Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

7: The Book of the Sevens

82. An Expert in the Discipline is Resplendent (4)

"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 recollects his manifold past abodes, that is, one birth, two births … as in 6:2 §4 … he recollects his manifold past abodes with their aspects and details. (6) With the divine eye, which is purified and surpasses the human … as in 6:2 §5 … he understands how beings fare in accordance with their kamma. (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, anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati, seyyathidaṁ – ekampi jātiṁ, dvepi jātiyo … pe … iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati, dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena … pe … āsavānaṁ khayā … pe … sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.

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


Aṭṭhamaṁ.

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