7: The Book of the Sevens
79. An Expert in the Discipline is Resplendent (1)
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
"Bhikkhus, possessing seven qualities, an expert in the discipline is resplendent. What seven?
"(1) He knows what is an offense. (2) He knows what is not an offense. (3) He knows what is a light offense. (4) He knows what is a grave offense. (5) He is virtuous; he dwells restrained by the Pāṭimokkha, possessed of good conduct and resort, seeing danger in minute faults. Having undertaken the training rules, he trains in them. (6) He is one who gains at will, without trouble or difficulty, the four jhānas that constitute the higher mind and are pleasant dwellings in this very life. (7) With the destruction of the taints, he has realized for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life, the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom, and having entered upon it, he dwells in it.
Possessing these seven qualities, an expert in the discipline is resplendent." [n.1605] I follow Be in reading simply vinayadharo rather than bhikkhu vinayadharo in 7:79–82. Ce has bhikkhu vinayadharo in 7:79 and 7:80, opening statement, and just vinayadharo in 7:80, closing statement, and in 7:81–82. Ee has bhikkhu vinayadharo in 7:79 (= Ee lxxv) and just vinayadharo in 7:80–82 (= Ee lxxvi–lxxviii).
1"Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato vinayadharo sobhati. Katamehi sattahi?
Āpattiṁ jānāti, anāpattiṁ jānāti, lahukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti, garukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti, sīlavā hoti … pe … samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu, catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ ābhicetasikānaṁ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, āsavānaṁ khayā … pe … sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato vinayadharo sobhatī"ti.
Pañcamaṁ.
