Having Right View · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
seen“Diṭṭhā
by memayā,
O mendicantsbhikkhave,
beingssattā
with good bodily conductkāyasucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
with good verbal conductvacīsucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
with good mental conductmanosucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
of the noble onesariyānaṁ
not denouncinganupavādakā
holding right viewsammādiṭṭhikā
acting in accordance with right viewsammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā.
theyTe
of the bodykāyassa
at the breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
to a good destinationsugatiṁ
heavenlysaggaṁ
worldlokaṁ
rebornupapannā.
“Mendicants, I’ve seen beings who engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind, who did not denounce the noble ones, who held right view and acted accordingly. At the breaking up of the body, after death, they were reborn in a good destination, a heavenly realm.
thatTaṁ
indeedkho
but Ipanāhaṁ,
monksbhikkhave,
from anothernāññassa
ascetic'ssamaṇassa
orvā
brahmin'sbrāhmaṇassa
orvā
having heardsutvā
I sayvadāmi.
seenDiṭṭhā
by memayā,
monksbhikkhave,
beingssattā
with good bodily conductkāyasucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
with good verbal conductvacīsucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
with good mental conductmanosucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
of the noble onesariyānaṁ
not revilinganupavādakā
right-viewedsammādiṭṭhikā
undertaking right-view deedssammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā.
theyTe
of the bodykāyassa
with the breakupbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
to a good destinationsugatiṁ
to heavensaggaṁ
worldlokaṁ
arisenupapannā.
andApi
butca,
monksbhikkhave,
whateveryadeva
by oneselfsāmaṁ
knownñātaṁ
by oneselfsāmaṁ
seendiṭṭhaṁ
by oneselfsāmaṁ
realizedviditaṁ
that very thing Itadevāhaṁ
I sayvadāmi.
Now, I don’t say this because I’ve heard it from some other ascetic or brahmin. I only say it because I’ve known, seen, and realized it for myself.”
seenDiṭṭhā
by memayā,
O monksbhikkhave,
beingssattā
endowed with good bodily conductkāyasucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
endowed with good verbal conductvacīsucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
endowed with good mental conductmanosucaritena
endowedsamannāgatā
of the noble onesariyānaṁ
not revilinganupavādakā
of right viewsammādiṭṭhikā
undertaking action in accordance with right viewsammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā.
theyTe
of the bodykāyassa
at the breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
from deathmaraṇā
happy destinationsugatiṁ
heavensaggaṁ
worldlokaṁ
rebornupapannā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Blessed Onebhagavā
spokeavoca.
on this itTatthetaṁ
thusiti
is saidvuccati:
The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
rightly“Sammā
mindmanaṁ
having directedpaṇidhāya,
rightlysammā
and speechvācañca
having spokenbhāsiya;
rightSammā
deedskammāni
having donekatvāna,
with the bodykāyena
hereidha
an individualpuggalo.
“When the mind has been directed right, and words rightly spoken, and right bodily deeds have been done, an individual here
learnedBahussuto
a doer of good deedspuññakaro,
in the littleappasmiṁ
hereidha
lifejīvite;
of the bodyKāyassa
at the breaking upbhedā
wisesappañño,
to heavensaggaṁ
heso
is rebornupapajjatī”ti.
learned, doer of good deeds, though their life may be short, when their body breaks up, that wise person is reborn in heaven.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
was heardsutanti.
secondDutiyaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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