{"id":"sn54.15","title":"Several Mendicants (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn54.15","title":"Several Mendicants (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn54.15:0","sourceIds":["sn54.15:0.1","sn54.15:0.2","sn54.15:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 54.15\n2. Dutiyavagga\nPaṭhamabhikkhusutta","en":"Linked Discourses 54.15\nChapter Two\nSeveral Mendicants (1st)"}},{"id":"sn54.15:1","sourceIds":["sn54.15:1.1","sn54.15:1.2","sn54.15:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“atthi nu kho, bhante, ekadhammo bhāvito bahulīkato cattāro dhamme paripūreti, cattāro dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā satta dhamme paripūrenti, satta dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā dve dhamme paripūrentī”ti?\n“Atthi kho, bhikkhave, ekadhammo bhāvito bahulīkato cattāro dhamme paripūreti, cattāro dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā satta dhamme paripūrenti, satta dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā dve dhamme paripūrentī”ti.","en":"Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:\n“Sir, is there one thing that, when developed and cultivated, fulfills four things; and those four things, when developed and cultivated, fulfill seven things; and those seven things, when developed and cultivated, fulfill two things?”\n“There is, mendicants.”"}},{"id":"sn54.15:2","sourceIds":["sn54.15:2.1","sn54.15:2.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo pana, bhante, ekadhammo bhāvito bahulīkato cattāro dhamme paripūreti, cattāro dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā satta dhamme paripūrenti, satta dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā dve dhamme paripūrentī”ti?\n“Ānāpānassatisamādhi kho, bhikkhave, ekadhammo bhāvito bahulīkato cattāro satipaṭṭhāne paripūreti, cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvitā bahulīkatā satta bojjhaṅge paripūrenti, satta bojjhaṅgā bhāvitā bahulīkatā vijjāvimuttiṁ paripūrentīti.","en":"“Sir, what is that one thing?”\n“Immersion due to mindfulness of breathing is one thing that, when developed and cultivated, fulfills the four kinds of mindfulness meditation. And the four kinds of mindfulness meditation, when developed and cultivated, fulfill the seven awakening factors. And the seven awakening factors, when developed and cultivated, fulfill knowledge and freedom."}},{"id":"sn54.15:3","sourceIds":["sn54.15:3.1","sn54.15:3.2","sn54.15:3.3","sn54.15:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kathaṁ bhāvito ca, bhikkhave, ānāpānassatisamādhi kathaṁ bahulīkato cattāro satipaṭṭhāne paripūreti?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu araññagato vā …pe…\nevaṁ bhāvitā kho, bhikkhave, satta bojjhaṅgā evaṁ bahulīkatā vijjāvimuttiṁ paripūrentī”ti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"And how is mindfulness of breathing developed and cultivated so as to fulfill the four kinds of mindfulness meditation? …\nThat’s how the seven awakening factors are developed and cultivated so as to fulfill knowledge and freedom.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn54.15/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."}