7.2.10 Bhikkhakasutta

Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho bhikkhako brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṃ sammodi. Sammodanīyaṃ kathaṃ sāraṇīyaṃ vītisāretvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho bhikkhako brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca—

“ahampi kho, bho gotama, bhikkhako, bhavampi bhikkhako, idha no kiṃ nānākaraṇan”ti?

“Na tena bhikkhako hoti,
yāvatā bhikkhate pare;
Vissaṃ dhammaṃ samādāya,
bhikkhu hoti na tāvatā.

Yodha puññañca pāpañca,
bāhitvā brahmacariyaṃ;
Saṅkhāya loke carati,
sa ve bhikkhūti vuccatī”ti.

Evaṃ vutte, bhikkhako brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca—

“abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṃ, bho gotama…pe…  upāsakaṃ maṃ bhavaṃ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṃ saraṇaṃ gatan”ti.