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Numbered Discourses · AN 4.29

  • Numbered Discourses 4.29Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.29
  • 3. At Uruvelā3. Uruvelavagga

Footprints of the DhammaDhammapadasutta

“Mendicants, these four footprints of the Dhamma are primordial, long-standing, customary, and traditional. They are uncorrupted, as they have been since the beginning. They’re not being corrupted now nor will they be. Sensible ascetics and brahmins don’t look down on them.“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, dhammapadāni aggaññāni rattaññāni vaṁsaññāni porāṇāni asaṅkiṇṇāni asaṅkiṇṇapubbāni, na saṅkīyanti na saṅkīyissanti, appaṭikuṭṭhāni samaṇehi brāhmaṇehi viññūhi. What four?Katamāni cattāri? Contentment, good will, right mindfulness, and right immersion.Anabhijjhā, bhikkhave, dhammapadaṁ aggaññaṁ rattaññaṁ vaṁsaññaṁ porāṇaṁ asaṅkiṇṇaṁ asaṅkiṇṇapubbaṁ, na saṅkīyati na saṅkīyissati, appaṭikuṭṭhaṁ samaṇehi brāhmaṇehi viññūhi.

These four footprints of the Dhamma are primordial, long-standing, customary, and traditional. They are uncorrupted, as they have been since the beginning. They’re not being corrupted now nor will they be. Sensible ascetics and brahmins don’t look down on them.Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri dhammapadāni aggaññāni rattaññāni vaṁsaññāni porāṇāni asaṅkiṇṇāni asaṅkiṇṇapubbāni, na saṅkīyanti na saṅkīyissanti, appaṭikuṭṭhāni samaṇehi brāhmaṇehi viññūhīti.

You should live with contentment,Anabhijjhālu vihareyya, and a heart of good will,abyāpannena cetasā; mindful, with unified mind,Sato ekaggacittassa, serene within.”ajjhattaṁ susamāhito”ti.

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