Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
Mahā Vaggo
Sutta 69
Sunetta 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 bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavo ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṃ.|| ||
Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
2. Bhūta-pubbaṃ bhikkhave, Sunetto nāma Satthā ahosi titthakaro kāmesu vīta-rāgo.|| ||
Sunettassa kho pana bhikkhave, sattuno anekāni sāvakasatāni ahesuṃ.|| ||
Sunetto nāma Satthā sāvakānaṃ Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desesi.|| ||
Ye kho pana bhikkhave Sunettassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni na pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ Nirayaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
Ye ko pana bhikkhave Sunettassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
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3. Bhūta-pubbaṃ bhikkhave, Mūgapakkho[ed1] nāma Satthā ahosi titthakaro kāmesu vīta-rāgo.|| ||
Mūgapakkhassa kho pana bhikkhave, sattuno anekāni sāvakasatāni ahesuṃ.|| ||
Mūgapakkho nāma Satthā sāvakānaṃ Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desesi.|| ||
Ye kho pana bhikkhave Mūgapakkhassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni na pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ Nirayaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
Ye ko pana bhikkhave Mūgapakkhassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
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Bhūta-pubbaṃ bhikkhave, Aranemi nāma Satthā ahosi titthakaro kāmesu vīta-rāgo.|| ||
Aranemassa kho pana bhikkhave, sattuno anekāni sāvakasatāni ahesuṃ.|| ||
Aranemi nāma Satthā sāvakānaṃ Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desesi.|| ||
Ye kho pana bhikkhave Aranemassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni na pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ Nirayaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
Ye ko pana bhikkhave Aranemassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
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Bhūta-pubbaṃ bhikkhave, Kuddālo nāma Satthā ahosi titthakaro kāmesu vīta-rāgo.|| ||
Kuddālassa kho pana bhikkhave, sattuno anekāni sāvakasatāni ahesuṃ.|| ||
Kuddālo nāma Satthā sāvakānaṃ Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desesi.|| ||
Ye kho pana bhikkhave Kuddālassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni na pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ Nirayaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
Ye ko pana bhikkhave Kuddālassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
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Bhūta-pubbaṃ bhikkhave, Hatthipālo nāma Satthā ahosi titthakaro kāmesu vīta-rāgo.|| ||
Hatthipālassa kho pana bhikkhave, sattuno anekāni sāvakasatāni ahesuṃ.|| ||
Hatthipālo nāma Satthā sāvakānaṃ Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desesi.|| ||
Ye kho pana bhikkhave Hatthipālassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni na pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ Nirayaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
Ye ko pana bhikkhave Hatthipālassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
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Bhūta-pubbaṃ bhikkhave, Jotipālo nāma Satthā ahosi titthakaro kāmesu vīta-rāgo.|| ||
Jotipālassa kho pana bhikkhave, sattuno anekāni sāvakasatāni ahesuṃ.|| ||
Jotipālo nāma Satthā sāvakānaṃ Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desesi.|| ||
Ye kho pana bhikkhave Jotipālassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni na pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ Nirayaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
Ye ko pana bhikkhave Jotipālassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
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Bhūta-pubbaṃ bhikkhave, Arako nāma Satthā ahosi titthakaro kāmesu vīta-rāgo.|| ||
Arakassa kho pana bhikkhave, sattuno anekāni sāvakasatāni ahesuṃ.|| ||
Arako nāma Satthā sāvakānaṃ Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desesi.|| ||
Ye kho pana bhikkhave Arakassa Satthuno Brah- [136] ma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni na pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ Nirayaṃ upapajjiṃsu.|| ||
Ye ko pana bhikkhave Arakassa Satthuno Brahma-loka-saha-vyatāya dhammaṃ desentassa cittāni pasādesuṃ,||
te kāyassa bhedā param maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjiṃsu.
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4. Taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave,||
yo ime satta Satthāre titthakare kāmesu vīta-rāge aneka-sataparivāre sasāvaka-saṅghe duṭṭhacitto akakoseyya paribhāseyya,||
bahuṃ so apuññaṃ pasaceyyā ti?|| ||
"Evaṃ bhante" ti.|| ||
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Taṃ kiṃ maññatha bhikkhave,||
yo ime satta Satthāre titthakare kāmesu vīta-rāge aneka-sataparivāre sasāvaka-saṅghe duṭṭhacitto akakoseyya paribhāseyya,||
bahuṃ so apuññaṃ pasaceyya,||
yo ekaṃ diṭṭhi-sampannaṃ puggalaṃ duṭṭhacitto akkosati paribhāsati,||
ayaṃ tato bahutaraṃ apuññaṃ pasavati.|| ||
Taṃ kissa hetu?|| ||
Nāhaṃ bhikkhave, ito bahiddhā eva-rūpiṃ khantiṃ vadāmi,||
yathā amhaṃ sabrahma-cārisu.|| ||
Tasmātiha bhikkhave, evaṃ sikkhitabbaṃ:|| ||
Na no sabrahma-cārisu cittāni paduṭṭhāni bhavissantī ti.|| ||
Evaṃ hi ho bhikkhave, sikkhitabban ti.|| ||
[ed1] I am not certain that I have got the endings for the names of the following teachers correctly. PTS gives only the first case, and BJT has followed the first intoduction of a new name with the text, name and case of Mūgapakkho through to Arako.
