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Itivuttaka 17

Dutiyasekhasutta

A Trainee (2nd) · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Buddhabhagavatā this was said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

of a trainee“Sekhassa, mendicantsbhikkhave, for a mendicantbhikkhuno who has not attainedappattamānasassa unsurpassedanuttaraṁ sanctuary from the yokeyogakkhemaṁ aspiring topatthayamānassa who livesviharato exteriorbāhiraṁ a factoraṅganti having madekaritvā no othernāññaṁ even a single factorekaṅgampi I seesamanupassāmi thatyaṁ soevaṁ very helpfulbahūpakāraṁ as thisyathayidaṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, good friendshipkalyāṇamittatā.
having good friendsKalyāṇamitto, mendicantsbhikkhave, a mendicantbhikkhu the unskillfulakusalaṁ gives uppajahati, the skillfulkusalaṁ developsbhāvetī”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Buddhabhagavā spokeavoca.
on this itTatthetaṁ thusiti is saidvuccati:

“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:

with good friends“Kalyāṇamitto whoyo mendicantbhikkhu,
reverentialsappatisso respectfulsagāravo;
doingKaraṁ of friendsmittānaṁ speechvacanaṁ,
awaresampajāno mindfulpatissato;
would attainPāpuṇe graduallyanupubbena,
ending of all fetterssabbasaṁyojanakkhayan”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.”

this tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heard; quotation markersutanti.
seventhSattamaṁ.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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