Aṅguttara Nikāya
VIII. Aṭṭhaka Nipāta
III: Gahapati-Vagga
Sutta 25
Mahānāma Suttaṃ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][kuma][bodh] Ekaṃ samayaṃ Bhagavā Sakkesu viharati Kapilavatthusmiṃ Nigrodhārāme,||
atha kho Mahānāmo Sakko yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṃ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṃ nisinno kho Mahānāmo Sakko Bhagavantaṃ etad avoca:|| ||
Kittāvatā nu kho bhante,||
upāsako hotīti:|| ||
Yato kho Mahānāma,||
Buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gato hoti,||
Dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gato hoti,||
Saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gato hoti,||
ettāvatā kho Mahānāma,||
upāsako hotī ti.|| ||
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2. Kittāvatā pana bhante,||
upāsako sīlavā hotīti:|| ||
Yato kho Mahānāma,||
upāsako pāṇ-ā-tipātā paṭivirato hoti,||
adinn'ādānā paṭivirato hoti,||
kāmesu micchā-cārā paṭivirato hoti,||
musā-vādā paṭivirato hoti,||
surā-mera-yamajja-pamā-daṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti.|| ||
Ettāvatā kho Mahānāma,||
upāsako sīlavā hotī ti.|| ||
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3. Kittāvatā pana bhante,||
upāsako attahitāya paṭipanno hoti||
no parahitāyāti?|| ||
[221] Yato kho Mahānāma,||
upāsako attanā saddhā-sampanno hoti,||
no paraṃ saddhā-sampadāya sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā sīla-sampanno hoti,||
no paraṃ sīla-sampadāya sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā cāga-sampanno hoti,||
no paraṃ cāga-sampadāya sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā bhikkhūnaṃ dassana-kāmo hoti,||
no paraṃ bhikkhūnaṃ dassane sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā Sad'Dhammaṃ sotukāmo hoti,||
no paraṃ sad'Dhamma-savaṇe sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā sutānaṃ Dhammānaṃ dhāraṇa-jātiko hoti,||
no paraṃ Dhamma-dhāraṇāya sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā dhatānaṃ Dhammānaṃ atth'ūpapari-k-khī hoti no paraṃ atth'ūpapari-k-khāya sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā attham aññāya Dhammam aññāya Dhamm-ā-nuDhamma-paṭipanno hoti,||
no paraṃ Dhamm-ā-nuDhamma-paṭipattiyā sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Ettāvatā kho Mahānāma upāsako attahitāya paṭipanno hoti no parahitāyāti.|| ||
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4. Kittāvatā pana bhante,||
upāsako attahitāya ca paṭipanno hoti,||
parahitāya cā ti?|| ||
Yato kho Mahānāma upāsako attanā ca saddhā-sampanno hoti parañca saddhā-sampadāya sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā ca sīla-sampanno hoti,||
parañca sīla-sampadāya sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā ca cāga-sampanno hoti,||
parañca cāga-sampadāya sam-ā-dapeti,||
attanā ca bhikkhūnaṃ dassana-kāmo hoti,||
parañca bhikkhūnaṃ dassane sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā ca Sad'Dhammaṃ sotukāmo hoti,||
parañ ca sad'Dhamma-savaṇe sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā ca sutānaṃ Dhammānaṃ dhāraṇa-jātiko hoti,||
parañca Dhamma-dhāraṇāya sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā ca dhatānaṃ Dhammānaṃ atth'ūpari-k-khī hoti parañca atth'ūpapari-k-khāya sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Attanā ca attham aññāya [222] Dhammam aññāya Dhamm-ā-nuDhamma-paṭipanno hoti,||
parañ ca Dhamm-ā-nuDhamma-paṭipattiyā sam-ā-dapeti.|| ||
Ettāvatā kho Mahānāma,||
upāsako attahitāya ca paṭipanno hoti parahitāya cā ti.|| ||
