Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses
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1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. "Nāhaṃ, bhikkhave, aññaṃ ekadhammampi samanupassāmi, yena anuppanno vā ariyo aṭṭhangiko maggo uppajjati, uppanno vā ariyo aṭṭhangiko maggo bhāvanāpāripūriṃ gacchati, yathayidaṃ, bhikkhave, kalyāṇamittatā. Kalyāṇamittassetaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno pāṭikankhaṃ – ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bhāvessati, ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkarissati. Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti, ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkaroti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ … pe … sammāsamādhiṃ bhāveti vivekanissitaṃ virāganissitaṃ nirodhanissitaṃ vossaggapariṇāmiṃ. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kalyāṇamitto ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bhāveti, ariyaṃ aṭṭhangikaṃ maggaṃ bahulīkarotī"ti.
Paṭhamaṃ.