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So It Was Said · Iti 86

  • So It Was Said 86Itivuttaka 86
  • The Book of the ThreesTikanipāta
  • Chapter FourCatutthavagga

Practicing In Line With the TeachingDhammānudhammapaṭipannasutta

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

“Regarding a mendicant practicing in line with the teaching, it is in line with the teaching to declare that“Dhammānudhammapaṭipannassa bhikkhuno ayamanudhammo hoti veyyākaraṇāya— this is what it means to practice in line with the teaching. When speaking, they speak on the teaching, not against it. When thinking, they think on the teaching, not against it. And rejecting both, they meditate staying equanimous, mindful and aware.”dhammānudhammapaṭipannoyanti bhāsamāno dhammaññeva bhāsati no adhammaṁ, vitakkayamāno vā dhammavitakkaññeva vitakketi no adhammavitakkaṁ, tadubhayaṁ vā pana abhinivejjetvā upekkhako viharati sato sampajāno”ti.

The Buddha spoke this matter.Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. On this it is said:Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Delighting in the teaching, enjoying the teaching,“Dhammārāmo dhammarato, contemplating the teaching,dhammaṁ anuvicintayaṁ; a mendicant who recollects the teachingDhammaṁ anussaraṁ bhikkhu, doesn’t fall away from the true teaching.saddhammā na parihāyati.

Whether walking or standing,Caraṁ vā yadi vā tiṭṭhaṁ, sitting or lying down,nisinno uda vā sayaṁ; with mind collected inside,Ajjhattaṁ samayaṁ cittaṁ, they attain only peace.”santimevādhigacchatī”ti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. DN 16 The Great Discourse on the Buddha’s Extinguishment 0.53near 0.1“Mendicants, I will teach you the four great references. Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.” “Yes, sir,” they replied. The Buddha said this: “Take a mendicant who says: ‘Reverend, I have heard and learned thi…
  2. DN 29 An Impressive Discourse 0.51near 0.1But you don’t practice in line with that teaching, you don’t practice following that procedure, you don’t live in line with the teaching. You proceed having turned away from that teaching.’ In such a case the teacher and…