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  • Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.16  Numbered Discourses 9.16
  • 2. Sīhanādavagga  2. The Lion’s Roar

Saññāsutta  Perceptions

“Navayimā, bhikkhave, saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā.  “Mendicants, these nine perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They culminate in freedom from death and end in freedom from death.
Katamā nava?  What nine?
Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā, pahānasaññā, virāgasaññā— 
paṭikūlasaññā → paṭikkūlasaññā (bj, sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed) | anabhiratasaññā → anabhiratisaññā (mr)
The perceptions of ugliness, death, repulsiveness of food, dissatisfaction with the whole world, impermanence, suffering in impermanence, not-self in suffering, giving up, and fading away.
imā kho, bhikkhave, nava saññā, bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā”ti.  These nine perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They culminate in freedom from death and end in freedom from death.”

Chaṭṭhaṁ. 

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

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