A Trainee (2nd) · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Sekhassa,
bhikkhave,
bhikkhuno
appattamānasassa
anuttaraṁ
yogakkhemaṁ
patthayamānassa
viharato
bāhiraṁ
aṅganti
karitvā
nāññaṁ
ekaṅgampi
samanupassāmi
yaṁ
evaṁ
bahūpakāraṁ
yathayidaṁ,
bhikkhave,
kalyāṇamittatā.
Kalyāṇamitto,
bhikkhave,
bhikkhu
akusalaṁ
pajahati,
kusalaṁ
bhāvetī”ti.
Etamatthaṁ
bhagavā
avoca.
Tatthetaṁ
iti
vuccati:
“Taking into account exterior factors, mendicants, I do not see a single one that is so very helpful as good friendship for a trainee mendicant who hasn’t achieved their heart’s desire, but lives aspiring to the supreme sanctuary from the yoke. A mendicant who has good friends gives up the unskillful and develops the skillful.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Kalyāṇamitto
yo
bhikkhu,
sappatisso
sagāravo;
Karaṁ
mittānaṁ
vacanaṁ,
sampajāno
patissato;
Pāpuṇe
anupubbena,
sabbasaṁyojanakkhayan”ti.
“A mendicant with good friends is reverential and respectful when their friends are speaking, aware and mindful. Gradually they would attain the ending of all fetters.”
Ayampi
attho
vutto
bhagavatā,
iti
me
sutanti.
Sattamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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