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SN 12.16 A Dhamma Speaker – Dhammakathikasutta
At Sāvatthī.
Sāvatthiyaṁ …
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:
“Sir, they speak of a ‘Dhamma speaker’.
“‘dhammakathiko dhammakathiko’ti, bhante, vuccati.
How is a Dhamma speaker defined?”
Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, dhammakathiko hotī”ti?
“If a bhikkhu teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding old age and death, they’re qualified to be called a ‘bhikkhu who speaks on Dhamma’.
“Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding old age and death, they’re qualified to be called a ‘bhikkhu who practices in line with the teaching’.
Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
If they’re freed by not grasping, by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding old age and death, they’re qualified to be called a ‘bhikkhu who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.
Jarāmaraṇassa ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭhadhammanibbānappatto bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
If a bhikkhu teaches Dhamma for disillusionment regarding rebirth …
Jātiyā ce bhikkhu …pe…
continued existence …
bhavassa ce bhikkhu …
grasping …
upādānassa ce bhikkhu …
craving …
taṇhāya ce bhikkhu …
feeling …
vedanāya ce bhikkhu …
contact …
phassassa ce bhikkhu …
the six sense fields …
saḷāyatanassa ce bhikkhu …
name and form …
nāmarūpassa ce bhikkhu …
consciousness …
viññāṇassa ce bhikkhu …
saṅkhāra …
saṅkhārānañce bhikkhu …
If a bhikkhu teaches Dhamma for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding ignorance, they’re qualified to be called a ‘bhikkhu who speaks on Dhamma’.
avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya dhammaṁ deseti, ‘dhammakathiko bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
If they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding ignorance, they’re qualified to be called a ‘bhikkhu who practices in line with the teaching’.
Avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya paṭipanno hoti, ‘dhammānudhammappaṭipanno bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāya.
If they’re freed by not grasping, by disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding ignorance, they’re qualified to be called a ‘bhikkhu who has attained extinguishment in this very life’.”
Avijjāya ce bhikkhu nibbidā virāgā nirodhā anupādāvimutto hoti, ‘diṭṭhadhammanibbānappatto bhikkhū’ti alaṁvacanāyā”ti.