Aṅguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
X. Loṇa-Phala Vagga

Sutta 93

Parisā Suttaṁ

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

 

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[1][pts][than] Evaṁ me sutaṁ.|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

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

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Tisso imā bhikkhave parisā.|| ||

Katamā tisso?|| ||

Aggavatī parisā,||
vaggā parisā,||
samaggā parisā.|| ||

 

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[243] Katamā va bhikkhave aggavatī parisā?|| ||

Idha, bhikkhave, yassaṁ parisāyaṁ therā bhikkhū na bāhulikā honti,||
na sāthalikā,||
vokkamane nikkhittadhurā paviveke pubbaṅgamā,||
viriyaṁ ārabhanti apattassa pattiyā anadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchi-katassa sacchi-kiriyāya.|| ||

Tesaṁ pacchimā janatā diṭṭh'ānugatiṁ āpajjati,||
sā pi hoti na bāhulikā||
na sāthalikā vokkamane nikkhittadhūrā paviveke pubbaṇagamā,||
viriyaṁ ārabhati appattassa pattiyā atadhigatassa adhigamāya asacchi-katassa sacchakiriyāya —|| ||

Ayaṁ vuccati bhikkhave aggavatī parisā.|| ||

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2. Katamā ca bhikkhave vaggā parisā?|| ||

Idha, bhikkhave, yassaṁ parisāyaṁ bhikkhū bhaṇḍanajātā kalaha-jātā vivādāpannā añña-maññaṁ mukha-sattīhi vitudantā viharanti —|| ||

Ayaṁ vuccati bhikkhave vaggā parisā.|| ||

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3. Katamā ca bhikkhave samaggā parisā?|| ||

Idha, bhikkhave, yassaṁ parisāyaṁ bhikkhū samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā añña-maññaṁ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharanti —|| ||

Ayaṁ vuccati bhikkhave samaggā parisā.|| ||

 

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4. Yasmiṁ bhikkhave samaye bhikkhū samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakibhūtā añña-maññaṁ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharanti bahuṁ bhikkhave bhikkhū tasmiṁ samaye puññaṁ pasavanti,||
brahmaṁ bhikkhave vihāraṁ tasmiṁ samaye bhikkhū viharanti — yad idaṁ muditāya ceto-vimuttiyā,||
pamuditassa piti jāyati,||
pitimanassa kāyo passambhati,||
passaddha-kāyo sukhaṁ vediyati,||
sukhino cittaṁ samādhiyati.|| ||

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5. Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, upari pabbate thulla-phusitake deve vassante taṁ udakaṁ yathāninnaṁ pavattamānaṁ pabbata-kandara-padara-sākhā paripūreti,||
pabbata-kandara-padara-sākhā paripūrā kussubbhe paripūrenti,||
kussubbhā paripūrā mahā-sobbhe paripūrenti,||
mahā-sobbhā paripūrā kunnadiyo paripūrenti,||
kunnadiyo paripūrā mahā-nadiyo paripūrenti,||
mahā-nadiyo paripūrā samuddaṁ paripūrenti.|| ||

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Evam eva kho bhikkhave yasmiṁ samaye bhikkhū samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā añña-maññaṁ piyaca- [244] kkhūhi sampassantā viharanti bahuṁ bhikkhave bhikkhū tasmiṁ samaye puññaṁ pasavanti,||
brahmaṁ bhikkhave vihāraṁ tasmiṁ samaye bhikkū viharanti —|| ||

Yad idaṁ muditāya ceto-vimuttiyā,||
pamuditassa piti jāyati,||
pīti-manassa kāyo passambhati,||
passaddha-kāyo sukhaṁ vediyati,||
sukhino cittaṁ samādhiyati.|| ||

Imā kho bhikkhave tisso parisā" ti.|| ||