The Boy’s Questions · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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oneEkaṁ
indeednāma
what?kiṁ?
allSabbe
sentient beingssattā
sustained by foodāhāraṭṭhitikā.
What is the one? All sentient beings are sustained by food.
twoDve
namenāma
what?kiṁ?
and nameNāmañca
and formrūpañca.
What is the two? Name and form.
threeTīṇi
indeednāma
what?kiṁ?
threeTisso
feelings.vedanā.
What is the three? Three feelings.
fourCattāri
they saynāma
what?kiṁ?
fourCattāri
noble truthsariyasaccāni.
What is the four? Four noble truths.
fivePañca
by namenāma
what?kiṁ?
five grasping aggregatesPañcupādānakkhandhā.
What is the five? Five grasping aggregates.
sixCha
namednāma
what?kiṁ?
sixCha
interiorajjhattikāni
sense fields.āyatanāni.
What is the six? Six interior sense fields.
sevenSatta
namednāma
what?kiṁ?
SevenSatta
awakening factorsbojjhaṅgā.
What is the seven? Seven awakening factors.
eightAṭṭha
namednāma
what?kiṁ?
nobleAriyo
eightfoldaṭṭhaṅgiko
pathmaggo.
What is the eight? The noble eightfold path.
nineNava
callednāma
what?kiṁ?
nineNava
abodes of sentient beingssattāvāsā.
What is the nine? Nine abodes of sentient beings.
tenDasa
whatnāma
what?kiṁ?
with ten factorsDasahaṅgehi
endowedsamannāgato
"perfected"“arahā”ti
is called.vuccatīti.
What is the ten? One endowed with ten factors is called “perfected”.
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The Boy’s Questions
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