Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
II: Mahā Vagga

Sutta 15

Mala 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. Aṭṭh'imāni bhikkhave malāni.|| ||

Katamāni aṭṭha?|| ||

3. Asajjhāya malā bhikkhave mantā,||
anuṭṭhāna-malā bhikkhave gharā,||
malaṁ bhikkhave vaṇṇassa kosajjaṁ,||
pamādo bhikkhave rakkhato malaṁ,||
malaṁ bhikkhave itthiyā du-c-caritaṁ||
maccheraṁ bhikkhave dadato malaṁ,||
malā bhikkhave pāpakā akusalā dhammā asmiṁ loke parambhi ca,||
tato ca bhikkhave malā malataraṁ,||
avijjā paramaṁ malaṁ.|| ||

Imāni kho bhikkhave aṭṭha malānī ti.|| ||

 

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Asajjhāya malā mantā anuṭṭhāna-malā gharā,||
Malaṁ vaṇṇassa kosajjaṁ pamādo rakkhato malaṁ|| ||

Malitthiyā du-c-caritaṁ maccheraṁ dadato malaṁ,||
Malā ve pāpakā dhammā asmiṁ loke parambhi ca||
Tato malā malataraṁ avijjā paramaṁ malan ti.|| ||