8. Paṭhamakukkuṭārāmasuttaṃ

18. Evaṃ me sutaṃ – ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ca ānando āyasmā ca bhaddo pāṭaliputte viharanti kukkuṭārāme. Atha kho āyasmā bhaddo sāyanhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yenāyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmatā ānandena saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā bhaddo āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavoca –

‘‘‘Abrahmacariyaṃ, abrahmacariya’nti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṃ nu kho, āvuso, abrahmacariya’’nti? ‘‘Sādhu sādhu, āvuso bhadda! Bhaddako kho te, āvuso bhadda, ummaṅgo, bhaddakaṃ paṭibhānaṃ, kalyāṇī paripucchā. Evañhi tvaṃ, āvuso bhadda, pucchasi – ‘abrahmacariyaṃ, abrahmacariyanti, āvuso ānanda, vuccati. Katamaṃ nu kho, āvuso, abrahmacariya’’’nti? ‘‘Evamāvuso’’ti. ‘‘Ayameva kho, āvuso, aṭṭhaṅgiko micchāmaggo abrahmacariyaṃ, seyyathidaṃ – micchādiṭṭhi…pe… micchāsamādhī’’ti. Aṭṭhamaṃ.