[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Sūtras of the Connected Discourses transmitted singly](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta) › [Pitṛmātṛsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.pitrmatrsutra) › [ཕ་མའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.pitrmatrsutra*bo) › [The Father and Mother Sutra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.pitrmatrsutra*bo~en-84000) › 1 # ཕ་མའ་མད 1 The Father and Mother Sūtra 1 - **Language:** English ### [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.pitrmatrsutra*bo~en-84000.1) Homage to all buddhas and bodhisattvas! Thus did I hear at one time. The Blessed One was dwelling with a saṅgha of hearers in Śrāvastī, in the Jetavana, Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park. At that time, the Blessed One proclaimed: “Monks, those householders who properly venerate and attend to both their father and mother dwell with Brahmā. Why is that? Monks, from the perspective of the family, the father and mother of a child of noble family are like Brahmā. “Monks, those householders who properly venerate, honor, and attend to both their father and mother - [Previous: intro.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.pitrmatrsutra*bo~en-84000.intro.5) - [Next: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.pitrmatrsutra*bo~en-84000.2) ## Linked texts (1) - [ཕ་མའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.pitrmatrsutra*bo.1) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.pitrmatrsutra*bo~en-84000.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyukta.pitrmatrsutra*bo~en-84000.1) · Pramāṇa