Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
9. Thera Vagga
Sutta 88
Thera Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati.|| ||
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Pañcahi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahu-jana-ahitāya paṭipanno hoti,||
bahu-janaa-sukhāya,||
bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya deva-manussānaṃ.|| ||
Katamehi pañcahi?|| ||
2. Thero hoti rattaññu cira-pabba-jito.|| ||
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Ñāto hoti yasassī sagahaṭṭha-pabba-jitānaṃ bahu-jana-parivāro.|| ||
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Lābhī hoti cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṃ.|| ||
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Bahu-s-suto hoti suta-dharo suta-sanni-cayo,||
ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā||
majjhe kalyāṇā||
pariyosāna-kalyāṇā||
sātthaṃ sa-vyañjanāṃ kevala-paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ abhivadanti,||
tathā-rūpāssa dhammā bahu-s-sutā honti dhatā vacasā paricitā manas-ā-nupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭi-viddhā.|| ||
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Micchā-diṭṭhiko hoti viparīta-dassano.|| ||
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So bahu-janaṃ Sad'Dhammā vuṭṭhāpetvā asad'dhamme patiṭṭhāpeti:||
thero bhikkhu rattaññu cira-pabba-jito||
iti pi'ssa [115] diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjanti.|| ||
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Ñāto thero bhikkhu yasassī sagahaṭṭha-pabba-jitānaṃ bahu-jana-parivāro||
iti pi'ssa diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjanti.|| ||
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Lābhī thero bhikkhu cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṃ||
iti pi'ssa diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjanti.|| ||
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Bahu-s-suto thero bhikkhu suta-dharo suta-sanni-cayo||
iti pi'ssa diṭṭānugatiṃ āpajjanti.|| ||
Imehi kho bhikkhave pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahu-jan'āhitāya paṭipannona hoti bahu-janā-sukhāya bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya deva-manussānaṃ.|| ||
3. Pañcahi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahu-jana-hitāya paṭipanno hoti bahu-jana-sukhāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya deva-manussānaṃ.|| ||
Katamehi pañcahi?|| ||
4. Thero hoti rattaññu cira-pabba-jito.|| ||
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Ñāto hoti yasassī gahaṭṭha-pabba-jitānaṃ bahu-jana-parivāro.|| ||
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Lābhī hoti cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṃ.|| ||
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Bahu-s-suto hoti suta-dharo suta-sanni-cayo,||
ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā||
majjhe-kalyāṇā||
pariyosāna kalyāṇā||
sātthaṃ savyañ janaṃ kevala-paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ abhivadanti,||
tathā-rūpāssa dhammā bahu-s-sutā honti,||
dhatā vacasā paricitā manas-ā-nupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭi-viddhā.|| ||
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Sammā-diṭṭhiko hoti aviparita-dassano.|| ||
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So bahu-janaṃ asad'dhammā vuṭṭhāpetvā Sad'Dhamme patiṭṭhāpeti.|| ||
Thero bhikkhu rattaññu cira-pabba-jito iti pi'ssa diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjanti.|| ||
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Ñāto thero bhikkhu yasassī sagahaṭṭha-pabba-jitānaṃ bahu-jana-parivāro iti pi'ssa- diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjanti.|| ||
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Lābhī thero bhikkhu cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṃ iti pi'ssa- diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjanti.|| ||
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Bahu-s-suto thero bhikkhu suta-dharo suta-sanni-cayo iti pi'ssa diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjanti.|| ||
Imehi kho bhikkhave pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahu-jana-hitāya paṭipanno hoti bahu-jana-su- [116] khāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya deva-manussānan ti.|| ||
