Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

5: The Book of the Fives

89. A Trainee (1)

1"Bhikkhus, these five qualities lead to the decline of a bhikkhu who is a trainee. What five? Delight in work, delight in talk, delight in sleep, and delight in company; and he does not review the extent to which his mind is liberated. [n.1095] Yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ na paccavekkhati. Mp: "Having reviewed which faults have been abandoned and which virtues have been obtained, he does not make an effort to obtain higher virtues." This passage seems to presage the idea of paccavekkhaṇañāṇa, which figures prominently in the commentaries. These five qualities lead to the decline of a bhikkhu who is a trainee.

2"Bhikkhus, these five qualities lead to the non-decline of a bhikkhu who is a trainee. What five? Not delighting in work, not delighting in talk, not delighting in sleep, not delighting in company; and he reviews the extent to which his mind is liberated. These five qualities lead to the non-decline of a bhikkhu who is a trainee." [n.1096] Mp: "This sutta has discussed the causes for decline and growth of the seven trainees in relation to the higher virtues. The causes for decline of a trainee occur first to the worldling."

1"Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti. Katame pañca? Kammārāmatā, bhassārāmatā, niddārāmatā, saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ na paccavekkhati – ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.

2Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti. Katame pañca? Na kammārāmatā, na bhassārāmatā, na niddārāmatā, na saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhati – ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā sekhassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattantī"ti.


Navamaṁ.

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