Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

1: The Book of the Ones

1. Obsession of the Mind - 315

1 “For a person, an individual, one of right view, O bhikkhus, which [ever] sankharas he takes upon himself in accordance with that view, all that entirely lead to dhammas that are agreeable, desirable, pleasant, beneficial, happiness. What is the reason for that? Because, O bhikkhus, the view is good.”

2 Just as, O bhikkhus, a seed of sugarcane, or a seed of choice rice, or a seed of grapes, having been put down in wet earth, which [ever] taste of earth it takes up, and which [ever] taste of water it takes up, all that only leads to sweetness, to tastiness, to deliciousness. What is the reason for that? Because, O bhikkhus, the seed is good.

3 “It is just so, O bhikkhus, for a person, an individual, one of right view. Which [ever] sankharas he takes upon himself in accordance with that view, all that entirely lead to dhammas that are agreeable, desirable, pleasant, beneficial, happiness. What is the reason for that? Because, O bhikkhus, the view is good.”

1 sammādiṭṭhikassa bhikkhave purisapuggalassa ye ca saṅkhārā yathādiṭṭhi samattā samādinno, sabbete dhammā iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṃvattanti. taṃ kissa hetu: diṭṭhi hi bhikkhave bhaddikā.

2 seyyathāpi bhikkhave ucchubījaṃ vā sālibījaṃ vā muddikābījaṃ vā allāya paṭhaviyā nikkhittaṃ yañceva paṭhavirasaṃ upādiyati, yañca āporasaṃ upādiyati, sabbaṃ taṃ madhurattāya sātattāya āsecakattāya saṃvattati. taṃ kissa hetu: bījaṃ hi bhikkhave bhaddakaṃ.

3 evameva kho bhikkhave sammādiṭṭhikassa purisapuggalassa ye ca saṅkhārā yathādiṭṭhi samattā samādinnā, sabbete dhammā iṭṭhāya kantāya manāpāya hitāya sukhāya saṃvattanti. taṃ kissa hetu: diṭṭhi hi bhikkhave bhaddikāti. bjt page 068