Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
I: Mettā Vagga

Sutta 3

Paṭhama Piya Suttaṁ

Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.

 

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[1][pts][bodh] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.|| ||

Tatra kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:|| ||

"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||

"Bhadante" ti te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṁ.|| ||

Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||

2. Aṭṭhahi bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sabrahma-cārīnaṁ appiyo ca hoti,||
amanāpo ca||
agaru ca||
abhāvanīyo ca.|| ||

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?|| ||

3. Idha bhikkhave, bhikkhu appiyapasaṁsī ca hoti.||
piyagarahī ca||
lābha-kāmo ca||
sakkāra-kāmo ca||
ahiriko ca||
anottapī ca||
pāpiccho ca||
micchā-diṭṭhī ca.|| ||

Imehi kho bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sabrahma-cārīnaṁ appiyo ca hoti||
amanāpo ca||
agaru ca||
abhāvanīyo ca.|| ||

4. Aṭṭhahi bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sabrahma-cārīnaṁ piyo ca hoti||
manāpo ca||
garu ca||
bhāvanīyo ca.|| ||

Katamehi aṭṭhahi?|| ||

[156] 5. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu na appiyapasaṁsī ca hoti||
na piyagarahī ca||
na lābha-kāmo ca||
na sakkāra-kāmo ca,||
hirimā ca hoti||
ottapī ca||
appiccho ca||
sammā-diṭṭhī ca.|| ||

Imehi kho bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu sabrahma-cārīnaṁ piyo ca hoti,||
manāpo ca||
garu ca||
bhāvanīyo cā ti.|| ||