The Longer Discourse With Vacchagotta
☸ Efficacy & Blessings
The Udana scriptures contain the inspired utterances of the Buddha. Regularly chanting or listening to these suttas brings immense spiritual blessings, purifies the mind, and invites profound peace and wisdom into one’s life.
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Evaṁ me sutaṁ ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe.
Atha kho vacchagotto paribbājako yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.
Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: dīgharattāhaṁ bhotā gotamena sahakathī.
Sādhu me bhavaṁ gotamo saṅkhittena kusalākusalaṁ desetūti. Saṅkhittenapi kho te ahaṁ, vaccha, kusalākusalaṁ deseyyaṁ, vitthārenapi kho te ahaṁ, vaccha, kusalākusalaṁ deseyyaṁ;
api ca te ahaṁ, vaccha, saṅkhittena kusalākusalaṁ desessāmi. Taṁ suṇāhi, sādhukaṁ manasi karohi, bhāsissāmīti.
Evaṁ, bhoti kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavato paccassosi. Bhagavā etadavoca: Lobho kho, vaccha, akusalaṁ, alobho kusalaṁ; doso kho, vaccha, akusalaṁ, adoso kusalaṁ;
moho kho, vaccha, akusalaṁ, amoho kusalaṁ. Iti kho, vaccha, ime tayo dhammā akusalā, tayo dhammā kusalā.
Pāṇātipāto kho, vaccha, akusalaṁ, pāṇātipātā veramaṇī kusalaṁ; adinnādānaṁ kho, vaccha, akusalaṁ, adinnādānā veramaṇī kusalaṁ;
kāmesumicchācāro kho, vaccha, akusalaṁ, kāmesumicchācārā veramaṇī kusalaṁ; musāvādo kho, vaccha, akusalaṁ, musāvādā veramaṇī kusalaṁ;
pisuṇā vācā kho, vaccha, akusalaṁ, pisuṇāya vācāya veramaṇī kusalaṁ; pharusā vācā kho, vaccha, akusalaṁ, pharusāya vācāya veramaṇī kusalaṁ;…