Aṅguttara Nikāya 2. Dukanipāta The Book of the Twos Homage to the Blessed One, the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One 1. Kammakaraṇavaggo I. Entering upon the Rains 1 (1) Faults Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s Park. There the Blessed One addressed the Bhikkhus: Bhikkhus! Venerable sir! those

Aṅguttara Nikāya 2. Dukanipāta 2. Adhikaraṇavaggo II. Disciplinary Issues 11 (1) Bhikkhus, there are these 2 powers . What 2? The power of reflection and the power of development. And what is the power of reflection ? Here, someone reflects thus: ‘Bodily misconduct has a bad result in the present life and in the future life; verbal misconduct has a

Aṅguttara Nikāya 2. Dukanipāta 3. Bālavaggo III. Fools 21 (1) Bhikkhus, there are these 2 kinds of fools . What 2? One who does not see his transgression as a transgression and one who does not, in accordance with the Dhamma, accept the transgression of one who is confessing. - These are the 2 kinds of fools. Bhikkhus, there are

Aṅguttara Nikāya 2. Dukanipāta 4. Samacittavaggo IV. Same-Minded 32 (1) Bhikkhus, I will teach you the plane of the bad person and the plane of the good person. Listen and attend closely. I will speak. Yes, Bhante, those Bhikkhus replied. The Blessed One said this: And what is the plane of the bad person ? A bad person is ungrateful

Aṅguttara Nikāya 2. Dukanipāta 5. Parisavaggo V. Assemblies 42 (1) Bhikkhus, there are these 2 kinds of assemblies. What 2? The shallow assembly and the deep assembly. And what is the shallow assembly ? The assembly in which the Bhikkhus are restless, puffed up, vain, talkative, rambling in their talk, with muddled mindfulness, lacking in clear comprehension, unconcentrated, with wandering

Aṅguttara Nikāya 2. Dukanipāta 6. Puggalavaggo VI. People 52 (1) Bhikkhus, there are these 2 people who arise in the world for the welfare of many people, for the happiness of many people, for the good, welfare, and happiness of devas and humans. What 2? The Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One and the Wheel-Turning Monarch. - These are

Aṅguttara Nikāya 2. Dukanipāta 7. Sukhavaggo VII. Happiness 64 (1) Bhikkhus, there are these 2 kinds of happiness. What 2? The happiness of a layperson and the happiness of one who has gone forth [into homelessness]. - These are the 2 kinds of happiness. Of these 2 kinds of happiness, the happiness of one who has gone forth is foremost.

Aṅguttara Nikāya 2. Dukanipāta 8. Sanimittavaggo VIII. With a Basis 77 (1) Bhikkhus, bad unwholesome qualities arise with a basis, not without a basis. With the abandoning of this basis, these bad unwholesome qualities do not occur. 78 (2) Bhikkhus, bad unwholesome qualities arise through a source, not without a source. With the abandoning of this source, these bad unwholesome

Aṅguttara Nikāya 2. Dukanipāta 9. Dhammavaggo IX. Dhamma 87 (1) Bhikkhus, there are these 2 things . What 2? Liberation of Mind and Liberation by Wisdom. - These are the 2 things . 88 (2)–97 (11) Bhikkhus, there are these 2 things . What 2? (88) Exertion and non-distraction ... (89) Name and form ... (90) True knowledge and liberation