Aṅguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
III. Puggala Vagga

Sutta 24

Bahukāra Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 

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[1][pts][bodh][upal][than] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati,||
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tayo'me bhikkhave puggalā puggalassa bahu-kārā.|| ||

Katame tayo?|| ||

Yaṁ bhikkhave puggalaṁ āgamma puggalo Buddhaṁ saraṇaṁ gato hoti,||
dhammaṁ saraṇaṁ gato hoti,||
saṇaghaṁ saraṇaṁ gato hoti.|| ||

Ayaṁ bhikkhave puggalo imassa puggalassa bahukāro.|| ||

Puna ca paraṁ bhikkhave yaṁ puggalaṁ āgamma puggalo idaṁ dukkhan ti yathā-bhūtaṁ pajānāti,||
ayaṁ dukkha-samudayo ti yathā-bhūtaṁ pajānāti,||
ayaṁ dukkha-nirodho ti yathā-bhūtaṁ pajānāti,||
ayaṁ dukkha-nirodha-gāminī paṭipadā ti yathā-bhūtaṁ pajānāti.|| ||

Ayaṁ bhikkhave puggalo imassa puggalassa bahukāro.|| ||

Puna ca paraṁ bhikkhave yaṁ puggalaṁ āgamma puggalo āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ ceto-vimuttiṁ paññā-vimuttiṁ diṭṭhe'va dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchi-katvā upasampajja viharati.|| ||

Ayaṁ bhikkhave puggalo imassa puggalassa bahukāro.|| ||

Ime kho bhikkhave tayo puggalā puggalassa bahu-kārā.|| ||

Imehi ca pana bhikkhave tīhi puggalehi imassa puggalassa n'atthi añño puggalo bahukārataro ti vadāmi.|| ||

Imesañ ca bhikkhave tiṇṇaṁ puggalānaṁ iminā puggalena na suppatikāraṁ vadāmi ti,||
yad idaṁ abhivādana-pacc'u'ṭ-ṭhāna-añjali-kamma-sāmīci-kamma-cīvara-piṇḍa-pātasen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānuppadānenā" ti.|| ||