AN 4 The Book of the Fours – Catukkanipāta > AN 4.118 Inspiring

Numbered Discourses 4.118 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.118

12. With Kesi – 12. Kesivagga

AN 4.118 Inspiring – Saṁvejanīyasutta

1.1

“Bhikkhū, a faithful gentleman should go to see these four inspiring places.

“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyāni saṁvejanīyāni ṭhānāni.

1.2

What four?

Katamāni cattāri?

1.3

Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One was born!’—that is an inspiring place.

‘Idha tathāgato jāto’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.

1.4

Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became awakened as a supreme fully awakened Buddha!’—that is an inspiring place.

‘Idha tathāgato anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddho’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.

1.5

Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One rolled forth the supreme Wheel of Dhamma!’—that is an inspiring place.

‘Idha tathāgato anuttaraṁ dhammacakkaṁ pavattesī’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.

1.6

Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became fully extinguished through the element of extinguishment, with nothing left over!’—that is an inspiring place.

‘Idha tathāgato anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā parinibbuto’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.

1.7

These are the four inspiring places that a faithful gentleman should go to see.”

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyāni saṁvejanīyāni ṭhānānī”ti.

1.8

Aṭṭhamaṁ.