- Numbered Discourses 1.170–187Aṅguttara Nikāya 1
The Chapter on One Individual13. Ekapuggalavagga
170170
“One individual, mendicants, arises in the world for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.“Ekapuggalo, bhikkhave, loke uppajjamāno uppajjati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ. What one individual?Katamo ekapuggalo? The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.Tathāgato arahaṁ sammāsambuddho. This is the one individual, mendicants, who arises in the world for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.”Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ekapuggalo loke uppajjamāno uppajjati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānan”ti.
171171
“The appearance of one individual, mendicants, is rare in the world.“Ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmiṁ. What one individual?Katamassa ekapuggalassa? The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.Tathāgatassa arahato sammāsambuddhassa. This is the one individual, mendicants, whose appearance is rare in the world.”Imassa kho, bhikkhave, ekapuggalassa pātubhāvo dullabho lokasmin”ti.
172172
“One individual, mendicants, arises in the world who is an incredible human being.“Ekapuggalo, bhikkhave, loke uppajjamāno uppajjati acchariyamanusso. What one individual?Katamo ekapuggalo? The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.Tathāgato arahaṁ sammāsambuddho. This is the one individual, mendicants, who arises in the world who is an incredible human being.”Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ekapuggalo loke uppajjamāno uppajjati acchariyamanusso”ti.
173173
“The death of one individual, mendicants, is regretted by many people.“Ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, kālakiriyā bahuno janassa anutappā hoti. What one individual?Katamassa ekapuggalassa? The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.Tathāgatassa arahato sammāsambuddhassa. This is the one individual, mendicants, whose death is regretted by many people.”Imassa kho, bhikkhave, ekapuggalassa kālakiriyā bahuno janassa anutappā hotī”ti.
174174
“One individual, mendicants, arises in the world unique, without peer or rival, incomparable, matchless, unrivaled, unequaled, without equal, the best of men.“Ekapuggalo, bhikkhave, loke uppajjamāno uppajjati adutiyo asahāyo appaṭimo appaṭisamo appaṭibhāgo appaṭipuggalo asamo asamasamo dvipadānaṁ aggo. What one individual?Katamo ekapuggalo? The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.Tathāgato arahaṁ sammāsambuddho. This is the one individual, mendicants, who arises in the world unique, without peer or rival, incomparable, matchless, unrivaled, unequaled, without equal, the best of men.”Ayaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ekapuggalo loke uppajjamāno uppajjati adutiyo asahāyo appaṭimo appaṭisamo appaṭibhāgo appaṭipuggalo asamo asamasamo dvipadānaṁ aggo”ti.
175–186175–186
“With the appearance of one individual, mendicants, there is the appearance of a great eye, a great light, a great radiance, and the six unsurpassable things; the realization of the four kinds of textual analysis; the penetration of many and diverse elements; the realization of the fruit of knowledge and freedom; the realization of the fruits of stream-entry, once-return, non-return, and perfection.“Ekapuggalassa, bhikkhave, pātubhāvā mahato cakkhussa pātubhāvo hoti, mahato ālokassa pātubhāvo hoti, mahato obhāsassa pātubhāvo hoti, channaṁ anuttariyānaṁ pātubhāvo hoti, catunnaṁ paṭisambhidānaṁ sacchikiriyā hoti, anekadhātupaṭivedho hoti, nānādhātupaṭivedho hoti, vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyā hoti, sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyā hoti, sakadāgāmiphalasacchikiriyā hoti, anāgāmiphalasacchikiriyā hoti, arahattaphalasacchikiriyā hoti. What one individual?Katamassa ekapuggalassa? The Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha.Tathāgatassa arahato sammāsambuddhassa. This is the one individual whose appearance brings the appearance of a great eye, a great light, a great radiance, and the six unsurpassable things; the realization of the four kinds of textual analysis; the penetration of many and diverse elements; the realization of the fruit of knowledge and freedom; the realization of the fruits of stream-entry, once-return, non-return, and perfection.”Imassa kho, bhikkhave, ekapuggalassa pātubhāvā mahato cakkhussa pātubhāvo hoti, mahato ālokassa pātubhāvo hoti, mahato obhāsassa pātubhāvo hoti, channaṁ anuttariyānaṁ pātubhāvo hoti, catunnaṁ paṭisambhidānaṁ sacchikiriyā hoti, anekadhātupaṭivedho hoti, nānādhātupaṭivedho hoti, vijjāvimuttiphalasacchikiriyā hoti, sotāpattiphalasacchikiriyā hoti, sakadāgāmiphalasacchikiriyā hoti, anāgāmiphalasacchikiriyā hoti, arahattaphalasacchikiriyā hotī”ti.
187187
“Mendicants, I do not see a single other individual who rightly keeps rolling the supreme Wheel of Dhamma that was rolled forth by the Realized One like Sāriputta.“Nāhaṁ, bhikkhave, aññaṁ ekapuggalampi samanupassāmi yo evaṁ tathāgatena anuttaraṁ dhammacakkaṁ pavattitaṁ sammadeva anuppavatteti yathayidaṁ, bhikkhave, sāriputto. Sāriputta rightly keeps rolling the supreme Wheel of Dhamma that was rolled forth by the Realized One.”Sāriputto, bhikkhave, tathāgatena anuttaraṁ dhammacakkaṁ pavattitaṁ sammadeva anuppavattetī”ti.