Dhammaratanapūjā
Eko kira brāhmaṇo cintesi –
‘‘ buddharatanassa ca saṅgharatanassa ca pūjā paññāyati , kathaṃ nu kho dhammaratanaṃ pūjitaṃ hotī ’’ ti ?
So bhagavantaṃ upasaṅkamitvā etamatthaṃ pucchi .
Bhagavā āha –
‘‘ sacepi brāhmaṇa dhammaratanaṃ pūjetukāmo , ekaṃ
P3.908 bahussutaṃ pūjehī ’’ ti .Bahussutaṃ , bhante , ācikkhathāti .
Bhikkhusaṅghaṃ pucchāti .
So bhikkhusaṅghaṃ upasaṅkamitvā ‘‘ bahussutaṃ , bhante , ācikkhathā ’’ ti āha .
Ānandatthero brāhmaṇāti .
Brāhmaṇo theraṃ sahassagghanikena ticīvarena pūjesi .
Thero taṃ gahetvā bhagavato santikaṃ agamāsi .
Bhagavā ‘‘ kuto , ānanda , laddhan ’’ ti āha ?
Ekena , bhante , brāhmaṇena dinnaṃ , idaṃ panāhaṃ āyasmato sāriputtassa dātukāmoti .
Dehi , ānandāti .
Cārikaṃ pakkanto bhanteti .
Āgatakāle dehīti , sikkhāpadaṃ bhante , paññattanti .
Kadā pana sāriputto āgamissatīti ?
Dasāhamattena bhanteti .
‘‘ Anujānāmi , ānanda , dasāhaparamaṃ atirekacīvaraṃ nikkhipitun ’’ ti sikkhāpadaṃ paññāpesi .
Sāriputtattheropi
M3.92 tatheva yaṃkiñci manāpaṃ labhati , taṃ ānandattherassa deti .So imampi attano kaniṭṭhabhātikaṃ therasseva saddhivihārikaṃ adāsi .
Tena vuttaṃ –
‘‘ yenassa upajjhāyo āyasmā ānando tenupasaṅkamī ’’ ti .
Evaṃ kirassa ahosi –
‘‘ upajjhāyo me mahāpañño , so imaṃ kathaṃ satthu ārocessati , atha satthā tadanurūpaṃ dhammaṃ desessatī ’’ ti .
Kathāpābhatan ti kathāya mūlaṃ .
Mūlañhi ‘‘ pābhatan ’’ ti vuccati .
Yathāha –
‘‘ Appakenāpi
V3.83 medhāvī , pābhatena vicakkhaṇo ;Samuṭṭhāpeti attānaṃ , aṇuṃ aggiṃva sandhaman ’’ ti .( jā .1.1.4);
Bhagavantaṃ dassanāyāti bhagavantaṃ dassanatthāya .
Kiṃ panānena bhagavā na diṭṭhapubboti ?
No na diṭṭhapubbo .
Ayañhi āyasmā divā nava vāre , rattiṃ nava vāreti ekāhaṃ aṭṭhārasa vāre upaṭṭhānameva gacchati .
Divasassa pana satavāraṃ vā sahassavāraṃ vā gantukāmo samānopi na akāraṇā gacchati , ekaṃ pañhuddhāraṃ gahetvāva gacchati .
So taṃ divasaṃ tena kathāpābhatena gantukāmo evamāha .