15. Navapurāṇavagga — Tripiṭaka Reader

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.155

Linked Discourses 35.155

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15. Navapurāṇavagga

15. The Old and the New

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Dhammakathikapucchasutta

A Dhamma Speaker

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Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha … and asked him,

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“‘dhammakathiko, dhammakathiko’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of a ‘Dhamma speaker’.

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Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, dhammakathiko hotī”ti?

How is a Dhamma speaker defined?”

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“Cakkhussa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.

“If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma’.

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Cakkhussa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.

If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching’.

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Cakkhussa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭhadhammanibbānappatto bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya …pe…

If they’re freed by not grasping by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the eye, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.

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jivhāya ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya …pe…

If a mendicant teaches Dhamma for disillusionment with the ear … nose … tongue … body …

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manassa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.

mind, for its fading away and cessation, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who speaks on Dhamma’.

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Manassa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.

If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the mind, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who practices in line with the teaching’.

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Manassa ce, bhikkhu, nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭhadhammanibbānappatto bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāyā”ti.

If they’re freed by not grasping by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding the mind, they’re qualified to be called ‘a mendicant who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.”

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Dasamaṁ.

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Navapurāṇavaggo pañcamo.

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Kammaṁ cattāri sappāyā,

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anantevāsi kimatthiyā;

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Atthi nu kho pariyāyo,

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indriyakathikena cāti.

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Saḷāyatanavagge tatiyapaṇṇāsako samatto.

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Tassa vagguddānaṁ

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Yogakkhemi ca loko ca,

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Gahapati devadahena ca;

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Navapurāṇena paṇṇāso,

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Tatiyo tena vuccatīti.