Aṅguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
VIII. Arahatta Vagga
Sutta 80
Mahantatta 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. "Chahi bhikkhave dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhū na cirass'eva mahantattaṃ vepullattaṃ pāpuṇāti dhammesu.|| ||
Katamehi chahi?|| ||
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhū||
āloka-bahulo ca hoti,||
yoga-bahulo ca hoti,||
veda-bahulo ca hoti,||
a-santuṭṭhi-bahulo ca hoti,||
anikkhitta-dhūro ca kusalesu dhammesu,||
uttarīñ ca patāreti.|| ||
Imehi kho bhikkhave chahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhū na cirass'eva mahantattaṃ vepullattaṃ pāpuṇāti dhammesū, ti.|| ||