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Majjhima Nikāya 97

Dhanañjānisutta

With Dhanañjāni · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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“katamo ca, dhanañjāni, brahmānaṁ sahabyatāya maggo?
Idha, dhanañjāni, bhikkhu mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ, tathā catutthaṁ; iti uddhamadho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyābajjhena pharitvā viharati.
Ayaṁ kho, dhanañjāni, brahmānaṁ sahabyatāya maggo.

Puna caparaṁ, dhanañjāni, bhikkhu karuṇāsahagatena cetasā …pe…
muditāsahagatena cetasā …
upekkhāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ, tathā catutthaṁ; iti uddhamadho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ upekkhāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyābajjhena pharitvā viharati.
Ayaṁ kho, dhanañjāni, brahmānaṁ sahabyatāya maggo”ti.

“Tena hi, bho sāriputta, mama vacanena bhagavato pāde sirasā vandāhi:
‘dhanañjāni, bhante, brāhmaṇo ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno.
So bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī’”ti.
Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto dhanañjāniṁ brāhmaṇaṁ sati uttarikaraṇīye hīne brahmaloke patiṭṭhāpetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkāmi.
Atha kho dhanañjāni brāhmaṇo acirapakkante āyasmante sāriputte kālamakāsi, brahmalokañca upapajji.

Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:
“eso, bhikkhave, sāriputto dhanañjāniṁ brāhmaṇaṁ sati uttarikaraṇīye hīne brahmaloke patiṭṭhāpetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkanto”ti.

Atha kho āyasmā sāriputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi, ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“dhanañjāni, bhante, brāhmaṇo ābādhiko dukkhito bāḷhagilāno,
so bhagavato pāde sirasā vandatī”ti.
“Kiṁ pana tvaṁ, sāriputta, dhanañjāniṁ brāhmaṇaṁ sati uttarikaraṇīye hīne brahmaloke patiṭṭhāpetvā uṭṭhāyāsanā pakkanto”ti?
“Mayhaṁ kho, bhante, evaṁ ahosi:
‘ime kho brāhmaṇā brahmalokādhimuttā, yannūnāhaṁ dhanañjānissa brāhmaṇassa brahmānaṁ sahabyatāya maggaṁ deseyyan’”ti.
“Kālaṅkato ca, sāriputta, dhanañjāni brāhmaṇo, brahmalokañca upapanno”ti.
Dhanañjānisuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ sattamaṁ.

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