Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
9. Thera Vagga

Sutta 88

Thera 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 bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

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

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

"Pañcahi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahu-jana-ahitāya paṭipanno hoti,||
bahu-janaa-sukhāya,||
bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya deva-manussānaṁ.|| ||

Katamehi pañcahi?|| ||

2. Thero hoti rattaññu cira-pabba-jito.|| ||

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Ñāto hoti yasassī sagahaṭṭha-pabba-jitānaṁ bahu-jana-parivāro.|| ||

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Lābhī hoti cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṁ.|| ||

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Bahu-s-suto hoti suta-dharo suta-sannicayo,||
ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā||
majjhe kalyāṇā||
pariyosāna-kalyāṇā||
sātthaṁ sa-vyañjanāṁ kevala-paripuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ abhivadanti,||
tathā-rūpāssa dhammā bahu-s-sutā honti dhatā vacasā paricitā manas-ā-nupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭi-viddhā.|| ||

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Micchā-diṭṭhiko hoti viparīta-dassano.|| ||

 

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So bahu-janaṁ Sad'Dhammā vuṭṭhāpetvā asad'dhamme patiṭṭhāpeti:||
thero bhikkhu rattaññu cira-pabba-jito||
iti pi'ssa [115] diṭṭh'ānugatiṁ āpajjanti.|| ||

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Ñāto thero bhikkhu yasassī sagahaṭṭha-pabba-jitānaṁ bahu-jana-parivāro||
iti pi'ssa diṭṭh'ānugatiṁ āpajjanti.|| ||

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Lābhī thero bhikkhu cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṁ||
iti pi'ssa diṭṭh'ānugatiṁ āpajjanti.|| ||

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Bahu-s-suto thero bhikkhu suta-dharo suta-sannicayo||
iti pi'ssa diṭṭānugatiṁ āpajjanti.|| ||

Imehi kho bhikkhave pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahu-jan'āhitāya paṭipannona hoti bahu-janā-sukhāya bahuno janassa anatthāya ahitāya dukkhāya deva-manussānaṁ.|| ||

 

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3. Pañcahi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahu-jana-hitāya paṭipanno hoti bahu-jana-sukhāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya deva-manussānaṁ.|| ||

Katamehi pañcahi?|| ||

4. Thero hoti rattaññu cira-pabba-jito.|| ||

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Ñāto hoti yasassī gahaṭṭha-pabba-jitānaṁ bahu-jana-parivāro.|| ||

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Lābhī hoti cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṁ.|| ||

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Bahu-s-suto hoti suta-dharo suta-sannicayo,||
ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā||
majjhe-kalyāṇā||
pariyosāna kalyāṇā||
sātthaṁ savyañ janaṁ kevala-paripuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ Brahma-cariyaṁ abhivadanti,||
tathā-rūpāssa dhammā bahu-s-sutā honti,||
dhatā vacasā paricitā manas-ā-nupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭi-viddhā.|| ||

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Sammā-diṭṭhiko hoti aviparita-dassano.|| ||

 

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So bahu-janaṁ asad'dhammā vuṭṭhāpetvā Sad'Dhamme patiṭṭhāpeti.|| ||

Thero bhikkhu rattaññu cira-pabba-jito iti pi'ssa diṭṭh'ānugatiṁ āpajjanti.|| ||

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Ñāto thero bhikkhu yasassī sagahaṭṭha-pabba-jitānaṁ bahu-jana-parivāro iti pi'ssa- diṭṭh'ānugatiṁ āpajjanti.|| ||

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Lābhī thero bhikkhu cīvara-piṇḍa-pāta-sen'āsana-gilāna-paccaya-bhesajja-parikkhārānaṁ iti pi'ssa- diṭṭh'ānugatiṁ āpajjanti.|| ||

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Bahu-s-suto thero bhikkhu suta-dharo suta-sannicayo iti pi'ssa diṭṭh'ānugatiṁ āpajjanti.|| ||

Imehi kho bhikkhave pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu bahu-jana-hitāya paṭipanno hoti bahu-jana-su- [116] khāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya deva-manussānan ti.|| ||