The Suttanipāta
THE ATTADAŅDA SUTTA
Translated by Thānnisaro Bhikkhu
at https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/S ... p4_15.html#
See also p. 315. for Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation
for Wisdom Publications, 2017
The Chapter of the Octads
Chapter Four, Sutta 15
"One who has taken up the Rod"
“When embraced,
the rod of violence
breeds danger & fear:
Look at people in strife.
I will tell how
I experienced
terror:
Seeing people floundering
like fish in small puddles,
competing with one another—
as I saw this,
fear came into me.
The world was entirely
without substance.
All the directions
were knocked out of line.
Wanting a haven for myself,
I saw nothing that wasn’t laid claim to.
Seeing nothing in the end
but competition,
I felt discontent.
And then I saw
an arrow here,
so very hard to see,
embedded in the heart.
"arming oneself," conveys the image of a person taking up a stick, (danda)
Attadanda Sutta
The fifteenth sutta of the Atthakavagga of the Sutta Nipata (Sn.182f).
It was preached by the Buddha when he went to settle the quarrel between the Sākiyans and the Koliyans.
It was the last to be preached on that occasion. At the end of the discourse their quarrels ceased and five hundred Sākiyan and five hundred Koliyan youths entered the Order by way of ehibhikkhupabbajjā (SnA.566-9; J.v.413-4).
The sutta deals with various aspects of self-control and a description of one who might be called a muni.
A prayer for peace and safty for everyone.
Leo
a reading I found: the monster of violence in the world
Re: a reading I found: the monster of violence in the world
So the Monster is "Self"?