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Practicing In Line With the Teaching

Dhammānudhammapaṭipannasutta

Practicing the Dhamma in accordance with the Dhamma.

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

  • 0.1Itivuttaka 86So It Was Said 86
  • 0.2TikanipātaThe Book of the Threes
  • 0.3CatutthavaggaChapter Four

0.4DhammānudhammapaṭipannasuttaPracticing In Line With the Teaching

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

2.1“Dhammānudhammapaṭipannassa bhikkhuno ayamanudhammo hoti veyyākaraṇāya—“Regarding a mendicant practicing in line with the teaching, it is in line with the teaching to declare that12.2dhammānudhammapaṭipannoyanti bhāsamāno dhammaññeva bhāsati no adhammaṁ, vitakkayamāno vā dhammavitakkaññeva vitakketi no adhammavitakkaṁ, tadubhayaṁ vā pana abhinivejjetvā upekkhako viharati sato sampajāno”ti.this is what it means to practice in line with the teaching. When speaking, they speak on the teaching, not against it. When thinking, they think on the teaching, not against it. And rejecting both, they meditate staying equanimous, mindful and aware.”

2.3Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.4Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Dhammārāmo dhammarato,“Delighting in the teaching, enjoying the teaching,3.2dhammaṁ anuvicintayaṁ;contemplating the teaching,3.3Dhammaṁ anussaraṁ bhikkhu,a mendicant who recollects the teaching3.4saddhammā na parihāyati.doesn’t fall away from the true teaching.

4.1Caraṁ vā yadi vā tiṭṭhaṁ,Whether walking or standing,4.2nisinno uda vā sayaṁ;sitting or lying down,4.3Ajjhattaṁ samayaṁ cittaṁ,with mind collected inside,4.4santimevādhigacchatī”ti.they attain only peace.”

5.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

5.2Sattamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This phrase, commonly used in the Suttas, has a precedent in Rig Veda 3.17.1, where the sacred fire is kindled according to the precedent ordained by the first sacrificer.

    ↩ iti86:2.1