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Parābhavasutta

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  1. 1

    अङ्गुत्तरaṅ·gut·ta·ra निकायni·kā·ya 7।31

    Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.31

    Numbered Discourses 7.31

  2. 2

    3। वज्जिसत्तकवग्गvaj·ji·sat·ta·ka·vag·ga

    3. Vajjisattakavagga

    3. The Vajji Seven

  3. 3

    पराभवसुत्तpa·rā·bha·va·sut·ta

    Parābhavasutta

    Downfalls for a Lay Follower

  4. 4

    “सत्तिमे,sat·ti·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve उपासकस्सu·pā·sa·kas·sa पराभवाpa·rā·bha·vā …पे…pe

    “Sattime, bhikkhave, upāsakassa parābhavā …pe…

    “Mendicants, there are these seven downfalls for a lay follower …

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    सत्तिमे,sat·ti·me भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve उपासकस्सu·pā·sa·kas·sa सम्भवा।sam·bha·vā

    sattime, bhikkhave, upāsakassa sambhavā.

    There are these seven successes for a lay follower.

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    कतमेka·ta·me सत्त?sat·ta

    Katame satta?

    What seven?

  7. 7

    भिक्खुदस्सनंbhik·khu·das·sa·naṃ नna हापेति,hā·pe·ti

    Bhikkhudassanaṁ na hāpeti,

    They don’t miss out on seeing the mendicants.

  8. 8

    सद्धम्मस्सवनंsad·dham·mas·sa·va·naṃ नप्पमज्जति,nap·pa·maj·ja·ti

    saddhammassavanaṁ nappamajjati,

    They don’t neglect listening to the true teaching.

  9. 9

    अधिसीलेa·dhi·sī·le सिक्खति,sik·kha·ti

    adhisīle sikkhati,

    They train in higher ethical conduct.

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    पसादबहुलोpa·sā·da·ba·hu·lo होति,ho·ti

    pasādabahulo hoti,

    They’re very confident about mendicants, whether senior, junior, or middle.

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    भिक्खूसुbhik·khū·su थेरेसुthe·re·su चेवce·va नवेसुna·ve·su चca मज्झिमेसुmaj·jhi·me·su चca अनुपारम्भचित्तोa·nu·pā·ram·bha·cit·to धम्मंdham·maṃ सुणातिsu·ṇā·ti नna रन्धगवेसी,ran·dha·ga·ve·sī

    bhikkhūsu theresu ceva navesu ca majjhimesu ca anupārambhacitto dhammaṁ suṇāti na randhagavesī,

    They don’t listen to the teaching with a hostile, fault-finding mind.

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    नna इतोi·to बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā दक्खिणेय्यंdak·khi·ṇey·yaṃ गवेसति,ga·ve·sa·ti

    na ito bahiddhā dakkhiṇeyyaṁ gavesati,

    They don’t seek outside of the Buddhist community for those worthy of religious donations.

  13. 13

    इधi·dha चca पुब्बकारंpub·ba·kā·raṃ करोति।ka·ro·ti

    idha ca pubbakāraṁ karoti.

    And they serve the Buddhist community first.

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    इमेi·me खो,kho भिक्खवे,bhik·kha·ve सत्तsat·ta उपासकस्सu·pā·sa·kas·sa सम्भवाति।sam·bha·vā·ti

    Ime kho, bhikkhave, satta upāsakassa sambhavāti.

    These are the seven successes for a lay follower.

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    दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ भावितत्तानं,bhā·vi·tat·tā·naṃ

    Dassanaṁ bhāvitattānaṁ,

    A lay follower misses out on seeing

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    योyo हापेतिhā·pe·ti उपासको;u·pā·sa·ko

    Yo hāpeti upāsako;

    those who are evolved

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    सवनञ्चsa·va·nañ·ca अरियधम्मानं,a·ri·ya·dham·mā·naṃ

    Savanañca ariyadhammānaṁ,

    and listening to the teachings of the Noble One.

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    अधिसीलेa·dhi·sī·le नna सिक्खति।sik·kha·ti

    Adhisīle na sikkhati.

    They don’t train in higher ethical conduct,

  19. 19

    अप्पसादोap·pa·sā·do चca भिक्खूसु,bhik·khū·su

    Appasādo ca bhikkhūsu,

    and their suspicion about mendicants

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    भिय्योbhiy·yo भिय्योbhiy·yo पवड्ढति;pa·vaḍ·ḍha·ti

    bhiyyo bhiyyo pavaḍḍhati;

    just grows and grows.

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    उपारम्भकचित्तोu·pā·ram·bha·ka·cit·to च,ca

    Upārambhakacitto ca,

    They want to listen to the true teaching

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    सद्धम्मंsad·dham·maṃ सोतुमिच्छति।so·tu·mic·cha·ti

    saddhammaṁ sotumicchati.

    with a fault-finding mind.

