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From:
Saį¹yutta NikÄya 55.11 Linked Discourses 55.11
2. RÄjakÄrÄmavagga 2. The Royal Monastery
Sahassabhikkhunisaį¹
ghasutta A Saį¹
gha of a Thousand Nuns
Ekaį¹ samayaį¹ bhagavÄ sÄvatthiyaį¹ viharati rÄjakÄrÄme. At one time the Buddha was staying near SÄvatthÄ« in the Royal Monastery.
Atha kho sahassabhikkhunisaį¹
gho yena bhagavÄ tenupasaį¹
kami; upasaį¹
kamitvÄ bhagavantaį¹ abhivÄdetvÄ ekamantaį¹ aį¹į¹hÄsi. Ekamantaį¹ į¹hitÄ kho tÄ bhikkhuniyo bhagavÄ etadavoca: Then a Saį¹
gha of a thousand nuns went up to the Buddha, bowed, and stood to one side. The Buddha said to them:
āCatÅ«hi kho, bhikkhuniyo, dhammehi samannÄgato ariyasÄvako sotÄpanno hoti avinipÄtadhammo niyato sambodhiparÄyaį¹o. āNuns, a noble disciple who has four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.
Katamehi catūhi? What four?
Idha, bhikkhuniyo, ariyasÄvako buddhe aveccappasÄdena samannÄgato hotiāItās when a noble disciple has experiential confidence in the Buddha ā¦
itipi so bhagavÄ ā¦peā¦ satthÄ devamanussÄnaį¹ buddho bhagavÄti.
Dhamme ā¦peā¦ the teaching ā¦
saį¹
ghe ā¦peā¦ the Saį¹
gha ā¦
ariyakantehi sÄ«lehi samannÄgato hoti, akhaį¹įøehi ā¦peā¦ samÄdhisaį¹vattanikehi. And they have the ethical conduct loved by the noble ones ā¦ leading to immersion.
Imehi kho, bhikkhuniyo, catÅ«hi dhammehi samannÄgato ariyasÄvako sotÄpanno hoti avinipÄtadhammo niyato sambodhiparÄyaį¹oāti. A noble disciple who has these four things is a stream-enterer, not liable to be reborn in the underworld, bound for awakening.ā
Paį¹hamaį¹.