9. Acelakassapasuttaṃ

351. Tena kho pana samayena acelo kassapo macchikāsaṇḍaṃ anuppatto hoti cittassa gahapatino purāṇagihisahāyo. Assosi kho citto gahapati – ‘‘acelo kira kassapo macchikāsaṇḍaṃ anuppatto amhākaṃ purāṇagihisahāyo’’ti. Atha kho citto gahapati yena acelo kassapo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā acelena kassapena saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho citto gahapati acelaṃ kassapaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘kīvaciraṃ pabbajitassa, bhante, kassapā’’ti? ‘‘Tiṃsamattāni kho me, gahapati, vassāni pabbajitassā’’ti. ‘‘Imehi pana te, bhante, tiṃsamattehi vassehi atthi koci uttarimanussadhammā ³ alamariyañāṇadassanaviseso adhigato phāsuvihāro’’ti? ‘‘Imehi kho me, gahapati, tiṃsamattehi vassehi pabbajitassa natthi koci uttarimanussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanaviseso adhigato phāsuvihāro, aññatra naggeyyā ca muṇḍeyyā ca pāvaḷanipphoṭanāya cā’’ti. Evaṃ vutte, citto gahapati acelaṃ kassapaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘acchariyaṃ vata, bho, abbhutaṃ vata, bho! Dhammassa svākkhātatā ⁴ yatra hi nāma tiṃsamattehi vassehi na koci uttarimanussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanaviseso adhigato abhavissa phāsuvihāro, aññatra naggeyyā ca muṇḍeyyā ca pāvaḷanipphoṭanāya cā’’ti!

‘‘Tuyhaṃ pana, gahapati, kīvaciraṃ upāsakattaṃ upagatassā’’ti? ‘‘Mayhampi kho pana, bhante, tiṃsamattāni vassāni upāsakattaṃ upagatassā’’ti. ‘‘Imehi pana te, gahapati, tiṃsamattehi vassehi atthi koci uttarimanussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanaviseso adhigato phāsuvihāro’’ti? ‘‘Gihinopi siyā, bhante. Ahañhi, bhante, yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi, vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṃ savicāraṃ vivekajaṃ pītisukhaṃ paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi. Ahañhi, bhante, yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi, vitakkavicārānaṃ vūpasamā …pe… dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi. Ahañhi, bhante, yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi, pītiyā ca virāgā…pe… tatiyaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi. Ahañhi, bhante, yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi, sukhassa ca pahānā…pe… catutthaṃ jhānaṃ upasampajja viharāmi. Sace kho panāhaṃ, bhante, bhagavato ⁸ paṭhamataraṃ kālaṃ kareyyaṃ, anacchariyaṃ kho panetaṃ yaṃ maṃ bhagavā evaṃ byākareyya – ‘natthi taṃ saṃyojanaṃ yena saṃyojanena saṃyutto citto gahapati puna imaṃ lokaṃ āgaccheyyā’’’ti. Evaṃ vutte, acelo kassapo cittaṃ gahapatiṃ etadavoca – ‘‘acchariyaṃ vata bho, abbhutaṃ vata bho! Dhammassa svākkhātatā, yatra hi nāma gihī odātavasano ⁹ evarūpaṃ uttarimanussadhammā alamariyañāṇadassanavisesaṃ adhigamissati ¹⁰ phāsuvihāraṃ. Labheyyāhaṃ, gahapati , imasmiṃ dhammavinaye pabbajjaṃ, labheyyaṃ upasampada’’nti.

Atha kho citto gahapati acelaṃ kassapaṃ ādāya yena therā bhikkhū tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā there bhikkhū etadavoca – ‘‘ayaṃ, bhante, acelo kassapo amhākaṃ purāṇagihisahāyo. Imaṃ therā pabbājentu upasampādentu. Ahamassa ussukkaṃ karissāmi cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānappaccayabhesajjaparikkhārāna’’nti. Alattha kho acelo kassapo imasmiṃ dhammavinaye pabbajjaṃ, alattha upasampadaṃ. Acirūpasampanno ca panāyasmā kassapo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva – yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi. ‘‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’’ti abbhaññāsi. Aññataro ca panāyasmā kassapo arahataṃ ahosīti. Navamaṃ.