Skip to content
True DhammaLibrary · Community
SN 55.16PTS SN 5.3641 min read

Friends and Colleagues (1st)

Paṭhamamittāmaccasutta

You should encourage your friends in the four factors of stream-entry.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.16Linked Discourses 55.16
  • 0.22. Rājakārāmavagga2. The Royal Monastery

0.3PaṭhamamittāmaccasuttaFriends and Colleagues (1st)

1.1PTS 5.365“Ye te, bhikkhave, anukampeyyātha, ye ca sotabbaṁ maññeyyuṁ—mittā vā amaccā vā ñātī vā sālohitā vā—te, bhikkhave, catūsu sotāpattiyaṅgesu samādapetabbā, nivesetabbā, patiṭṭhāpetabbā.“Mendicants, those who you have sympathy for, and those worth listening to—friends and colleagues, relatives and family—should be encouraged, supported, and established by you in the four factors of stream-entry.11.2Katamesu catūsu?What four?1.3Buddhe aveccappasāde samādapetabbā, nivesetabbā, patiṭṭhāpetabbā—Experiential confidence in the Buddha …1.4itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti.1.5Dhamme …pe…the teaching …1.6saṅghe …pe…the Saṅgha …1.7ariyakantesu sīlesu samādapetabbā, nivesetabbā, patiṭṭhāpetabbā akhaṇḍesu …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikesu.And the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.1.8Ye te, bhikkhave, anukampeyyātha, ye ca sotabbaṁ maññeyyuṁ—mittā vā amaccā vā ñātī vā sālohitā vā—te, bhikkhave, imesu catūsu sotāpattiyaṅgesu samādapetabbā, nivesetabbā, patiṭṭhāpetabbā”ti.Those who you have sympathy for, and those worth listening to—friends and colleagues, relatives and family—should be encouraged, supported, and established by you in these four factors of stream-entry.”

1.9Chaṭṭhaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. This discourse and the next lack vo (“by you”) found elsewhere (SN 47.4:2.1), apparently by editorial oversight.

    ↩ sn55.16:1.1