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☸ 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 sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
Tena kho pana samayena jāṇussoṇi brāhmaṇo sabbasetena vaḷavābhirathena sāvatthiyā niyyāti divādivassa.
Addasā kho jāṇussoṇi brāhmaṇo pilotikaṁ paribbājakaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ. Disvāna pilotikaṁ paribbājakaṁ etadavoca: Handa kuto nu bhavaṁ vacchāyano āgacchati divādivassāti?
Ito hi kho ahaṁ, bho, āgacchāmi samaṇassa gotamassa santikāti. Taṁ kiṁ maññati bhavaṁ vacchāyano samaṇassa gotamassa paññāveyyattiyaṁ paṇḍito maññeti.
Ko cāhaṁ, bho, ko ca samaṇassa gotamassa paññāveyyattiyaṁ jānissāmi. Sopi nūnassa tādisova yo samaṇassa gotamassa paññāveyyattiyaṁ jāneyyāti.
Uḷārāya khalu bhavaṁ vacchāyano samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ pasaṁsāya pasaṁsatīti. Ko cāhaṁ, bho, ko ca samaṇaṁ gotamaṁ pasaṁsissāmi, pasatthapasatthova so bhavaṁ gotamo seṭṭho devamanussānanti.
Kaṁ pana bhavaṁ vacchāyano atthavasaṁ sampassamāno samaṇe gotame evaṁ abhippasannoti? Seyyathāpi, bho, kusalo nāgavaniko nāgavanaṁ paviseyya.
So passeyya nāgavane mahantaṁ hatthipadaṁ, dīghato ca āyataṁ, tiriyañca vitthataṁ.
So niṭṭhaṁ gaccheyya: mahā vata bho nāgoti. Evameva kho ahaṁ, bho, yato addasaṁ samaṇe gotame cattāri padāni athāhaṁ niṭṭhamagamaṁ:
sammāsambuddho bhagavā, svākkhāto bhagavatā dhammo, suppaṭipanno bhagavato sāvakasaṅghoti….