Aṅguttara-Nikāya
II. Dukanipāta
IX. Dhamma Vagga

II. The Book of the Twos

IX. Conditions¹³⁴

Suttas 86-96

 

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Sutta 86

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Emancipation of heart
and emancipation of insight.

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 87

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Energy and one-pointedness.¹³⁵

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 88

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Name and form.

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 89

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Knowledge and release.

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 90

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

The view of becoming
and that of non-becoming.¹³⁶

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 91

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Shamelessness and disregard of sin.

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 92

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Shame and fear of sin.

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 93

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Stubbornness
and friendship with the bad.

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 94

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Suavity
and friendship with the lovely.

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 95

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Skill in knowledge of the elements¹³⁷
and skill in paying attention.

These are the two."

 

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Sutta 96

"Monks, there are these two conditions.

What two?

Skill in knowing offences
and rehabilitation from them.'

These are the two."

 

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¹³⁴ Cf. the list at Dialog. iii, 205; Expos. ii, 499 ff.

¹³⁵ Paggāha (= viriyaṅ) avikkhepo = citt'ekaggataṅ. Comy.

¹³⁶ Eternalism and annihilationism.

¹³⁷ Dhātu-kusalatā = aṭṭhārasa-dhātuyo dhātū ti jānanaṅ. Comy. Cf. D. iii, 212; Dial. iii, 205 n