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Numbered Discourses 4.25 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.25

3. At Uruvelā – 3. Uruvelavagga

AN 4.25 The Spiritual Life – Brahmacariyasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, this spiritual life is not lived for the sake of deceiving people or flattering them, nor for the benefit of possessions, honor, or popularity, nor for the benefit of winning debates, nor thinking, ‘So let people know about me!’

“Nayidaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati janakuhanatthaṁ, na janalapanatthaṁ, na lābhasakkārasilokānisaṁsatthaṁ, na itivādappamokkhānisaṁsatthaṁ, na ‘iti maṁ jano jānātū’ti.

1.2

This spiritual life is lived for the sake of restraint, giving up, fading away, and cessation.

Atha kho idaṁ, bhikkhave, brahmacariyaṁ vussati saṁvaratthaṁ pahānatthaṁ virāgatthaṁ nirodhatthanti.

2.1

The Buddha taught the spiritual life

Saṁvaratthaṁ pahānatthaṁ,

2.2

not because of tradition,

brahmacariyaṁ anītihaṁ;

2.3

but for the sake of restraint and giving up,

Adesayi so bhagavā,

2.4

and because it culminates in extinguishment.

nibbānogadhagāminaṁ;

2.5

This is the path followed by the great souls,

Esa maggo mahantehi,

2.6

the great hermits.

anuyāto mahesibhi.

3.1

Those who practice it

Ye ca taṁ paṭipajjanti,

3.2

as it was taught by the Buddha,

yathā buddhena desitaṁ;

3.3

doing the teacher’s bidding,

Dukkhassantaṁ karissanti,

3.4

make an end of suffering.”

satthusāsanakārino”ti.

3.5

 

Pañcamaṁ.