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Mahāparinibbāna Sutta 6.6

Mahāparinibbānasutta 6.6

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Pāli

6.6.1

Dutiyampi kho bhagavā …pe…

For a second time …

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6.6.2

tatiyampi kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

For a third time the Buddha addressed the mendicants:

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6.6.3

“siyā kho pana, bhikkhave, ekabhikkhussāpi kaṅkhā vā vimati vā buddhe vā dhamme vā saṅghe vā magge vā paṭipadāya vā, pucchatha, bhikkhave, mā pacchā vippaṭisārino ahuvattha:

“Perhaps even a single mendicant has doubt or uncertainty regarding the Buddha, the teaching, the Saṅgha, the path, or the practice. So ask, mendicants! Don’t regret it later, thinking:

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6.6.4

‘sammukhībhūto no satthā ahosi, na mayaṃ sakkhimhā bhagavantaṃ sammukhā paṭipucchitun’”ti.

‘We were in the Teacher’s presence and we weren’t able to ask the Buddha a question.’”

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6.6.5

Tatiyampi kho te bhikkhū tuṇhī ahesuṃ.

For a third time, the mendicants kept silent.

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6.6.6

Atha kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

Then the Buddha said to the mendicants,

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6.6.7

“siyā kho pana, bhikkhave, satthugāravenapi na puccheyyātha. Sahāyakopi, bhikkhave, sahāyakassa ārocetū”ti.

“Mendicants, perhaps you don’t ask out of respect for the Teacher. So let a friend tell a friend.”

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6.6.8

Evaṃ vutte, te bhikkhū tuṇhī ahesuṃ.

When this was said, the mendicants kept silent.

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6.6.9

Atha kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

Then Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha,

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6.6.10

“acchariyaṃ, bhante, abbhutaṃ, bhante, evaṃ pasanno ahaṃ, bhante, imasmiṃ bhikkhusaṅghe, ‘natthi ekabhikkhussāpi kaṅkhā vā vimati vā buddhe vā dhamme vā saṅghe vā magge vā paṭipadāya vā’”ti.

“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing! I am quite confident that there is not even a single mendicant in this Saṅgha who has doubt or uncertainty regarding the Buddha, the teaching, the Saṅgha, the path, or the practice.”

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6.6.11

“Pasādā kho tvaṃ, ānanda, vadesi, ñāṇameva hettha, ānanda, tathāgatassa. Natthi imasmiṃ bhikkhusaṅghe ekabhikkhussāpi kaṅkhā vā vimati vā buddhe vā dhamme vā saṅghe vā magge vā paṭipadāya vā.

“Ānanda, you speak out of faith. But the Realized One knows that there is not even a single mendicant in this Saṅgha who has doubt or uncertainty regarding the Buddha, the teaching, the Saṅgha, the path, or the practice.

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6.6.12

Imesañhi, ānanda, pañcannaṃ bhikkhusatānaṃ yo pacchimako bhikkhu, so sotāpanno avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo”ti.

Even the last of these five hundred mendicants is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”

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