6: The Book of the Sixes
120–139. Bhallika, Etc.
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, possessing six qualities, the householder Bhallika … the householder Sudatta Anāthapiṇḍika … the householder Citta of Macchikāsaṇḍa … the householder Hatthaka of Āḷavī … the householder Mahānāma the Sakyan … the householder Ugga of Vesālī … the householder Uggata … the householder Sūra of Ambaṭṭha … the householder Jīvaka Komārabhacca … the householder Nakulapitā … the householder Tavakaṇṇika … the householder Pūraṇa … the householder Isidatta … the householder Sandhāna … the householder Vijaya … the householder Vajjiyamāhita … the householder Meṇḍaka … the lay follower Vāseṭṭha … the lay follower Ariṭṭha … the lay follower Sāragga has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless. What six? Unwavering confidence in the Buddha, unwavering confidence in the Dhamma, unwavering confidence in the Saṅgha, noble virtuous behavior, noble knowledge, and noble liberation. Possessing these six qualities, the householder Sāragga has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless."
1"Chahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhalliko gahapati … pe … sudatto gahapati anāthapiṇḍiko … citto gahapati macchikāsaṇḍiko … hatthako āḷavako … mahānāmo sakko … uggo gahapati vesāliko … uggato gahapati … sūrambaṭṭho … jīvako komārabhacco … nakulapitā gahapati … tavakaṇṇiko gahapati … pūraṇo gahapati … isidatto gahapati … sandhāno gahapati … vicayo gahapati … vijayamāhiko gahapati … meṇḍako gahapati … vāseṭṭho upāsako … ariṭṭho upāsako … sāraggo upāsako tathāgate niṭṭhaṅgato amataddaso amataṁ sacchikatvā iriyati. Katamehi chahi? Buddhe aveccappasādena, dhamme aveccappasādena, saṅghe aveccappasādena, ariyena sīlena, ariyena ñāṇena, ariyāya vimuttiyā. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, chahi dhammehi samannāgato sāraggo upāsako tathāgate niṭṭhaṅgato amataddaso amataṁ sacchikatvā iriyatī"ti.
Tevīsatimaṁ.
Sāmaññavaggo dvādasamo.
