Aṇguttara-Nikāya
III. Tika Nipāta
V. Cūḷa Vagga
The Book of the Threes
Sutta 44
Kathā-Pavatti Suttaṃ
Standing for Profitable Talk
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Translator's Introduction
Please revisit my translation of the previous sutta [AN 3. 43] and Introduction. The conditions in both suttas are identical in the Pāḷi and the translations should be able to fit into both.
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Los Altos,
Sunday, January 26, 2014 8:00 AM
Once upon a time the Lucky Man, Sāvatthī-town residing.
It was there, then, that one time he said this to the beggars gathered round:
"Beggars!"
and "Bhante!" the beggars responded.
and Bhagava said this:
"Three, beggars, stand for profitable talk:
What three?
That he who gives the dissertation on Dhamma
has the experience of the objective himself and
the experience of Dhamma himself.
That he who hears the Dhamma
has the experience of the objective himself and
the experience of the Dhamma himself.
That both the one who gives the dissertation on Dhamma
and the one who hears the Dhamma
have the experience of the objective for themselves and
the experience of the Dhamma for themselves.
These are the three, beggars,
that stand for profitable talk."
References:
AN 3.43-Woodward
AN 3.44-Woodward
AN 2.40-Woodward
AN 3.43, n403; 44; AN 2.40 Bodhi, The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha.
