6: The Book of the Sixes
98. Impermanent
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, (1) it is impossible that a bhikkhu who considers any conditioned phenomenon to be permanent will possess a conviction in conformity with the teaching. (2) It is impossible that one who does not possess a conviction in conformity with the teaching will enter upon the fixed course of rightness. [n.1444] Sammattaniyāmaṁ okkamissati. Sammattaniyāmaṁ is obviously an abridgment of niyāmaṁ kusalesu dhammesu sammattaṁ, on which see AN3.22, n. 358, and AN5.151, n. 1150. (3) It is impossible that one who does not enter upon the fixed course of rightness will realize the fruit of stream-entry, (4) the fruit of once-returning, (5) the fruit of non-returning, (6) or arahantship.
2"Bhikkhus, (1) it is possible that a bhikkhu who considers all conditioned phenomena to be impermanent will possess a conviction in conformity with the teaching. (2) It is possible that one who possesses a conviction in conformity with the teaching will enter upon the fixed course of rightness. (3) It is possible that one who enters upon the fixed course of rightness will realize the fruit of stream-entry, (4) the fruit of once-returning, (5) the fruit of non-returning, (6) or arahantship."
1"‘So vata, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kañci saṅkhāraṁ niccato samanupassanto anulomikāya khantiyā samannāgato bhavissatī’ti netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati. ‘Anulomikāya khantiyā asamannāgato sammattaniyāmaṁ okkamissatī’ti netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati. ‘Sammattaniyāmaṁ anokkamamāno sotāpattiphalaṁ vā sakadāgāmiphalaṁ vā anāgāmiphalaṁ vā arahattaṁ vā sacchikarissatī’ti netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.
2‘So vata, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sabbasaṅkhāre aniccato samanupassanto anulomikāya khantiyā samannāgato bhavissatī’ti ṭhānametaṁ vijjati. ‘Anulomikāya khantiyā samannāgato sammattaniyāmaṁ okkamissatī’ti ṭhānametaṁ vijjati. ‘Sammattaniyāmaṁ okkamamāno sotāpattiphalaṁ vā sakadāgāmiphalaṁ vā anāgāmiphalaṁ vā arahattaṁ vā sacchikarissatī’ti ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī"ti.
Tatiyaṁ.
