Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

12. Five Factors

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1 "Pañcangavippahīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcangasamannāgato imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ‘kevalī vusitavā uttamapuriso’ti vuccati. Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcangavippahīno hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno kāmacchando pahīno hoti, byāpādo pahīno hoti, thinamiddhaṃ pahīnaṃ hoti, uddhaccakukkuccaṃ pahīnaṃ hoti, vicikicchā pahīnā hoti. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcangavippahīno hoti.

2 Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcangasamannāgato hoti? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu asekhena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena samādhikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena paññākkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena vimuttikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena vimuttiñāṇadassanakkhandhena samannāgato hoti. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcangasamannāgato hoti.

3 Pañcangavippahīno kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcangasamannāgato imasmiṃ dhammavinaye ‘kevalī vusitavā uttamapuriso’ti vuccati.

4 Kāmacchando ca byāpādo,
thinamiddhañca bhikkhuno;
Uddhaccaṃ vicikicchā ca,
sabbasova na vijjati.

5 Asekhena ca sīlena,
asekhena samādhinā;
Vimuttiyā ca sampanno,
ñāṇena ca tathāvidho.

6 Sa ve pañcangasampanno,
pañca ange vivajjayaṃ;
Imasmiṃ dhammavinaye,
kevalī iti vuccatī"ti.

Dutiyaṃ.