{"id":"iti107","title":"Very Helpful","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti107","title":"Very Helpful","units":[{"id":"iti107:0","sourceIds":["iti107:0.1","iti107:0.2","iti107:0.3","iti107:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 107\nCatukkanipāta\nBrāhmaṇadhammayāgavagga\nBahukārasutta","en":"So It Was Said 107\nThe Book of the Fours\nThe Chapter on the Brahmin’s Offering of the Teaching\nVery Helpful"}},{"id":"iti107:1","sourceIds":["iti107:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:","en":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti107:2","sourceIds":["iti107:2.1","iti107:2.2","iti107:2.3","iti107:2.4","iti107:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bahukārā, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇagahapatikā tumhākaṁ ye vo paccupaṭṭhitā cīvarapiṇḍapātasenāsanagilānapaccayabhesajjaparikkhārehi.\nTumhepi, bhikkhave, bahukārā brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ yaṁ nesaṁ dhammaṁ desetha ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ, kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāsetha.\nEvamidaṁ, bhikkhave, aññamaññaṁ nissāya brahmacariyaṁ vussati oghassa nittharaṇatthāya sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"“Mendicants, brahmins and householders are very helpful to you, as they provide you with robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.\nAnd you are very helpful to brahmins and householders, as you teach them the Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And you reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.\nThat is how this spiritual path is lived supporting each other in order to cross over the flood and make a complete end of suffering.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti107:3","sourceIds":["iti107:3.1","iti107:3.2","iti107:3.3","iti107:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sāgārā anagārā ca,\nubho aññoññanissitā;\nĀrādhayanti saddhammaṁ,\nyogakkhemaṁ anuttaraṁ.","en":"“The home-dweller and the homeless,\nsupporting each other,\nfind success in the true teaching,\nthe supreme sanctuary from the yoke."}},{"id":"iti107:4","sourceIds":["iti107:4.1","iti107:4.2","iti107:4.3","iti107:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāgāresu ca cīvaraṁ,\npaccayaṁ sayanāsanaṁ;\nAnagārā paṭicchanti,\nparissayavinodanaṁ.","en":"The homeless receive requisites\nfrom the home-dwellers:\nrobes and lodgings\nto shelter from harsh conditions."}},{"id":"iti107:5","sourceIds":["iti107:5.1","iti107:5.2","iti107:5.3","iti107:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sugataṁ pana nissāya,\ngahaṭṭhā gharamesino;\nSaddahānā arahataṁ,\nariyapaññāya jhāyino.","en":"Relying on the Holy One,\nlayfolk and householders of discernment\nplace faith in the perfected ones,\nmeditators of noble wisdom."}},{"id":"iti107:6","sourceIds":["iti107:6.1","iti107:6.2","iti107:6.3","iti107:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idha dhammaṁ caritvāna,\nmaggaṁ sugatigāminaṁ;\nNandino devalokasmiṁ,\nmodanti kāmakāmino”ti.","en":"Having practiced the teaching here,\nthe path that goes to a good place,\nthey delight in the heavenly realm,\nenjoying all the pleasures they desire.”"}},{"id":"iti107:7","sourceIds":["iti107:7.1","iti107:7.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nAṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti107/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}