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Ascetics

Samaṇasutta

The duties of an ascetic.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.81Numbered Discourses 3.81
  • 0.29. Samaṇavagga9. Ascetics

0.3SamaṇasuttaAscetics

1.1PTS 1.229“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, samaṇassa samaṇiyāni samaṇakaraṇīyāni.“Mendicants, there are three duties of an ascetic.1.2Katamāni tīṇi?What three?1.3Adhisīlasikkhāsamādānaṁ, adhicittasikkhāsamādānaṁ, adhipaññāsikkhāsamādānaṁ—Undertaking the training in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom.1.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi samaṇassa samaṇiyāni samaṇakaraṇīyāni.These are the three duties of an ascetic.

2.1Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:So you should train like this:2.2‘tibbo no chando bhavissati adhisīlasikkhāsamādāne, tibbo no chando bhavissati adhicittasikkhāsamādāne, tibbo no chando bhavissati adhipaññāsikkhāsamādāne’ti.‘We will have keen enthusiasm for undertaking the training in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom.’2.3Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.That’s how you should train.”

2.4Paṭhamaṁ.