12. Sāmaññavaggo | 6 | Aṅguttara

Aṅguttara Nikāya

012. Sāmaññavaggo
II. Asceticism

117 (1) Contemplating the Body

Bhikkhus, without having abandoned 6 things, one is incapable of contemplating the body in the body. What 6?

1) Delight in work,
2) delight in talk,
3) delight in sleep,
4) delight in company,
5) not guarding the doors of the sense faculties, and
6) being immoderate in eating.

- Without having abandoned these 6 things, one is incapable of contemplating the body in the body.

Bhikkhus, having abandoned 6 things, one is capable of contemplating the body in the body. What 6?

1) Delight in work,
2) delight in talk,
3) delight in sleep,
4) delight in company,
5) not guarding the doors of the sense faculties, and
6) being immoderate in eating.  

- Having abandoned these 6 things, one is capable of contemplating the body in the body.

118 (2) Contemplating the Body Internally, Etc.

Bhikkhus, without having abandoned 6 things, one is incapable of

contemplating the body in the body internally ... externally ... both internally and externally ...

contemplating feelings in feelings ... internally ... externally ... both internally and externally ...

contemplating mind in mind ... internally ... externally ... both internally and externally ...

contemplating phenomena in phenomena ... internally ... externally ... both internally and externally.

What 6?

1) Delight in work,
2) delight in talk,
3) delight in sleep,
4) delight in company,
5) not guarding the doors of the sense faculties, and
6) being immoderate in eating.

Without having abandoned these 6 things, one is incapable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally and externally.

Bhikkhus, by having abandoned 6 things, one is capable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally and externally.

What 6?

1) Delight in work,
2) delight in talk,
3) delight in sleep,
4) delight in company,
5) not guarding the doors of the sense faculties, and
6) being immoderate in eating.  

By having abandoned these 6 things, one is capable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally and externally.

119 (3) Tapussa

Bhikkhus, possessing 6 qualities, the householder Tapussa has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless.

What 6?

1) Unwavering confidence in the Buddha,
2) unwavering confidence in the Dhamma,
3) unwavering confidence in the Saṅgha,
4) noble virtuous behaviour,
5) noble knowledge, and
6) noble liberation.

- Possessing these 6 qualities,

the householder Tapussa has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless.

120 (4)–139 (23) Bhallika, Etc.

Bhikkhus, possessing 6 qualities, the householder Bhallika ... the householder Sudatta Anāthapiṇḍika ... the householder Citta of Macchikāsaṇḍa ...

the householder Hatthaka of Āḷavī ... the householder Mahānāma the Sakyan ... the householder Ugga of Vesālī ... the householder Uggata ...

the householder Sūra of Ambaṭṭha ... the householder Jīvaka Komārabhacca ... the householder Nakulapitā ... the householder Tavakaṇṇika ...

the householder Pūraṇa ... the householder Isidatta ... the householder Sandhāna ... the householder Vijaya ... the householder Vajjiyamāhita ...

the householder Meṇḍaka ... the lay follower Vāseṭṭha ... the lay follower Ariṭṭha ...

the lay follower Sāragga has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless.

What 6?

1) Unwavering confidence in the Buddha,
2) unwavering confidence in the Dhamma,
3) unwavering confidence in the Saṅgha,
4) noble virtuous behaviour,
5) noble knowledge, and
6) noble liberation.  

- Possessing these 6 qualities,

the householder Sāragga has reached certainty about the Tathāgata and become a seer of the deathless, one who lives having realized the deathless.