I used PTR (pali text reader) and DPR (digital pali reader) in an
attempt to find more suttas like [M. 148]. the key search word
pariyosaanakalyaa.na.m: , " beautiful in the end", usually produces that
stock phrase, shown here in two versions:
Version 1: [ M. 27, 38, ...
Here, monks, a Tathagata appears in the world, accomplished, fully
enlightened, perfect in true knowledge and conduct, sublime, knower of
worlds, incomparable leader of persons to be tamed, teacher of gods and
humans, enlightened, blessed. He declares this world with its gods, its
Maras, and its Brahmas, this generation with its recluses and brahmins,
its princes and its people, which he has himself realised with direct
knowledge. He teaches the dhamma good in the beginning, good in the
middle, and good in the end, with the right meaning and phrasing, and he
reveals a holy life that is utterly perfect and pure.
version 2: [ M. 148 Chachakka p.1129 ]
“Bhikkhus, I shall teach you the Dhamma that is good in the beginning,
good in the middle, and good in the end, with the right meaning and
phrasing; I shall reveal a holy life that is utterly perfect and pure,
that is , the six sets of six. Listen and attend closely to what I shall
say.”
I'm particularly interested in version 2. version is kind of a generic
version of the sutta where a typical situation would be something like,
"Hey buddhist dudes, I heard your teacher is a tathagata... teaching a
dhamma good in the beginnning, middle, end."
Version 2, the Buddha says, "Now look here monks, I'm going to speak
right now, live in present tense, and reveal a holy life and dhamma that
is good in the beginning, middle, end, utterly perfect, etc.".
So I did a search for pakaasessaami , which is a different tense than
the "pakeseti" of the version 1. PTR and DPR produce different results,
both very sparse. PTR turned up a sutta in Digha Nik., but that one was
not of interest. DPR produced a couple of finds in Khuddaka, I could
find no English versions online for those 2 references.
I did look through all 16 references in MN for less stringent search
which produced both versions.
On a similar vein:
Anyone have any ideas on a search keyword that might yield all the
suttas in which right after listening to the sutta, monks became
arahants? Off the top of my head, 60 monks in [M.148] became arahants,
Another sutta between M.120 and M152 with a similar theme as M148 also
produced 60 arahants, and there was a sutta where a large number (60?)
of nuns became arahants in Majjhima.
In the notes below, you can see which suttas in Majjhima Sariputta and
Rahula attained arahantship.
Majjhima:
M. 27: C??ahatthipadopama: Shorter Discourse on Simile of Elephant's
Footprint 27 , p. 272
“He teaches the dhamma good in the beginning, good in the middle, and
good in the end”
listener becomes lay follower at end.
M. 38: Mah?ta?h?sankhaya: Greater Discourse on Destruction of Craving 38
, p. 359 same usage as [ M. 27]
ending: monks satisfied and delighted in buddha's words.
S?leyyaka: Brahmins of S?l? 41 p.379 same usage as [ M. 27 ] brahmins
become lay followers for life.
Verañjaka: Brahmins of Verañja 42 , same as [M. 41]
Kandaraka: To Kandaraka 51 p.448 same usage as [ M. 27 ] ending: monks
were satisfied and delighted … in the words
Apa??aka: Incontrovertible Teaching 60 p.506 same usage as [ M. 27 ]
brahmin householders become lay followers for life.
Ra??hap?la: On Ra??hap?la 82 p.677 same usage as [ M. 27 ] Ven.
Ratthapala speaks verse at end.
Brahm?yu: Brahm?yu 91 p.743 same usage as [ M. 27 ] at end, brahmin
Brahmayu attained non-returner status (a week after sermon)
9th reference still in M. 91.
10th ref: Sela: To Sela 92 p.757 same usage as [ M. 27 ] Sela and
followers become arahants 7 days after sermon.
11th ref: Gho?amukha: To Gho?amukha 94 p. 774. could not find reference,
but it does have repetition links to [M.51] which does reference it.
12th ref: M.95: repetitious ref to M.91 covers it. Canki becomes lay
follower at end.
13th ref: Devadaha: At Devadaha 101 : p.835 ref. M.51 for repetition.
Monks were satisfied and delighted at buddha's words.
14th ref: Dantabh?mi: Grade of Tamed 125 p.993 ref m.51 for repetition.
Novice was satisfied and delighted with talk.
15th ref: [ M. 148 Chachakka p.1129 ]
16th ref: Nagaravindeyya: To Nagaravindans 150 p. 1140 references M.41
for repetition.
Search for : pakaasessaami in DPR to try to get more references like [M.
148]
Search Results for pakaasessaami: DN: 0, MN: 1, SN: 0, AN: 0, KN: 4,
Vin: 4, Abhi: 0