The Sutta Pitaka

Khuddaka Nikaya
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The Sutta Nipata

The "Sutta Collection"

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Sutta Nipata II.10

Utthana Sutta

Initiative

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

Read an alternate translation by John D. Ireland

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    Get up!
    Sit up!
What need do you have for sleep?
And what sleep is there for the afflicted,
    pierced by the arrow,
    oppressed?

    Get up!
    Sit up!
Train firmly for the sake of peace,
Don't let the king of death,
-- seeing you heedless --
    deceive you,
    bring you under his sway.

Cross over the attachment
to which human & heavenly beings,
remain    desiring
        tied.
Don't let the moment pass by.
Those for whom the moment is past
grieve, consigned to hell.

    Heedless is
    dust, dust
comes from heedlessness
    has heedlessness
    on its heels.
Through heedfulness & clear knowing
    you'd remove
    your own sorrow.

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Contents | Ch I | Ch II |Ch III | Ch IV| ChV

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Khuddaka Nikaya contents:

Dhammapada | Therigatha | Udana

Theragatha| Sutta Nipata | Itivuttaka

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