Aṅguttara Nikāya 11.10 — 1. Nissayavagga — Moranivāpasutta
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Aṅguttara Nikāya 11.10
Numbered Discourses 11.10
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1. Nissayavagga
1. Dependence
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Moranivāpasutta
At the Peacocks’ Feeding Ground
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Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati moranivāpe paribbājakārāme.
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, at the monastery for the wanderers in the peacocks’ feeding ground.
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Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:
There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,
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“bhikkhavo”ti.
“Mendicants!”
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“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.
“Venerable sir,” they replied.
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Bhagavā etadavoca:
The Buddha said this:
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“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.
“Mendicants, a mendicant with three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.
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Katamehi tīhi?
What three?
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Asekhena sīlakkhandhena, asekhena samādhikkhandhena, asekhena paññākkhandhena—
The entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics, immersion, and wisdom.
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imehi, kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.
A mendicant with these three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.
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Aparehipi, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.
A mendicant with another three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.
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Katamehi tīhi?
What three?
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Iddhipāṭihāriyena, ādesanāpāṭihāriyena, anusāsanīpāṭihāriyena—
A demonstration of psychic power, a demonstration of revealing, and a demonstration of instruction.
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imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti, accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.
A mendicant with these three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.
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Aparehipi, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.
A mendicant with another three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.
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Katamehi tīhi?
What three?
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Sammādiṭṭhiyā, sammāñāṇena, sammāvimuttiyā—
Right view, right knowledge, and right freedom.
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imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.
A mendicant with these three qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.
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Dvīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.
A mendicant who has two qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.
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Katamehi dvīhi?
What two?
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Vijjāya, caraṇena—
Knowledge and conduct.
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imehi kho, bhikkhave, dvīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu accantaniṭṭho hoti accantayogakkhemī accantabrahmacārī accantapariyosāno seṭṭho devamanussānaṁ.
A mendicant with these two qualities has reached the ultimate end, the ultimate sanctuary from the yoke, the ultimate spiritual life, the ultimate goal. They are best among gods and humans.
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Brahmunā pesā, bhikkhave, sanaṅkumārena gāthā bhāsitā:
The divinity Sanaṅkumāra also spoke this verse:
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‘Khattiyo seṭṭho janetasmiṁ,
‘The aristocrat is best among people
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ye gottapaṭisārino;
who take clan as the standard.
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Vijjācaraṇasampanno,
But one accomplished in knowledge and conduct
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so seṭṭho devamānuse’ti.
is first among gods and humans.’
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Sā kho panesā, bhikkhave, sanaṅkumārena gāthā bhāsitā subhāsitā, no dubbhāsitā; atthasaṁhitā, no anatthasaṁhitā; anumatā mayā.
Now, that verse spoken by the divinity Sanaṅkumāra is well spoken, not poorly spoken. It’s beneficial, not pointless, and I agree with it.
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Ahampi, bhikkhave, evaṁ vadāmi:
I also say:
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‘Khattiyo seṭṭho janetasmiṁ,
‘The aristocrat is best among people
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ye gottapaṭisārino;
who take clan as the standard.
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Vijjācaraṇasampanno,
But one accomplished in knowledge and conduct
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so seṭṭho devamānuse’”ti.
is first among gods and humans.’”
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Dasamaṁ.
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Nissayavaggo paṭhamo.
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Tassuddānaṁ
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Kimatthiyā cetanā tayo,
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upanisā byasanena ca;
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Dve saññā manasikāro,
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saddho moranivāpakanti.
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