Nandano Sutta

Translation by Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna

Nandana, the son of the gods, standing on a side said this stanza in the presence of the Blessed One:


 * "Wise Gotama, manifest knowledge and vision and tell me:


 * "To what is called virtues?
 * To what is called wisdom?
 * How does one go beyond unpleasantness?
 * And doing what are the gods revered?"


 * "If one develops the self, becoming virtuous and wise,
 * Concentrates mindfully attached to the higher states of the mind,
 * All his grief vanishes and gets dispelled,
 * Without desires he bears the last body.

Such a one is said to be virtuous,
 * Such a one, is said to be wise,
 * Such a one goes beyond unpleasantness.
 * Such a one reveres the gods."