Dhamma-Kathika Suttaṁ

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

[1][pts][bodh] Evaṁ me sutaṁ:|| ||

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

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||

Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṁ nisīdi.|| ||

Eka-m-antaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu Bhagavantaṁ etad avoca:|| ||

"'Dhamma-kathiko!

Dhamma-kathiko' ti bhante vuccati.

Kittāvatā nu kho bhante, Dhamma-kathiko hotī" ti?|| ||

"Cakkhussa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti,||
'dhamma-kathiko bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Cakkhussa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti,||
'Dhammānudhamma-paṭipanno bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Cakkhussa ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādā vimutto hoti,||
'diṭṭha-dhamma-Nibbānappatto bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

■

"Sotassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti,||
'dhamma-kathiko bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Sotassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti,||
'Dhammānudhamma-paṭipanno bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Sotassa ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādā vimutto hoti,||
'diṭṭha-dhamma-Nibbānappatto bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

■

"Ghānassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti,||
'dhamma-kathiko bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Ghānassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti,||
'Dhammānudhamma-paṭipanno bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Ghānassa ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādā vimutto hoti,||
'diṭṭha-dhamma-Nibbānappatto bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

■

"Jivhāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti,||
'dhamma-kathiko bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Jivhāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti,||
'Dhammānudhamma-paṭipanno bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Jivhāya ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādā vimutto hoti,||
'diṭṭha-dhamma-Nibbānappatto bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

■

"Kāyassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti,||
'dhamma-kathiko bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Kāyassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti,||
'Dhammānudhamma-paṭipanno bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Kāyassa ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādā vimutto hoti,||
'diṭṭha-dhamma-Nibbānappatto bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

■

"Manassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti,||
'dhamma-kathiko bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Manassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti,||
'Dhammānudhamma-paṭipanno bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya.|| ||

Manassa ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādā vimutto hoti,||
'diṭṭha-dhamma-Nibbānappatto bhikkhū' ti alaṁ vacanāya" ti.|| ||