Gītassara 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 Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa Ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||

Bhikkhavo ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṁ.

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

Pañc'ime bhikkhave, ādinavā āyata-kena gīta-s-sarena dhammaṁ bhaṇantassa.|| ||

Katame pañca?|| ||

2. Attanā pi tasmiṁ sare sāra-j-jati,||
pare pi tasmiṁ sare sārajjanti,||
gahapatikā pi ujjhāyanti:|| ||

'Yatheva mayaṁ gāyāma,||
evam eva ime samaṇā Sakkiya-puttiyā gāyantī' ti,|| ||

sara-kuttim pi nikāmaya-mānassa samādhissa bhaṅgo hoti,||
pacchimā janatā diṭṭh'ānugatiṁ āpajjati.|| ||

Ime kho bhikkhave pañca ādīnavā āyata-kena gīta-s-sarena dhammaṁ bhaṇantassā ti.|| ||