10. Bhikkhakasuttaṃ

206. Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho bhikkhako brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho bhikkhako brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘ahampi kho, bho gotama, bhikkhako, bhavampi bhikkhako, idha no kiṃ nānākaraṇa’’nti?

‘‘Na tena bhikkhako hoti, yāvatā bhikkhate pare;

Vissaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya, bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā.

‘‘Yodha puññañca pāpañca, bāhitvā brahmacariyaṃ;

Saṅkhāya loke carati, sa ve bhikkhūti vuccatī’’ti.

Evaṃ vutte, bhikkhako brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama…pe… upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gata’’nti.