6: The Book of the Sixes
102. Unlasting
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu considers six benefits, it is enough for him to establish the unlimited perception of impermanence in all conditioned phenomena. [n.1445] Sabbasaṅkhāresu anodhiṁ karitvā aniccasaññaṁ upaṭṭhāpetuṁ. Mp: "Unlimited: without setting a boundary thus: ‘Only these conditioned phenomena, but no others, are impermanent.’" What six? (1) ‘All conditioned phenomena will appear to me as unlasting. (2) My mind will not delight in anything in the world. (3) My mind will rise up from the entire world. (4) My mind will slope toward nibbāna. (5) My fetters will be abandoned. [n.1446] Ce and Ee have gacchanti, but the future meaning (originally conveyed by this form) seems intended here. Be has gacchissanti, perhaps a novel future form. And (6) I will come to possess supreme asceticism.’ [n.1447] I read with Be and Ee bhavissāmi, as against Ce bhavissati.
"Bhikkhus, when a bhikkhu considers these six benefits, it is enough for him to establish the unlimited perception of impermanence in all conditioned phenomena."
1"Cha, bhikkhave, ānisaṁse sampassamānena alameva bhikkhunā sabbasaṅkhāresu anodhiṁ karitvā aniccasaññaṁ upaṭṭhāpetuṁ. Katame cha? ‘Sabbasaṅkhārā ca me anavatthitā khāyissanti, sabbaloke ca me mano nābhiramissati, sabbalokā ca me mano vuṭṭhahissati, nibbānapoṇañca me mānasaṁ bhavissati, saṁyojanā ca me pahānaṁ gacchissanti, paramena ca sāmaññena samannāgato bhavissāmī’ti.
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha ānisaṁse sampassamānena alameva bhikkhunā sabbasaṅkhāresu anodhiṁ karitvā aniccasaññaṁ upaṭṭhāpetun"ti.
Sattamaṁ.
