Mahaparinibbanasutta 5.30
Mahāparinibbānasutta 5.30
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Atha kho subhaddo paribbājako āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca:
Then Subhadda said to Ānanda,
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“lābhā vo, āvuso ānanda; suladdhaṃ vo, āvuso ānanda,
“You’re so fortunate, Reverand Ānanda, so very fortunate,
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ye ettha satthu sammukhā antevāsikābhisekena abhisittā”ti.
to be anointed here in the Teacher’s presence as his pupil!”
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Alattha kho subhaddo paribbājako bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ, alattha upasampadaṃ.
And the wanderer Subhadda received the going forth, the ordination in the Buddha’s presence.
5.30.5
Acirūpasampanno kho panāyasmā subhaddo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharanto nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti—tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.
Not long after his ordination, Venerable Subhadda, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.
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“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.
He understood: “Rebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.”
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Aññataro kho panāyasmā subhaddo arahataṃ ahosi.
And Venerable Subhadda became one of the perfected.
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So bhagavato pacchimo sakkhisāvako ahosīti.
He was the last personal disciple of the Buddha.
5.30.9
Pañcamo bhāṇavāro.
The fifth recitation section.