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Numbered Discourses 5.64 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.64

7. Perceptions – 7. Saññāvagga

AN 5.64 Growth (2nd) – Dutiyavaḍḍhisutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, a female noble disciple who grows in five ways grows nobly, taking on what is essential and excellent in this life.

“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhamānā ariyasāvikā ariyāya vaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhati, sārādāyinī ca hoti varādāyinī ca kāyassa.

1.2

What five?

Katamāhi pañcahi?

1.3

She grows in faith, ethics, learning, generosity, and wisdom.

Saddhāya vaḍḍhati, sīlena vaḍḍhati, sutena vaḍḍhati, cāgena vaḍḍhati, paññāya vaḍḍhati—

1.4

A female noble disciple who grows in these five ways grows nobly, taking on what is essential and excellent in this life.

imāhi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi vaḍḍhīhi vaḍḍhamānā ariyasāvikā ariyāya vaḍḍhiyā vaḍḍhati, sārādāyinī ca hoti varādāyinī ca kāyassāti.

2.1

She who grows in faith and ethics,

Saddhāya sīlena ca yā pavaḍḍhati,

2.2

wisdom, and both generosity and learning—

Paññāya cāgena sutena cūbhayaṁ;

2.3

a virtuous laywoman such as she

Sā tādisī sīlavatī upāsikā,

2.4

takes on what is essential for herself in this life.”

Ādīyatī sāramidheva attano”ti.

2.5

 

Catutthaṁ.