AN 6 The Book of the Sixes – Chakkanipāta > AN 6.11 Warm-hearted (1st)

Numbered Discourses 6.11 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.11

2. Warm-hearted – 2. Sāraṇīyavagga

AN 6.11 Warm-hearted (1st) – Paṭhamasāraṇīyasutta

1.1

“Bhikkhū, there are these six warm-hearted qualities.

“Chayime, bhikkhave, dhammā sāraṇīyā.

1.2

What six?

Katame cha?

1.3

Firstly, a bhikkhu consistently treats their spiritual companions with bodily kindness, both in public and in private. This is a warm-hearted quality.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno mettaṁ kāyakammaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ hoti sabrahmacārīsu āvi ceva raho ca, ayampi dhammo sāraṇīyo.

2.1

Furthermore, a bhikkhu consistently treats their spiritual companions with verbal kindness, both in public and in private. This too is a warm-hearted quality.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno mettaṁ vacīkammaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ hoti sabrahmacārīsu āvi ceva raho ca, ayampi dhammo sāraṇīyo.

3.1

Furthermore, a bhikkhu consistently treats their spiritual companions with mental kindness …

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno mettaṁ manokammaṁ paccupaṭṭhitaṁ hoti sabrahmacārīsu āvi ceva raho ca, ayampi dhammo sāraṇīyo.

4.1

Furthermore, a bhikkhu shares without reservation any material possessions they have gained by legitimate means, even the food placed in the alms-bowl, using them in common with their ethical spiritual companions. This too is a warm-hearted quality.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ye te lābhā dhammikā dhammaladdhā antamaso pattapariyāpannamattampi tathārūpehi lābhehi appaṭivibhattabhogī hoti sīlavantehi sabrahmacārīhi sādhāraṇabhogī, ayampi dhammo sāraṇīyo.

5.1

Furthermore, a bhikkhu lives according to the precepts shared with their spiritual companions, both in public and in private. Those precepts are unbroken, impeccable, spotless, and unmarred, liberating, praised by sensible people, not mistaken, and leading to samādhi. This too is a warm-hearted quality.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yāni tāni sīlāni akhaṇḍāni acchiddāni asabalāni akammāsāni bhujissāni viññuppasatthāni aparāmaṭṭhāni samādhisaṁvattanikāni tathārūpehi sīlehi sīlasāmaññagato viharati sabrahmacārīhi āvi ceva raho ca, ayampi dhammo sāraṇīyo.

6.1

Furthermore, a bhikkhu lives according to the view shared with their spiritual companions, both in public and in private. That view is noble and emancipating, and leads one who practices it to the complete ending of suffering. This too is a warm-hearted quality.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yāyaṁ diṭṭhi ariyā niyyānikā niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāya tathārūpāya diṭṭhiyā diṭṭhisāmaññagato viharati sabrahmacārīhi āvi ceva raho ca, ayampi dhammo sāraṇīyo.

7.1

These are the six warm-hearted qualities.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhammā sāraṇīyā”ti.

7.2

Paṭhamaṁ.