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# Thag 10:7 · Gotama
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-10-7/
- Published: 2026-06-01T01:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:45:47.000Z
- Description: Theragāthā · Thag 10:7. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Elder Monks, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Theragāthā, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

You should know what’s to your benefit.

You should take a good look

at the Buddha’s word

& at what’s fitting here

for one who has entered

on the contemplative life.

An admirable friend right here,

undertaking the complete training,

& obedience to teachers:

This is fitting

for a contemplative.

Respect for the Buddhas,

honoring the Dhamma

as it has come to be,

& thinking highly of the Saṅgha:

This is fitting

for a contemplative.

Fitting behavior & range of association,

a livelihood purified, blameless,

the establishing of the mind:

This is fitting

for a contemplative.

Virtuous in what you do

& what you abstain from doing,

inspiring comportment,

commitment to the heightened mind:

This is fitting

for a contemplative.

Wilderness lodgings,

secluded, with next-to-no noise,

right for sages to resort to:

This is fitting

for a contemplative.

Virtue, learning,

investigating

phenomena,

mental qualities,

as they have come to be:

This is fitting

for a contemplative.

You should develop

inconstancy,

the perception of not-self,

the perception of unattractiveness,

& distaste for the world:

This is fitting

for a contemplative.

You should develop

the factors for awakening,

the bases for success,

the faculties,

& the noble eightfold path:

This is fitting

for a contemplative.

A sage should abandon craving,

should cut through the effluents, root & all,

should dwell fully released:

This is fitting

for a contemplative.

See also: [Dhp 183–185](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dhp-14/); [Sn 1:3](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-1-3/); [Sn 1:12](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-1-12/); [Sn 2:6](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-2-6/); [Sn 2:9](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-2-9/); [Sn 2:13](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/snp-2-13/); [Sn 3:11](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-3-11/); [Sn 4:14–16](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/snp-4-14/)

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