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Sagacity

Moneyyasutta

Three forms of sagacity: bodily, verbal, and mental.

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

  • 0.1Itivuttaka 67So It Was Said 67
  • 0.2TikanipātaThe Book of the Threes
  • 0.3DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.4MoneyyasuttaSagacity

1.1Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, moneyyāni.“Mendicants, there are these three kinds of sagacity.2.2Katamāni tīṇi?What three?2.3Kāyamoneyyaṁ, vacīmoneyyaṁ, manomoneyyaṁ—Sagacity of body, speech, and mind.2.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi moneyyānī”ti.These are the three kinds of sagacity.”

2.5Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.6Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Kāyamuniṁ vacīmuniṁ,“A sage in body, a sage in speech,3.2manomunimanāsavaṁ;a sage undefiled in mind;3.3Muniṁ moneyyasampannaṁ,a sage, blessed with sagacity,3.4āhu ninhātapāpakan”ti.has washed off all bad things, they say.”

4.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

4.2Aṭṭhamaṁ.