Aṅguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
VII. Devatā Vagga
Sutta 67
Mitta Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṃ viharati||
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||
Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhu āmantesi:|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
2. "So vata bhikkhave bhikkhū pāpa-mitto,||
pāpa-sahāyo,||
pāpa-sampavaṅko,||
pāpa-mitte||
seva-māno||
bhajamāno,||
payirupā-samāno,||
tesañ ca diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjamāno,||
ābhisamā-cārikaṃ dhammaṃ paripūressatī ti||
n'etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.|| ||
Ābhisamā-cārikaṃ dhammaṃ aparipūretvā||
sekhaṃ dhammā paripūressatī ti||
n'etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.|| ||
Sekhaṃ dhammaṃ aparipūretvā||
sīlāni paripūressatī ti||
n'etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.|| ||
Sīlāni aparipūretvā||
kāma-rāgaṃ vā||
rūpa-rāgaṃ vā||
arūpa-rāgaṃ vā||
pajahissatī ti||
n'etaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati.|| ||
§
So vata bhikkhave bhikkhū kalyāṇa-mitto||
kalyāṇa-sahāyo||
kalyāṇa-sampavaṅko,||
kalyāṇa mitte sevamano bhajamāno||
payirupā-samāno,||
tesañ ca diṭṭh'ānugatiṃ āpajjamāno,||
ābhisamā-cārikaṃ dhammaṃ paripūressatī ti||
ṭhāname taṃ vijjati.|| ||
Ābhisamā-cārikaṃ dhammaṃ paripūretvā||
sekhaṃ dhammaṃ paripūressatī ti||
ṭhāname taṃ vijjati.|| ||
Sekhaṃ dhammaṃ paripūretvā||
sīlāni paripūressatī ti||
ṭhāname taṃ vijjati.|| ||
Sīlāni paripūretvā||
kāma-rāgaṃ vā||
rūpa-rāgaṃ vā||
arūpa-rāgaṃ vā||
pajahi'ssatī ti||
ṭhāname taṃ vijjati" ti.|| ||