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2.1.11 Paṭhamabrahmaññasuttaṃ & Dutiyabrahmaññasuttaṃ - About Being a Brahmañña and the Fruits Thereof & The Purpose of Being a Brahmañña

Paṭhamabrahmaññasuttaṃ About Being a Brahmañña
and the Fruits Thereof

Sāvatthinidānaṃ.

This was laid down in Sāvatthi.

“Brahmaññañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi,
brahmaññaphalāni ca.
“I will teach you, Bhikkhus,
what is Brahminhood and
what are the fruits of Brahminhood.
Taṃ suṇātha.
Katamañca kho, bhikkhave, brahmaññaṃ?
Therefore listen!
What, Bhikkhus, is Brahminhood?
Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṃ–
sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
It is this very Noble Eightfold Path, which is
right view, … right concentration.
Idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, brahmaññaṃ. This is, Bhikkhus, what is called Brahminhood.
Katamāni ca, bhikkhave, brahmaññaphalāni? What, Bhikkhus, are the fruits of Brahminhood?
Sotāpattiphalaṃ,
sakadāgāmiphalaṃ,
anāgāmiphalaṃ,
arahattaphalaṃ–
imāni vuccanti, bhikkhave, brahmaññaphalānī”ti.
These are the fruit of entering the stream,
the fruit of once-returning,
the fruit of non-returning and
the fruit of becoming an arahant.
These, Bhikkhus, are the fruits of Brahminhood.”

 

Dutiyabrahmaññasuttaṃ The Purpose of Being a Brahmañña
Sāvatthinidānaṃ: This was laid down in Sāvatthi:
“Brahmaññañca vo, bhikkhave,
desessāmi, brahmaññatthañca.
Taṃ suṇātha.
“I will teach you, Bhikkhus, what is
Brahminhood and what is the purpose of Brahminhood.
Therefore listen!
Katamañca, bhikkhave, brahmaññaṃ? What, Bhikkhus, is Brahminhood?
Ayameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, seyyathidaṃ–
sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
It is this very Noble Eightfold Path, which is
right view, … right concentration.
Idaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, brahmaññaṃ. This is, Bhikkhus, what is called Brahminhood.
Katamo ca, bhikkhave, brahmaññattho? What, Bhikkhus, is the purpose of Brahminhood?
Yo kho, bhikkhave, rāgakkhayo
dosakkhayo mohakkhayo.
It is the destruction of craving, the destruction
of ill-will and the destruction of delusion.
ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhave, brahmaññattho”ti. This, Bhikkhus, is the purpose of Brahminhood.”

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