Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
55. Sot'Āpatti Saṃyutta
6. Sappañña Vagga
The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
55. Kindred Sayings on Streamwinning
6. Discreet[1]
Sutta 51
Sagāthaka Suttaṃ
With Verses
Translated by F. L. Woodward
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
Monks, blessed with four things
the Ariyan disciple is a Stream-winner,
not doomed to the Downfall,
assured,
one bound for enlightenment.
What four?
Herein, monks, an Ariyan disciple is blessed with unwavering loyalty to the Buddha,
thus:
'He it is the Exalted One,
Arahant,
a fully Enlightened One,
perfect in knowledge and practice,
a Happy One,
world-knower,
unsurpassed charioteer
of men to be tamed,
teacher of devas and mankind,
a Buddha,
an Exalted One.'
He is blessed
with unwavering loyalty to the Norm,
thus:
■
'Well proclaimed by the Exalted One
is the Norm,
seen in this very life,
a thing not involving time,
inviting one to come and see,
leading onward,
to be known for themselves
by the wise.'
■
He is blessed
with unwavering loyalty to the Order,
thus:
'Walking righteously is the Exalted One's Order,
walking uprightly,
walking in the right way,
walking dutifully
is the Exalted One's Order of Disciples:
namely,
the four pairs of men,
the eight sorts of men.
That is the Exalted One's Order of Disciples.
Worthy of honour are they,
worthy of reverence,
worthy of offerings,
worthy of salutations with clasped hands, -
a field of merit unsurpassed for the world.'
■
He is blessed
with the virtues dear to the Ariyans,
virtues unbroken,
whole,
unspotted,
untarnished,
giving freedom,
praised by the wise:
virtues untainted (by craving or delusion),
which lead to concentration of the mind.'
These are the four things
blessed with which,
the Ariyan disciple is a Stream-winner,
not doomed to the Downfall,
assured,
one bound for enlightenment.
The Exalted One said this:|| ||
Whoso hath faith in the Tathāgata
Unwavering and fixed, whose life is good,
Praised by the Axiyans and dear to them;
Whoso is likewise loyal to the Order
And looks straight forth - 'He is not poor,' they say,
'Not lived in vain the life of such a man.'
Wherefore the wise should cultivate (these three)
Faith, virtue and clear-seeing of the Norm,
Bearing the Buddha's message in his mind.[2]
[1] The title comes from § 4.
[2] As at text, 384.
