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AN 10.111 An Adept (1st) – Paṭhamaasekhasutta

 

1.1

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

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

2.1

“Sir, they speak of this person called ‘an adept’.

“‘Asekho asekho’ti, bhante, vuccati.

2.2

How is an adept bhikkhu defined?”

Kittāvatā bhante, bhikkhu asekho hotī”ti?

2.3

“Bhikkhu, it’s when a bhikkhu has an adept’s right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right samādhi, right knowledge, and right freedom.

“Idha, bhikkhu, bhikkhu asekhāya sammādiṭṭhiyā samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāsaṅkappena samannāgato hoti, asekhāya sammāvācāya samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammākammantena samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāājīvena samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāvāyāmena samannāgato hoti, asekhāya sammāsatiyā samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāsamādhinā samannāgato hoti, asekhena sammāñāṇena samannāgato hoti, asekhāya sammāvimuttiyā samannāgato hoti.

2.4

That’s how a bhikkhu is an adept.”

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhu, bhikkhu asekho hotī”ti.

2.5

 

Ekādasamaṁ.