Kevattasutta 5.1-7

Kevaṭṭasutta 5.1-7

Language: Pāli

5.1

Tamenaṃ so assaddho appasanno taṃ saddhaṃ pasannaṃ evaṃ vadeyya:

But the one lacking faith and confidence would say to them:
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5.2

‘atthi kho, bho, gandhārī nāma vijjā.

‘There’s a spell named Gandhārī.
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5.3

Tāya so bhikkhu anekavihitaṃ iddhividhaṃ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṃ vattetī’ti.

Using that a mendicant can perform such superhuman feats.’
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5.4

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, kevaṭṭa,

What do you think, Kevaḍḍha?
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5.5

api nu so assaddho appasanno taṃ saddhaṃ pasannaṃ evaṃ vadeyyā”ti?

Wouldn’t someone lacking faith speak like that?”
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5.6

“Vadeyya, bhante”ti.

“They would, sir.”
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5.7

“Imaṃ kho ahaṃ, kevaṭṭa, iddhipāṭihāriye ādīnavaṃ sampassamāno iddhipāṭihāriyena aṭṭīyāmi harāyāmi jigucchāmi.

“Seeing this drawback in psychic power, I’m horrified, repelled, and disgusted by demonstrations of psychic power.
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長阿含經 — Classical Chinese