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AN 4.118PTS AN 2.1201 min read

Inspiring

Saṁvejanīyasutta

Four inspiring places to visit.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.118Numbered Discourses 4.118
  • 0.212. Kesivagga12. With Kesi

0.3SaṁvejanīyasuttaInspiring

1.1PTS 2.121“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyāni saṁvejanīyāni ṭhānāni.“Mendicants, a faithful gentleman should go to see these four inspiring places.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?

1.3‘Idha tathāgato jāto’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One was born!’—that is an inspiring place.

1.4‘Idha tathāgato anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddho’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became awakened as a supreme fully awakened Buddha!’—that is an inspiring place.

1.5‘Idha tathāgato anuttaraṁ dhammacakkaṁ pavattesī’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One rolled forth the supreme Wheel of Dhamma!’—that is an inspiring place.

1.6‘Idha tathāgato anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā parinibbuto’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One was fully quenched in the element of extinguishment, with no residue!’—that is an inspiring place.

1.7Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyāni saṁvejanīyāni ṭhānānī”ti.These are the four inspiring places that a faithful gentleman should go to see.”

1.8Aṭṭhamaṁ.