The Book of the Sixes

Chapter IX: The Cool

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Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.

There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," they replied,
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these six occasions which cannot become.

What six?

One who has achieved right view
cannot become one who will accept any phenomenon as permanent,

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one who has achieved right view
cannot accept any phenomenon as happiness,

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one who has achieved right view
cannot accept any thing as self,

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one who has achieved right view
cannot do an unpardonable act,

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one who has achieved right view
cannot fall back on curious ceremonies¹ for purification,

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one who has achieved right view
cannot seek outside (the Order) for a gift-worthy.'

Verily, monks, these are the six occasions which cannot become.'

¹ Above V, § 175.