Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

5: The Book of the Fives

130. Accomplishments

1"Bhikkhus, there are these five disasters. What five? Disaster due to loss of relatives, disaster due to loss of wealth, disaster due to illness, disaster regarding virtuous behavior, and disaster regarding view. [n.1129] Disaster regarding virtuous behavior (sīlavyasana) obviously refers to conduct that violates the five ethical precepts, and disaster regarding view (diṭṭhivyasana) to the adoption of a wrong view, particularly the view that denies the principle of kamma and its results. It is not because of a disaster due to loss of relatives, or a disaster due to loss of wealth, or a disaster due to illness that with the breakup of the body, after death, beings are reborn in the plane of misery, in a bad destination, in the lower world, in hell. It is because of a disaster regarding virtuous behavior and a disaster regarding view that with the breakup of the body, after death, beings are reborn in the plane of misery, in a bad destination, in the lower world, in hell. These are the five disasters.

2"Bhikkhus, there are these five accomplishments. What five? Accomplishment in relatives, accomplishment in wealth, accomplishment in health, accomplishment in virtuous behavior, and accomplishment in view. It is not because of accomplishment in relatives, accomplishment in wealth, or accomplishment in health that with the breakup of the body, after death, beings are reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world. It is because of accomplishment in virtuous behavior and accomplishment in view that with the breakup of the body, after death, beings are reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world. These are the five accomplishments."

1"Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, byasanāni. Katamāni pañca? Ñātibyasanaṁ, bhogabyasanaṁ, rogabyasanaṁ, sīlabyasanaṁ, diṭṭhibyasanaṁ. Na, bhikkhave, sattā ñātibyasanahetu vā bhogabyasanahetu vā rogabyasanahetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjanti. Sīlabyasanahetu vā, bhikkhave, sattā diṭṭhibyasanahetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjanti. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca byasanāni.

2Pañcimā, bhikkhave, sampadā. Katamā pañca? Ñātisampadā, bhogasampadā, ārogyasampadā, sīlasampadā, diṭṭhisampadā. Na, bhikkhave, sattā ñātisampadāhetu vā bhogasampadāhetu vā ārogyasampadāhetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjanti. Sīlasampadāhetu vā, bhikkhave, sattā diṭṭhisampadāhetu vā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjanti. Imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca sampadā"ti.


Dasamaṁ.
Gilānavaggo tatiyo.

3Gilāno satisūpaṭṭhi,
Dve upaṭṭhākā duvāyusā;
Vapakāsasamaṇasukhā,
Parikuppaṁ byasanena cāti.

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