• Numbered Discourses 6.120–139 Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.120–139
  • 12. The Ascetic Life 12. Sāmaññavagga

About Bhallika, Etc. Bhallikādisutta

“Mendicants, having six qualities the householders Bhallika … “Chahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhalliko gahapati …pe… Sudatta Anāthapiṇḍika … sudatto gahapati anāthapiṇḍiko … Citta of Macchikāsaṇḍa … citto gahapati macchikāsaṇḍiko … Hatthaka of Āḷavī … hatthako āḷavako … Mahānāma the Sakyan … mahānāmo sakko … Ugga of Vesālī … uggo gahapati vesāliko … Uggata … uggato gahapati … Sūrambaṭṭha … sūrambaṭṭho … Jīvaka Komārabhacca … jīvako komārabhacco … Nakula’s father … nakulapitā gahapati … Tavakaṇṇika … tavakaṇṇiko gahapati … Pūraṇa … pūraṇo gahapati … Isidatta … isidatto gahapati … Sandhāna … sandhāno gahapati … Vijaya … vicayo gahapati … Vijayamāhita … vijayamāhiko gahapati … Meṇḍaka … meṇḍako gahapati … the lay followers Vāseṭṭha … vāseṭṭho upāsako … Ariṭṭha … ariṭṭho upāsako … and Sāragga are certain about the Realized One, see freedom from death and live having realized freedom from death. sāraggo upāsako tathāgate niṭṭhaṅgato amataddaso amataṁ sacchikatvā iriyati. What six? Katamehi chahi? Experiential confidence in the Buddha, the teaching, and the Saṅgha, and noble ethics, knowledge, and freedom. Buddhe aveccappasādena, dhamme aveccappasādena, saṅghe aveccappasādena, ariyena sīlena, ariyena ñāṇena, ariyāya vimuttiyā. Having these six qualities the lay follower Sāragga is certain about the Realized One, sees freedom from death and lives having realized freedom from death.” Imehi kho, bhikkhave, chahi dhammehi samannāgato sāraggo upāsako tathāgate niṭṭhaṅgato amataddaso amataṁ sacchikatvā iriyatī”ti.

Tevīsatimaṁ.

Sāmaññavaggo dvādasamo.