1. Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu
Maggānaṭṭhaṅgikoti
V2.231P3.401M2.253 imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā jetavane viharanto pañcasate bhikkhū ārabbha kathesi .Te kira satthari janapadacārikaṃ caritvā puna sāvatthiṃ āgate upaṭṭhānasālāya nisīditvā ‘‘ asukagāmato asukagāmassa maggo samo , asukagāmassa maggo visamo , sasakkharo , asakkharo ’’ tiādinā nayena attano vicaritamaggaṃ ārabbha maggakathaṃ kathesuṃ .
Satthā tesaṃ arahattassūpanissayaṃ disvā taṃ ṭhānaṃ āgantvā paññattāsane nisinno ‘‘ kāya nuttha , bhikkhave , etarahi kathāya sannisinnā ’’ ti pucchitvā ‘‘ imāya nāmā ’’ ti vutte ,‘‘ bhikkhave , ayaṃ bāhirakamaggo , bhikkhunā nāma ariyamagge kammaṃ kātuṃ vaṭṭati , evañhi karonto bhikkhu sabbadukkhā pamuccatī ’’ ti vatvā imā gāthā abhāsi –
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‘‘ Maggānaṭṭhaṅgiko
P3.402 seṭṭho , saccānaṃ caturo padā ;Virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṃ , dvipadānañca cakkhumā .
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‘‘ Eseva maggo natthañño , dassanassa visuddhiyā ;
Etañhi tumhe paṭipajjatha , mārassetaṃ pamohanaṃ .
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‘‘ Etañhi tumhe paṭipannā , dukkhassantaṃ karissatha ;
Akkhāto vo mayā maggo , aññāya sallakantanaṃ .
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‘‘ Tumhehi kiccamātappaṃ , akkhātāro tathāgatā ;
Paṭipannā pamokkhanti , jhāyino mārabandhanā ’’ ti .
Tattha
V2.232 maggānaṭṭhaṅgikoti jaṅghamaggādayo vā hontu dvāsaṭṭhi diṭṭhigatamaggā vā , tesaṃ sabbesampi maggānaṃ sammādiṭṭhiādīhi aṭṭhahi aṅgehi micchādiṭṭhiādīnaṃ aṭṭhannaṃ pahānaṃ karonto nirodhaṃ ārammaṇaṃ katvā catūsupi saccesu dukkhaparijānanādikiccaṃ sādhayamāno aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo seṭṭhoM2.254 uttamo .Saccānaṃ caturo padāti ‘‘ saccaṃ bhaṇe na kujjheyyā ’’ ti
P3.403 ( dha . pa .224) āgataṃ vacīsaccaṃ vā hotu ,‘‘ sacco brāhmaṇo sacco khattiyo ’’ tiādibhedaṃ sammutisaccaṃ vā ‘‘ idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan ’’ ti ( dha . sa .1144; ma . ni .2.187-188) diṭṭhisaccaṃ vā ‘‘ dukkhaṃ ariyasaccan ’’ tiādibhedaṃ paramatthasaccaṃ vā hotu , sabbesampi imesaṃ saccānaṃ parijānitabbaṭṭhena sacchikātabbaṭṭhena pahātabbaṭṭhena bhāvetabbaṭṭhena ekapaṭivedhaṭṭhena ca tathapaṭivedhaṭṭhena ca dukkhaṃ ariyasaccantiādayo caturo padā seṭṭhā nāma .Virāgo seṭṭho dhammānan ti ‘‘ yāvatā , bhikkhave , dhammā saṅkhatā vā asaṅkhatā vā , virāgo tesaṃ aggamakkhāyatī ’’ ti ( itivu .90; a . ni .4.34) vacanato sabbadhammānaṃ nibbānasaṅkhāto virāgo seṭṭho .
Dvipadānañca cakkhumāti sabbesaṃ devamanussādibhedānaṃ dvipadānaṃ pañcahi cakkhūhi cakkhumā tathāgatova seṭṭho .
Ca-saddo sampiṇḍanattho , arūpadhamme sampiṇḍeti .
Tasmā arūpadhammānampi tathāgato seṭṭho uttamo .
Dassanassa visuddhiyāti maggaphaladassanassa visuddhatthaṃ yo mayā ‘‘ seṭṭho ’’ ti vutto , esova maggo , natthañño .
Etañhi tumheti tasmā tumhe etameva paṭipajjatha .
Mārassetaṃ pamohanan ti etaṃ māramohanaṃ māramanthananti
P3.404 vuccati .Dukkhassantan ti sakalassapi vaṭṭadukkhassa antaṃ paricchedaṃ karissathāti attho .
Aññāya sallakantanan ti rāgasallādīnaṃ kantanaṃ nimmathanaṃ abbūhaṇaṃ etaṃ maggaṃ , mayā vinā anussavādīhi attapaccakkhato ñatvāva ayaṃ maggo akkhāto , idāni tumhehi kilesānaṃ ātāpanena ‘‘ ātappan ’’ ti saṅkhaṃ gataṃ tassa adhigamatthāya sammappadhānavīriyaṃ kiccaṃ karaṇīyaṃ .
Kevalañhi akkhātārova tathāgatā .
Tasmā tehi akkhātavasena ye paṭipannā dvīhi jhānehi jhāyino , te tebhūmakavaṭṭasaṅkhātā mārabandhanā pamokkhantīti attho .
Desanāvasāne te bhikkhū arahatte patiṭṭhahiṃsu , sampattānampi sātthikā dhammadesanā ahosīti .
Pañcasatabhikkhuvatthu paṭhamaṃ .