Dighanikaya 1.1_14

1.1_14

Aparo nayo, yasmā evanti yassa cittasantānassa nānākārappavattiyā nānatthabyañjanaggahaṇaṃ hoti, tassa nānākāraniddesoti vuttaṃ, so ca evaṃ bhaddako ākāro na sammāappaṇihitattano pubbe akatapuññassa vā hoti, tasmā evanti iminā bhaddakenākārena pacchimacakkadvayasampattimattano dīpeti. Sutanti savanayogena purimacakkadvayasampattiṃ. Na hi appatirūpadese vasato sappurisūpanissayavirahitassa vā savanaṃ atthi. Iccassa pacchimacakkadvayasiddhiyā āsayasuddhisiddhā hoti, purimacakkadvayasiddhiyā payogasuddhi, tāya ca āsayasuddhiyā adhigamabyattisiddhi, payogasuddhiyā āgamabyattisiddhi. Iti payogāsayasuddhassa āgamādhigamasampannassa vacanaṃ aruṇuggaṃ viya sūriyassa udayato yoniso manasikāro viya ca kusalakammassa arahati bhagavato vacanassa pubbaṅgamaṃ bhavitunti ṭhāne nidānaṃ ṭhapento – ‘‘evaṃ me suta’’ntiādimāha.

Another method: since it was said that evaṃ is an indication of the various modes of that mental continuum through whose occurrence in various modes there is apprehension of diverse meanings and expressions, and such an auspicious mode does not belong to one whose self is not properly directed or who has not made merit in the past, therefore, by this auspicious mode evaṃ he illustrates the perfection of the latter two of his four wheels of blessing. By sutaṃ, through the application of hearing, [he illustrates] the perfection of the former two wheels. For one residing in an unsuitable locality or lacking reliance on good persons does not have hearing. Thus, through the establishment of the latter two wheels, his purity of inclination is established; through the establishment of the former two wheels, his purity of application. And through that purity of inclination, his proficiency in attainment is established; through purity of application, his proficiency in the transmitted scriptures is established. Thus, the speech of one whose application and inclination are purified, and who is endowed with the transmitted scriptures and attainment—like the dawn before the rising of the sun and like proper attention before a wholesome deed—is worthy of being the precursor to the words of the Blessed One; establishing the origin story in its proper place, he spoke the words beginning with "Thus have I heard."