Dhamma Speakers

“Mendicants, there are these four DhammaDhamma1. Fenómeno; cualquier cosa que ocurre y es cognoscible. 2. Fenómeno mental, «pensamiento». 3. Principio, especialmente los principios de causalidad. 4. Doctrina, enseñanza. También, principios de comportamiento que los seres humanos deben seguir para armonizar con el orden natural correcto de las cosas; cualidades mentales que deben desarrollar para realizar la cualidad inherente de la mente en sí misma. Por extensión, «Dhamma» (usualmente en mayúscula) se usa también para denotar cualquier doctrina que enseña tales cosas. Así, el Dhamma del Buddha denota tanto sus enseñanzas como las realidades descritas por esa enseñanza. (Sánscrito: dharma)Ver en el glosario speakers. What four?

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, dhammakathikā. Katame cattāro?

“Mendicants, there are these four Dhamma speakers. “Cattārome, bhikkhave, dhammakathikā. What four? Katame cattāro?

One Dhamma speaker speaks little and off topic. And their assembly can’t tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker.

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko appañca bhāsati asahitañca; parisā cassa na kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. *parisā cassa → parisā ca (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed)Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks little and off topic. Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko appañca bhāsati asahitañca; And their assembly can’t tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. parisā cassa na kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. *parisā cassa → parisā ca (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed)Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks little but stays on topic. And their assembly can tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker.

Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko appañca bhāsati sahitañca; parisā cassa kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks little but stays on topic. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko appañca bhāsati sahitañca; And their assembly can tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. parisā cassa kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks much but off topic. And their assembly can’t tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker.

Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko bahuñca bhāsati asahitañca; parisā cassa na kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks much but off topic. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko bahuñca bhāsati asahitañca; And their assembly can’t tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. parisā cassa na kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks much and stays on topic. And their assembly can tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker.

Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko bahuñca bhāsati sahitañca; parisā cassa kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks much and stays on topic. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko bahuñca bhāsati sahitañca; And their assembly can tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. parisā cassa kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.