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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

2: The Book of the Twos

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  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

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1 "Dvinnāhaṃ, bhikkhave, na suppatikāraṃ vadāmi. Katamesaṃ dvinnaṃ? Mātu ca pitu ca.

Ekena, bhikkhave, aṃsena mātaraṃ parihareyya, ekena aṃsena pitaraṃ parihareyya vassasatāyuko vassasatajīvī so ca nesaṃ ucchādana­parimadda­nanhāpana­sambāhanena. Te ca tattheva muttakarīsaṃ cajeyyuṃ, na tveva, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṃ kataṃ vā hoti paṭikataṃ vā. Imissā ca, bhikkhave, mahāpathaviyā pahūtarattaratanāya mātāpitaro issarādhipacce rajje patiṭṭhāpeyya, na tveva, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṃ kataṃ vā hoti paṭikataṃ vā. Taṃ kissa hetu? Bahukārā, bhikkhave, mātāpitaro puttānaṃ āpādakā posakā imassa lokassa dassetāro.

Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, mātāpitaro assaddhe saddhāsampadāya samādapeti niveseti patiṭṭhāpeti, dussīle sīlasampadāya samādapeti niveseti patiṭṭhāpeti, maccharī cāgasampadāya samādapeti niveseti patiṭṭhāpeti, duppaññe paññāsampadāya samādapeti niveseti patiṭṭhāpeti, ettāvatā kho, bhikkhave, mātāpitūnaṃ katañca hoti paṭikatañcā"ti.