Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

176. Aspiring

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1 "Saddho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṃ sammā āyācamāno āyāceyya:  ‘tādiso homi yādisā sāriputtamoggallānā’ti. Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṃ pamāṇaṃ mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ, yadidaṃ sāriputtamoggallānā.

2 Saddhā, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī evaṃ sammā āyācamānā āyāceyya:  ‘tādisā homi yādisā khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā cā’ti. Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṃ pamāṇaṃ mama sāvikānaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ, yadidaṃ khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā ca.

3 Saddho, bhikkhave, upāsako evaṃ sammā āyācamāno āyāceyya:  ‘tādiso homi yādiso citto ca gahapati hatthako ca āḷavako’ti. Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṃ pamāṇaṃ mama sāvakānaṃ upāsakānaṃ, yadidaṃ citto ca gahapati hatthako ca āḷavako.

4 Saddhā, bhikkhave, upāsikā evaṃ sammā āyācamānā āyāceyya:  ‘tādisā homi yādisā khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā’ti. Esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṃ pamāṇaṃ mama sāvikānaṃ upāsikānaṃ, yadidaṃ khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā"ti.

Chaṭṭhaṃ.