bhagavā) “they forget their instructionsMussate vāpi sāsanaṁ; and go the wrong way—Micchā ca paṭipajjati, that is something ignoble in them.Etaṁ tasmiṁ anāriyaṁ.

Someone who formerly lived aloneEko pubbe caritvāna, and then resorts to sexmethunaṁ yo nisevati; is like a chariot careening off-track;Yānaṁ bhantaṁva taṁ loke, in the world they call them a low, ordinary person.hīnamāhu puthujjanaṁ.

Their former fame and reputationYaso kitti ca yā pubbe, also fall away.hāyate vāpi tassa sā; Seeing this, they’d trainEtampi disvā sikkhetha, to give up sex.methunaṁ vippahātave.

Oppressed by thoughts,Saṅkappehi pareto so, they brood like a wretch.kapaṇo viya jhāyati; When they hear what others are saying,Sutvā paresaṁ nigghosaṁ, that sort is embarrassed.maṅku hoti tathāvidho.

Then they lash out with verbal daggersAtha satthāni kurute, when reproached by others.paravādehi codito; This is their great blind spot;Esa khvassa mahāgedho, they sink to lies.mosavajjaṁ pagāhati.

They once were considered astute,Paṇḍitoti samaññāto, committed to the solitary life.ekacariyaṁ adhiṭṭhito; But then they indulged in sex,Athāpi methune yutto, dragged along by desire like a dullard.mandova parikissati.

Knowing this dangerEtamādīnavaṁ ñatvā, in falling from a former state here,Muni pubbāpare idha; a sage would firmly resolve to wander alone,Ekacariyaṁ daḷhaṁ kayirā, and would not resort to sex.Na nisevetha methunaṁ.

They’d train themselves only in seclusion;Vivekaññeva sikkhetha, this, for the noble ones, is highest.etaṁ ariyānamuttamaṁ; One who’d not think themselves ‘best’ due to thatNa tena seṭṭho maññetha, has truly drawn near to extinguishment.sa ve nibbānasantike.

People tied to sensual pleasures envy them:Rittassa munino carato, the isolated, wandering sageKāmesu anapekkhino; who has crossed the flood,Oghatiṇṇassa pihayanti, unconcerned for sensual pleasures.”Kāmesu gadhitā pajā”ti.