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With Bhaddiya

Bhaddiyasutta

A noble disciple with the four factors of stream-entry is a stream-enterer.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.48Linked Discourses 55.48
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0.3BhaddiyasuttaWith Bhaddiya

1.1Kapilavatthunidānaṁ.At Kapilavatthu.1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho bhaddiyaṁ sakkaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:Seated to one side, the Buddha said to Bhaddiya the Sakyan:1

1.3“catūhi kho, bhaddiya, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo.“Bhaddiya, a noble disciple who has four things is a stream-enterer …”

2.1Katamehi catūhi?2.2Idha, bhaddiya, ariyasāvako buddhe …pe…2.3dhamme …pe…2.4saṅghe …pe…2.5ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.2.6Imehi kho, bhaddiya, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo”ti.

2.7Aṭṭhamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Bhaddiya, the son of (Kāḷī) Godhā, was a ruler of the Sakyans who later became a monk (Ud 2.10, Thag 16.7:2.4). He was said to be the foremost of those who went forth from an eminent family (AN 1.193).

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