Aṅguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
V. Cūḷa Vagga

Sutta 46

Sīlavanta 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] Evaṁ me sutaṁ.|| ||

Evaṁ me sutaṁ ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṁ.|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Yaṁ bhikkhave sīlavanto pabba-jitā gāmāṁ vā||
nigamaṁ vā upanissāya viharanti,||
tattha manussā tīhi ṭhānehi bahuṁ puññaṁ pasavanti.|| ||

Katamehi tīhi?|| ||

[152] Kāyena,
vācāya,
manasā.|| ||

Yaṁ bhikkhave sīlavanto pabba-jitā gāmaṁ vā||
nigamaṁ vā upanissāya viharanti,||
tattha manussā imehi tīhi ṭhānehi bahuṁ puññaṁ pasavantī" ti.|| ||