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    इतोi·to चca बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā अञ्ञं,añ·ñaṃ

    Ito ca bahiddhā aññaṁ,

    They seek outside the Buddhist community

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    दक्खिणेय्यंdak·khi·ṇey·yaṃ गवेसति;ga·ve·sa·ti

    dakkhiṇeyyaṁ gavesati;

    for someone else worthy of religious donations,

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    तत्थेवtat·the·va चca पुब्बकारं,pub·ba·kā·raṃ

    Tattheva ca pubbakāraṁ,

    and that lay follower

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    योyo करोतिka·ro·ti उपासको।u·pā·sa·ko

    yo karoti upāsako.

    serves them first.

  27. 27

    एतेe·te खोkho परिहानिये,pa·ri·hā·ni·ye

    Ete kho parihāniye,

    These seven principles leading to decline

  28. 28

    सत्तsat·ta धम्मेdham·me सुदेसिते;su·de·si·te

    satta dhamme sudesite;

    have been well taught.

  29. 29

    उपासकोu·pā·sa·ko सेवमानो,se·va·mā·no

    Upāsako sevamāno,

    A lay follower who practices these

  30. 30

    सद्धम्माsad·dham·mā परिहायति।pa·ri·hā·ya·ti

    saddhammā parihāyati.

    falls away from the true teaching.

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    दस्सनंdas·sa·naṃ भावितत्तानं,bhā·vi·tat·tā·naṃ

    Dassanaṁ bhāvitattānaṁ,

    A lay follower doesn’t miss out on seeing

  32. 32

    योyo नna हापेतिhā·pe·ti उपासको;u·pā·sa·ko

    Yo na hāpeti upāsako;

    those who are evolved

  33. 33

    सवनञ्चsa·va·nañ·ca अरियधम्मानं,a·ri·ya·dham·mā·naṃ

    Savanañca ariyadhammānaṁ,

    and listening to the teachings of the Noble One.

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    अधिसीलेa·dhi·sī·le चca सिक्खति।sik·kha·ti

    Adhisīle ca sikkhati.

    They train in higher ethical conduct,

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    पसादोpa·sā·do चस्सcas·sa भिक्खूसु,bhik·khū·su

    Pasādo cassa bhikkhūsu,

    and their confidence in mendicants

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    भिय्योbhiy·yo भिय्योbhiy·yo पवड्ढति;pa·vaḍ·ḍha·ti

    bhiyyo bhiyyo pavaḍḍhati;

    just grows and grows.

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    अनुपारम्भचित्तोa·nu·pā·ram·bha·cit·to च,ca

    Anupārambhacitto ca,

    They want to listen to the true teaching

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    सद्धम्मंsad·dham·maṃ सोतुमिच्छति।so·tu·mic·cha·ti

    saddhammaṁ sotumicchati.

    without a fault-finding mind.

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    नna इतोi·to बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā अञ्ञं,añ·ñaṃ

    Na ito bahiddhā aññaṁ,

    They don’t seek outside the Buddhist community

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    दक्खिणेय्यंdak·khi·ṇey·yaṃ गवेसति;ga·ve·sa·ti

    dakkhiṇeyyaṁ gavesati;

    for someone else worthy of religious donations,

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    इधेवi·dhe·va चca पुब्बकारं,pub·ba·kā·raṃ

    Idheva ca pubbakāraṁ,

    and that lay follower

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    योyo करोतिka·ro·ti उपासको।u·pā·sa·ko

    yo karoti upāsako.

    serves the Buddhist community first.

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    एतेe·te खोkho अपरिहानिये,a·pa·ri·hā·ni·ye

    Ete kho aparihāniye,

    These seven principles that prevent decline

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    सत्तsat·ta धम्मेdham·me सुदेसिते;su·de·si·te

    Satta dhamme sudesite;

    have been well taught.

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    उपासकोu·pā·sa·ko सेवमानो,se·va·mā·no

    Upāsako sevamāno,

    A lay follower who practices them

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    सद्धम्माsad·dham·mā नna परिहायती”ति।pa·ri·hā·ya·tī

    Saddhammā na parihāyatī”ti.

    doesn’t fall away from the true teaching.”

  47. 47

    एकादसमं।e·kā·da·sa·maṃ

    Ekādasamaṁ.

    (Pāli only)

  48. 48

    वज्जिसत्तकवग्गोvaj·ji·sat·ta·ka·vag·go ततियो।ta·ti·yo

    Vajjisattakavaggo tatiyo.

    (Pāli only)

  49. 49

    तस्सुद्दानंtas·sud·dā·naṃ

    Tassuddānaṁ

    (Pāli only)

  50. 50

    सारन्दsā·ran·da वस्सकारोvas·sa·kā·ro च,ca

    Sāranda vassakāro ca,

    (Pāli only)

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    तिसत्तकानिti·sat·ta·kā·ni भिक्खुका;bhik·khu·kā

    tisattakāni bhikkhukā;

    (Pāli only)

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    बोधिसञ्ञाbo·dhi·sañ·ñā द्वेdve चca हानि,hā·ni

    Bodhisaññā dve ca hāni,

    (Pāli only)

  53. 53

    विपत्तिvi·pat·ti चca पराभवोति।pa·rā·bha·vo·ti

    vipatti ca parābhavoti.

    (Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.