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Aṇguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
2. Anusaya Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Sevens
Chapter II: Leanings

Sutta 13

Kul'ūpagamana Suttaṃ

The Family[1]

Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.

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[1] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, not having (yet) visited,
it is not meet to visit
a family of sevenfold conduct,
nor having visited to sit down.

What seven?

Pleasantly[2] they rise not,
pleasantly they salute not,
nor pleasantly offer a seat,
they hide it;
from much they give little,
from choice they give coarse food;
without respect they give,
not respectfully.

Verily, monks, it is not meet to visit a family
of this sevenfold conduct
nor having visited to sit down.

 

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"Monks, not having (yet) visited,
it is meet to visit
a family of sevenfold conduct,
or having visited to sit down.

What seven?

Pleasantly they rise,
pleasantly they salute,
pleasantly offer a seat,
they hide it not;
from much they give much,
from choice they give choice food;
with respect they give,
not disrespectfully.

Verily, monks, it is meet to visit a family
of this sevenfold conduct
or having visited to sit down.

 


[1] The uddāna reads kusalaṃ, but v.l., kulaṃ.

[2] Below, p. 258. [AN 9.17]


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