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            "text": "Linked Discourses 8.7\n1. With Vaṅgīsa\nThe Invitation to Admonish\nAt one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother in the Eastern Monastery, together with a large Saṅgha of around five hundred monks, all of whom were perfected ones.\nNow, at that time it was the sabbath—the full moon on the fifteenth day—and the Buddha was sitting in the open surrounded by the Saṅgha of monks for the invitation to admonish.\nThen the Buddha looked around the Saṅgha of monks, who were silent. He addressed them:\n“Come now, monks, I invite you all:\nIs there anything I’ve done by way of body or speech that you would criticize?”\nWhen he had spoken, Venerable Sāriputta rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and said:\n“There is nothing, sir, that you’ve done by way of body or speech that we would criticize.\nFor the Blessed One gave rise to the unarisen path, gave birth to the unborn path, and explained the unexplained path. He is the knower of the path, the discoverer of the path, the expert on the path.\nAnd now the disciples live following the path; they acquire it later.\nAnd sir, I invite the Blessed One.\nIs there anything I’ve done by way of body or speech that you would criticize?”\n“There is nothing, Sāriputta, that you’ve done by way of body or speech that I would criticize.\nSāriputta, you are astute. You have great wisdom, widespread wisdom, laughing wisdom, swift wisdom, sharp wisdom, penetrating wisdom.\nA wheel-turning monarch’s oldest son rightly keeps wielding the power set in motion by his father.\nIn the same way, Sāriputta rightly keeps rolling the supreme Wheel of Dhamma that was rolled forth by me.”\n“Since it seems I have done nothing worthy of the Blessed One’s criticism,\nis there anything these five hundred monks have done by way of body or speech that you would criticize?”\n“There is nothing, Sāriputta, that these five hundred monks have done by way of body or speech that I would criticize.\nFor of these five hundred monks, sixty have the three knowledges, sixty have the six direct knowledges, sixty are freed both ways, and the rest are freed by wisdom.”\nThen Venerable Vaṅgīsa rose from his seat, arranged his robe over one shoulder, raised his cupped palms toward the Buddha, and said,\n“I feel inspired to speak, Blessed One! I feel inspired to speak, Holy One!”\n“Then speak as you feel inspired,” said the Buddha.\nThen Vaṅgīsa extolled the Buddha in his presence with fitting verses:\n“Today, on the fifteenth day sabbath,\nfive hundred monks have gathered together <j>to purify their precepts.\nThese untroubled sages <j>have cut off their fetters and bonds,\nthey will not be reborn again.\nJust as a wheel-turning monarch\nsurrounded by ministers\ntravels all around this\nland girt by sea.\nSo disciples with the three knowledges,\nconquerors of death,\nrevere the winner of the battle,\nthe unsurpassed caravan leader.\nAll are sons of the Blessed One—\nthere is no rubbish here.\nI bow to the Kinsman of the Sun,\ndestroyer of the dart of craving.”",
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            "text": "Saṁyutta Nikāya 8.7\n1. Vaṅgīsavagga\nPavāraṇāsutta\nEkaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati pubbārāme migāramātupāsāde mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṁ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi sabbeheva arahantehi.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā tadahuposathe pannarase pavāraṇāya bhikkhusaṅghaparivuto abbhokāse nisinno hoti.\nAtha kho bhagavā tuṇhībhūtaṁ bhikkhusaṅghaṁ anuviloketvā bhikkhū āmantesi:\n“handa dāni, bhikkhave, pavāremi vo.\nNa ca me kiñci garahatha kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā”ti.\nEvaṁ vutte, āyasmā sāriputto uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“na kho mayaṁ, bhante, bhagavato kiñci garahāma kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā.\nBhagavā hi, bhante, anuppannassa maggassa uppādetā, asañjātassa maggassa sañjanetā, anakkhātassa maggassa akkhātā, maggaññū maggavidū maggakovido.\nMaggānugā ca, bhante, etarahi sāvakā viharanti pacchā samannāgatā;\nahañca kho, bhante, bhagavantaṁ pavāremi.\nNa ca me bhagavā kiñci garahati kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā”ti.\n“Na khvāhaṁ te, sāriputta, kiñci garahāmi kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā.\nPaṇḍito tvaṁ, sāriputta, mahāpañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, puthupañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, hāsapañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, javanapañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, tikkhapañño tvaṁ, sāriputta, nibbedhikapañño tvaṁ, sāriputta.\nSeyyathāpi, sāriputta, rañño cakkavattissa jeṭṭhaputto pitarā pavattitaṁ cakkaṁ sammadeva anuppavatteti;\nevameva kho tvaṁ, sāriputta, mayā anuttaraṁ dhammacakkaṁ pavattitaṁ sammadeva anuppavattesī”ti.