Kulasutta
Translator: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500
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Saṁyutta Nikāya 20.3
1. Opammavagga
Kulasutta
Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici kulāni bahutthikāni appapurisāni tāni suppadhaṁsiyāni honti corehi kumbhatthenakehi;
evameva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno mettācetovimutti abhāvitā abahulīkatā so suppadhaṁsiyo hoti amanussehi.
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici kulāni appitthikāni bahupurisāni tāni duppadhaṁsiyāni honti corehi kumbhatthenakehi;
evameva kho, bhikkhave, yassa kassaci bhikkhuno mettācetovimutti bhāvitā bahulīkatā so duppadhaṁsiyo hoti amanussehi.
Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, evaṁ sikkhitabbaṁ:
‘mettā no cetovimutti bhāvitā bhavissati bahulīkatā yānīkatā vatthukatā anuṭṭhitā paricitā susamāraddhā’ti.
Evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.
Tatiyaṁ.