๔. ทฬิททสูตร

Ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi bhikkhavoti . bhadanteti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ.

Bhagavā etadavoca bhūtapubbaṃ bhikkhave aññataro puriso Imasmiṃyeva rājagahe manussadaḷiddo ahosi manussakapaṇo manussavarāko . so tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye saddhaṃ samādiyi sīlaṃ samādiyi sutaṃ samādiyi cāgaṃ samādiyi paññaṃ samādiyi . so tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye saddhaṃ samādiyitvā sīlaṃ samādiyitvā sutaṃ samādiyitvā cāgaṃ samādiyitvā paññaṃ samādiyitvā kāyassa bhedā parammaraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapajji devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sahabyataṃ. So aññe deve atirocati vaṇṇena ceva yasasā ca.

Tatra sudaṃ bhikkhave devā tāvatiṃsā ujjhāyanti khīyanti vipācenti acchariyaṃ vata bho abbhūtaṃ vata bho ayaṃ hi devaputto pubbe manussabhūto samāno manussadaḷiddo ahosi manussakapaṇo manussavarāko so kāyassa bhedā parammaraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapanno devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ sahabyataṃ so aññe deve atirocati vaṇṇena ceva yasasā cāti . atha kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo deve tāvatiṃse āmantesi mā kho tumhe mārisā etassa devaputtassa ujjhāyittha eso kho mārisā devaputto pubbe manussabhūto samāno tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye saddhaṃ samādiyi sīlaṃ samādiyi sutaṃ samādiyi cāgaṃ samādiyi paññaṃ samādiyi so tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye saddhaṃ samādiyitvā sīlaṃ samādiyitvā sutaṃ samādiyitvā cāgaṃ samādiyitvā paññaṃ samādiyitvā kāyassa bhedā parammaraṇā sugatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ upapanno devānaṃ tāvatiṃsānaṃ Sahabyataṃ so aññe deve atirocati vaṇṇena ceva yasasā cāti.

Atha kho bhikkhave sakko devānamindo deve tāvatiṃse anunayamāno tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imā gāthāyo abhāsi yassa saddhā tathāgate acalā supatiṭṭhitā sīlañca yassa kalyāṇaṃ ariyakantaṃ pasaṃsitaṃ saṅghe pasādo yassatthi ujubhūtañca dassanaṃ adaḷiddoti taṃ āhu amoghaṃ tassa jīvitaṃ tasmā saddhañca sīlañca pasādaṃ dhammadassanaṃ anuyuñjetha medhāvī saraṃ buddhānasāsananti.