\n“No ce kira me, bhante, bhagavā kiñci garahati kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā.\nImesaṁ pana, bhante, bhagavā pañcannaṁ bhikkhusatānaṁ na kiñci garahati kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā”ti.\n“Imesampi khvāhaṁ, sāriputta, pañcannaṁ bhikkhusatānaṁ na kiñci garahāmi kāyikaṁ vā vācasikaṁ vā.\nImesañhi, sāriputta, pañcannaṁ bhikkhusatānaṁ saṭṭhi bhikkhū tevijjā, saṭṭhi bhikkhū chaḷabhiññā, saṭṭhi bhikkhū ubhatobhāgavimuttā, atha itare paññāvimuttā”ti.\nAtha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso uṭṭhāyāsanā ekaṁsaṁ uttarāsaṅgaṁ karitvā yena bhagavā tenañjaliṁ paṇāmetvā bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“paṭibhāti maṁ, bhagavā, paṭibhāti maṁ, sugatā”ti.\n“Paṭibhātu taṁ, vaṅgīsā”ti bhagavā avoca.\nAtha kho āyasmā vaṅgīso bhagavantaṁ sammukhā sāruppāhi gāthāhi abhitthavi:\n“Ajja pannarase visuddhiyā,\nBhikkhū pañcasatā samāgatā;\nSaṁyojanabandhanacchidā,\nAnīghā khīṇapunabbhavā isī.\nCakkavattī yathā rājā,\namaccaparivārito;\nSamantā anupariyeti,\nsāgarantaṁ mahiṁ imaṁ.\nEvaṁ vijitasaṅgāmaṁ,\nsatthavāhaṁ anuttaraṁ;\nSāvakā payirupāsanti,\ntevijjā maccuhāyino.\nSabbe bhagavato puttā,\npalāpettha na vijjati;\nTaṇhāsallassa hantāraṁ,\nvande ādiccabandhunan”ti.",
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            "text": "Discours reliés 8.7\n1. Avec Vaṅgīsa\nL’invitation à admonester\nUn jour, le Bouddha séjournait près de Sāvatthī, dans la longue demeure sur pilotis de la mère de Migāra, au monastère de l’Est, en compagnie d’un grand Saṅgha d’environ cinq cents moines, tous êtres accomplis.\nOr, à cette époque, c’était le sabbat, la pleine lune du quinzième jour, et le Bouddha était assis en plein air, entouré du Saṅgha des moines, pour l’invitation à admonester.\nAlors le Bouddha promena son regard sur le Saṅgha des moines, qui demeurait silencieux. Il s’adressa à eux :\n« Allons, moines, je vous invite tous :\ny a-t-il quoi que ce soit que j’aie fait par le corps ou par la parole que vous critiqueriez ? »\nLorsqu’il eut parlé, le vénérable Sāriputta se leva de son siège, arrangea sa robe sur une épaule, leva ses paumes jointes vers le Bouddha et dit :\n« Il n’est rien, monsieur, que vous ayez fait par le corps ou par la parole que nous critiquerions.\nCar le Bienheureux a fait surgir la voie qui n’avait pas surgi, a donné naissance à la voie qui n’était pas née et a expliqué la voie qui n’avait pas été expliquée. Il connaît la voie, il l’a découverte, il en est l’expert.\nEt maintenant les disciples vivent en suivant la voie ; ils l’acquièrent après lui.\nEt, monsieur, j’invite le Bienheureux.\nY a-t-il quoi que ce soit que j’aie fait par le corps ou par la parole que vous critiqueriez ? »\n« Il n’est rien, Sāriputta, que tu aies fait par le corps ou par la parole que je critiquerais.\nSāriputta, tu es sagace. Tu possèdes une grande sagesse, une vaste sagesse, une sagesse joyeuse, une sagesse rapide, une sagesse aiguë, une sagesse pénétrante.\nLe fils aîné d’un monarque qui fait tourner la roue continue à juste titre d’exercer le pouvoir mis en mouvement par son père.\nDe même, Sāriputta, tu continues à juste titre de faire tourner la suprême Roue du Dhamma que j’ai mise en mouvement. »\n« Puisqu’il semble que je n’aie rien fait qui mérite la critique du Bienheureux,\ny a-t-il quoi que ce soit que ces cinq cents moines aient fait par le corps ou par la parole que vous critiqueriez ? »\n« Il n’est rien, Sāriputta, que ces cinq cents moines aient fait par le corps ou par la parole que je critiquerais.\nCar parmi ces cinq cents moines, soixante possèdent les trois connaissances, soixante possèdent les six connaissances directes, soixante sont libérés des deux manières, et les autres sont libérés par la sagesse. »\nAlors le vénérable Vaṅgīsa se leva de son siège, arrangea sa robe sur une épaule, leva ses paumes jointes vers le Bouddha et dit :\n« L’inspiration me vient, Bienheureux ! L’inspiration me vient, Saint ! »\n« Parle donc selon ton inspiration », dit le Bouddha.\nAlors Vaṅgīsa fit l’éloge du Bouddha en sa présence par des vers appropriés :\n« Aujourd’hui, au sabbat du quinzième jour,\ncinq cents moines se sont rassemblés <j>pour purifier leurs préceptes.\nCes sages sans trouble <j>ont tranché leurs entraves et leurs liens,\nils ne renaîtront plus.\nTel un monarque qui fait tourner la roue,\nentouré de ses ministres,\nparcourt en tous sens cette\nterre ceinte par la mer.\nAinsi les disciples aux trois connaissances,\nvainqueurs de la mort,\nvénèrent le vainqueur de la bataille,\nl’incomparable guide de caravane.\nTous sont fils du Bienheureux,\nil n’y a ici aucun rebut.\nJe m’incline devant le Parent du Soleil,\ndestructeur du trait de la soif. »",
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