42: The Attributes of the Three Treasures – 1742
ñāyappaṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho,
sāmīcippaṭipanno Bhagavato sāvaka-saṅgho.
Yad-idaṁ cattāri purisayugāni, aṭṭha-purisa puggalā,
esa Bhagavato sāvakasaṅgho
āhuneyyo pāhuneyyo
dakkhiṇeyyo añjalīkaraṇīyo
anuttaraṁ puññakhettaṁ lokassa.
The Fortunate One’s Saṅgha of disciples are good in their practice, the
Fortunate One’s Saṅgha of disciples are straight in their practice, the
Fortunate One’s Saṅgha of disciples are systematic in their practice, the
Fortunate One’s Saṅgha of disciples are correct in their practice, that is to
say, the four pairs of persons, the eight individual persons, this is the
Fortunate One’s Saṅgha of disciples, they are worthy of offerings, of
hospitality, of gifts, and of reverential salutation, they are an unsurpassed
field of merit for the world.
1. The Saṅgha of the disciples of the Buddha, the eight classes of the noble
Saṅgha (
ariya-saṅgha
) take up the monastic practice well and hence are good in
their practice (
suppaṭipanna
).
2. The Saṅgha of the noble disciples of the Buddha are endowed with straight-
forward uprightness (
ujuppaṭipanna
) because they follow the straight and
middle way.
3. The Saṅgha of the noble disciples of the Buddha strive to attain Nibbāna,
hence they are systematic in their practice (
ñāyappaṭippanna
).
4. The Saṅgha of the noble disciples of the Buddha are endowed with correctness
of practice, being ashamed to do evil and they abhor evil, being always mindful,
and controlling their conduct, even being prepared to die rather than lose
morality, hence they are correct in their practice (
sāmīcippaṭipanna
).
The disciples of the Buddha, the noble Saṅgha (
ariya-saṅgha
) consisting of the
eight categories of disciples in four pairs. These really great persons:
5. Are worthy of receiving offerings brought even from afar (
āhuneyya
),
6. Are worthy of receiving offerings specially set aside for special guests
(
pāhuneyya
),
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