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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

10. True Knowledges

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1 "Saddho ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hoti, no ca sīlavā. Evaṃ so tenangena aparipūro hoti. Tena taṃ angaṃ paripūretabbaṃ:  ‘kintāhaṃ saddho ca assaṃ sīlavā cā’ti. Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho ca hoti, sīlavā ca, evaṃ so tenangena paripūro hoti.

2 Saddho ca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu hoti sīlavā ca, no ca bahussuto bahussuto ca, no ca dhammakathiko … pe … dhammakathiko ca, no ca parisāvacaro parisāvacaro ca, no ca visārado parisāya dhammaṃ deseti visārado ca parisāya dhammaṃ deseti, no ca vinayadharo vinayadharo ca, no ca anekavihitaṃ pubbenivāsaṃ anussarati, seyyathidaṃ – ekampi jātiṃ dvepi jātiyo … pe … iti sākāraṃ sauddesaṃ anekavihitaṃ pubbenivāsaṃ anussarati. Anekavihitañca … pe … pubbenivāsaṃ anussarati, no ca dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena … pe … yathākammūpage satte pajānāti dibbena ca cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena … pe … yathākammūpage satte pajānāti, no ca āsavānaṃ khayā … pe … sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. Evaṃ so tenangena aparipūro hoti. Tena taṃ angaṃ paripūretabbaṃ:  ‘kintāhaṃ saddho ca assaṃ, sīlavā ca, bahussuto ca, dhammakathiko ca, parisāvacaro ca, visārado ca parisāya dhammaṃ deseyyaṃ, vinayadharo ca, anekavihitañca pubbenivāsaṃ anussareyyaṃ, seyyathidaṃ – ekampi jātiṃ dvepi jātiyo … pe … iti sākāraṃ sauddesaṃ anekavihitaṃ pubbenivāsaṃ anussareyyaṃ, dibbena ca cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena … pe … yathākammūpage satte pajāneyyaṃ, āsavānañca khayā … pe … sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyan’ti.

3 Yato ca kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho ca hoti, sīlavā ca, bahussuto ca, dhammakathiko ca, parisāvacaro ca, visārado ca parisāya dhammaṃ deseti, vinayadharo ca, anekavihitañca pubbenivāsaṃ anussarati, seyyathidaṃ – ekampi jātiṃ dvepi jātiyo … pe … iti sākāraṃ sauddesaṃ anekavihitaṃ pubbenivāsaṃ anussarati, dibbena ca cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena … pe … yathākammūpage satte pajānāti, āsavānañca khayā anāsavaṃ cetovimuttiṃ paññāvimuttiṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. Evaṃ so tenangena paripūro hoti. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu samantapāsādiko ca hoti sabbākāraparipūro cā"ti.

Dasamaṃ.

Ānisaṃsavaggo paṭhamo.

4 Kimatthiyaṃ cetanā ca,
tayo upanisāpi ca;
Samādhi sāriputto ca,
jhānaṃ santena vijjayāti.