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SN 35.155PTS SN 4.1411 min read

A Dhamma Speaker

Dhammakathikapucchasutta

A speaker on the Dhamma is someone who teaches for letting go of the senses.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.155Linked Discourses 35.155
  • 0.215. Navapurāṇavagga15. The Old and the New

0.3DhammakathikapucchasuttaA Dhamma Speaker

1.1PTS 4.141Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,1.2“‘dhammakathiko, dhammakathiko’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of a ‘Dhamma speaker’.11.3Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, dhammakathiko hotī”ti?How is a Dhamma speaker defined?”

2.1“Cakkhussa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.“If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma’.

2.2Cakkhussa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching’.

2.3Cakkhussa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭhadhammanibbānappatto bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya …pe…If they’re freed by not grasping by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.

2.4jivhāya ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya …pe…If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment with the ear … nose … tongue … body …2.5manassa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.mind, for its fading away and cessation, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma’.

2.6Manassa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the mind, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching’.

2.7Manassa 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 the mind, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.”

2.8Dasamaṁ.

2.9Navapurāṇavaggo pañcamo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Kammaṁ cattāri sappāyā,3.2anantevāsi kimatthiyā;3.3Atthi nu kho pariyāyo,3.4indriyakathikena cāti.

3.5Saḷāyatanavagge tatiyapaṇṇāsako samatto.

4.0Tassa vagguddānaṁ

4.1Yogakkhemi ca loko ca,4.2Gahapati devadahena ca;4.3Navapurāṇena paṇṇāso,4.4Tatiyo tena vuccatīti.

Translator’s notes

  1. As at SN 12.16 and SN 22.115.

    ↩ sn35.155:1.2