Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
55. Sot'Āpatti Saṃyutta
2. Sahassaka or Rājakārama Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
55. Kindred Sayings on Streamwinning
2. Thousandfold or Royal Park
Sutta 13
Ānanda Suttaṃ
Ānanda
Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids
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[1] THUS have I heard:
Once the venerable Sāriputta
and the venerable Ānanda
were staying near Sāvatthī
at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
Now the venerable Sāriputta,
rising from his solitude at eventide,
went to visit the venerable Ānanda,
and on coming to him
greeted him courteously,
and after the exchange of greetings and courtesies
sat down at one side.
As he thus sat
the venerable Sāriputta said to the venerable Ānanda:
"Friend Ānanda,
by abandoning what things,
by winning possession of what things,
are people of this world
proclaimed by the Exalted One
as stream-winners,
as not doomed to the Downfall,
as assured,
as bound for enlightenment?"
"Friend, it is by abandoning four things,
it is by winning possession of four things,
that people of this world
are proclaimed by the Exalted One
as stream-winners,
as not doomed to the Downfall,
as assured,
as bound for enlightenment.
What are the four things?
One has no such disloyalty to the Buddha
as that possessed by the uneducated manyfolk
who, when body breaks up,
after death
are reborn in Hell,
in the Woeful Lot,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory:
but he has such unwavering loyalty to the Buddha
as is possessed by the educated Ariyan disciple,
who, when the body breaks up,
after death
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heaven World
thus:
'He it is the Exalted One,
Arahant,
a fully Enlightened One,
perfect in knowledge and practice,
a Happy One,
world-knower,
unsurpassed charioteer
of men to be tamed,
teacher of devas and mankind,
a Buddha,
an Exalted One.'
■
One has no such disloyalty to the Norm
as that possessed by the uneducated manyfolk
who, when body breaks up,
after death
are reborn in Hell,
in the Woeful Lot,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory:
but he has such unwavering loyalty to the Norm
as is possessed by the educated Ariyan disciple,
who, when the body breaks up,
after death
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heaven World,
thus:
'Well proclaimed by the Exalted One
is the Norm,
seen in this very life,
a thing not involving time,
inviting one to come and see,
leading onward,
to be known for themselves
by the wise.'
■
One has no such disloyalty to the Order
as that possessed by the uneducated manyfolk
who, when body breaks up,
after death
are reborn in Hell,
in the Woeful Lot,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory:
but he has such unwavering loyalty to the Order
as is possessed by the educated Ariyan disciple,
who, when the body breaks up,
after death
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heaven World,
thus:
'Walking righteously is the Exalted One's Order,
walking uprightly,
walking in the right way,
walking dutifully
is the Exalted One's Order of Disciples:
namely,
the four pairs of men,
the eight sorts of men.
That is the Exalted One's Order of Disciples.
Worthy of honour are they,
worthy of reverence,
worthy of offerings,
worthy of salutations with clasped hands, -
a field of merit unsurpassed for the world.'
■
[317] He has no such immorality[1]
as that possessed by the uneducated many folk
who, when body breaks up,
after death
are reborn in Hell,
in the Woeful Lot,
the Downfall,
in Purgatory:
but he is blessed has virtues dear to the Ariyans,
virtues unbroken,
whole,
unspotted,
untarnished,
giving freedom,
praised by the wise:
virtues untainted (by craving or delusion),
which lead to concentration of the mind
such as are possessed by the educated Ariyan disciple,
who, when the body breaks up,
after death
is reborn in the Happy Lot,
in the Heaven World.
Friend, it is by abandoning these four things
and by winning possession of these other four things
that the people of this world
are proclaimed by the Exalted One
as stream-winners,
as not doomed to the Downfall,
as assured,
as bound for enlightenment."
[1] Here text has wrongly dussīlena hoti (with v.l. dussīlyam na), but is right on text, 382.
