Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses
1: The Book of the Ones
1. Obsession of the Mind - 271
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text.
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1 This is impossible, O bhikkhus, there is no chance, in that an individual excelling in [noble right] view could deprive his mother of life. This possibility is not to be found. But this very possibility, O bhikkhus, is to be found, in that a puthujjana could deprive his mother of life. This possibility is to be found.
1 aṭṭhānametaṃ bhikkhave anavakāso, yaṃ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo mātaraṃ jīvitā voropeyya. netaṃ ṭhānaṃ vijjati. ṭhānañca kho etaṃ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṃ puthujjano mātaraṃ jīvitā voropeyya. ṭhānametaṃ vijjati.