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2. Sāraṇīyavagga
1. Paṭhamasāraṇīyasuttavaṇṇanā
[11] Dutiyassa paṭhame sāraṇīyāti saritabbayuttakā. Mettaṃ kāyakammanti mettena cittena kātabbaṃ kāyakammaṃ. Vacīkammamanokammesupi eseva nayo. Imāni ca pana bhikkhūnaṃ vasena āgatāni, gihīsupi labbhanti. Bhikkhūnañhi mettacittena ābhisamācārika- dhammapūraṇaṃ mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ nāma. Gihīnaṃ cetiyavandanatthāya bodhivandanatthāya saṃghanimantanatthāya gamanaṃ, gāmaṃ piṇḍāya paviṭṭhe bhikkhū disvā paccuggamanaṃ, pattapaṭiggahaṇaṃ, āsanapaññāpanaṃ, anugamananti evamādikaṃ mettaṃ kāyakammaṃ nāma.
Bhikkhūnaṃ mettacittena ācārapaññattisikkhāpanaṃ kammaṭṭhānakathanaṃ dhammadesanā tepiṭakabuddhavacanaṃ mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ nāma. Gihīnaṃ "cetiyavandanāya gacchāma, bodhivandanāya gacchāma, dhammassavanaṃ karissāma, dīpamālāpupphapūjaṃ karissāma, tīṇi sucaritāni samādāya vattissāma, salākabhattādīni dassāma, vassāvāsikaṃ dassāma, Ajja saṃghassa cattāro paccaye dassāma, saṃghaṃ nimantetvā khādanīyādīni saṃvidahatha, āsanāni paññāpetha, pānīyaṃ upaṭṭhapetha, saṃghaṃ paccuggantvā ānetha, paññattāsane nisīdāpetvā ussāhajātā veyyāvaccaṃ karothā"tiādivacanakāle mettaṃ vacīkammaṃ nāma.