In Brief

Saṁkhittasutta

In Brief

Saṁkhittasutta

EN
So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “Mendicants!”
PL
Evaṁ me sutaṁ— ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti.
EN
“Venerable sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this: “Mendicants, there are these five powers of a trainee. What five?
PL
“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca: “Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, sekhabalāni. Katamāni pañca?
EN
The powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom. These are the five powers of a trainee. So you should train like this: ‘We will have the trainee’s powers of faith, conscience, prudence, energy, and wisdom.’
PL
Saddhābalaṁ, hirībalaṁ, ottappabalaṁ, vīriyabalaṁ, paññābalaṁ— imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca sekhabalāni. Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ: ‘saddhābalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalena, hirībalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalena, ottappabalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalena, vīriyabalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalena, paññābalena samannāgatā bhavissāma sekhabalenā’ti.
EN
That’s how you should train.” That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.
PL
Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti. Idamavoca bhagavā. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti. Paṭhamaṁ.

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

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