Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
VIII. Vinaya Vagga
Sutta 78
Catuttha Vinayadhara Sobhana 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. Sattahi bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhū vinaya-dharo sobhati.|| ||
Katamehi sattahi?|| ||
Āpattiṃ jānāti;|| ||
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anāpattiṃ jānāti;|| ||
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lahukaṃ āpattiṃ jānāti;|| ||
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garukaṃ āpattiṃ jānāti;|| ||
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Anekavihitaṃ pubbe-nivāsaṃ anussarati.|| ||
Seyyath'idaṃ: ekam pi jāti dve pi jātiyo Tisso pi jātiyo vatassopi jātiyo pañca pi jātiyo dasa pi jātiyo vīsampi jātiyo tiṃsam pi jātiyo cattārīsam pi jātiyo paññāsam pi jātiyo jāti-satam pi jāti-sahassam pi jāti-sata-sahassam pi anekepi saṃvaṭṭa-kappe anekepi vivaṭṭa-kappe anekepi saṃvaṭṭa-vivaṭṭa-kappe.|| ||
Amutrāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo, evaṃ-gotto evaṃ-vaṇṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-sukha-dukkha-paṭisaṃvedī evam-āyu-pariyanto.|| ||
So tato cuto amutra upapādiṃ,||
tatrāpāsiṃ evaṃ-nāmo evaṃ-gotto evaṃvaṇaṇo evam-āhāro evaṃ-sukha-dukkha-paṭisaṃvedī evam-āyu-pariyanto.|| ||
So tato cuto idh'ūpapanno ti.|| ||
Iti sākāraṃ sa-uddesaṃ aneka-vihitaṃ pubbe-nivāsaṃ anussarati.|| ||
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Dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkanta-mānusakena satte passati cavamāne uppajjamāne hine paṇite suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate yathā-kamm'ūpage satte pajānāti.|| ||
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Āsavānaṃ khayā anāsavaṃ ceto-vimuttiṃ paññā-vimuttiṃ diṭṭhe'va dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchi-katvā upasampajja viharati.|| ||
Imehi kho bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhū vinaya-dharo sobhatī ti.|| ||
