Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
IV. Devatā Vagga

Sutta 36

Bhikkhu Mitta 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.|| ||

Sattahi bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhū-mitto sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo||
api panujja-mānena pi.|| ||

Katamehi sattahi?|| ||

2. Piyo ca hoti manāpo ca,||
garu ca,||
bhāvanīyo ca,||
vattā ca,||
vacana-k-khamo ca,||
gambhīrañ ca kathaṁ kattā hoti,||
no ca aṭṭhāne niyojeti.|| ||

Imehi kho bikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu mitto sevitabbo bhajitabbo payirupāsitabbo||
api panujjamānena pi ti.|| ||

 

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Piyo ca garu bhāvanīyo vattā ca vacana-k-khamo,||
Gambhīrañ ca kathaṁ kattā no c'aṭṭhāne niyojaye.||
Yasmiṁ etāni ṭhānāni saṁvijjantī'dha puggale,||
So mitto mitta-kāmena attha-kām-ā-nukamapako,||
Api nāsiyamānena bhajitabbo tathāvidho ti.|| ||