Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

7: The Book of the Sevens

81. An Expert in the Discipline is Resplendent (3)

"Bhikkhus, possessing seven qualities, an expert in the discipline is resplendent. What seven?

"(1) He knows what is an offense. (2) He knows what is not an offense. (3) He knows what is a light offense. (4) He knows what is a grave offense. (5) He is one who is firm in the discipline, immovable. (6) He is one who gains at will … the four jhānas …. (7) With the destruction of the taints, he has realized for himself with direct knowledge … the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom … he dwells in it.

Possessing these seven qualities, an expert in the discipline is resplendent."

1"Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato vinayadharo sobhati. Katamehi sattahi?

Āpattiṁ jānāti, anāpattiṁ jānāti, lahukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti, garukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti, vinaye kho pana ṭhito hoti asaṁhīro, catunnaṁ jhānānaṁ … pe … akasiralābhī, āsavānaṁ khayā … pe … sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato vinayadharo sobhatī"ti.


Sattamaṁ.

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