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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

6: The Book of the Sixes

15. Regret

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

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1 Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:  "tathā tathāvuso, bhikkhu vihāraṃ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṃ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti. Kathañcāvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṃ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṃ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti?

2 Idhāvuso, bhikkhu kammārāmo hoti kammarato kammārāmataṃ anuyutto, bhassārāmo hoti … niddārāmo hoti … sangaṇikārāmo hoti … saṃsaggārāmo hoti … papañcārāmo hoti papañcarato papañcārāmataṃ anuyutto. Evaṃ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṃ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṃ kappayato kālakiriyā anutappā hoti. Ayaṃ vuccatāvuso:  ‘bhikkhu sakkāyābhirato nappajahāsi sakkāyaṃ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāya’.

3 Tathā tathāvuso, bhikkhu vihāraṃ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṃ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti. Kathañcāvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṃ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṃ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti?

4 Idhāvuso, bhikkhu na kammārāmo hoti na kammarato na kammārāmataṃ anuyutto, na bhassārāmo hoti … na niddārāmo hoti … na sangaṇikārāmo hoti … na saṃsaggārāmo hoti … na papañcārāmo hoti na papañcarato na papañcārāmataṃ anuyutto. Evaṃ kho, āvuso, bhikkhu tathā tathā vihāraṃ kappeti yathā yathāssa vihāraṃ kappayato kālakiriyā ananutappā hoti. Ayaṃ vuccatāvuso:  ‘bhikkhu nibbānābhirato pajahāsi sakkāyaṃ sammā dukkhassa antakiriyāyā’ti.

5 Yo papañcamanuyutto,
papañcābhirato mago;
Virādhayī so nibbānaṃ,
yogakkhemaṃ anuttaraṃ.

6 Yo ca papañcaṃ hitvāna,
nippapañcapade rato;
Ārādhayī so nibbānaṃ,
yogakkhemaṃ anuttaran"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.