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W. Rhys Davids
Ca. 1870
Anglican Christian version
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Sister Vajira &
Francis Story
Politically
correct
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Nyanamoli
1960
Politically
correct
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Bodhangkur
2008
Cold read
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Mahaparinibbana Sutta
2:16
Digha Nikaya
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Therefore,
O Ananda, be ye lamps unto your selves (self?). Be ye a refuge (?) to your selves (self). Hold fast to the truth as a lamp. Hold fast as a refuge (?) to the truth. Look not for refuge (?) to any one besides your selves (self).
Rhys Davids christianised version
amounts to deliberate disinformation.
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Therefore,
ânanda, be islands
unto your selves, refuges unto your selves, seeking no external refuge; with the dhamma
as your island, the dhamma as your refuge, seeking no
other refuge.
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So,
Ananda, each of
you should make himself his island, himself
and no
other his refuge; each of you should make the dhamma his
island,
the dhamma and no other refuge.
There
are no personal
pronouns in the original text. Nyanamoli interprets atta to mean a personal self (i.e. yourself or
yourselves) thereby seriously contradicting The 3
Characteristics Sutta
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Therefore,
Ananda,
self (Note: no personal pronoun)
lamp;
light (island,
unlikely since an island functions as a sankhara)
abiding
self
refuge;
protection, shelter, remembrance
no
other
refuge (see above)
dhamma lamp/light,
dhamma
refuge
no
other refuge
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Tasmātih
ānanda,
atta
dipā
viharatha
atta
saranā
anaņņa
saranā,
dhamma dipā
dhamma saranā
anaņņa
saranā
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