The Questions of TissametteyyaTissametteyyamāṇavapucchā

“Who here in the world is content?”“Kodha santusito loke, said Venerable Tissametteyya.(iccāyasmā tissametteyyo) “Who has no perturbations?Kassa no santi iñjitā; What thoughtful one, knowing both ends,Ko ubhantamabhiññāya, is not stuck in the middle?Majjhe mantā na lippati; Who do they say is a great man?Kaṁ brūsi mahāpurisoti, Who here has escaped the seamstress?”Ko idha sibbinimaccagā”.

“Leading the spiritual life among sensual pleasures,”“Kāmesu brahmacariyavā, replied the Buddha,(metteyyāti bhagavā) “rid of craving, ever mindful;Vītataṇho sadā sato; a mendicant who, after appraisal, is quenched:Saṅkhāya nibbuto bhikkhu, that’s who has no perturbations.Tassa no santi iñjitā.

That thoughtful one, knowing both ends,So ubhantamabhiññāya, is not stuck in the middle.Majjhe mantā na lippati; He is a great man, I declare;Taṁ brūmi mahāpurisoti, he has escaped the seamstress here.”So idha sibbinimaccagā”ti.