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Linked Discourses 47.21
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3। सीलट्ठितिवग्गsī·laṭ·ṭhi·ti·vag·ga
3. Sīlaṭṭhitivagga
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एकंe·kaṃ समयंsa·ma·yaṃ आयस्माā·yas·mā चca आनन्दोā·nan·do आयस्माā·yas·mā चca भद्दोbhad·do पाटलिपुत्तेpā·ṭa·li·put·te विहरन्तिvi·ha·ran·ti कुक्कुटारामे।kuk·ku·ṭā·rā·me
ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ca ānando āyasmā ca bhaddo pāṭaliputte viharanti kukkuṭārāme.
At one time the venerables Ānanda and Bhadda were staying near Pāṭaliputta, in the Chicken Monastery.
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अथa·tha खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā भद्दोbhad·do सायन्हसमयंsā·yan·ha·sa·ma·yaṃ पटिसल्लानाpa·ṭi·sal·lā·nā वुट्ठितोvuṭ·ṭhi·to येनायस्माye·nā·yas·mā आनन्दोā·nan·do तेनुपसङ्कमि;te·nu·pa·saṅ·ka·mi उपसङ्कमित्वाu·pa·saṅ·ka·mit·vā आयस्मताā·yas·ma·tā आनन्देनā·nan·de·na सद्धिंsad·dhiṃ सम्मोदि।sam·mo·di
Atha kho āyasmā bhaddo sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṁ sammodi.
Then in the late afternoon, Venerable Bhadda came out of retreat, went to Venerable Ānanda, and exchanged greetings with him.
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सम्मोदनीयंsam·mo·da·nī·yaṃ कथंka·thaṃ सारणीयंsā·ra·ṇī·yaṃ वीतिसारेत्वाvī·ti·sā·ret·vā एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसीदि।ni·sī·di एकमन्तंe·ka·man·taṃ निसिन्नोni·sin·no खोkho आयस्माā·yas·mā भद्दोbhad·do आयस्मन्तंā·yas·man·taṃ आनन्दंā·nan·daṃ एतदवोच:e·ta·da·vo·ca
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā bhaddo āyasmantaṁ ānandaṁ etadavoca:
When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to Ānanda:
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“यानिमानि,yā·ni·mā·ni आवुसोā·vu·so आनन्द,ā·nan·da कुसलानिku·sa·lā·ni सीलानिsī·lā·ni वुत्तानिvut·tā·ni भगवता,bha·ga·va·tā इमानिi·mā·ni कुसलानिku·sa·lā·ni सीलानिsī·lā·ni किमत्थियानिki·mat·thi·yā·ni वुत्तानिvut·tā·ni भगवता”ति?bha·ga·va·tā
“yānimāni, āvuso ānanda, kusalāni sīlāni vuttāni bhagavatā, imāni kusalāni sīlāni kimatthiyāni vuttāni bhagavatā”ti?
“Reverend Ānanda, the Buddha has spoken of skillful ethics. What’s their purpose?”
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भद्दकोbhad·da·ko खोkho ते,te आवुसोā·vu·so भद्द,bhad·da उम्मङ्गो,um·maṅ·go भद्दकंbhad·da·kaṃ पटिभानं,pa·ṭi·bhā·naṃ कल्याणीkal·yā·ṇī परिपुच्छा।pa·ri·puc·chā
Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā.
Your approach and eloquence are excellent, and it’s a good question.
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‘यानिमानि,yā·ni·mā·ni आवुसोā·vu·so आनन्द,ā·nan·da कुसलानिku·sa·lā·ni सीलानिsī·lā·ni वुत्तानिvut·tā·ni भगवता,bha·ga·va·tā इमानिi·mā·ni कुसलानिku·sa·lā·ni सीलानिsī·lā·ni किमत्थियानिki·mat·thi·yā·ni वुत्तानिvut·tā·ni भगवता’”ति?bha·ga·va·tā
‘yānimāni, āvuso ānanda, kusalāni sīlāni vuttāni bhagavatā, imāni kusalāni sīlāni kimatthiyāni vuttāni bhagavatā’”ti?
‘The Buddha has spoken of skillful ethics. What’s their purpose?’”
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“एवमावुसो”ति।e·va·mā·vu·so
“Evamāvuso”ti.
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“यानिमानि,yā·ni·mā·ni आवुसोā·vu·so भद्द,bhad·da कुसलानिku·sa·lā·ni सीलानिsī·lā·ni वुत्तानिvut·tā·ni भगवता,bha·ga·va·tā इमानिi·mā·ni कुसलानिku·sa·lā·ni सीलानिsī·lā·ni यावदेवyā·va·de·va चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ सतिपट्ठानानंsa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·nā·naṃ भावनायbhā·va·nā·ya वुत्तानिvut·tā·ni भगवता।bha·ga·va·tā
“Yānimāni, āvuso bhadda, kusalāni sīlāni vuttāni bhagavatā, imāni kusalāni sīlāni yāvadeva catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvanāya vuttāni bhagavatā.
“The Buddha has spoken of skillful ethics to the extent necessary for developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.
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इधावुसो,i·dhā·vu·so भिक्खुbhik·khu कायेkā·ye कायानुपस्सीkā·yā·nu·pas·sī विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti आतापीā·tā·pī सम्पजानोsam·pa·jā·no सतिमा,sa·ti·mā विनेय्यvi·ney·ya लोकेlo·ke अभिज्झादोमनस्सं;a·bhij·jhā·do·ma·nas·saṃ
Idhāvuso, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;
It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
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धम्मेसुdham·me·su धम्मानुपस्सीdham·mā·nu·pas·sī विहरतिvi·ha·ra·ti आतापीā·tā·pī सम्पजानोsam·pa·jā·no सतिमा,sa·ti·mā विनेय्यvi·ney·ya लोकेlo·ke अभिज्झादोमनस्सं।a·bhij·jhā·do·ma·nas·saṃ
dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.
principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.
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यानिमानि,yā·ni·mā·ni आवुसोā·vu·so भद्द,bhad·da कुसलानिku·sa·lā·ni सीलानिsī·lā·ni वुत्तानिvut·tā·ni भगवता,bha·ga·va·tā इमानिi·mā·ni कुसलानिku·sa·lā·ni सीलानिsī·lā·ni यावदेवyā·va·de·va इमेसंi·me·saṃ चतुन्नंca·tun·naṃ सतिपट्ठानानंsa·ti·paṭ·ṭhā·nā·naṃ भावनायbhā·va·nā·ya वुत्तानिvut·tā·ni भगवता”ति।bha·ga·va·tā
Yānimāni, āvuso bhadda, kusalāni sīlāni vuttāni bhagavatā, imāni kusalāni sīlāni yāvadeva imesaṁ catunnaṁ satipaṭṭhānānaṁ bhāvanāya vuttāni bhagavatā”ti.
The Buddha has spoken of skillful ethics to the extent necessary for developing the four kinds of mindfulness meditation.”
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पठमं।pa·ṭha·maṃ
Paṭhamaṁ.
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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.