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guttara NikÄya 3.24 Numbered Discourses 3.24Numbered Discourses 3.24
3. Puggalavagga 3. Persons 3. Individuals
BahukÄrasutta Great Benefactors Very Helpful
āTayome, bhikkhave, puggalÄ puggalassa bahukÄrÄ. āMonks, these three persons are oneās great benefactors. āMendicants, these three individuals are very helpful to another.
Katame tayo? Which three? What three?
Yaį¹, bhikkhave, puggalaį¹ Ägamma puggalo buddhaį¹ saraį¹aį¹ gato hoti, dhammaį¹ saraį¹aį¹ gato hoti, saį¹
ghaį¹ saraį¹aį¹ gato hoti; āThe person through whom one has gone to the Buddha for refuge, has gone to the Dhamma for refuge, has gone to the Saį¹
gha for refuge: The individual who has enabled you to go for refuge to the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saį¹
gha.
ayaį¹, bhikkhave, puggalo imassa puggalassa bahukÄro. This is oneās great benefactor. This individual is very helpful to another.
Puna caparaį¹, bhikkhave, yaį¹ puggalaį¹ Ägamma puggalo āidaį¹ dukkhanāti yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ pajÄnÄti, āayaį¹ dukkhasamudayoāti yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ pajÄnÄti, āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhoāti yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ pajÄnÄti, āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhagÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti yathÄbhÅ«taį¹ pajÄnÄti; āFurther, the person through whom one discerns, as it has come to be, that āThis is stressāā¦ āThis is the origination of stressāā¦ āThis is the cessation of stressāā¦ āThis is the path of practice leading to the cessation of stressā: Furthermore, the individual who has enabled you to truly understand: āThis is sufferingā ā¦ āThis is the origin of sufferingā ā¦ āThis is the cessation of sufferingā ā¦ āThis is the practice that leads to the cessation of sufferingā.
ayaį¹, bhikkhave, puggalo imassa puggalassa bahukÄro. This is oneās great benefactor. This individual is very helpful to another.
Puna caparaį¹, bhikkhave, yaį¹ puggalaį¹ Ägamma puggalo ÄsavÄnaį¹ khayÄ anÄsavaį¹ cetovimuttiį¹ paƱƱÄvimuttiį¹ diį¹į¹heva dhamme sayaį¹ abhiĆ±Ć±Ä sacchikatvÄ upasampajja viharati; āFurther, the person through whom oneāwith the ending of effluentsāenters & remains in the effluent-free awareness-release & discernment-release, having directly known & realized it for himself right in the here & now: Furthermore, the individual who has enabled you to realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom, and live having realized it with your own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.
ayaį¹, bhikkhave, puggalo imassa puggalassa bahukÄro. This is oneās great benefactor. This individual is very helpful to another.
Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalÄ puggalassa bahukÄrÄ. āThese three persons, monks, are oneās great benefactors. These are the three individuals who are very helpful to another individual.
Imehi ca pana, bhikkhave, tÄ«hi puggalehi imassa puggalassa natthaƱƱo puggalo bahukÄroti vadÄmi. And I tell you: One has no other benefactor greater than these three. And I say that there is no one more helpful to another than these three individuals.
Imesaį¹ pana, bhikkhave, tiį¹į¹aį¹ puggalÄnaį¹ iminÄ puggalena na suppatikÄraį¹ vadÄmi, yadidaį¹ abhivÄdanapaccuį¹į¹hÄnaaƱjalikammasÄmÄ«cikammacÄ«varapiį¹įøapÄtasenÄsanagilÄnapaccayabhesajjaparikkhÄrÄnuppadÄnenÄāti. And I tell you, too, that itās not easy for one to repay these three benefactors by bowing down, by rising up in greeting, by raising oneās hands palm-to-palm in front of the heart, by performing services in line with seniority, or by presenting them with robes, almsfood, lodging, or medicinal requisites used for curing the sick.ā And I also say that itās not easy to repay these three individuals by bowing down to them, rising up for them, greeting them with cupped palms, and observing proper etiquette for them; or by providing them with robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicines and supplies for the sick.ā
Catutthaį¹. See also: SN 22:59; SN 56:11; AN 2:31ā32; AN 3:115