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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

3: The Book of the Threes

140. Horses (1)

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1 "Tayo ca, bhikkhave, assakhaḷunke desessāmi tayo ca purisakhaḷunke. Taṃ suṇātha, sādhukaṃ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī"ti.

"Evaṃ, bhante"ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. Bhagavā etadavoca: 

2 "Katame ca, bhikkhave, tayo assakhaḷunkā? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco assakhaḷunko javasampanno hoti; na vaṇṇasampanno, na ārohapariṇāhasampanno. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco assakhaḷunko javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca; na ārohapariṇāhasampanno. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco assakhaḷunko javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca ārohapariṇāhasampanno ca. Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo assakhaḷunkā.

3 Katame ca, bhikkhave, tayo purisakhaḷunkā? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco purisakhaḷunko javasampanno hoti; na vaṇṇasampanno, na ārohapariṇāhasampanno. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco purisakhaḷunko javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca; na ārohapariṇāhasampanno. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco purisakhaḷunko javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca ārohapariṇāhasampanno ca.

4 Kathañca, bhikkhave, purisakhaḷunko javasampanno hoti; na vaṇṇasampanno na ārohapariṇāhasampanno? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti. Idamassa javasmiṃ vadāmi. Abhidhamme kho pana abhivinaye pañhaṃ puṭṭho saṃsādeti, no vissajjeti. Idamassa na vaṇṇasmiṃ vadāmi. Na kho pana lābhī hoti cīvara­piṇḍapāta­senāsana­gilānappaccaya­bhesajja­parikkhārānaṃ. Idamassa na ārohapariṇāhasmiṃ vadāmi. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, purisakhaḷunko javasampanno hoti; na vaṇṇasampanno, na ārohapariṇāhasampanno.

5 Kathañca, bhikkhave, purisakhaḷunko javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca; na ārohapariṇāhasampanno? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti. Idamassa javasmiṃ vadāmi. Abhidhamme kho pana abhivinaye pañhaṃ puṭṭho vissajjeti, no saṃsādeti. Idamassa vaṇṇasmiṃ vadāmi. Na pana lābhī hoti cīvara­piṇḍapāta­senāsana­gilānappaccaya­bhesajja­parikkhārānaṃ. Idamassa na ārohapariṇāhasmiṃ vadāmi. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, purisakhaḷunko javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca; na ārohapariṇāhasampanno.

6 Kathañca, bhikkhave, purisakhaḷunko javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca ārohapariṇāhasampanno ca? Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti. Idamassa javasmiṃ vadāmi. Abhidhamme kho pana abhivinaye pañhaṃ puṭṭho vissajjeti, no saṃsādeti. Idamassa vaṇṇasmiṃ vadāmi. Lābhī kho pana hoti cīvara­piṇḍapāta­senāsana­gilānappaccaya­bhesajja­parikkhārānaṃ. Idamassa ārohapariṇāhasmiṃ vadāmi. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, purisakhaḷunko javasampanno ca hoti vaṇṇasampanno ca ārohapariṇāhasampanno ca.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo purisakhaḷunkā"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṃ.