8. Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu
Sukho
V2.144M2.162 buddhānan ti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto sambahulānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ kathaṃ ārabbha kathesi .Ekadivasañhi pañcasatabhikkhū upaṭṭhānasālāyaṃ nisinnā ,‘‘ āvuso , kiṃ nu kho imasmiṃ loke sukhan ’’ ti kathaṃ samuṭṭhāpesuṃ ?
Tattha keci ‘‘ rajjasukhasadisaṃ sukhaṃ nāma natthī ’’ ti āhaṃsu .
Keci kāmasukhasadisaṃ , keci ‘‘ sālimaṃsabhojanādisadisaṃ sukhaṃ nāma natthī ’’ ti āhaṃsu .
Satthā tesaṃ nisinnaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā ‘‘ kāya nuttha , bhikkhave , etarahi kathāya sannisinnā ’’ ti pucchitvā ‘‘ imāya nāmā ’’ ti vutte ,‘‘ bhikkhave , kiṃ kathetha ?
Idañhi sabbampi sukhaṃ vaṭṭadukkhapariyāpannameva , imasmiṃ loke buddhuppādo dhammassavanaṃ , saṅghasāmaggī , sammodamānabhāvoti idameva sukhan ’’ ti vatvā imaṃ gāthamāha –
194.
‘‘ Sukho buddhānamuppādo , sukhā saddhammadesanā ;
Sukhā saṅghassa sāmaggī , samaggānaṃ tapo sukho ’’ ti .
Tattha buddhānamuppādoti yasmā buddhā uppajjamānā mahājanaṃ rāgakantārādīhi tārenti , tasmā buddhānaṃ uppādo sukho uttamo .
Yasmā
P3.250 saddhammadesanaṃ āgamma jātiādidhammā sattā jātiādīhi muccanti , tasmā saddhammadesanā sukhā .Sāmaggīti samacittatā , sāpi sukhā eva .
Samaggānaṃ pana ekacittānaṃ yasmā buddhavacanaṃ vā uggaṇhituṃ dhutaṅgāni vā pariharituṃ samaṇadhammaṃ vā kātuṃ sakkā , tasmā samaggānaṃ tapo sukhoti vuttaṃ .
Tenevāha –
‘‘ yāvakīvañca , bhikkhave , bhikkhū samaggā sannipatissanti , sammaggā vuṭṭhahissanti , samaggā saṅghakaraṇīyāni karissanti , vuddhiyeva , bhikkhave , bhikkhūnaṃ pāṭikaṅkhā , no parihānī ’’ ti ( dī . ni .2.136).
Desanāvasāne te bhikkhū arahatte patiṭṭhahiṃsu , mahājanassāpi sātthikā dhammadesanā ahosīti .
Sambahulabhikkhuvatthu aṭṭhamaṃ .