Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
II: Bala Vagga

Sutta 12

Kūṭa Suttaṁ aka Sekha-Bala Agga 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:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

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

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Pañc'imāni bhikkhave sekha-balāni.|| ||

Katamāni pañca?|| ||

Saddhā-balaṁ,||
hiri-balaṁ,||
ottappa-balaṁ,||
viriya-balaṁ,||
paññā-balaṁ.|| ||

Imāni kho bhikkhave pañca sekha-balāni.|| ||

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Imesaṁ kho bhikkhave pañcannaṁ sekha-balānaṁ etaṁ aggaṁ,||
etaṁ saṅgāhikaṁ,||
etaṁ saṁighātaniyaṁ yad idaṁ paññā-balaṁ.|| ||

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Seyyathā pi, bhikkhave, kuṭāgārassa etaṁ aggaṁ,||
etaṁ saṅgāhikaṁ,||
etaṁ saṁighātaniyaṁ yad idaṁ kuṭaṁ,||
evam eva kho, bhikkhave,||
imesaṁ pañcannaṁ sekha-balānaṁ etaṁ aggaṁ,||
etaṁ saṅgāhikaṁ,||
etaṁ saṁighātaniyaṁ yad idaṁ paññā-balaṁ.|| ||

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Tasmātiha bhikkhave evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:|| ||

'Saddhā-balena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekha-balena,||
hiri-balena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekha-balena,||
ottappa-balena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekha-balena,||
viriya-balena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekha-balena,||
paññā-balena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekha-balenā' ti.|| ||

Evaṁ hi vo bhikkhave sikkhitabban" ti.|| ||