Monday, April 18, 2011

Anguttara Nikaya - Ekakanipata - Part III

Anguttara Nikaya
1. Ekakanipata

XI. Adhammavagga
Interpreting the Teaching incorrectly

140. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the incorrect teaching as incorrect, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the fortieth.

141. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the correct teaching as correct, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the forty-first.

142. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the incorrect discipline as incorrect, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the forty-second.

143. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the correct discipline as correct, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the forty-third.

144. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the not declared by the Thus Gone One as not declared, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the forty-fourth.

145. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain that which is declared by the Thus Gone One as declared, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the forty-fifth.

146. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the not practised by the Thus Gone One as not practised, do it for the pleasantvness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the forty-sixth.

147. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the practised by the Thus Gone One as practised, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the forty-seventh.

148. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the not appointed by the Thus Gone One as not appointed, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the forty-eighth.

149. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the appointed by the Thus Gone One as appointed, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the forty-nineth.

XII. Anapattivagga
Not ecclesiastical offences

150. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the non ecclesciastical offences as ecclesciastical offences, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the first.

151. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the ecclesciastical offences as non ecclesciastical offences, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the second.

152. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the trifling offences as grave offences, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the third.

153. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the grave offences as trifling offences, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the fourth.

154. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the wicked offences as not wicked offences, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the fifth.

155. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the not wicked offences as wicked offences, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the sixth.

156. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the offences with a remainder as offences without a remainder, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the seventh.

157. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the offences without a remainder as offences with a remainder, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the eighth.

158. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the offences with atonement as offences without atonement, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the nineth.

159. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the offences without atonement as offences with atonement, do it for the unpleasantness, detriment and bad luck of gods and men. They accrue much demerit and exterminate the good teaching. This is the tenth.

160. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the ecclesciastical offences as ecclesciastical offences, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the eleventh.

. 161Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the non ecclesciastical offences as non ecclesciastical offences, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the twelfth.

162. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the trifling offences as trifling offences, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the thirteenth.

. 163. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the grave offences as grave offences, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the fourteenth.

164. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the wicked offences as wicked offences, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the fifteenth.

165. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the not wicked offences as not wicked offences, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the sixteenth.

166. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the offences with a remainder as offences with a remainder, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the seventeenth.

167. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the offences without a remainder as offences without a remainder, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the eighteenth.

168. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the offences with atonement as offences with atonement, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the nineteenth.

169. Bhikkhus, the bhikkhus who explain the offences without atonement as offences without, do it for the pleasantness, welfare and good luck of gods and men. They accrue much merit and stabilize the good teaching. This is the twentieth.

XIII. Ekapuggalavagga
A Certain person.

170. Bhikkhus, a certain person is born in the world for the welfare and pleasantness of gods and men. Who is it? It is the Thus Gone One, worthy and rightfully enlightened, born out of compassion for the world.

171. Bhikkhus, a certain person's appearance in the world is rare. Who is it? It is the Thus Gone One, worthy and rightfully enlightened, his appearance is rare in the world.

172. Bhikkhus, a certain person is born supreme in the world. Who is it? It is the Thus Gone One, worthy and rightfully enlightened. He is born supreme in the world.

173. Bhikkhus, a certain person's demise brings remorse to many. Who is it? It is the Thus Gone One, worthy and rightfully enlightened. His demise brings remorse to many.

174. Bhikkhus, a certain person is born in the world without a compare, to achieve the not yet achieved without a counterpart and chief among men. Who is it? It is the Thus Gone One, worthy and rightfully enlightened. He is born in the world without a compare, to achieve the not yet achieved without a counterpart and chief among men.

175- 186. Bhikkhus, a certain person's arising in the world, is the arising of, great vision, an effulgent light, the six superior states, the fourfold mastership in analysis, the innumerable elements and the various elements, realizing the fruits of release with understanding, realizing the fruits of entering the stream of the teaching, realizing the fruits of returning once, realizing the fruits of not returning and realizing the fruits of arahantship. Who is it? It is the Thus Gone One, worthy and rightfully enlightened. Who is it? It is the Thus Gone One, worthy and rightfully enlightened. Who is it? It is the Thus Gone One, worthy and rightfully enlightened. Bhikkhus, his arising in the world is the arising of, great vision, an effulgent light, the six superior states, the fourfold mastership in analysis, the innumerable elements and the various elements, realizing the fruits of release with understanding, realizing the fruits of entering the stream of the teaching, realizing the fruits of returning once, realizing the fruits of not returning and realizing the fruits of arahantship.

187. Bhikkhus, I do not know of any other person who could follow up the teaching proclaimed by the Thus Gone One other than Sariputta. Bhikkhus, Sariputta follows up the teaching proclaimed by me.

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