Dighanikaya 3.254_7

3.254_7

Api ca catūhi kāraṇehi buddhā bhagavanto cārikaṃ caranti, jaṅghavihāravasena sarīraphāsukatthāya, atthuppattikālābhikaṅkhanatthāya, bhikkhūnaṃ sikkhāpadapaññāpanatthāya, tattha tattha paripākagatindriye bodhaneyyasatte bodhanatthāyāti. Aparehipi catūhi kāraṇehi buddhā bhagavanto cārikaṃ caranti buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchissantīti vā, dhammaṃ, saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchissantīti vā, mahatā dhammavassena catasso parisā santappessāmīti vā. Aparehipi pañcahi kāraṇehi buddhā bhagavanto cārikaṃ caranti pāṇātipātā viramissantīti vā, adinnādānā, kāmesumicchācārā, musāvādā, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā viramissantīti vā. Aparehipi aṭṭhahi kāraṇehi buddhā bhagavanto cārikaṃ caranti – paṭhamaṃ jhānaṃ paṭilabhissantīti vā, dutiyaṃ jhānaṃ…pe… nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasamāpattiṃ paṭilabhissantīti vā. Aparehipi aṭṭhahi kāraṇehi buddhā bhagavanto cārikaṃ caranti – sotāpattimaggaṃ adhigamissantīti vā, sotāpattiphalaṃ…pe… arahattaphalaṃ sacchikarissantīti vāti. Ayaṃ aturitacārikā, idha cārikāti adhippetā. Sā panesā duvidhā hoti – anibaddhacārikā ca nibaddhacārikā ca. Tattha yaṃ gāmanigamanagarapaṭipāṭivasena carati, ayaṃ anibaddhacārikā nāma. Yaṃ panekasseva bodhaneyyasattassatthāya gacchati, ayaṃ nibaddhacārikā nāma. Esā idha adhippetā.

Moreover, the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, go on walking tours for four reasons: for the comfort of the body by way of walking exercise; for the purpose of waiting for the right occasion when matters arise; for the purpose of laying down training rules for the bhikkhus; and for the purpose of awakening those beings capable of awakening whose faculties have reached maturity here and there. For four other reasons the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, go on walking tours: thinking, 'They will go for refuge to the Buddha,' or 'They will go for refuge to the Dhamma, to the Saṅgha,' or 'I will satisfy the four assemblies with a great rain of Dhamma.' For five other reasons the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, go on walking tours: thinking, 'They will abstain from taking life,' or 'They will abstain from stealing, from sexual misconduct, from lying, from intoxicating drinks and drugs that cause heedlessness.' For eight other reasons the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, go on walking tours: thinking, 'They will attain the first jhāna,' or 'the second jhāna' … and so on … 'or they will attain the attainment of the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception.' For eight other reasons the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, go on walking tours: thinking, 'They will arrive at the path of stream-entry,' or 'the fruit of stream-entry' … and so on … 'or they will realize the fruit of arahantship.' This is the unhurried walking tour; here, this is the walking tour that is intended. Furthermore, it is of two kinds: the unrestricted walking tour and the restricted walking tour. Therein, that which is undertaken in succession through villages, market towns, and cities is called the unrestricted walking tour. But that which is undertaken for the sake of just a single being capable of awakening is called the restricted walking tour. This is what is intended here.