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III. Tika Nipāta
II. Rathakāra Vagga
Sutta 12
Saraṇīya Sutta
To Be Remembered
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
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[12][pts][bodh][upal][olds] "Monks, these three things are to be remembered by a head-anointed noble-warrior king throughout life.
Which three?
"The place where he was born: This is the first thing that is to be remembered by a head-anointed noble-warrior king throughout life.
"Then again, the place where he was head-anointed as a noble-warrior king: This is the second thing that is to be remembered by a head-anointed noble-warrior king throughout life.
"Then again, the place where, having won the battle, he then emerged victorious and ruled at the head of the battle: This is the third thing that is to be remembered by a head-anointed noble-warrior king throughout life.
"These, monks, are the three things to be remembered by a head-anointed noble-warrior king throughout life.
"In the same way, these three things are to be remembered by a monk throughout life.
Which three?
"The place where, shaving off his hair and beard, clothing himself in the ochre robe, he goes forth from the home life into homelessness: This is the first thing that is to be remembered by a monk throughout life.
"Then again, the place where he discerns, as it has come to be, 'This is stress' ... 'This is the origination of stress' ... 'This is the cessation of stress' ... 'This is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stress':[1] This is the second thing that is to be remembered by a monk throughout life.
"Then again, the place where, through the ending of effluents, he enters and remains in the effluent-free awareness-release and discernment-release, directly knowing and realizing it for himself right in the here-and-now: This is the third thing that is to be remembered by a monk throughout life.
"These, monks, are the three things to be remembered by a monk throughout life."
[1] This is a standard way of indicating that he has become at least a stream-winner but not yet an arahant. See SN 48:53.
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