Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

11: The Book of the Elevens

22–29. Contemplation of Impermanence

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1 "Ekādasahi, bhikkhave, angehi samannāgato gopālako abhabbo gogaṇaṃ pariharituṃ phātiṃ kātuṃ. Katamehi ekādasahi? Idha, bhikkhave, gopālako na rūpaññū hoti, na lakkhaṇakusalo hoti, na āsāṭikaṃ hāretā hoti, na vaṇaṃ paṭicchādetā hoti, na dhūmaṃ kattā hoti, na titthaṃ jānāti, na pītaṃ jānāti, na vīthiṃ jānāti, na gocarakusalo hoti, anavasesadohī ca hoti, ye te usabhā gopitaro gopariṇāyakā te na atirekapūjāya pūjetā hoti – imehi kho, bhikkhave, ekādasahi angehi samannāgato gopālako abhabbo gogaṇaṃ pariharituṃ phātiṃ kātuṃ.

2 Evamevaṃ kho, bhikkhave, ekādasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo cakkhusmiṃ aniccānupassī viharituṃ … pe … abhabbo cakkhusmiṃ dukkhānupassī viharituṃ … abhabbo cakkhusmiṃ anattānupassī viharituṃ … abhabbo cakkhusmiṃ khayānupassī viharituṃ … abhabbo cakkhusmiṃ vayānupassī viharituṃ … abhabbo cakkhusmiṃ virāgānupassī viharituṃ … abhabbo cakkhusmiṃ nirodhānupassī viharituṃ … abhabbo cakkhusmiṃ paṭinissaggānupassī viharituṃ".