Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

5: The Book of the Fives

52. A Heap

1"Bhikkhus, saying ‘a heap of the unwholesome,’ it is about the five hindrances that one could rightly say this. [n.1045] Also at SN47:5, followed by a declaration that the four establishments of mindfulness are "a heap of the wholesome" (kusalarāsī). Here I follow Be and Ee, which do not include ime in the opening. Ce has ime both in the opening and at the end; Be does not have it in either place. For the five hindrances are a complete heap of the unwholesome. What five? The hindrance of sensual desire, the hindrance of ill will, the hindrance of dullness and drowsiness, the hindrance of restlessness and remorse, and the hindrance of doubt. Bhikkhus, saying ‘a heap of the unwholesome,’ it is about these five hindrances that one could rightly say this. For these five hindrances are a complete heap of the unwholesome."

1"Akusalarāsīti, bhikkhave, vadamāno pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya. Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi yadidaṁ pañca nīvaraṇā. Katame pañca? Kāmacchandanīvaraṇaṁ, byāpādanīvaraṇaṁ, thinamiddhanīvaraṇaṁ, uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇaṁ, vicikicchānīvaraṇaṁ. Akusalarāsīti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya. Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi yadidaṁ pañca nīvaraṇā"ti.


Dutiyaṁ.

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