Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

2: The Book of the Twos

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1"Bhikkhus, there are these two kinds of assemblies. What two? The assembly of the noble and the assembly of the ignoble.

"And what is the assembly of the ignoble? The assembly in which the bhikkhus do not understand as it really is: ‘This is suffering’; do not understand as it really is: ‘This is the origin of suffering’; do not understand as it really is: ‘This is the cessation of suffering’; do not understand as it really is: ‘This is the way leading to the cessation of suffering’ is called the assembly of the ignoble.

"And what is the assembly of the noble? The assembly in which the bhikkhus understand as it really is: ‘This is suffering’; understand as it really is: ‘This is the origin of suffering’; understand as it really is: ‘This is the cessation of suffering’; understand as it really is: ‘This is the way leading to the cessation of suffering’ is called the assembly of the noble. [n.282] Mp: "The four paths and four fruits are discussed by means of the four truths."

"These, bhikkhus, are the two kinds of assemblies. Of these two kinds of assemblies, the assembly of the noble is foremost."

1"Dvemā, bhikkhave, parisā. Katamā dve? Anariyā ca parisā ariyā ca parisā.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, anariyā parisā? Idha, bhikkhave, yassaṁ parisāyaṁ bhikkhū ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, anariyā parisā.

2Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ariyā parisā? Idha, bhikkhave, yassaṁ parisāyaṁ bhikkhū ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti, ‘Ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ariyā parisā.

Imā kho, bhikkhave, dve parisā. Etadaggaṁ, bhikkhave, imāsaṁ dvinnaṁ parisānaṁ yadidaṁ ariyā parisā"ti.

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