Advice from Nandaka 27.1-7
Nandakovādasutta 27.1-7
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27.1
Atha kho bhagavā acirapakkantīsu tāsu bhikkhunīsu bhikkhū āmantesi:
Soon after those nuns had left, the Buddha addressed the mendicants:
27.2
“seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, tadahuposathe pannarase na hoti bahuno janassa kaṅkhā vā vimati vā:
“Suppose, mendicants, it was the sabbath of the fifteenth day. You wouldn’t get lots of people
27.3
‘ūno nu kho cando, puṇṇo nu kho cando’ti, atha kho puṇṇo cando tveva hoti;
wondering whether the moon is full or not, since it is obviously full.
27.4
evameva kho, bhikkhave, tā bhikkhuniyo nandakassa dhammadesanāya attamanā ceva paripuṇṇasaṅkappā ca.
In the same way, those nuns were uplifted by Nandaka’s Dhamma teaching, and they got all they wished for.
27.5
Tāsaṃ, bhikkhave, pañcannaṃ bhikkhunisatānaṃ yā pacchimikā bhikkhunī sā sotāpannā avinipātadhammā niyatā sambodhiparāyanā”ti.
Even the last of these five hundred nuns is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”
27.6
Idamavoca bhagavā.
That is what the Buddha said.
27.7
Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṃ abhinandunti.
Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.
Translations (4)
- Il discorso sul consiglio di Nandaka — Italian
- Advice from Nandaka — English
- Nandakas Unterweisung — German
- Совет от Нандаки — Russian
Linked texts (1)
- 雜阿含經 — Classical Chinese