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Paṭhamakassapasutta

Translator: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500

Evaṁ me sutaṁ—

ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.

Atha kho kassapo devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṁ jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ aṭṭhāsi. Ekamantaṁ ṭhito kho kassapo devaputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“bhikkhuṁ bhagavā pakāsesi, no ca bhikkhuno anusāsan”ti.

“Tena hi, kassapa, taññevettha paṭibhātū”ti.

“Subhāsitassa sikkhetha,

samaṇūpāsanassa ca;

Ekāsanassa ca raho,

cittavūpasamassa cā”ti.

Idamavoca kassapo devaputto;

samanuñño satthā ahosi.

Atha kho kassapo devaputto “samanuñño me satthā”ti bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā tatthevantaradhāyīti.

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