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संयुत्त निकाय ५५।३८
Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.38
The Related Suttas Collection 55.38
४। पुञ्ञाभिसन्दवग्ग
4. Puññābhisandavagga
4. Overflowing Merit
वस्ससुत्त
Vassasutta
Rain
“सेय्यथापि, भिक्खवे, उपरिपब्बते थुल्लफुसितके देवे वस्सन्ते तं उदकं यथानिन्नं पवत्तमानं पब्बतकन्दरपदरसाखा परिपूरेति, पब्बतकन्दरपदरसाखा परिपूरा कुसोब्भे परिपूरेन्ति, कुसोब्भा परिपूरा महासोब्भे परिपूरेन्ति, महासोब्भा परिपूरा कुन्नदियो परिपूरेन्ति, कुन्नदियो परिपूरा महानदियो परिपूरेन्ति, महानदियो परिपूरा महासमुद्दं परिपूरेन्ति; एवमेव खो, भिक्खवे, अरियसावकस्स यो च बुद्धे अवेच्चप्पसादो, यो च धम्मे अवेच्चप्पसादो, यो च सङ्घे अवेच्चप्पसादो, यानि च अरियकन्तानि सीलानि—इमे धम्मा सन्दमाना पारं गन्त्वा आसवानं खयाय संवत्तन्ती”ति।
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, uparipabbate thullaphusitake deve vassante taṁ udakaṁ yathāninnaṁ pavattamānaṁ pabbatakandarapadarasākhā paripūreti, pabbatakandarapadarasākhā paripūrā kusobbhe paripūrenti, kusobbhā paripūrā mahāsobbhe paripūrenti, mahāsobbhā paripūrā kunnadiyo paripūrenti, kunnadiyo paripūrā mahānadiyo paripūrenti, mahānadiyo paripūrā mahāsamuddaṁ1 paripūrenti; evameva kho, bhikkhave, ariyasāvakassa yo ca buddhe aveccappasādo, yo ca dhamme aveccappasādo, yo ca saṅghe aveccappasādo, yāni ca ariyakantāni sīlāni—ime dhammā sandamānā pāraṁ gantvā āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattantī”ti.
“Bhikkhus, suppose it rains heavily on a mountain top, and the water flows downhill to fill the hollows, crevices, and creeks. As they become full, they fill up the pools. The pools fill up the lakes, the lakes fill up the streams, and the streams fill up the rivers. And as the rivers become full, they fill up the ocean. In the same way, a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, and the ethics loved by the noble ones. These things flow onwards; and, after crossing to the far shore, they lead to the ending of defilements.”
अट्ठमं।
Aṭṭhamaṁ.
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