Dhammassavanasutta Listening to the Teaching Dhammassavanasutta → dhammasavaṇasuttaṁ (bj) “Pañcime, bhikkhave, ānisaṁsā dhammassavane. “Mendicants, there are these five benefits of listening to the teaching. dhammassavane → dhammasavaṇe (bj) Katame pañca? What five? Assutaṁ suṇāti, sutaṁ pariyodāpeti, kaṅkhaṁ vitarati, diṭṭhiṁ ujuṁ karoti, cittamassa pasīdati. You learn new things, clarify what you’ve learned, get over uncertainty, correct your views, and inspire confidence in your mind. vitarati → vihanati (sya-all, km, pts1ed, mr) " Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ānisaṁsā dhammassavane”ti. These are the five benefits of listening to the teaching.” " Dutiyaṁ. "
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco bherisaddampi savanāya gacchati, vīṇāsaddampi savanāya gacchati, gītasaddampi savanāya gacchati, uccāvacaṁ vā pana savanāya gacchati, samaṇassa vā brāhmaṇassa vā micchādiṭṭhikassa micchāpaṭipannassa dhammassavanāya gacchati. Some people go to hear the sound of drums, arched harps, singing, or a diverse spectrum of sounds; or ascetics and brahmins of wrong view and wrong practice. bherisaddampi → bherisaddassapi (mr) Atthetaṁ, bhikkhave, savanaṁ; netaṁ natthīti vadāmi. There is such a hearing, I don’t deny it. Tañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, savanaṁ hīnaṁ gammaṁ pothujjanikaṁ anariyaṁ anatthasaṁhitaṁ, na nibbidāya na virāgāya na nirodhāya na upasamāya na abhiññāya na sambodhāya na nibbānāya saṁvattati. That hearing … doesn’t lead to extinguishment. Yo ca kho, bhikkhave, tathāgatassa vā tathāgatasāvakassa vā dhammassavanāya gacchati niviṭṭhasaddho niviṭṭhapemo ekantagato abhippasanno, etadānuttariyaṁ, bhikkhave, savanānaṁ sattānaṁ visuddhiyā sokaparidevānaṁ samatikkamāya dukkhadomanassānaṁ atthaṅgamāya ñāyassa adhigamāya nibbānassa sacchikiriyāya, yadidaṁ tathāgatassa vā tathāgatasāvakassa vā dhammassavanāya gacchati niviṭṭhasaddho niviṭṭhapemo ekantagato abhippasanno. The unsurpassable hearing is when someone with settled faith and love, sure and devoted, goes to hear the teaching of a Realized One or one of his disciples. … Idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, savanānuttariyaṁ. This is called the unsurpassable hearing. Iti dassanānuttariyaṁ, savanānuttariyaṁ. Such is the unsurpassable seeing and hearing. Lābhānuttariyañca kathaṁ hoti? But what of the unsurpassable acquisition?
Chayime, ānanda, ānisaṁsā kālena dhammassavane kālena atthupaparikkhāya. Ānanda, there are these six benefits to hearing the teaching at the right time and examining the meaning at the right time. dhammassavane → dhammasavaṇe (bj); dhammasavane (sya-all, pts1ed) Katame cha? What six? Idhānanda, bhikkhuno pañcahi orambhāgiyehi saṁyojanehi cittaṁ avimuttaṁ hoti. Firstly, take the case of a mendicant whose mind is not freed from the five lower fetters. So tamhi samaye maraṇakāle labhati tathāgataṁ dassanāya. At the time of death they get to see the Realized One. Ime kho, ānanda, cha ānisaṁsā kālena dhammassavane kālena atthupaparikkhāyā”ti. These are the six benefits to hearing the teaching at the right time and examining the meaning at the right time.” " Dutiyaṁ. "