Aṅguttara Nikāya
Catukka Nipāta
XXIII: Sucarita Vagga

Sutta 226

Chaṭṭha Bāla-Paṇḍita Suttaṁ

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

 

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[1][pts] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

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

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Catuhi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato bālo avyatto,||
a-sappuriso khataṁ upahataṁ attāṇaṁ pariharati||
sāvajjo ca hoti||
sānuvajjo viññūnaṁ||
bahuñ ca apuññaṁ pasavati.|| ||

Katamehi catūhi?|| ||

Adiṭṭhe diṭṭha-vādī hoti,||
asute suta-vādī hoti,||
amute muta-vādī hoti,||
aviññāte viññāta-vādī hoti.|| ||

Imehi kho bhikkhave catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bālo avyatto||
a-sappuriso khataṁ upahataṁ attāṇaṁ pariharati||
sāvajjo ca hoti||
sānuvajjo viññūnaṁ||
bahuñ ca apuññaṁ pasavati.|| ||

 

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Catuhi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito vyatto||
sappuriso akkhataṁ anupahataṁ attāṇaṁ pariharati||
anavajjo ca hoti||
ananuvajjo viññūnaṁ||
bahuñ ca puññaṁ pasavati.|| ||

Katamehi catūhi?|| ||

Adiṭṭhe adiṭṭha-vādī hoti,||
asute asuta-vādī hoti,||
amūte amūta-vādī hoti,||
aviññāte aviññāta-vādī hoti.|| ||

Imehi kho bhikkhave catūhi dhammehi samannāgato paṇḍito vyatto||
sappuriso akkhataṁ anupahataṁ attāṇaṁ pariharati||
anavajjo ca hoti||
ananuvajjo viññūnaṁ||
bahuñ ca puññaṁ pasavatī ti.|| ||