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Pāḷi MS. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

  • Saṁyutta Nikāya 55.11  Linked Discourses 55.11
  • 2. Rājakārāmavagga 
    Rājakārāmavagga → sahassa or rājakārāmavaggo (pts1ed)
    2. The Royal Monastery

Sahassabhikkhunisaṅghasutta 
Sahassabhikkhunisaṅghasutta → sahassasuttaṁ (bj); sahassa (pts1ed)
A Saṅgha of a Thousand Nuns

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati rājakārāme.  At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in the Royal Monastery.
Atha kho sahassabhikkhunisaṅgho yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhitā kho tā bhikkhuniyo bhagavā etadavoca: 
sahassabhikkhunisaṅgho → sahassaṁ bhikkhunīsaṅgho (bj); sahassabhikkhunīsaṅgho (sya-all)
Then a Saṅgha of a thousand nuns went up to the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side. The Buddha said to them:

“Catūhi kho, bhikkhuniyo, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo.  “Nuns, a noble disciple who has four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.
Katamehi catūhi?  What four?
Idha, bhikkhuniyo, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti—  It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …
itipi so bhagavā …pe… satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavāti. 
Dhamme …pe…  the teaching …
saṅghe …pe…  the Saṅgha …
ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti, akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi.  And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion.
Imehi kho, bhikkhuniyo, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo”ti.  A noble disciple who has these four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.”

Paṭhamaṁ. 

Pāḷi MS. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

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