The Question of the Youth Tissa Metteyya
Who is contented here in the world?
Sutta Nipāta 5.3 Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā “Kodha santusito loke, (iccāyasmā tissametteyyo) Kassa no santi iñjitā; Ko ubhantamabhiññāya, Majjhe mantā na lippati; Kaṁ brūsi mahāpurisoti, Ko idha sibbinimaccagā”.
(said the venerable Tissa Metteyya)
For whom are there no agitations?
Who, having directly known both ends,
is undefiled in the middle through understanding?
Whom do you call a great person?
Who here has gone beyond the seamstress, craving?
“Kāmesu brahmacariyavā, (metteyyāti bhagavā) Vītataṇho sadā sato; Saṅkhāya nibbuto bhikkhu, Tassa no santi iñjitā.
One living the holy life regarding sensual pleasures,
(said the Blessed One, Metteyya,)
free from craving, always mindful,
a disciple extinguished through understanding:
So ubhantamabhiññāya, Majjhe mantā na lippati; Taṁ brūmi mahāpurisoti, So idha sibbinimaccagā”ti.
for him there are no agitations.
He, having directly known both ends,
is undefiled in the middle through understanding.
Him I call a great person;
Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā dutiyā.
he here has gone beyond the seamstress, craving.