Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
VI. Gotamī Vagga aka Sa-ādhāna-Vagga
Sutta 52
Bhikkhun-Ovādaka Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Vesāliyaṃ viharati Mahāvane Kūṭāgāra-sālāyaṃ.|| ||
Atha kho āyasmā Ānando yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā Ānando Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
'Kati hi nū kho bhante,||
dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhikkhun-ovādako sammantitabbo' ti?|| ||
2. Aṭṭhahi kho Ānanda, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhikkhun-ovādako sammannitabbo.|| ||
Katamehi aṭṭhahi?|| ||
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3. Idha, Ānanda, sīlavā ca hoti Pātimokkha-saṃvara-saṃvuto viharati,||
ācāra-gocara-sampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhaya-dassāvī samādāya sikkhati sikkhā-padesu.|| ||
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4. Bahu-s-suto hoti suta-dharo suta-sanni-cayo,||
ye te dhammā ādi-kalyāṇā majjhe-kalyāṇā pariyosāna-kalyāṇā sātthaṃ savyañ janaṃ kevala-paripuṇṇaṃ parisuddhaṃ Brahma-cariyaṃ abhivadanti,||
tathā-rūpassa dhammā bahu-s-sutā honti.|| ||
Dhatā vacasā paricitā manas-ā-nupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭi-viddhā.|| ||
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5. Ubhayāni kho pan'assa Pātimokkhāni vitthārena svāgatāni honti su-vibhattāni su-p-pavattīni su-vinicchitāni suttaso anuvyañjanaso.|| ||
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6. Kalyāṇa-vāco hoti kalāṇa-vākkaraṇo poriya vācaya samannāgato vissaṭṭhāya aneḷa-gaḷāya atthassa viññpaniyā.|| ||
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7. Paṭibalo [280] hoti bhikkhunī-Saṅghassa dhammiyā kathāya sanda-s-setuṃ sam-ā-dapetuṃ samuttejetuṃ sampahaṃsetuṃ.|| ||
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8. Yebhuyyena bhikkhunīnaṃ piyo hoti manāpo.|| ||
9. Na kho pan'etaṃ Bhagavantaṃ uddīsaṃ pabba-jitāya kāsāya-vavattha-nivasanāya garu-dhammaṃ ajjhāpann-u-pubbo hoti.|| ||
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10. Vīsati-vasso vā hoti atireka-vīsati vasso vā.|| ||
Imehi kho Ānanda, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhikkhun-ovādako sammantitabbo ti.|| ||
