Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses
1: The Book of the Ones
1. Obsession of the Mind - 317
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text.
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1 “One individual, O bhikkhus, arising in the world, arises for the welfare of many, for the happiness of many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, welfare and happiness of devas and humans. Who is that one individual? One who is a holder of right view and undistorted vision. Having turned away many people from the untrue Dhamma, he causes to establish [them] in the true Dhamma. This, O bhikkhus, is that one individual who, arising in the world, arises for the welfare of many, for the happiness of many, out of compassion for the world, for the good, welfare and happiness of devas and humans.”
1 ekapuggalo bhikkhave loke uppajjamāno uppajjati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṃ. katamo ekapuggalo: sammādiṭṭhiko hoti aviparītadassano. so bahujanaṃ asaddhammā vuṭṭhāpetvā saddhamme patiṭṭhāpeti. ayaṃ kho bhikkhave ekapuggalo loke upapajjamāno uppajjati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānanti.