• Numbered Discourses 4.249 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 4.249
  • 25. Perils of Offenses 25. Āpattibhayavagga

Very Helpful Bahukārasutta

ā€œMendicants, these four things are very helpful to a human being. ā€œCattārome, bhikkhave, dhammā manussabhÅ«tassa bahukārā honti. What four? Katame cattāro? Associating with true persons, listening to the true teaching, rational application of mind, and practicing in line with the teaching. Sappurisasaṁsevo, saddhammasavanaṁ, yonisomanasikāro, dhammānudhammappaį¹­ipatti—These four things are very helpful to a human being.ā€ Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro dhammā manussabhÅ«tassa bahukārā hontÄ«ā€ti.

Sattamaṁ.