- Numbered Discourses 6.67 Aį¹ guttara NikÄya 6.67
- 7. A God 7. DevatÄvagga
Friends Mittasutta
āMendicants, it is quite impossible that a mendicant with bad friends, companions, and associates, while frequenting, accompanying, and attending, and following their example, will fulfill the practice dealing with the supplementary regulations. āāSo vata, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pÄpamitto pÄpasahÄyo pÄpasampavaį¹ ko, pÄpamitte sevamÄno bhajamÄno payirupÄsamÄno, tesaƱca diį¹į¹hÄnugatiį¹ ÄpajjamÄno ÄbhisamÄcÄrikaį¹ dhammaį¹ paripÅ«ressatÄ«āti netaį¹ į¹hÄnaį¹ vijjati. Without fulfilling the practice dealing with supplementary regulations, itās impossible to fulfill the practice of a trainee. āÄbhisamÄcÄrikaį¹ dhammaį¹ aparipÅ«retvÄ sekhaį¹ dhammaį¹ paripÅ«ressatÄ«āti netaį¹ į¹hÄnaį¹ vijjati. Without fulfilling the practice of a trainee, itās impossible to fulfill ethics. āSekhaį¹ dhammaį¹ aparipÅ«retvÄ sÄ«lÄni paripÅ«ressatÄ«āti netaį¹ į¹hÄnaį¹ vijjati. Without fulfilling ethics, itās impossible to give up sensual desire, or desire to be reborn in the realm of luminous form or in the formless realm. āSÄ«lÄni aparipÅ«retvÄ kÄmarÄgaį¹ vÄ rÅ«parÄgaį¹ vÄ arÅ«parÄgaį¹ vÄ pajahissatÄ«āti netaį¹ į¹hÄnaį¹ vijjati.
Itās quite possible that a mendicant with good friends, companions, and associates, while frequenting, accompanying, and attending, and following their example, will fulfill the practice dealing with the supplementary regulations. āSo vata, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyÄį¹amitto kalyÄį¹asahÄyo kalyÄį¹asampavaį¹ ko, kalyÄį¹amitte sevamÄno bhajamÄno payirupÄsamÄno, tesaƱca diį¹į¹hÄnugatiį¹ ÄpajjamÄno ÄbhisamÄcÄrikaį¹ dhammaį¹ paripÅ«ressatÄ«āti į¹hÄnametaį¹ vijjati. Having fulfilled the practice dealing with supplementary regulations, itās possible to fulfill the practice of a trainee. āÄbhisamÄcÄrikaį¹ dhammaį¹ paripÅ«retvÄ sekhaį¹ dhammaį¹ paripÅ«ressatÄ«āti į¹hÄnametaį¹ vijjati. Having fulfilled the practice of a trainee, itās possible to fulfill ethics. āSekhaį¹ dhammaį¹ paripÅ«retvÄ sÄ«lÄni paripÅ«ressatÄ«āti į¹hÄnametaį¹ vijjati. Having fulfilled ethics, itās possible to give up sensual desire, and desire to be reborn in the realm of luminous form and in the formless realm.ā āSÄ«lÄni paripÅ«retvÄ kÄmarÄgaį¹ vÄ rÅ«parÄgaį¹ vÄ arÅ«parÄgaį¹ vÄ pajahissatÄ«āti į¹hÄnametaį¹ vijjatÄ«āti.
Tatiyaį¹.