8. Saddhasuttaṃ

38. ‘‘Pañcime , bhikkhave, saddhe kulaputte ānisaṃsā. Katame pañca? Ye te, bhikkhave, loke santo sappurisā te saddhaññeva paṭhamaṃ anukampantā anukampanti, no tathā assaddhaṃ; saddhaññeva paṭhamaṃ upasaṅkamantā upasaṅkamanti, no tathā assaddhaṃ; saddhaññeva paṭhamaṃ paṭiggaṇhantā paṭiggaṇhanti, no tathā assaddhaṃ; saddhaññeva paṭhamaṃ dhammaṃ desentā desenti, no tathā assaddhaṃ; saddho kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajjati. Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca saddhe kulaputte ānisaṃsā.

‘‘Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, subhūmiyaṃ catumahāpathe mahānigrodho samantā pakkhīnaṃ paṭisaraṇaṃ hoti; evamevaṃ kho, bhikkhave, saddho kulaputto bahuno janassa paṭisaraṇaṃ hoti bhikkhūnaṃ bhikkhunīnaṃ upāsakānaṃ upāsikāna’’nti.

‘‘Sākhāpattaphalūpeto ³, khandhimāva ⁴ mahādumo;

Mūlavā phalasampanno, patiṭṭhā hoti pakkhinaṃ.

‘‘Manorame āyatane, sevanti naṃ vihaṅgamā;

Chāyaṃ chāyatthikā ⁶ yanti, phalatthā phalabhojino.

‘‘Tatheva sīlasampannaṃ, saddhaṃ purisapuggalaṃ;

Nivātavuttiṃ atthaddhaṃ, sorataṃ sakhilaṃ muduṃ.

‘‘Vītarāgā vītadosā, vītamohā anāsavā;

Puññakkhettāni lokasmiṃ, sevanti tādisaṃ naraṃ.

‘‘Te tassa dhammaṃ desenti, sabbadukkhāpanūdanaṃ;

Yaṃ so dhammaṃ idhaññāya, parinibbāti anāsavo’’ti. aṭṭhamaṃ;