Venerable Ānanda
Ānanda (AN 5.106)
At one time The Blessed One lived in the monastery offered by Gosita in Kosambi. Venerable Ānanda approached The Blessed One worshipped, sat on a side and said to The Blessed One: Venerable sir, is there a method for the Community of bhikkhus to have a pleasant abiding?
The Blessed One said: Ānanda, when the virtuous bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues, it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus. Venerable sir, is there another method for the Community of bhikkhus to have a pleasant abiding?
The Blessed One said: There is. Ānanda, when the virtuous, internally concentrated bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues and establish them in internal concentration, it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus. Venerable sir, is there another method for the Community of bhikkhus to have a pleasant abiding?
The Blessed One said: There is. Ānanda, when the virtuous, internally concentrated unknown bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues and establish them in internal concentration and does not grieve for his anonymity it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus. Venerable sir, is there another method for the Community of bhikkhus to have a pleasant abiding?
The Blessed One said: There is. Ānanda, when the virtuous, internally concentrated bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues or establish them in internal concentration, abides in the four higher states of the mind. The pleasant abidings here and now, gained for nothing, quickly and easily, it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus. Venerable sir, is there another method for the Community of bhikkhus to have a pleasant abiding?
The Blessed One said: There is. Ānanda, when the virtuous, internally concentrated bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues or establish them in internal concentration, abides in the four higher states of the mind. The pleasant abidings here and now, gained for nothing, quickly and easily and destroying desires, releases the mind and released through wisdom abides here and now having realized, it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus.
Ānanda, there is no other pleasant abiding, more noble and exalted than this.
The Blessed One said: Ānanda, when the virtuous bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues, it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus. Venerable sir, is there another method for the Community of bhikkhus to have a pleasant abiding?
The Blessed One said: There is. Ānanda, when the virtuous, internally concentrated bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues and establish them in internal concentration, it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus. Venerable sir, is there another method for the Community of bhikkhus to have a pleasant abiding?
The Blessed One said: There is. Ānanda, when the virtuous, internally concentrated unknown bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues and establish them in internal concentration and does not grieve for his anonymity it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus. Venerable sir, is there another method for the Community of bhikkhus to have a pleasant abiding?
The Blessed One said: There is. Ānanda, when the virtuous, internally concentrated bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues or establish them in internal concentration, abides in the four higher states of the mind. The pleasant abidings here and now, gained for nothing, quickly and easily, it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus. Venerable sir, is there another method for the Community of bhikkhus to have a pleasant abiding?
The Blessed One said: There is. Ānanda, when the virtuous, internally concentrated bhikkhu does not establish others in higher virtues or establish them in internal concentration, abides in the four higher states of the mind. The pleasant abidings here and now, gained for nothing, quickly and easily and destroying desires, releases the mind and released through wisdom abides here and now having realized, it is a pleasant abiding to the Community of bhikkhus.
Ānanda, there is no other pleasant abiding, more noble and exalted than this.
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