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#### Saṁyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
14. Dhātu-Saṁyuttaṁ
IV. Catuttha Vagga

#### Sutta 38

# Dutiya Samaṇa-Brāhmaṇa Suttaṁ

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

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[1][pts] 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. "Catasso imā bhikkhave, dhātuyo.|| ||

Katamā catasso?|| ||

Paṭhavī-dhātu,||
āpo-dhātu,||
tejo-dhātu,||
vāyo-dhātu.|| ||

3. Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā imāsaṁ catunnaṁ dhātūnaṁ samudayañ ca atthaṅgamañ ca assādañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca 'yathā-bhūtaṁ na pajānantī' ti vitthāretabbaṁ.|| ||

Na me te bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu vā samaṇa-sammatā, brāhmaṇesu vā brāhmaṇa-sammatā.|| ||

Na ca pana te āyasmanto sāmaññ'atthaṁ vā brahmaññ'atthaṁ vā diṭṭhe'va dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchi-katvā upasampajja viharanti.|| ||

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4. Ye ca kho keci bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā imāsaṁ catunnaṁ dhātūnaṁ assādañ ca ādīnavañ ca nissaraṇañ ca 'yathā-bhūtaṁ pajānantī' ti.|| ||

Te ca khome bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu c'eva samaṇa-sammatā, brāhmaṇesu ca brāhmaṇa-sammatā.|| ||

Te ca pan'āyasmanto sāmaññ'atthañ ca brahmaññ'atthañ ca diṭṭhe'va dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchi-katvā upasampajja viharantī" ti.|| ||

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