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7. Abbreviated Texts on One Thing – 7. Ekadhammapeyyālavagga

SN 45.70 Good Friends (2nd) – Dutiyakalyāṇamittasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Bhikkhū, one thing helps give rise to the noble eightfold path.

“Ekadhammo, bhikkhave, bahūpakāro ariyassa aṭṭhaṅgikassa maggassa uppādāya.

What one thing?

Katamo ekadhammo?

It’s good friendship.

Yadidaṁ—kalyāṇamittatā.

A bhikkhu with good friends can expect to develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path.

Kalyāṇamittassetaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāvessati, ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarissati.

And how does a bhikkhu with good friends develop and cultivate the noble eightfold path?

Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti, ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkaroti?

It’s when a bhikkhu develops right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ.

That’s how a bhikkhu with good friends develops and cultivates the noble eightfold path.”

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bhāveti, ariyaṁ aṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ bahulīkarotī”ti.