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AN 7.81PTS AN 4.1421 min read

Shines as an Expert in the Monastic Law (3rd)

Tatiyavinayadharasobhanasutta

An expert in monastic conduct shines with seven qualities.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.81Numbered Discourses 7.81
  • 0.28. Vinayavagga8. The Monastic Law

0.3TatiyavinayadharasobhanasuttaShines as an Expert in the Monastic Law (3rd)

1.1PTS 4.143“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato vinayadharo sobhati.“Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities shines as an expert in the monastic law.1.2Katamehi sattahi?What seven?1.3Āpattiṁ jānāti,They know what is an offense.1.4anāpattiṁ jānāti,They know what is not an offense.1.5lahukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti,They know what is a light offense.1.6garukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti,They know what is a serious offense.1.7vinaye kho pana ṭhito hoti asaṁhīro,They’re firm and unfaltering in the training.1.8catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ …pe… akasiralābhī,They get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in the present life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty.1.9āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.1.10Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato vinayadharo sobhatī”ti.A mendicant with these seven qualities shines as an expert in the monastic law.”

1.11Sattamaṁ.