16. The Learner

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

“Sekhassa, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno appattamānasassa anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ patthayamānassa viharato ajjhattikaṁ aṅganti karitvā nāññaṁ ekaṅgampi samanupassāmi yaṁ evaṁ bahūpakāraṁ yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, yoniso manasikāro.

Yoniso, bhikkhave, bhikkhu manasi karonto akusalaṁ pajahati, kusalaṁ bhāvetī”ti.

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Yonisomanasikāro,

dhammo sekhassa bhikkhuno;

Natthañño evaṁ bahukāro,

uttamatthassa pattiyā;

Yoniso padahaṁ bhikkhu,

khayaṁ dukkhassa pāpuṇe”ti.

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.

This was said by the Lord…

“Bhikkhus, in regard to internal factors, I do not perceive another single factor so helpful as wise attention for a bhikkhu who is a learner, who has not attained perfection but lives aspiring for the supreme security from bondage. Bhikkhus, a bhikkhu who wisely attends abandons what is unwholesome and develops what is wholesome.”

For a bhikkhu who is a learner
There is no other thing so helpful
For reaching the highest goal
As the factor wise attention.
Wisely striving a bhikkhu may attain
The destruction of all suffering.