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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

10: The Book of the Tens

98. An Elder

  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

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1 "Dasahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu yassaṃ yassaṃ disāyaṃ viharati, phāsuyeva viharati. Katamehi dasahi? Thero hoti rattaññū cirapabbajito, sīlavā hoti … pe … samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu, bahussuto hoti … pe … diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdho, ubhayāni kho panassa pātimokkhāni vitthārena svāgatāni honti suvibhattāni suppavattīni suvinicchitāni suttaso anubyañjanaso, adhikaraṇasamuppādavūpasamakusalo hoti, dhammakāmo hoti piyasamudāhāro abhidhamme abhivinaye uḷārapāmojjo, santuṭṭho hoti itarītaracīvara­piṇḍapāta­senāsana­gilānappaccaya­bhesajja­parikkhārena, pāsādiko hoti abhikkantapaṭikkante susaṃvuto antaraghare nisajjāya, catunnaṃ jhānānaṃ ābhicetasikānaṃ diṭṭhadhammasukhavihārānaṃ nikāmalābhī hoti akicchalābhī akasiralābhī, āsavānañca khayā anāsavaṃ cetovimuttiṃ paññāvimuttiṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati. Imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi dhammehi samannāgato thero bhikkhu yassaṃ yassaṃ disāyaṃ viharati, phāsuyeva viharatī"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṃ.