Aṅguttara Nikāya 1
Translators: sujato
Numbered Discourses 1.140–149
11. Adhammavagga
The Chapter on Not the Teaching
140
“Ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū adhammaṁ adhammoti dīpenti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujanahitāya paṭipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.
“Mendicants, those mendicants who explain what is not the teaching as not the teaching are acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.
Bahuñca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū puññaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ ṭhapentī”ti.
They create much merit and make the true teaching continue.”
Paṭhamaṁ.
141
“Ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū dhammaṁ dhammoti dīpenti te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujanahitāya paṭipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.
“Mendicants, those mendicants who explain what is the teaching as the teaching are acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.
Bahuñca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū puññaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ ṭhapentī”ti.
They create much merit and make the true teaching continue.”
Dutiyaṁ.
142–149
“Ye te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū avinayaṁ avinayoti dīpenti …pe… vinayaṁ vinayoti dīpenti …pe… abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatena abhāsitaṁ alapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatena bhāsitaṁ lapitaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… anāciṇṇaṁ tathāgatena anāciṇṇaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… āciṇṇaṁ tathāgatena āciṇṇaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… apaññattaṁ tathāgatena apaññattaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti …pe… paññattaṁ tathāgatena paññattaṁ tathāgatenāti dīpenti;
“Those mendicants who explain what is not found in the monastic law as not found in the monastic law … what is found in the monastic law as found in the monastic law … what was not spoken and stated by the Realized One as not spoken and stated by the Realized One … what was spoken and stated by the Realized One as spoken and stated by the Realized One … what was not practiced by the Realized One as not practiced by the Realized One … what was practiced by the Realized One as practiced by the Realized One … what was not prescribed by the Realized One as not prescribed by the Realized One … what was prescribed by the Realized One as prescribed by the Realized One …
te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū bahujanahitāya paṭipannā bahujanasukhāya, bahuno janassa atthāya hitāya sukhāya devamanussānaṁ.
are acting for the welfare and happiness of the people, for the benefit, welfare, and happiness of gods and humans.
Bahuñca te, bhikkhave, bhikkhū puññaṁ pasavanti, te cimaṁ saddhammaṁ ṭhapentī”ti.
They create much merit and make the true teaching continue.”
Dasamaṁ.
Adhammavaggo ekādasamo.