Aṅguttara-Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
IV. Sumanā Vagga

Sutta 40

Mahā Sāla 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 bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

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

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Himavantaṁ bhikkhave pabba-tarājaṁ nissāya mahā-sālā pañcahi vaḍḍhihi vaḍḍhanti.|| ||

Katamāhi pañcahi?|| ||

2. Sākhā-patta-palāsena vaḍḍhanti.|| ||

Tacena vaḍḍhanti.|| ||

Papaṭikāya vaḍḍhanti.|| ||

Pheggunā vaḍḍhanti.|| ||

Sārena vaḍḍhanti.|| ||

Himavannaṁ bhikkhave pabba-tarājaṁ nissāya mahā-sālā imāhi pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhanti.|| ||

Evam eva kho bhikkhave saddhaṁ kula-patiṁ nissāya antojano pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhati.|| ||

Katamāhi pañcahi?|| ||

3. Saddhāya vaḍḍhati.|| ||

Sīlena vaḍḍhati.|| ||

Sutena vaḍḍhati.|| ||

Cāgena vaḍḍhati.|| ||

Paññāya vaḍḍhati.|| ||

Saddaṁ bhikkhave kula-patiṁ nissāya antojano imāhi pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhatī" ti.|| ||

Yathā hi pabbato selo araññasmiṁ brahāvane,||
Taṁ rukkhā upanissāya vaḍḍhante te vanappatī.||
Tath'eva sīla sampannaṁ saddhaṁ kula-patiṁ idha,||
Upanissāya vaḍḍhanti putta-dārā ca bandhavā,||
Amaccā ñāti-saṅghā ca ye c'assa anujīvino.||
Tassa sīla-vato sīlaṁ cāgaṁ sucaritāni ca,||
Passamānānukubbanti ye bhavanti vicakkhaṇā.||
Idha dhammaṁ caritvāna Maggaṁ sugatigāminaṁ,||
Nandino deva-lokasmiṁ modanti kāma-kāmino ti.|| ||

Sumanā Vagga Catuttha