Mahaparinibbanasuttam (DN 16) - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Second Chapter for Recitation - 73
uccārapassāvakamme sampajānakārī hoti,
in passing stool and urine, he is one who practises with full awareness,
gate ṭhite nisinne, sutte jāgarite, bhāsite tuṇhībhāve sampajānakārī hoti.
in going, in standing, in sitting, in sleeping, in waking, in talking, and in maintaining
silence, he is one who practises with full awareness.
Evaṁ kho bhikkhave bhikkhu sampajāno hoti.
Thus, monks, a monk has full awareness.
Sato bhikkhave bhikkhu vihareyya sampajāno ayaṁ vo amhākaṁ anusāsanī.” ti
Mindfully and with full awareness, monks, a monk should live, this is our advice to
you.”
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Assosi kho Ambapālī gaṇikā: “Bhagavā kira Vesāliṁ anuppatto
The courtesan Ambapālī heard: “The Gracious One, it seems, has reached Vesālī
Vesāliyaṁ viharati mayhaṁ Ambavane.” ti
and is living near Vesālī in my Mango Wood.” 103
Atha kho Ambapālī gaṇikā bhaddāni bhaddāni yānāni yojāpetvā,
Then the courtesan Ambapālī, after having (many) great and august vehicles prepared,
bhaddaṁ bhaddaṁ yānaṁ abhiruhitvā,
and mounting (those) great and august vehicles,
bhaddehi bhaddehi yānehi Vesāliyā niyyāsi,
departed with those great and august vehicles from Vesālī,
yena sako ārāmo tena pāyāsi yāvatikā yānassa bhūmi yānena gantvā,
and after approaching by vehicle to her pleasure garden as far as the ground for vehicles
(would allow),
yānā paccorohitvā, pattikā va yena Bhagavā tenupasaṅkami,
and descending from the vehicles, she approached the Gracious One by foot,
upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā, ekam-antaṁ nisīdi.
and after approaching and worshipping the Gracious One, she sat down on one side.
103 Ambapālī’s name means ‘(daughter of the) Mango Keeper’, though according to the
Commentary she was born spontaneously in a mango wood (perhaps this one?), and hence
acquired the name. Courtesans like Ambapāli were often very rich as we can see from the
description of her vehicles and pleasure garden.