Saṁyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
37. Mātugāma Saṁyutta
3. Tatiya Vagga
Sutta 28
Eka Suttaṁ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi|| ||
"Bhikkhavo" ti.|| ||
"Bhadante" ti||
te bhikkhū Bhagavato paccassosuṁ.|| ||
3. Bhagavā etad avoca:|| ||
"Ekena ca kho bhikkhave balena samannāgato puriso mātu-gāmaṁ abhibhuyya vattati.|| ||
Katamena ekena?|| ||
Issariya-balena.|| ||
Issariya-balena abhibhūtaṁ bhikkhave mātu-gāmaṁ n'eva rūpa-balaṁ tāyati,||
na bhoga-balaṁ tāyati,||
na ñāti-balaṁ tāyati,||
na putta-balaṁ tāyati,||
na sīla-balaṁ tāyatī" ti.|| ||