Difference between revisions of "Soma Sutta"
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[[Bhikkhu Bodhi]]}}<br/><br/> | [[Bhikkhu Bodhi]]}}<br/><br/> | ||
| − | Setting at Savatthi. Then, in the morning, the bhikkhuni Soma dressed and, taking bowl and robe, entered Savatthi for alms. When she had walked for alms in Savatthi and had returned from her alms round, after her meal she went to the Blind Men's Grove for the day's abiding. Having plunged into the Blind Men's Grove, she sat down at the foot of a tree for the day's abiding. | + | Setting at [[Savatthi]]. Then, in the morning, the [[bhikkhuni]] [[Soma]] dressed and, taking [[bowl]] and robe, entered [[Savatthi]] for [[alms]]. When she had walked for [[alms]] in [[Savatthi]] and had returned from her [[alms]] round, after her meal she went to the Blind Men's Grove for the day's abiding. Having plunged into the Blind Men's Grove, she sat down at the foot of a [[tree]] for the day's abiding. |
| − | Then Mara the Evil One, desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in the bhikkhuni Soma, desiring to make her fall away from concentration, approached her and addressed her in verse: | + | Then [[Mara]] the [[Evil One]], [[desiring]] to arouse [[fear]], trepidation, and {{Wiki|terror}} in the [[bhikkhuni]] [[Soma]], [[desiring]] to make her fall away from [[concentration]], approached her and addressed her in verse: |
<poem> | <poem> | ||
That state so hard to achieve | That state so hard to achieve | ||
| − | Which is to be attained by the seers, | + | Which is to be [[attained]] by the seers, |
| − | Can't be attained by a woman | + | Can't be [[attained]] by a woman |
| − | With her two-fingered wisdom. | + | With her two-fingered [[wisdom]]. |
| − | Then it occurred to the bhikkhuni Soma: "Now who is this that recited the verse — a human being or a non-human being?" Then it occurred to her: "This is Mara the Evil One, who has recited the verse desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in me, desiring to make me fall away from concentration." | + | Then it occurred to the [[bhikkhuni]] [[Soma]]: "Now who is this that recited the verse — a [[human being]] or a {{Wiki|non-human}} being?" Then it occurred to her: "This is [[Mara]] the [[Evil One]], who has recited the verse [[desiring]] to arouse [[fear]], trepidation, and {{Wiki|terror}} in me, [[desiring]] to make me fall away from [[concentration]]." |
</poem> | </poem> | ||
| − | Then the bhikkhuni Soma, having understood, "This is Mara the Evil One," replied to him in verses: | + | Then the [[bhikkhuni]] [[Soma]], having understood, "This is [[Mara]] the [[Evil One]]," replied to him in verses: |
<poem> | <poem> | ||
| − | What does womanhood matter at all | + | What does womanhood {{Wiki|matter}} at all |
| − | When the mind is concentrated well, | + | When the [[mind]] is [[concentrated]] well, |
| − | When knowledge flows on steadily | + | When [[knowledge]] flows on steadily |
| − | As one sees correctly into Dhamma. | + | As one sees correctly into [[Dhamma]]. |
One to whom it might occur, | One to whom it might occur, | ||
'I'm a woman' or 'I'm a man' | 'I'm a woman' or 'I'm a man' | ||
Or 'I'm anything at all' | Or 'I'm anything at all' | ||
| − | Is fit for Mara to address. | + | Is fit for [[Mara]] to address. |
| − | Then Mara the Evil One, realizing, "The bhikkhuni Soma knows me," sad and disappointed, disappeared right there. | + | Then [[Mara]] the [[Evil One]], [[realizing]], "The [[bhikkhuni]] [[Soma]] [[knows]] me," [[sad]] and disappointed, disappeared right there. |
</poem> | </poem> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:43, 3 April 2014
Soma
translated from the Pali by
Bhikkhu Bodhi
Setting at Savatthi. Then, in the morning, the bhikkhuni Soma dressed and, taking bowl and robe, entered Savatthi for alms. When she had walked for alms in Savatthi and had returned from her alms round, after her meal she went to the Blind Men's Grove for the day's abiding. Having plunged into the Blind Men's Grove, she sat down at the foot of a tree for the day's abiding.
Then Mara the Evil One, desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in the bhikkhuni Soma, desiring to make her fall away from concentration, approached her and addressed her in verse:
That state so hard to achieve
Which is to be attained by the seers,
Can't be attained by a woman
With her two-fingered wisdom.
Then it occurred to the bhikkhuni Soma: "Now who is this that recited the verse — a human being or a non-human being?" Then it occurred to her: "This is Mara the Evil One, who has recited the verse desiring to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in me, desiring to make me fall away from concentration."
Then the bhikkhuni Soma, having understood, "This is Mara the Evil One," replied to him in verses:
What does womanhood matter at all
When the mind is concentrated well,
When knowledge flows on steadily
As one sees correctly into Dhamma.
One to whom it might occur,
'I'm a woman' or 'I'm a man'
Or 'I'm anything at all'
Is fit for Mara to address.
Then Mara the Evil One, realizing, "The bhikkhuni Soma knows me," sad and disappointed, disappeared right there.
