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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ४।१४७
Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.147
Numbered Discourses 4.147
१५। आभावग्ग
15. Ābhāvagga
15. Brightness
दुतियकालसुत्त
Dutiyakālasutta
Times (2nd)
“चत्तारोमे, भिक्खवे, काला सम्मा भावियमाना सम्मा अनुपरिवत्तियमाना अनुपुब्बेन आसवानं खयं पापेन्ति। कतमे चत्तारो? कालेन धम्मस्सवनं, कालेन धम्मसाकच्छा, कालेन सम्मसना, कालेन विपस्सना—
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, kālā sammā bhāviyamānā sammā anuparivattiyamānā anupubbena āsavānaṁ khayaṁ pāpenti. Katame cattāro? Kālena dhammassavanaṁ, kālena dhammasākacchā, kālena sammasanā, kālena vipassanā—
“Bhikkhus, when these four times are rightly developed and progressed, they gradually lead to the ending of defilements. What four? A time for listening to the teaching, a time for discussing the teaching, a time for serenity, and a time for discernment.
इमे खो, भिक्खवे, चत्तारो काला सम्मा भावियमाना सम्मा अनुपरिवत्तियमाना अनुपुब्बेन आसवानं खयं पापेन्ति।
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kālā sammā bhāviyamānā sammā anuparivattiyamānā anupubbena āsavānaṁ khayaṁ pāpenti.
सेय्यथापि, भिक्खवे, उपरिपब्बते थुल्लफुसितके देवे वस्सन्ते तं उदकं यथानिन्नं पवत्तमानं पब्बतकन्दरपदरसाखा परिपूरेति; पब्बतकन्दरपदरसाखा परिपूरा कुसोब्भे परिपूरेन्ति; कुसोब्भा परिपूरा महासोब्भे परिपूरेन्ति; महासोब्भा परिपूरा कुन्नदियो परिपूरेन्ति; कुन्नदियो परिपूरा महानदियो परिपूरेन्ति; महानदियो परिपूरा समुद्दं परिपूरेन्ति।
Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, uparipabbate thullaphusitake deve vassante taṁ udakaṁ yathāninnaṁ pavattamānaṁ pabbatakandarapadarasākhā paripūreti; pabbatakandarapadarasākhā paripūrā kusobbhe paripūrenti; kusobbhā paripūrā mahāsobbhe paripūrenti; mahāsobbhā paripūrā kunnadiyo paripūrenti; kunnadiyo paripūrā mahānadiyo paripūrenti; mahānadiyo paripūrā samuddaṁ1 paripūrenti.
It’s like when it rains heavily on a mountain top, and the water flows downhill to fill the hollows, crevices, and creeks. As they become full, they fill up the pools. The pools fill up the lakes, the lakes fill up the streams, and the streams fill up the rivers. And as the rivers become full, they fill up the ocean.
एवमेवं खो, भिक्खवे, इमे चत्तारो काला सम्मा भावियमाना सम्मा अनुपरिवत्तियमाना अनुपुब्बेन आसवानं खयं पापेन्ती”ति।
Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ime cattāro kālā sammā bhāviyamānā sammā anuparivattiyamānā anupubbena āsavānaṁ khayaṁ pāpentī”ti.
In the same way, when these four times are rightly developed and progressed, they gradually lead to the ending of defilements.”
सत्तमं।
Sattamaṁ.
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