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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ३।१६
Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.16
Numbered Discourses 3.16
२। रथकारवग्ग
2. Rathakāravagga
2. The Chariot-Maker
अपण्णकसुत्त
Apaṇṇakasutta
Guaranteed
“तीहि, भिक्खवे, धम्मेहि समन्नागतो भिक्खु अपण्णकपटिपदं पटिपन्नो होति, योनि चस्स आरद्धा होति आसवानं खयाय। कतमेहि तीहि? इध, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु इन्द्रियेसु गुत्तद्वारो होति, भोजने मत्तञ्ञू होति, जागरियं अनुयुत्तो होति।
“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu apaṇṇakapaṭipadaṁ1 paṭipanno hoti, yoni cassa āraddhā hoti āsavānaṁ khayāya. Katamehi tīhi? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti, bhojane mattaññū hoti, jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti.
“Bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu has three things their practice is guaranteed, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements. What three? It’s when a bhikkhu guards the sense doors, eats in moderation, and is dedicated to wakefulness.
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु इन्द्रियेसु गुत्तद्वारो होति? इध, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु चक्खुना रूपं दिस्वा न निमित्तग्गाही होति नानुब्यञ्जनग्गाही। यत्वाधिकरणमेनं चक्खुन्द्रियं असंवुतं विहरन्तं अभिज्झादोमनस्सा पापका अकुसला धम्मा अन्वास्सवेय्युं तस्स संवराय पटिपज्जति, रक्खति चक्खुन्द्रियं, चक्खुन्द्रिये संवरं आपज्जति। सोतेन सद्दं सुत्वा … घानेन गन्धं घायित्वा … जिव्हाय रसं सायित्वा … कायेन फोट्ठब्बं फुसित्वा … मनसा धम्मं विञ्ञाय न निमित्तग्गाही होति नानुब्यञ्जनग्गाही। यत्वाधिकरणमेनं मनिन्द्रियं असंवुतं विहरन्तं अभिज्झादोमनस्सा पापका अकुसला धम्मा अन्वास्सवेय्युं तस्स संवराय पटिपज्जति, रक्खति मनिन्द्रियं, मनिन्द्रिये संवरं आपज्जति। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु इन्द्रियेसु गुत्तद्वारो होति।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī. Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ2 cakkhundriyaṁ asaṁvutaṁ viharantaṁ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṁ tassa saṁvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati cakkhundriyaṁ, cakkhundriye saṁvaraṁ āpajjati. Sotena saddaṁ sutvā … ghānena gandhaṁ ghāyitvā … jivhāya rasaṁ sāyitvā … kāyena phoṭṭhabbaṁ phusitvā … manasā dhammaṁ viññāya na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī. Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ manindriyaṁ asaṁvutaṁ viharantaṁ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṁ tassa saṁvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati manindriyaṁ, manindriye saṁvaraṁ āpajjati. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti.
And how does a bhikkhu guard the sense doors? When a bhikkhu sees a sight with their eyes, they don’t get caught up in the features and details. If the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint. When they hear a sound with their ears … When they smell an odor with their nose … When they taste a flavor with their tongue … When they feel a touch with their body … When they know a thought with their mind, they don’t get caught up in the features and details. If the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of covetousness and displeasure would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint. That’s how a bhikkhu guards the sense doors.
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु भोजने मत्तञ्ञू होति? इध, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु पटिसङ्खा योनिसो आहारं आहारेति: ‘नेव दवाय न मदाय न मण्डनाय न विभूसनाय, यावदेव इमस्स कायस्स ठितिया यापनाय विहिंसूपरतिया ब्रह्मचरियानुग्गहाय, इति पुराणञ्च वेदनं पटिहङ्खामि, नवञ्च वेदनं न उप्पादेस्सामि, यात्रा च मे भविस्सति अनवज्जता च फासुविहारो चाऽति। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु भोजने मत्तञ्ञू होति।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paṭisaṅkhā yoniso āhāraṁ āhāreti: ‘neva davāya na madāya na maṇḍanāya na vibhūsanāya, yāvadeva imassa kāyassa ṭhitiyā yāpanāya vihiṁsūparatiyā brahmacariyānuggahāya, iti purāṇañca vedanaṁ paṭihaṅkhāmi, navañca vedanaṁ na uppādessāmi, yātrā ca me bhavissati anavajjatā ca phāsuvihāro cā’ti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti.
And how does a bhikkhu eat in moderation? It’s when a bhikkhu reflects rationally on the food that they eat: ‘Not for fun, indulgence, adornment, or decoration, but only to sustain this body, to avoid harm, and to support spiritual practice. In this way, I shall put an end to old discomfort and not give rise to new discomfort, and I will live blamelessly and at ease.’ That’s how a bhikkhu eats in moderation.
कथञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु जागरियं अनुयुत्तो होति? इध, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु दिवसं चङ्कमेन निसज्जाय आवरणीयेहि धम्मेहि चित्तं परिसोधेति, रत्तिया पठमं यामं चङ्कमेन निसज्जाय आवरणीयेहि धम्मेहि चित्तं परिसोधेति, रत्तिया मज्झिमं यामं दक्खिणेन पस्सेन सीहसेय्यं कप्पेति पादे पादं अच्चाधाय सतो सम्पजानो उट्ठानसञ्ञं मनसि करित्वा, रत्तिया पच्छिमं यामं पच्चुट्ठाय चङ्कमेन निसज्जाय आवरणीयेहि धम्मेहि चित्तं परिसोधेति। एवं खो, भिक्खवे, भिक्खु जागरियं अनुयुत्तो होति।
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu divasaṁ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti, rattiyā paṭhamaṁ yāmaṁ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti, rattiyā majjhimaṁ yāmaṁ dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṁ kappeti pāde pādaṁ accādhāya sato sampajāno uṭṭhānasaññaṁ manasi karitvā, rattiyā pacchimaṁ yāmaṁ paccuṭṭhāya caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti. Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti.
And how is a bhikkhu dedicated to wakefulness? It’s when a bhikkhu practices walking and sitting meditation by day, purifying their mind from obstacles. In the evening, they continue to practice walking and sitting meditation. In the middle of the night, they lie down in the lion’s posture—on the right side, placing one foot on top of the other—mindful and aware, and focused on the time of getting up. In the last part of the night, they get up and continue to practice walking and sitting meditation, purifying their mind from obstacles. This is how a bhikkhu is dedicated to wakefulness.
इमेहि खो, भिक्खवे, तीहि धम्मेहि समन्नागतो भिक्खु अपण्णकपटिपदं पटिपन्नो होति, योनि चस्स आरद्धा होति आसवानं खयाया”ति।
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu apaṇṇakapaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti, yoni cassa āraddhā hoti āsavānaṁ khayāyā”ti.
When a bhikkhu has these three things their practice is guaranteed, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.”
छट्ठं।
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
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