Itivuttaka 104

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104. Silasampannasuttam (Full of Virtue)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Monks, those monks who are full of virtue(sheel), full of samadhi(trance), full of direct understanding (panna), full of release, full of the knowledge & vision of release; who exhort, demonstrate, instruct, urge, rouse & encourage; who are competent rightly to point out the true Dhamma: seeing them, I tell you, accomplishes a great deal; listening to them… approaching them… attending to them… recollecting them following them in going forth accomplishes a great deal. Why is that? “By associating with monks of this sort, sharing with them, attending to them, the as-yet-unculminated aggregate of virtue(sheel) goes to the culmination of its development, the as-yet-unculminated aggregate of samadhi(trance) goes to the

culmination of its development, the as-yet-unculminated aggregate of direct understanding(panna) goes to the culmination of its development, the as-yet unculminated aggregate of release goes to the culmination of its development, the as yet un-culminated aggregate of knowledge & vision of release goes to the culmination of its development. Monks of this sort are said to be teachers, caravan leaders, abandoners of strife, dispellers of darkness, makers of light, makers of radiance, makers of brightness, makers of brilliance, bringers of illumination, noble ones, endowed with eyes that see.”

This is a condition creating joy for those who know: living the Dhamma of the noble ones, composed in mind. They brighten the true Dhamma, illumine it, shining brilliantly. They are makers of light, enlightened(wise), abandoners of strife. They have eyes that see. Having heard their message with right divine awakening, the wise directly knowing <p style="text-align:center;">the ending of birth, <p style="text-align:center;">come to no further becoming(rebirth). <p style="text-align:center;">See also: SN 45:2; AN 9:1