Before the dawn of perfect light,
The Bodhisatta watched the world,
He saw the joy that life can bring,
Yet saw how every joy must change.
[Verse 2]
He saw the pleasure, saw the pain,
Saw happiness that cannot stay,
He saw the heart become attached,
And learned to loosen every chain.
[Chorus]
See the pleasure, see the danger,
See the path that leads beyond,
Do not mistake the world for freedom,
Do not cling to what will fade.
When the truth is clearly seen,
Attachment slowly disappears,
And wisdom opens up the way
Beyond the prison of the mind.
[Verse 3]
Guard the mind as one guards a house,
Build the roof with careful hands,
When the mind is pure and steady,
Body and speech become pure.
[Verse 4]
Greed and hatred, delusion too,
Are roots that give our actions birth,
Freedom from greed, hatred, delusion
Leads the heart toward peace and truth.
[Chorus]
See the pleasure, see the danger,
See the path that leads beyond,
Know the world and know the mind,
Know the roots of every deed.
When the fires of craving fade,
When the heart no longer clings,
Wisdom becomes the guiding light,
And peace begins within.
[Bridge]
The world remains, but we need not be bound,
We may walk through it with mindful hearts,
Knowing what is sweet and what brings pain,
Knowing when to hold—and when to let go.
[Final Chorus]
See the pleasure, see the danger,
See the path that leads beyond,
Guard the mind and live with wisdom,
Let compassion guide the way.
When delusion loses ground,
When attachment falls away,
The road to freedom starts within—
And peace becomes our way.
The Sambodhi Chapter: Knowing the World, Its Gratification, Its Drawbacks, and the Way Beyond
The Sambodhi Chapter, contained in the Third Fifty of the Aṅguttara Nikāya, Book 20 of the Sutta Piṭaka, consists of ten discourses: the Pubba Sutta, Manussa Sutta, Assāda Sutta, Samaṇa Sutta, Ruṇṇa Sutta, Atitta Sutta, First Kūṭa Sutta, Second Kūṭa Sutta, First Nidāna Sutta, and Second Nidāna Sutta. Together, they present a connected teaching on understanding the world, overcoming attachment, guarding the mind, and understanding the origins of karma.
The Pubba Sutta describes the Bodhisatta's investigation before awakening. He examined three aspects of the world: its gratification, its danger, and its escape. Pleasure and happiness dependent upon worldly conditions are its gratification; impermanence, suffering, and change are its danger; and abandoning attachment and desire toward the world is its escape.
The Manussa Sutta and Assāda Sutta develop this teaching further. Liberation requires seeing the world completely—not merely its pleasant side, but also its instability and the possibility of release. When these three aspects are understood according to reality, the mind can become free from its confinement to the world.
The Samaṇa Sutta emphasizes that being a true ascetic or spiritual practitioner is not merely a matter of title or appearance. Genuine spiritual attainment depends upon directly understanding the gratification, danger, and escape from worldly existence.
The Ruṇṇa Sutta teaches restraint in conduct. Excessive singing, dancing, and uncontrolled laughter are presented as forms of behavior inconsistent with the discipline of the noble ones. Joy in the Dhamma, however, should be expressed with mindfulness and moderation.
The Atitta Sutta points to the inability of uncontrolled sensual indulgence to produce lasting satisfaction. The Kūṭa Suttas use the image of a roofed house to illustrate the importance of guarding the mind. When the mind is corrupted, bodily, verbal, and mental actions become corrupted as well. When the mind is wholesome, one's actions become wholesome.
The Nidāna Suttas identify three roots that give rise to karma: greed, hatred, and delusion. Actions rooted in these three qualities are unwholesome, harmful, and productive of suffering. In contrast, actions rooted in non-greed, non-hatred, and non-delusion are wholesome, without harm, productive of well-being, and conducive to the ending of karmic bondage.
Taken as a whole, the Sambodhi Chapter presents a practical progression:
Understand worldly pleasure → understand worldly danger → understand the way beyond → restrain conduct → guard the mind → understand the roots of karma → abandon greed, hatred, and delusion.
This teaching remains highly relevant in contemporary life. Human beings are surrounded by powerful stimuli, consumer desires, entertainment, emotional reactions, and constant streams of information. The ability to distinguish gratification from danger, and attachment from genuine freedom, is therefore an important form of wisdom.
The central message is not a rejection of the world. Rather, it is an invitation to see the world clearly without becoming enslaved by attachment. When the mind is properly guarded, actions become healthier; and when greed, hatred, and delusion are gradually weakened, the causes of suffering are likewise diminished.
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