Saddhamma Study Group

Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

9: The Book of the Nines

25. Wisdom

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

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1 "Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti, tassetaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno kallaṃ vacanāya:  ‘khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāmī’ti.

2 Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti? ‘Vītarāgaṃ me cittan’ti paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti; ‘vītadosaṃ me cittan’ti paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti; ‘vītamohaṃ me cittan’ti paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti; ‘asarāgadhammaṃ me cittan’ti paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti; ‘asadosadhammaṃ me cittan’ti paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti; ‘asamohadhammaṃ me cittan’ti paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti; ‘anāvattidhammaṃ me cittaṃ kāmabhavāyā’ti paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti; ‘anāvattidhammaṃ me cittaṃ rūpabhavāyā’ti paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti; ‘anāvattidhammaṃ me cittaṃ arūpabhavāyā’ti paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti. Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno paññāya cittaṃ suparicitaṃ hoti, tassetaṃ, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno kallaṃ vacanāya:  ‘khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyāti pajānāmī’"ti.

Pañcamaṃ.