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Itivuttaka 16

Paṭhamasekhasutta

A Trainee (1st) · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

for a trainee“Sekhassa, mendicantsbhikkhave, for a mendicantbhikkhuno who has not attainedappattamānasassa unsurpassedanuttaraṁ the sanctuary from the yokeyogakkhemaṁ aspiring topatthayamānassa who is livingviharato interiorajjhattikaṁ as a factoraṅganti having madekaritvā no othernāññaṁ even a single factorekaṅgampi I seesamanupassāmi whichyaṁ soevaṁ very helpfulbahūpakāraṁ as thisyathayidaṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, rationallyyoniso application of mindmanasikāro.
rationallyYoniso, mendicantsbhikkhave, a mendicantbhikkhu in the mindmanasi applyingkaronto the unskillfulakusalaṁ gives uppajahati, the skillfulkusalaṁ developsbhāvetī”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Buddhabhagavā spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ thusiti it is saidvuccati:

rational application of mind“Yonisomanasikāro,
so helpfuldhammo for a traineesekhassa mendicantbhikkhuno;
there is nothingNatthañño thusevaṁ helpfulbahukāro,
for the ultimate goaluttamatthassa aspiringpattiyā;
rationallyYoniso strivingpadahaṁ mendicantbhikkhu,
the endkhayaṁ of sufferingdukkhassa attainspāpuṇe”ti.

this tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, indeediti by meme heardsutanti.
sixthChaṭṭhaṁ.

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