Paṭhamavagga

“Sīlamevidha sikkhetha,

asmiṁ loke susikkhitaṁ;

Sīlañhi sabbasampattiṁ,

upanāmeti sevitaṁ.

Sīlaṁ rakkheyya medhāvī,

patthayāno tayo sukhe;

Pasaṁsaṁ vittilābhañca,

pecca sagge pamodanaṁ.

Sīlavā hi bahū mitte,

saññamenādhigacchati;

Dussīlo pana mittehi,

dhaṁsate pāpamācaraṁ.

Avaṇṇañca akittiñca,

dussīlo labhate naro;

Vaṇṇaṁ kittiṁ pasaṁsañca,

sadā labhati sīlavā.

Ādi sīlaṁ patiṭṭhā ca,

kalyāṇānañca mātukaṁ;

Pamukhaṁ sabbadhammānaṁ,

tasmā sīlaṁ visodhaye.

Velā ca saṁvaraṁ sīlaṁ,

cittassa abhihāsanaṁ;

Titthañca sabbabuddhānaṁ,

tasmā sīlaṁ visodhaye.

Sīlaṁ balaṁ appaṭimaṁ,

sīlaṁ āvudhamuttamaṁ;

Sīlamābharaṇaṁ seṭṭhaṁ,

sīlaṁ kavacamabbhutaṁ.

Sīlaṁ setu mahesakkho,

sīlaṁ gandho anuttaro;

Sīlaṁ vilepanaṁ seṭṭhaṁ,

yena vāti disodisaṁ.

Sīlaṁ sambalamevaggaṁ,

sīlaṁ pātheyyamuttamaṁ;

Sīlaṁ seṭṭho ativāho,

yena yāti disodisaṁ.

Idheva nindaṁ labhati,

peccāpāye ca dummano;

Sabbattha dummano bālo,

sīlesu asamāhito.

Idheva kittiṁ labhati,

pecca sagge ca summano;

Sabbattha sumano dhīro,

sīlesu susamāhito.

Sīlameva idha aggaṁ,

paññavā pana uttamo;

Manussesu ca devesu,

sīlapaññāṇato jayan”ti.

… Sīlavo thero ….