0.3DhammakathikasuttaA Dhamma Speaker
1.1PTS 2.18Sāvatthiyaṁ …At Sāvatthī.
1.2Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:
1.3“‘dhammakathiko dhammakathiko’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of a ‘Dhamma speaker’.1.4Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, dhammakathiko hotī”ti?How is a Dhamma speaker defined?”
2.1“Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.“If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding old age and death, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma’.12.2Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding old age and death, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching’.22.3Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭhadhammanibbānappatto bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.If they’re freed by not grasping, by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding old age and death, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.3
3.1Jātiyā ce bhikkhu …pe…If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment regarding rebirth …3.2bhavassa ce bhikkhu …continued existence …3.3upādānassa ce bhikkhu …grasping …3.4taṇhāya ce bhikkhu …craving …3.5vedanāya ce bhikkhu …feeling …3.6phassassa ce bhikkhu …contact …3.7saḷāyatanassa ce bhikkhu …the six sense fields …3.8nāmarūpassa ce bhikkhu …name and form …3.9viññāṇassa ce bhikkhu …consciousness …3.10saṅkhārānañce bhikkhu …choices …3.11avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding ignorance, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma’.3.12Avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding ignorance, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching’.3.13Avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭhadhammanibbānappatto bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāyā”ti.If they’re freed by not grasping, by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding ignorance, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.”
3.14Chaṭṭhaṁ.