Regret

“As a mendicant makes their bed, so they must lie in it, and die tormented by regrets. And how do they die tormented by regrets?

“tathā tathāvuso, bhikkhu vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti. Kathañcāvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti?

“As a mendicant makes their bed, so they must lie in it, and die tormented by regrets. “tathā tathāvuso, bhikkhu vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti. And how do they die tormented by regrets? Kathañcāvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti?

Take a mendicant who relishes work, talk, sleep, company, closeness, and proliferation. They love these things and like to relish them. A mendicant who makes their bed like this must lie in it, and die tormented by regrets. This is called a mendicant who enjoys substantial reality, who hasn’t given up substantial reality to rightly make an end of suffering.

Idhāvuso, bhikkhu kammārāmo hoti kammarato kammārāmataṁ anuyutto, bhassārāmo hoti … niddārāmo hoti … saṅgaṇikārāmo hoti … saṁsaggārāmo hoti … papañcārāmo hoti papañcarato papañcārāmataṁ anuyutto. Evaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti. Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso: ‘bhikkhu sakkāyābhirato nappajahāsi sakkāyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāya’.

Take a mendicant who relishes work, talk, sleep, company, closeness, and proliferation. They love these things and like to relish them. Idhāvuso, bhikkhu kammārāmo hoti kammarato kammārāmataṁ anuyutto, bhassārāmo hoti … niddārāmo hoti … saṅgaṇikārāmo hoti … saṁsaggārāmo hoti … papañcārāmo hoti papañcarato papañcārāmataṁ anuyutto. A mendicant who makes their bed like this must lie in it, and die tormented by regrets. Evaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti. This is called Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso: a mendicant who enjoys substantial reality, who hasn’t given up substantial reality to rightly make an end of suffering. ‘bhikkhu sakkāyābhirato nappajahāsi sakkāyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāya’.

As a mendicant makes their bed, so they must lie in it, and die free of regrets. And how do they die free of regrets?

Tathā tathāvuso, bhikkhu vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti. Kathañcāvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti?

As a mendicant makes their bed, so they must lie in it, and die free of regrets. Tathā tathāvuso, bhikkhu vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti. And how do they die free of regrets? Kathañcāvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti?

Take a mendicant who doesn’t relish work, talk, sleep, company, closeness, and proliferation. They don’t love these things or like to relish them. A mendicant who makes their bed like this must lie in it, and die free of regrets. This is called a mendicant who delights in extinguishment, who has given up substantial reality to rightly make an end of suffering.

Idhāvuso, bhikkhu na kammārāmo hoti na kammarato na kammārāmataṁ anuyutto, na bhassārāmo hoti … na niddārāmo hoti … na saṅgaṇikārāmo hoti … na saṁsaggārāmo hoti … na papañcārāmo hoti na papañcarato na papañcārāmataṁ anuyutto. Evaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti. Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso: ‘bhikkhu nibbānābhirato pajahāsi sakkāyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā’ti.

Take a mendicant who doesn’t relish work, talk, sleep, company, closeness, and proliferation. They don’t love these things or like to relish them. Idhāvuso, bhikkhu na kammārāmo hoti na kammarato na kammārāmataṁ anuyutto, na bhassārāmo hoti … na niddārāmo hoti … na saṅgaṇikārāmo hoti … na saṁsaggārāmo hoti … na papañcārāmo hoti na papañcarato na papañcārāmataṁ anuyutto. A mendicant who makes their bed like this must lie in it, and die free of regrets. Evaṁ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṁ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṁ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti. This is called Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso: a mendicant who delights in extinguishment, who has given up substantial reality to rightly make an end of suffering. ‘bhikkhu nibbānābhirato pajahāsi sakkāyaṁ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā’ti.