Grace

Sobhanasutta

Grace

Sobhanasutta

EN
“Mendicants, these four who are competent, educated, self-assured, and learned, who have memorized the teachings and practice in line with the teaching, grace the Saṅgha. What four? A monk, a nun,
PL
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, viyattā vinītā visāradā bahussutā dhammadharā dhammānudhammappaṭipannā saṅghaṁ sobhenti. Katame cattāro? Bhikkhu, bhikkhave, viyatto vinīto visārado bahussuto dhammadharo dhammānudhammappaṭipanno saṅghaṁ sobheti. Bhikkhunī, bhikkhave, viyattā vinītā visāradā bahussutā dhammadharā dhammānudhammappaṭipannā saṅghaṁ sobheti.
EN
a layman, and a laywoman. These four who are competent, educated, self-assured, and learned, who have memorized the teachings and practice in line with the teaching, grace the Saṅgha.
PL
Upāsako, bhikkhave, viyatto vinīto visārado bahussuto dhammadharo dhammānudhammappaṭipanno saṅghaṁ sobheti. Upāsikā, bhikkhave, viyattā vinītā visāradā bahussutā dhammadharā dhammānudhammappaṭipannā saṅghaṁ sobheti. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro viyattā vinītā visāradā bahussutā dhammadharā dhammānudhammappaṭipannā saṅghaṁ sobhentīti.
EN
Whoever is competent and self-assured, learned, a memorizer of the teachings, who lives in line with the teaching— such a one is said to grace the Saṅgha.
PL
Yo hoti viyatto ca visārado ca, Bahussuto dhammadharo ca hoti; Dhammassa hoti anudhammacārī, Sa tādiso vuccati saṅghasobhano.
EN
A monk accomplished in ethics, and a learned nun, a faithful layman, and a faithful laywoman, too:
PL
Bhikkhu ca sīlasampanno, bhikkhunī ca bahussutā; Upāsako ca yo saddho, yā ca saddhā upāsikā;
EN
these grace the Saṅgha, they are the graces of the Saṅgha.”
PL
Ete kho saṅghaṁ sobhenti, ete hi saṅghasobhanā”ti. Sattamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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