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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

105. Mangoes

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

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1 "Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, ambāni. Katamāni cattāri? Āmaṃ pakkavaṇṇi, pakkaṃ āmavaṇṇi, āmaṃ āmavaṇṇi, pakkaṃ pakkavaṇṇi – imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri ambāni. Evamevaṃ kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ambūpamā puggalā santo saṃvijjamānā lokasmiṃ. Katame cattāro? Āmo pakkavaṇṇī, pakko āmavaṇṇī, āmo āmavaṇṇī, pakko pakkavaṇṇī.

2 Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo āmo hoti pakkavaṇṇī? Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa pāsādikaṃ hoti abhikkantaṃ paṭikkantaṃ ālokitaṃ vilokitaṃ samiñjitaṃ pasāritaṃ sanghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇaṃ. So ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo āmo hoti pakkavaṇṇī. Seyyathāpi taṃ, bhikkhave, ambaṃ āmaṃ pakkavaṇṇi; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi.

3 Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo pakko hoti āmavaṇṇī? Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa na pāsādikaṃ hoti abhikkantaṃ paṭikkantaṃ ālokitaṃ vilokitaṃ samiñjitaṃ pasāritaṃ sanghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇaṃ. So ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo pakko hoti āmavaṇṇī. Seyyathāpi taṃ, bhikkhave, ambaṃ pakkaṃ āmavaṇṇi; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi.

4 Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo āmo hoti āmavaṇṇī? Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa na pāsādikaṃ hoti abhikkantaṃ paṭikkantaṃ ālokitaṃ vilokitaṃ samiñjitaṃ pasāritaṃ sanghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇaṃ. So ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ nappajānāti. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo āmo hoti āmavaṇṇī. Seyyathāpi taṃ, bhikkhave, ambaṃ āmaṃ āmavaṇṇi; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi.

5 Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo pakko hoti pakkavaṇṇī? Idha, bhikkhave, ekaccassa puggalassa pāsādikaṃ hoti abhikkantaṃ paṭikkantaṃ ālokitaṃ vilokitaṃ samiñjitaṃ pasāritaṃ sanghāṭipattacīvaradhāraṇaṃ. So ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṃ pajānāti. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo pakko hoti pakkavaṇṇī. Seyyathāpi taṃ, bhikkhave, ambaṃ pakkaṃ pakkavaṇṇi; tathūpamāhaṃ, bhikkhave, imaṃ puggalaṃ vadāmi. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro ambūpamā puggalā santo saṃvijjamānā lokasmin"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.