Tatiyakukkuṭārāmasutta
At the Chicken Monastery (3rd)
Pāṭaliputtanidānaṁ.
At Pāṭaliputta.
“‘Brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyan’ti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati.
“Reverend, they speak of this thing called the ‘spiritual path’.
Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamo brahmacārī, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti?
What is the spiritual path? Who is someone on the spiritual path? And what is the culmination of the spiritual path?”
“Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda.
“Good, good, Reverend Bhadda!
Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṁ paṭibhānaṁ, kalyāṇī paripucchā.
Your approach and articulation are excellent, and it’s a good question. …
Evañhi tvaṁ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi:
‘brahmacariyaṁ, brahmacariyanti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati.
Katamaṁ nu kho, āvuso, brahmacariyaṁ, katamo brahmacārī, katamaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan’”ti?
“Evamāvuso”ti.
“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo brahmacariyaṁ, seyyathidaṁ—
The spiritual path is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
Yo kho, āvuso, iminā ariyena aṭṭhaṅgikena maggena samannāgato—
Someone who possesses this noble eightfold path
ayaṁ vuccati brahmacārī.
is called someone on the spiritual path.
Yo kho, āvuso, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo—
The ending of greed, hate, and delusion:
idaṁ brahmacariyapariyosānan”ti.
this is the culmination of the spiritual path.”
Dve vihārā ca sekkho ca,
uppādā apare duve;
Parisuddhena dve vuttā,
kukkuṭārāmena tayoti.
