Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

65. Form

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1 "Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṃvijjamānā lokasmiṃ. Katame cattāro? Rūpappamāṇo rūpappasanno, ghosappamāṇo ghosappasanno, lūkhappamāṇo lūkhappasanno, dhammappamāṇo dhammappasanno – ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṃvijjamānā lokasminti.

2 Ye ca rūpe pamāṇiṃsu,
ye ca ghosena anvagū;
Chandarāgavasūpetā,
nābhijānanti te janā.

3 Ajjhattañca na jānāti,
bahiddhā ca na passati;
Samantāvaraṇo bālo,
sa ve ghosena vuyhati.

4 Ajjhattañca na jānāti,
bahiddhā ca vipassati;
Bahiddhā phaladassāvī,
sopi ghosena vuyhati.

5 Ajjhattañca pajānāti,
bahiddhā ca vipassati;
Vinīvaraṇadassāvī,
na so ghosena vuyhatī"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.