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Inspiring All Around (1st)

Paṭhamasaddhāsutta

Beginning with faith, a mendicant completes all good qualities that fulfill liberation.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 8.71Numbered Discourses 8.71
  • 0.28. Yamakavagga8. Pairs

0.3PaṭhamasaddhāsuttaInspiring All Around (1st)

1.1“Saddho ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hoti, no ca sīlavā.“Mendicants, a mendicant is faithful but not ethical.1.2Evaṁ so tenaṅgena aparipūro hoti.So they’re incomplete in that respect,1.3Tena taṁ aṅgaṁ paripūretabbaṁ:and should fulfill it, thinking:1.4‘kintāhaṁ saddho ca assaṁ sīlavā cā’ti.‘How can I become faithful and ethical?’1.5Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho ca hoti sīlavā ca,When the mendicant is faithful and ethical,1.6evaṁ so tenaṅgena paripūro hoti.they’re complete in that respect.

2.1Saddho ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hoti sīlavā ca, no ca bahussuto.A mendicant is faithful and ethical, but not learned.2.2Evaṁ so tenaṅgena aparipūro hoti.So they’re incomplete in that respect,2.3Tena taṁ aṅgaṁ paripūretabbaṁ:and should fulfill it, thinking:2.4‘kintāhaṁ saddho ca assaṁ, sīlavā ca, bahussuto cā’ti.‘How can I become faithful, ethical, and learned?’2.5Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho ca hoti sīlavā ca bahussuto ca,When the mendicant is faithful, ethical, and learned,2.6evaṁ so tenaṅgena paripūro hoti.they’re complete in that respect.

3.1PTS 4.315Saddho ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hoti sīlavā ca bahussuto ca, no ca dhammakathiko …pe…A mendicant is faithful, ethical, and learned, but not a Dhamma speaker. …3.2dhammakathiko ca, no ca parisāvacaro …pe…they don’t frequent assemblies …3.3parisāvacaro ca, no ca visārado parisāya dhammaṁ deseti …pe…they don’t teach Dhamma to the assembly with assurance …3.4visārado ca parisāya dhammaṁ deseti, no ca catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī …pe…they don’t get the four absorptions—blissful meditations in this life that belong to the higher mind—when they want, without trouble or difficulty …3.5catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, no ca āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati;they don’t 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.3.6evaṁ so tenaṅgena aparipūro hoti.So they’re incomplete in that respect,3.7Tena taṁ aṅgaṁ paripūretabbaṁ:and should fulfill it, thinking:3.8‘kintāhaṁ saddho ca assaṁ, sīlavā ca, bahussuto ca, dhammakathiko ca, parisāvacaro ca, visārado ca parisāya dhammaṁ deseyyaṁ, catunnañca jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī assaṁ akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, āsavānañca khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.‘How can I become faithful, ethical, and learned, a Dhamma speaker, one who frequents assemblies, one who teaches Dhamma to the assembly with assurance, one who gets the four absorptions when they want, and one who lives having realized the ending of defilements?’

4.1Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho ca hoti, sīlavā ca, bahussuto ca, dhammakathiko ca, parisāvacaro ca, visārado ca parisāya dhammaṁ deseti, catunnañca jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, āsavānañca khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati;When they’re faithful, ethical, and learned, a Dhamma speaker, one who frequents assemblies, one who teaches Dhamma to the assembly with assurance, one who gets the four absorptions when they want, and one who lives having realized the ending of defilements,4.2evaṁ so tenaṅgena paripūro hoti.they’re complete in that respect.4.3Imehi kho, bhikkhave, aṭṭhahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu samantapāsādiko ca hoti sabbākāraparipūro cā”ti.A mendicant who possesses these eight qualities is impressive all around, and is complete in every respect.”

4.4Paṭhamaṁ.