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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ७।२३
Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.23
Numbered Discourses 7.23
३। वज्जिसत्तकवग्ग
3. Vajjisattakavagga
3. The Vajji Seven
पठमसत्तकसुत्त
Paṭhamasattakasutta
Non-Decline for Bhikkhus (1st)
एवं मे सुतं—एकं समयं भगवा राजगहे विहरति गिज्झकूटे पब्बते। तत्र खो भगवा भिक्खू आमन्तेसि:
Evaṁ me sutaṁ—ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati gijjhakūṭe pabbate. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Vulture’s Peak Mountain. There the Buddha addressed the bhikkhus:
“सत्त वो, भिक्खवे, अपरिहानिये धम्मे देसेस्सामि। तं सुणाथ, साधुकं मनसि करोथ, भासिस्सामी”ति।
“satta vo, bhikkhave, aparihāniye dhamme desessāmi. Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.
“Bhikkhus, I will teach you these seven principles that prevent decline. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”
“एवं, भन्ते”ति खो ते भिक्खू भगवतो पच्चस्सोसुं। भगवा एतदवोच:
“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca:
“Yes, sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this:
“कतमे च, भिक्खवे, सत्त अपरिहानिया धम्मा? यावकीवञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खू अभिण्हं सन्निपाता भविस्सन्ति सन्निपातबहुला; वुद्धियेव, भिक्खवे, भिक्खूनं पाटिकङ्खा, नो परिहानि।
“Katame ca, bhikkhave, satta aparihāniyā dhammā? Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū abhiṇhaṁ sannipātā bhavissanti sannipātabahulā; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.
“What are the seven principles that prevent decline? As long as the bhikkhus meet frequently and have many meetings, they can expect growth, not decline.
यावकीवञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खू समग्गा सन्निपतिस्सन्ति, समग्गा वुट्ठहिस्सन्ति, समग्गा सङ्घकरणीयानि करिस्सन्ति; वुद्धियेव, भिक्खवे, भिक्खूनं पाटिकङ्खा, नो परिहानि।
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū samaggā sannipatissanti, samaggā vuṭṭhahissanti, samaggā saṅghakaraṇīyāni karissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.
As long as the bhikkhus meet in harmony, leave in harmony, and carry on their business in harmony, they can expect growth, not decline.
यावकीवञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खू अपञ्ञत्तं न पञ्ञापेस्सन्ति, पञ्ञत्तं न समुच्छिन्दिस्सन्ति, यथापञ्ञत्तेसु सिक्खापदेसु समादाय वत्तिस्सन्ति; वुद्धियेव, भिक्खवे, भिक्खूनं पाटिकङ्खा, नो परिहानि।
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū apaññattaṁ na paññāpessanti, paññattaṁ na samucchindissanti, yathāpaññattesu sikkhāpadesu samādāya vattissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.
As long as the bhikkhus don’t make new decrees or abolish existing decrees, but undertake and follow the training rules as they have been decreed, they can expect growth, not decline.
यावकीवञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खू ये ते भिक्खू थेरा रत्तञ्ञू चिरपब्बजिता सङ्घपितरो सङ्घपरिणायका ते सक्करिस्सन्ति गरुं करिस्सन्ति मानेस्सन्ति पूजेस्सन्ति, तेसञ्च सोतब्बं मञ्ञिस्सन्ति; वुद्धियेव, भिक्खवे, भिक्खूनं पाटिकङ्खा, नो परिहानि।
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū ye te bhikkhū therā rattaññū cirapabbajitā saṅghapitaro saṅghapariṇāyakā te sakkarissanti garuṁ karissanti mānessanti pūjessanti, tesañca sotabbaṁ maññissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.
As long as the bhikkhus honor, respect, esteem, and venerate the senior bhikkhus—of long standing, long gone forth, fathers and leaders of the Saṅgha—and think them worth listening to, they can expect growth, not decline.
यावकीवञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खू उप्पन्नाय तण्हाय पोनोभविकाय न वसं गच्छिस्सन्ति; वुद्धियेव, भिक्खवे, भिक्खूनं पाटिकङ्खा, नो परिहानि।
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū uppannāya taṇhāya ponobhavikāya na vasaṁ gacchissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.
As long as the bhikkhus don’t fall under the sway of arisen craving for future lives, they can expect growth, not decline.
यावकीवञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खू आरञ्ञकेसु सेनासनेसु सापेक्खा भविस्सन्ति; वुद्धियेव, भिक्खवे, भिक्खूनं पाटिकङ्खा, नो परिहानि।
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū āraññakesu senāsanesu sāpekkhā bhavissanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.
As long as the bhikkhus take care to live in wilderness lodgings, they can expect growth, not decline.
यावकीवञ्च, भिक्खवे, भिक्खू पच्चत्तञ्ञेव सतिं उपट्ठापेस्सन्ति: ‘किन्ति अनागता च पेसला सब्रह्मचारी आगच्छेय्युं, आगता च पेसला सब्रह्मचारी फासुं विहरेय्युन्ऽति; वुद्धियेव, भिक्खवे, भिक्खूनं पाटिकङ्खा, नो परिहानि।
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhū paccattaññeva satiṁ upaṭṭhāpessanti: ‘kinti anāgatā ca pesalā sabrahmacārī āgaccheyyuṁ, āgatā ca pesalā sabrahmacārī phāsuṁ vihareyyun’ti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihāni.
As long as the bhikkhus individually establish mindfulness, so that more good-hearted spiritual companions might come, and those that have already come may live comfortably, they can expect growth, not decline.
यावकीवञ्च, भिक्खवे, इमे सत्त अपरिहानिया धम्मा भिक्खूसु ठस्सन्ति, इमेसु च सत्तसु अपरिहानियेसु धम्मेसु भिक्खू सन्दिस्सिस्सन्ति; वुद्धियेव, भिक्खवे, भिक्खूनं पाटिकङ्खा, नो परिहानी”ति।
Yāvakīvañca, bhikkhave, ime satta aparihāniyā dhammā bhikkhūsu ṭhassanti, imesu ca sattasu aparihāniyesu dhammesu bhikkhū sandississanti; vuddhiyeva, bhikkhave, bhikkhūnaṁ pāṭikaṅkhā, no parihānī”ti.
As long as these seven principles that prevent decline last among the bhikkhus, and as long as the bhikkhus are seen following them, they can expect growth, not decline.”
ततियं।
Tatiyaṁ.
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