Aṅguttara-Nikāya
Pañcaka-Nipāta
24. Āvāsika Vagga

Sutta 234

Bahū-Pakāra 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||
āvāsiko bhikkhu||
āvāsassa bahū-pakāro hoti.|| ||

Katamehi pañcahi?|| ||

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

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Bahu-s-suto hoti||
suta-dharo||
suta-sannicayo,||
ye te dhammā ādi-kalyāṇā||
majjhe kalyāṇā||
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.|| ||

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

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Kaṇḍa-phullaṁ paṭisaṅkhāroti.|| ||

Mahā kho pana bhikkhu-saṅgho abhikkanto,||
nānā-verajjakā bhikkhu gihīnaṁ upasaṅkamitvā āroceti:|| ||

"Mahā kho āvuso, bhikkhu-saṅgho abhikkanto,||
nānā-verajjakā bhikkhu,||
karotha puññāni,||
samayo puññāni kātun" ti.|| ||

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

Imehi kho bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato āvāsiko bhikkhu āvāsassa bahū-pakāro hotī" ti.|| ||