सम्यक् कर्मान्त

“सम्यक् कर्मान्त के हो? प्राणहत्या नगर्नु, चोरी नगर्नु र अब्रह्मचर्यबाट विरत रहनु। यसलाई सम्यक् कर्मान्त भनिन्छ।”

"And what is right action? Abstaining from taking life, abstaining from stealing, abstaining from unchastity. This is called right action."

“सम्यक् दृष्टि कसरी अगुवा हुन्छ? व्यक्तिले मिथ्या कर्मान्तलाई मिथ्या कर्मान्त भनेर र सम्यक् कर्मान्तलाई सम्यक् कर्मान्त भनेर बुझ्छ। यही उसको सम्यक् दृष्टि हो। मिथ्या कर्मान्त के हो? हत्या गर्नु, नदिइएको लिनु र अनुचित यौनसम्बन्ध राख्नु। यही मिथ्या कर्मान्त हो…

"And how is right view the forerunner? One discerns wrong action as wrong action, and right action as right action. This is one's right view. And what is wrong action? Killing, taking what is not given, illicit sex. This is wrong action...

“व्यक्तिले मिथ्या कर्मान्त त्याग्न र सम्यक् कर्मान्तमा प्रविष्ट हुन प्रयत्न गर्छ: यही उसको सम्यक् व्यायाम हो। मिथ्या कर्मान्त त्याग्न र सम्यक् कर्मान्तमा प्रविष्ट भएर त्यसमा रहन ऊ स्मृतिमान् रहन्छ: यही उसको सम्यक् स्मृति हो। यसरी यी तीन गुण—सम्यक् दृष्टि, सम्यक् व्यायाम र सम्यक् स्मृति—सम्यक् कर्मान्तको वरिपरि चल्छन् र घुम्छन्।”

"One tries to abandon wrong action & to enter into right action: This is one's right effort. One is mindful to abandon wrong action & to enter & remain in right action: This is one's right mindfulness. Thus these three qualities — right view, right effort, & right mindfulness — run & circle around right action."

“यसरी प्रव्रजित भएर, भिक्षुहरूको शिक्षा र जीवनपद्धतिको अनुसरण गर्दै, प्राणहत्या छोडेर ऊ प्राणहत्याबाट विरत रहन्छ। डन्डा र छुरी पन्छाएर, दुष्कर्मप्रति सङ्कोच राख्ने, दयालु र सबै जीवको हितमा करुणाशील भएर बस्छ। नदिइएको लिन छोडेर ऊ नदिइएको लिनबाट विरत रहन्छ। दिइएको मात्र लिन्छ, दिइएको मात्र स्वीकार गर्छ; चोरीछलीबाट होइन, आफूलाई शुद्ध बनाएर जीविका चलाउँछ। अब्रह्मचर्य त्यागेर ऊ ब्रह्मचारी जीवन बिताउँछ, गृहस्थको आचरणको मैथुनकर्मबाट अलग र विरत रहन्छ।”

"Having thus gone forth, following the training & way of life of the monks, abandoning the taking of life, he abstains from the taking of life. He dwells with his rod laid down, his knife laid down, scrupulous, kind, compassionate for the welfare of all living beings. Abandoning the taking of what is not given, he abstains from taking what is not given. He takes only what is given, accepts only what is given, lives not by stealth but by means of a self that has become pure. Abandoning uncelibacy, he lives a celibate life, aloof, refraining from the sexual act that is the villager's way."

“शारीरिक कर्मद्वारा व्यक्ति तीन प्रकारले कसरी शुद्ध हुन्छ? यहाँ कुनै व्यक्ति प्राणहत्या छोडेर प्राणहत्याबाट विरत रहन्छ। डन्डा र छुरी पन्छाएर, दुष्कर्मप्रति सङ्कोच राख्ने, दयालु र सबै जीवको हितमा करुणाशील भएर बस्छ। नदिइएको लिन छोडेर ऊ नदिइएको लिनबाट विरत रहन्छ। गाउँ वा वनमा अरूको स्वामित्वमा रहेका र तिनले नदिएका वस्तु चोरले झैँ लिँदैन। यौनदुराचार छोडेर ऊ यौनदुराचारबाट विरत रहन्छ। आमा, बुबा, दाजुभाइ, दिदीबहिनी, नातेदार वा धर्मको संरक्षणमा रहेकाहरूसँग, पति भएकाहरूसँग, सम्बन्ध राख्दा दण्ड लाग्नेहरूसँग, अथवा अर्कै पुरुषले फूलको माला पहिराएर वरण गरिसकेकाहरूसँग समेत यौनसम्बन्ध राख्दैन। यसरी शारीरिक कर्मद्वारा व्यक्ति तीन प्रकारले शुद्ध हुन्छ।”

"And how is one made pure in three ways by bodily action? There is the case where a certain person, abandoning the taking of life, abstains from the taking of life. He dwells with his rod laid down, his knife laid down, scrupulous, merciful, compassionate for the welfare of all living beings. Abandoning the taking of what is not given, he abstains from taking what is not given. He does not take, in the manner of a thief, things in a village or a wilderness that belong to others and have not been given by them. Abandoning sensual misconduct, he abstains from sensual misconduct. He does not get sexually involved with those who are protected by their mothers, their fathers, their brothers, their sisters, their relatives, or their Dhamma; those with husbands, those who entail punishments, or even those crowned with flowers by another man. This is how one is made pure in three ways by bodily action."