4: The Book of the Fours
XII. With Kesi — AN 4.118: Inspiring
- © Translated from the Pali by Bhante Sujato. (More copyright information)
1“Mendicants, a faithful gentleman should go to see these four inspiring places. What four?
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One was born!’—that is an inspiring place.
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became awakened as a supreme fully awakened Buddha!’—that is an inspiring place.
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One rolled forth the supreme Wheel of Dhamma!’—that is an inspiring place.
Thinking: ‘Here the Realized One became fully extinguished through the natural principle of extinguishment, without anything left over!’—that is an inspiring place.
These are the four inspiring places that a faithful gentleman should go to see.”
1"Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyāni saṁvejanīyāni ṭhānāni. Katamāni cattāri?
‘Idha tathāgato jāto’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.
‘Idha tathāgato anuttaraṁ sammāsambodhiṁ abhisambuddho’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.
‘Idha tathāgato anuttaraṁ dhammacakkaṁ pavattesī’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.
‘Idha tathāgato anupādisesāya nibbānadhātuyā parinibbuto’ti, bhikkhave, saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyaṁ saṁvejanīyaṁ ṭhānaṁ.
Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri saddhassa kulaputtassa dassanīyāni saṁvejanīyāni ṭhānānī"ti.
Aṭṭhamaṁ.