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Linked Discourses 45.13 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.13

2. Meditation – 2. Vihāravagga

SN 45.13 A Trainee – Sekkhasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Then a bhikkhu went up to the Buddha … and asked him,

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of this person called ‘a trainee’.

“‘sekkho, sekkho’ti, bhante, vuccati.

How is a trainee defined?”

Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, sekkho hotī”ti?

“Bhikkhu, it’s someone who has a trainee’s right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi.

“Idha, bhikkhu, sekkhāya sammādiṭṭhiyā samannāgato hoti …pe… sekkhena sammāsamādhinā samannāgato hoti.

That’s how a trainee is defined.”

Ettāvatā kho, bhikkhu, sekkho hotī”ti.