The Objective of the Spiritual Life

Brahmacariyogadhasutta

The Objective of the Spiritual Life

Brahmacariyogadhasutta

EN
“Mendicants, a noble disciple who has four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening. What four? It’s when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha …
PL
“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo. Katamehi catūhi? Idha, bhikkhave, ariyasāvako buddhe aveccappasādena samannāgato hoti: ‘itipi so bhagavā arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā’ti.
EN
the teaching … the Saṅgha … And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones … leading to immersion. A noble disciple who has these four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.”
PL
Dhamme …pe… saṅghe …pe… ariyakantehi sīlehi samannāgato hoti akhaṇḍehi …pe… samādhisaṁvattanikehi. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato ariyasāvako sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo”ti.
EN
That is what the Buddha said. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say: “Those who have faith and ethics, confidence, and vision of the truth,
PL
Idamavoca bhagavā. Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā: “Yesaṁ saddhā ca sīlañca, Pasādo dhammadassanaṁ;
EN
in time arrive at happiness, the objective of the spiritual life.”
PL
Te ve kālena paccenti, Brahmacariyogadhaṁ sukhan”ti. Dutiyaṁ.

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

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