Sedaka Sutta SN 47.19

[Aloka]

I was revisiting Sedaka Sutta earlier (also known as "The Bamboo Acrobat") and thought I'd post a link to Bhikkhu Sujato's translation:

https://suttacentral.net/sn47.19/en/sujato


Comments welcome



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[Element]

Does "khanti", usually translated as "patience" or "forbearance", mean "acceptance"?

[justusryans]

What a nice Sutta! The acknowledgment that we must cultivate mindfulness meditation to help both ourselves and others is inherent to Buddhist practice in all traditions that I have studied.

[Aloka]

Does "khanti", usually translated as "patience" or "forbearance", mean "acceptance"?

I think its its a good idea to look at more than one translation of a sutta ....because its been translated as "patience" in this version:

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipi....019.olen.html

also by Bhikkhu Bodhi here:

https://suttacentral.net/sn47.19/en/bodhi

..and certainly "patience" seems a better fit than "acceptance".