Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
XVII. Āghāta Vaggo

Sutta 168

Sīla Suttaṁ

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

 

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[1][pts] Sāvatthi nidānaṁ|| ||

Tatra kho āyasmā Sāriputto bhikkhu āmantesi:||
"Āvuso bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Āvuso" ti kho te bhikkhu āyasmato Sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.|| ||

Āyasmā Sāriputto etad avoca:|| ||

2. "Dussīlassa āvuso sīla-vipannassa hat'upaniso hoti sammā-samādhi.|| ||

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Sammā-samādhimhi asati sammā-samādhi-vipannassa hat'upanisaṁ hoti yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassanaṁ.|| ||

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Yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassane asati yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassana-vipannassa hat'upaniso hoti nibbidā virāgo.|| ||

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Nibbidā-virāge asati nibbidā virāga-vipannassa hat'upanisaṁ hoti vimutti-ñāṇa-dassanaṁ.|| ||

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3. Seyyathā pi, āvuso, rukkho sākhā-palāsa-vipanno,||
tassa papaṭikā pi na pāripūriṁ gacchati,||
taco pi na pāripūriṁ gacchati,||
pheggu pi na pāripuriṁ gacchati,||
sāro pi na pāripuriṁ gacchati.|| ||

Evam eva kho āvuso du-s-sīlassa sīla-vipannassa hat'upaniso hoti sammā-samādhi,||
sammā-samādhimhi asati sammā-samādhi-vipannassa hat'upanisaṁ hoti yathā-bhūta ñāṇa-dassanaṁ,||
yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassane asati yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassana-vipannassa hat'upaniso hoti nibbidā virāgo,||
nibbidā virāge asati nibbidā virāga-vipannassa hat'upanisaṁ hoti vimutti-ñāṇa-dassanaṁ.|| ||

 

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4. Sīla-vato āvuso sīla-sampannassa upanissaya-sampanno hoti sammā-samādhi.|| ||

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Sammā-samādhimhi sati sammā-samādhi-sampannassa upanissaya-sampannaṁ hoti yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassanaṁ.|| ||

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Yathā-bhuta-ñāṇa-dassane sati yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassana-sampannassa upanissaya-sampanno hoti nibbidā virāgo.|| ||

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Nibbidā virāge sati nibbidā virāga-sampannassa upanissaya-sampannaṁ hoti vimutti-ñāṇa-dassanaṁ.|| ||

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5. Seyyathā pi āvuso rukkho sakhā-palāsa-sampanno, tassa papaṭikā pi pāripūriṁ gacchati,||
taco pi pāripūriṁ gacchati,||
pheggu pi pāripūriṁ gacchati,||
sāro pi [201] pāripūriṁ gacchati.|| ||

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Evam eva kho āvuso sīla-vato sīla-sampannassa upanissaya-sampanno hoti sammā-samādhi||
sammā-samādhimhi sati sammā-samādhi-sampannassa upanissaya-sampannaṁ hoti yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassanaṁ||
yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassane sati yathā-bhūta-ñāṇa-dassana-sampannassa upanissaya-sampanno hoti nibbidā virāgo||
nibbidā virāge sati nibbidā virāga-sampannassa upanissaya-sampannaṁ hoti vimutti-ñāṇa-dassanaṁ." ti.|| ||