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Upaddhasutta 1.1-4

Upaḍḍhasutta 1.1-4

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Pāli

1.1

Evaṃ me sutaṃ—

So I have heard.

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1.2

ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sakyesu viharati nagarakaṃ nāma sakyānaṃ nigamo.

At one time the Buddha was staying in the land of the Sakyans, where they have a town named Townsville.

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1.3

Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

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1.4

“upaḍḍhamidaṃ, bhante, brahmacariyaṃ, yadidaṃ—kalyāṇamittatā kalyāṇasahāyatā kalyāṇasampavaṅkatā”ti.

“Sir, good friends, companions, and associates are half the spiritual life.”

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