Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
Avyākata Vagga
Sutta 56
Kimbila Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][than] EVAṂ ME SUTAṂ.|| ||
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Kimbilāyaṃ viharati Veḷuvane.|| ||
Atha kho āyasmā Kimbilo yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā Kimbilo Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
"Ko nu kho bhante,||
hetu ko paccayo,||
yena Tathāgate parinibbute Sad'Dhammo na cira-ṭ-ṭhitiko hotī" ti?|| ||
"Idha Kimbila,||
Tathāgate parinibbute bhikkhū bhikkhūniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo satthiri agāravā viharantī appatissā,||
dhamme agāravā viharantī appatissā,||
saṅghe agāravā viharantī appatissā,||
sikkhāya agāravā viharanti appatissā,||
samādhismiṃ agāravā viharanti appatissā,||
appamāde agāravā viharantī appatissā,||
paṭi-Satthāre agāravā viharanti appatissā.|| ||
Ayaṃ kho Kimbila hetu ayaṃ paccayo yena Tathāgate parinibbūte Sad'Dhammo na cira-ṭ-ṭhitiko hotī" ti.|| ||
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"Ko pana bhante, hetu,||
ko paccayo||
yena Tathāgate parinibbute Sad'Dhammo cira-ṭ-ṭhitiko,||
hotī," ti?|| ||
"Idha Kimbila Tathāgate parinibbute bhikkhū bhikkhuniyo upāsakā upāsikāyo satthari sagāravā viharanti sappatissā,||
dhamme sagāravā viharanti sappatissā,||
saṅghe sagāravā viharanti sappatissā,||
sikkhāya sagāravā viharanti sappatissā,||
samādhismiṃ sagāravā viharanti sappatissā,||
appamāde sagāravā viharanti sappatissā,||
paṭi-Satthāre sagāravā viharanti sappatissā.|| ||
Ayaṃ kho Kimbila hetu,||
ayaṃ paccayo||
yena Tathāgate parinibbute Sad'Dhammo viraṭṭhitiko hotī," ti.|| ||