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AN 5.20PTS AN 3.14Hita 41 min read

The Welfare of Both

Catutthahitasutta

By both teaching and practicing, one practice for everyone’s good.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.20Numbered Discourses 5.20
  • 0.22. Balavagga2. Powers

0.3CatutthahitasuttaThe Welfare of Both

1.1“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu attahitāya ca paṭipanno hoti parahitāya ca.“Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing for both their own welfare and that of others.1.2Katamehi pañcahi?What five?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu attanā ca sīlasampanno hoti, parañca sīlasampadāya samādapeti;It’s when a mendicant is personally accomplished in ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and the knowledge and vision of freedom. And they encourage others in these qualities.1.4attanā ca samādhisampanno hoti, parañca samādhisampadāya samādapeti, attanā ca paññāsampanno hoti, parañca paññāsampadāya samādapeti;1.5attanā ca vimuttisampanno hoti, parañca vimuttisampadāya samādapeti;1.6attanā ca vimuttiñāṇadassanasampanno hoti, parañca vimuttiñāṇadassanasampadāya samādapeti.1.7Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu attahitāya ca paṭipanno hoti parahitāya cā”ti.A mendicant with these five qualities is practicing both for their own welfare and that of others.”

1.8Dasamaṁ.

1.9Balavaggo dutiyo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Ananussutakūṭañca,2.2saṅkhittaṁ vitthatena ca;2.3Daṭṭhabbañca puna kūṭaṁ,2.4cattāropi hitena cāti.