Training (1st)Paṭhamasikkhāsutta

“Mendicants, each fortnight over a hundred and fifty training rules come up for recitation, in which gentlemen who desire self-knowledge train.“Sādhikamidaṁ, bhikkhave, diyaḍḍhasikkhāpadasataṁ anvaddhamāsaṁ uddesaṁ āgacchati, yattha attakāmā kulaputtā sikkhanti. These are all included in the three trainings.Tisso imā, bhikkhave, sikkhā yatthetaṁ sabbaṁ samodhānaṁ gacchati. What three?Katamā tisso? The training in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom.Adhisīlasikkhā, adhicittasikkhā adhipaññāsikkhā— These are the three trainings that include them all.imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso sikkhā, yatthetaṁ sabbaṁ samodhānaṁ gacchati.

Take the case of a mendicant who has fulfilled their ethics, but has limited immersion and wisdom.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlesu paripūrakārī hoti samādhismiṁ mattaso kārī paññāya mattaso kārī. They break some lesser and minor training rules, but are restored.So yāni tāni khuddānukhuddakāni sikkhāpadāni tāni āpajjatipi vuṭṭhātipi. Why is that?Taṁ kissa hetu? Because I don’t say they’re incapable of that.Na hi mettha, bhikkhave, abhabbatā vuttā. But they’re constant and steady in their precepts regarding the training rules that are fundamental, befitting the spiritual path. They keep the rules they’ve undertaken.Yāni ca kho tāni sikkhāpadāni ādibrahmacariyakāni brahmacariyasāruppāni, tattha dhuvasīlo ca hoti ṭhitasīlo ca, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu. With the ending of three fetters they’re a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, assured, destined for awakening.So tiṇṇaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā sotāpanno hoti avinipātadhammo niyato sambodhiparāyaṇo.

Take another case of a mendicant who has fulfilled their ethics, but has limited immersion and wisdom.Idha pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlesu paripūrakārī hoti samādhismiṁ mattaso kārī paññāya mattaso kārī. They break some lesser and minor training rules, but are restored.So yāni tāni khuddānukhuddakāni sikkhāpadāni tāni āpajjatipi vuṭṭhātipi. Why is that?Taṁ kissa hetu? Because I don’t say they’re incapable of that.Na hi mettha, bhikkhave, abhabbatā vuttā. But they’re constant and steady in their precepts regarding the training rules that are fundamental, befitting the spiritual path. They keep the rules they’ve undertaken.Yāni ca kho tāni sikkhāpadāni ādibrahmacariyakāni brahmacariyasāruppāni tattha dhuvasīlo ca hoti ṭhitasīlo ca, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu. With the ending of three fetters, and the weakening of greed, hate, and delusion, they’re a once-returner. They come back to this world once only, then make an end of suffering.So tiṇṇaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā rāgadosamohānaṁ tanuttā sakadāgāmī hoti, sakideva imaṁ lokaṁ āgantvā dukkhassantaṁ karoti.

Take another case of a mendicant who has fulfilled their ethics and immersion, but has limited wisdom.Idha pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlesu paripūrakārī hoti samādhismiṁ paripūrakārī paññāya mattaso kārī. They break some lesser and minor training rules, but are restored.So yāni tāni khuddānukhuddakāni sikkhāpadāni tāni āpajjatipi vuṭṭhātipi. Why is that?Taṁ kissa hetu? Because I don’t say they’re incapable of that.Na hi mettha, bhikkhave, abhabbatā vuttā. But they’re constant and steady in their precepts regarding the training rules that are fundamental, befitting the spiritual path. They keep the rules they’ve undertaken.Yāni ca kho tāni sikkhāpadāni ādibrahmacariyakāni brahmacariyasāruppāni tattha dhuvasīlo ca hoti ṭhitasīlo ca, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu. With the ending of the five lower fetters they’re reborn spontaneously. They are extinguished there, and are not liable to return from that world.So pañcannaṁ orambhāgiyānaṁ saṁyojanānaṁ parikkhayā opapātiko hoti tattha parinibbāyī anāvattidhammo tasmā lokā.

Take another case of a mendicant who has fulfilled their ethics, immersion, and wisdom.Idha pana, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlesu paripūrakārī hoti samādhismiṁ paripūrakārī paññāya paripūrakārī. They break some lesser and minor training rules, but are restored.So yāni tāni khuddānukhuddakāni sikkhāpadāni tāni āpajjatipi vuṭṭhātipi. Why is that?Taṁ kissa hetu? Because I don’t say they’re incapable of that.Na hi mettha, bhikkhave, abhabbatā vuttā. But they’re constant and steady in their precepts regarding the training rules that are fundamental, befitting the spiritual path. They keep the rules they’ve undertaken.Yāni ca kho tāni sikkhāpadāni ādibrahmacariyakāni brahmacariyasāruppāni tattha dhuvasīlo ca hoti ṭhitasīlo ca, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu. They realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And they live having realized it with their own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.So āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.

So, mendicants, if you practice partially you succeed partially. If you practice fully you succeed fully.Iti kho, bhikkhave, padesaṁ padesakārī ārādheti paripūraṁ paripūrakārī. But in any case, these training rules are not barren, I say.”Avañjhāni tvevāhaṁ, bhikkhave, sikkhāpadāni vadāmī”ti.