Aṅguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
X. Ānisaṅsa Vagga

The Book of the Sixes

Chapter X: Advantages

Sutta 102

Ānisaṃsa Suttaṃ

Without Reserve (a)¹

 

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[308]

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, if a monk perceive six advantages,
it is enough to establish,
without reserve,
the thought of impermanence anent all phenomena.

What six?

"Then² all phenomena shall appear to me as lacking fixity;

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my mind shall find no delight in any world;

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my mind shall rise above every world;

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my thoughts shall be inclined towards Nibbāna;

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the fetters in me shall go towards their ceasing;

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and I shall follow the course of highest recluseship."

[309] Verily, monks, if a monk perceive these six advantages,
it is enough to establish,
without reserve,
the thought of impermanence anent all phenomena.'

 

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¹ The Uddāna, with S.e., tayo anodhi saṅvuttā. P.E.D. does not notice saṅvutta.

² Ca.