{"id":"an4.176","title":"Aspiration","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"an4.176","title":"Aspiration","units":[{"id":"an4.176:0","sourceIds":["an4.176:0.1","an4.176:0.2","an4.176:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.176\n18. Sañcetaniyavagga\nĀyācanasutta","en":"Numbered Discourses 4.176\n18. Intention\nAspiration"}},{"id":"an4.176:1","sourceIds":["an4.176:1.1","an4.176:1.2","an4.176:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu evaṁ sammā āyācamāno āyāceyya:\n‘tādiso homi yādisā sāriputtamoggallānā’ti.\nEsā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvakānaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ, yadidaṁ sāriputtamoggallānā.","en":"“Mendicants, a faithful monk would rightly aspire:\n‘May I be like Sāriputta and Moggallāna!’\nThese are a standard and a measure for my monk disciples, that is, Sāriputta and Moggallāna."}},{"id":"an4.176:2","sourceIds":["an4.176:2.1","an4.176:2.2","an4.176:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhā, bhikkhave, bhikkhunī evaṁ sammā āyācamānā āyāceyya:\n‘tādisā homi yādisā khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā cā’ti.\nEsā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvikānaṁ bhikkhunīnaṁ, yadidaṁ khemā ca bhikkhunī uppalavaṇṇā ca.","en":"A faithful nun would rightly aspire:\n‘May I be like the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā!’\nThese are a standard and a measure for my nun disciples, that is, the nuns Khemā and Uppalavaṇṇā."}},{"id":"an4.176:3","sourceIds":["an4.176:3.1","an4.176:3.2","an4.176:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddho, bhikkhave, upāsako evaṁ sammā āyācamāno āyāceyya:\n‘tādiso homi yādiso citto ca gahapati hatthako ca āḷavako’ti.\nEsā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvakānaṁ upāsakānaṁ, yadidaṁ citto ca gahapati hatthako ca āḷavako.","en":"A faithful layman would rightly aspire:\n‘May I be like the householder Citta and Hatthaka of Āḷavī!’\nThese are a standard and a measure for my male lay disciples, that is, the householder Citta and Hatthaka of Āḷavī."}},{"id":"an4.176:4","sourceIds":["an4.176:4.1","an4.176:4.2","an4.176:4.3","an4.176:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhā, bhikkhave, upāsikā evaṁ sammā āyācamānā āyāceyya:\n‘tādisā homi yādisā khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā’ti.\nEsā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṁ pamāṇaṁ mama sāvikānaṁ upāsikānaṁ, yadidaṁ khujjuttarā ca upāsikā veḷukaṇḍakiyā ca nandamātā”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"A faithful laywoman would rightly aspire:\n‘May I be like the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother!’\nThese are a standard and a measure for my female lay disciples, that is, the laywomen Khujjuttarā and Veḷukaṇṭakī, Nanda’s mother.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.176/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}