Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
9. Thera Vagga

Sutta 87

Sīla Suttaṁ

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

 

---

 

[1][pts] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

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

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

Pañcahi bhikkhave dhammehi||
samannāgato thero bhikkhu sabrahma-cārinaṁ||
piyo ca hoti||
manāpo ca||
garu ca||
bhāvanīyo ca.|| ||

Katamehi pañcahi?|| ||

Sīlavā hoti, Pātimokkha-saṁvara-saṁvuto viharati ācāra-gocara sampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhaya-dassāvī,||
samādāya sikkhati sikkhā-padesu.|| ||

■

Bahu-s-suto hoti suta-dharo suta-sannicayo,||
ye te dhammā ādi-kalyāṇā||
majjhe kalyāṇā||
[114] pariyosāna-kalyāṇā sātthā sa-vyañjanā kevala-paripuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahma-cārīyaṁ abhivadanti,||
tathā-rūpāssa dhammā bahu-s-sutā honti dhatā vacasā paricitā manas-ā-nupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭi-viddhā.|| ||

■

Kalyāṇa-vāco hoti kalyāṇa-vākkaraṇo poriyā vācāya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya anelagalāya atthassa viññāpaniyā.|| ||

■

Catuntaṁ jhanānaṁ ābhiceta-sikānaṁ diṭṭha-dhamme-sukha-vihārānaṁ nikāma-lābhī hoti,||
akiccha-lābhī akasira-lābhī.|| ||

■

Āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ ceto-vimuttiṁ paññā-vimuttīṁ diṭṭhe'va dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchi-katvā upasampajja viharati.|| ||

Imehi kho bhikkhave pañcahi dhammehi||
samannāgato thero bhikkhu sabrahma-cārīnaṁ||
piyo ca hoti||
manāpo ca||
garu ca||
bhāvaniyo cā' ti.|| ||