Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

6: The Book of the Sixes

33. Non-Decline (2)

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1 "Imaṃ, bhikkhave, rattiṃ aññatarā devatā abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇā kevalakappaṃ jetavanaṃ obhāsetvā yenāhaṃ tenupasankami; upasankamitvā maṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho, bhikkhave, sā devatā maṃ etadavoca:  ‘chayime, bhante, dhammā bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṃvattanti. Katame cha? Satthugāravatā, dhammagāravatā, sanghagāravatā, sikkhāgāravatā, hirigāravatā, ottappagāravatā – ime kho, bhante, cha dhammā bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṃvattantī’ti. Idamavoca, bhikkhave, sā devatā. Idaṃ vatvā maṃ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṃ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.

2 Satthugaru dhammagaru,
sanghe ca tibbagāravo;
Hiriottappasampanno,
sappatisso sagāravo;
Abhabbo parihānāya,
nibbānasseva santike"ti.

Tatiyaṃ.