SĀ 768
Saṃyuktāgama杂阿含经
SA 768（七六八） 半
Thus have I heard: | 如是我闻： |
At one time the Buddha was staying at the Mountain Valley Monastery in Rājagṛha. | 一时，佛住王舍城山谷精舍。 |
At that time, Venerable Ānanda was alone in a quiet place, and he had this thought: "The half-brahmin practitioner refers to good friends, good companions, and good followers." ... The Buddha told Ānanda: "The pure and complete brahmin practitioner refers to good friends. Why is that? Because I am a good friend, I cause sentient beings to cultivate right view, based on seclusion, based on non-desire, based on cessation, and directed towards relinquishment, and so on, up to cultivating right concentration, based on seclusion, based on non-desire, based on cessation, and directed towards relinquishment." | 时，尊者阿难独一静处，作如是念：「半梵行者，谓善知识、善伴党、善随从。」乃至。佛告阿难：「纯一满净具梵行者，谓善知识。所以者何？我为善知识故，令诸众生修习正见，依远离、依无欲、依灭、向于舍，乃至修正定，依远离、依无欲、依灭、向于舍。」 |
Having spoken this sūtra, the Buddha finished what he had to say. Venerable Ānanda, having heard what the Buddha said, rejoiced and upheld it. | 佛说此经已，尊者阿难闻佛所说，欢喜奉行。 |
Translated from Chinese using Gemma-2-Mitra (Buddhist-NLP).
This is the classical Chinese root text of Saṃyuktāgama, a parallel to the Pali sutta(s) listed above. Source: CBETA (Taishō edition).