{"id":"iti84","title":"For the Welfare of the People","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"iti84","title":"For the Welfare of the People","units":[{"id":"iti84:0","sourceIds":["iti84:0.1","iti84:0.2","iti84:0.3","iti84:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itivuttaka 84\nTikanipāta\nCatutthavagga\nBahujanahitasutta","en":"So It Was Said 84\nThe Book of the Threes\nChapter Four\nFor the Welfare of the People"}},{"id":"iti84:1","sourceIds":["iti84:1.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:","en":"This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard."}},{"id":"iti84:2","sourceIds":["iti84:2.1","iti84:2.2","iti84:2.3","iti84:2.4","iti84:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tayome puggalā loke uppajjamānā uppajjanti bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.\nKatame tayo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho vijjācaraṇasampanno sugato lokavidū anuttaro purisadammasārathi satthā devamanussānaṁ buddho bhagavā.\nSo dhammaṁ deseti ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ, kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāseti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo puggalo loke uppajjamāno uppajjati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.","en":"“These three individuals, mendicants, arise in the world for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.\nWhat three?\nIt’s when a Realized One arises in the world, perfected, a fully awakened Buddha, accomplished in knowledge and conduct, holy, knower of the world, supreme guide for those fit for training, teacher of gods and humans, awakened, blessed.\nHe teaches Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And he reveals a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.\nThis is the first individual who arises in the world for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans."}},{"id":"iti84:3","sourceIds":["iti84:3.1","iti84:3.2","iti84:3.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, tasseva satthu sāvako arahaṁ hoti khīṇāsavo vusitavā katakaraṇīyo ohitabhāro anuppattasadattho parikkhīṇabhavasaṁyojano sammadaññāvimutto.\nSo dhammaṁ deseti ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ, kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāseti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo puggalo loke uppajjamāno uppajjati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.","en":"Furthermore, it’s when a mendicant is a perfected one, with defilements ended, who has completed the spiritual journey, done what had to be done, laid down the burden, achieved their heart’s goal, utterly ended the fetter of continued existence, and is rightly freed through enlightenment.\nThey teach Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And they reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.\nThis is the second individual who arises in the world for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans."}},{"id":"iti84:4","sourceIds":["iti84:4.1","iti84:4.2","iti84:4.3","iti84:4.4","iti84:4.5","iti84:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, tasseva satthu sāvako sekho hoti pāṭipado bahussuto sīlavatūpapanno.\nSopi dhammaṁ deseti ādikalyāṇaṁ majjhekalyāṇaṁ pariyosānakalyāṇaṁ sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ, kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ pakāseti.\nAyaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo puggalo loke uppajjamāno uppajjati bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.\nIme kho, bhikkhave, tayo puggalā loke uppajjamānā uppajjanti bahujanahitāya bahujanasukhāya lokānukampāya atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānan”ti.\nEtamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.\nTatthetaṁ iti vuccati:","en":"Furthermore, it’s when a disciple of that Teacher is a trainee, a learned practitioner with precepts and observances intact.\nThey teach Dhamma that’s good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased. And they reveal a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure.\nThis is the third individual who arises in the world for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.\nThese are the three individuals who arise in the world for the welfare and happiness of the people, out of sympathy for the world, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.”\nThe Buddha spoke this matter.\nOn this it is said:"}},{"id":"iti84:5","sourceIds":["iti84:5.1","iti84:5.2","iti84:5.3","iti84:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Satthā hi loke paṭhamo mahesi,\nTassanvayo sāvako bhāvitatto;\nAthāparo pāṭipadopi sekho,\nBahussuto sīlavatūpapanno.","en":"“The Teacher is the first, the great seer,\nfollowing whom is the evolved disciple,\nand then a trainee, a practitioner,\nlearned, with precepts and observances intact."}},{"id":"iti84:6","sourceIds":["iti84:6.1","iti84:6.2","iti84:6.3","iti84:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ete tayo devamanussaseṭṭhā,\nPabhaṅkarā dhammamudīrayantā;\nApāpuranti amatassa dvāraṁ,\nYogā pamocenti bahujjanaṁ te.","en":"These three are first among gods and humans,\nbeacons proclaiming the teaching!\nThey fling open the door to freedom from death,\nfreeing many from yokes."}},{"id":"iti84:7","sourceIds":["iti84:7.1","iti84:7.2","iti84:7.3","iti84:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye satthavāhena anuttarena,\nSudesitaṁ maggamanukkamanti;\nIdheva dukkhassa karonti antaṁ,\nYe appamattā sugatassa sāsane”ti.","en":"Following the path so well taught\nby the unsurpassed caravan leader,\nthose who are diligent in the Holy One’s teaching\nmake an end of suffering in this very life.”"}},{"id":"iti84:8","sourceIds":["iti84:8.1","iti84:8.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.\nPañcamaṁ.","en":"This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/iti84/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."}