Dighanikaya 1.1_16

1.1_16

‘‘Evaṃ me suta’’nti iminā pana sakalena vacanena āyasmā ānando tathāgatappaveditaṃ dhammaṃ attano adahanto asappurisabhūmiṃ atikkamati. Sāvakattaṃ paṭijānanto sappurisabhūmiṃ okkamati. Tathā asaddhammā cittaṃ vuṭṭhāpeti, saddhamme cittaṃ patiṭṭhāpeti. ‘‘Kevalaṃ sutamevetaṃ mayā, tasseva bhagavato vacana’’nti dīpento attānaṃ parimoceti, satthāraṃ apadisati, jinavacanaṃ appeti, dhammanettiṃ patiṭṭhāpeti.

Now, by this whole statement, ‘Thus have I heard’, the Venerable Ānanda, not claiming the Dhamma proclaimed by the Tathāgata as his own, transcends the stage of the untrue man. Acknowledging discipleship, he enters the stage of the true man. In that way, he raises his mind from unrighteous doctrine and establishes his mind in the True Dhamma. Indicating: ‘This was merely heard by me; it is the word of that very Blessed One’, he frees himself, points to the Teacher, delivers the word of the Conqueror, and establishes the guideline of the Dhamma.