Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
V. Akkosa Vagga

X. The Book of the Tens

V: Reviling

Sutta 48

Dasa-Dhamma Suttaṃ

Conditions

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Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī.

There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

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

2. "Monks, these ten conditions
must again and again be contemplated
by one who has gone forth (from the home).

What ten?

3. He must again and again contemplate this fact:

'I am now come to a state of being an outcast.'¹

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4. And this:

'My very life is dependent on others.'

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5. And this:

'I must now behave myself differently.'

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6. And this:

'Does the self² upbraid me for (lapse from) virtue,
or does it not?'

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7. And this:

'Do my discerning fellows in the Brahma-life,
after testing me,
upbraid me for (lapse from) virtue,
or do they not?'

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8. And this:

'In all things dear and delightful to me
there is change and separation.'

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9. And this:

'I myself am responsible for my deed,³
I am the heir to my deed,
the womb of my deed,
the kinsman of my deed,
I am he to whom my deed comes home.⁴

Whatever deed I shall do,
be it good or bad,
of that shall I be the heir.

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10. And this:

The nights and days flit by for me -
who have grown⁵ to what?'

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11. And this:

'In my void dwelling
do I take delight or not?'

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12. And this:

'Have I come by any superhuman experience,⁶
any excellence of truly Ariyan knowledge and [63] insight,
whereon when questioned in my latter days⁷
by my fellows in the Brahma-life
I shall not be confounded?'

13. These, monks, are the ten conditions
to be again and again contemplated
by one who has gone forth (from the home).'

¹ As below § 101; quoted Netti 185.

² Cf. G.S. i, 125; ii, 116. According to Comy. atta = cittaṃ.

³ Kammassako'mhi.

⁴ Kamma-paṭisaraṇo. M. iii, 203; Mil. Panh. 65 adds kammaṃ satte vibhajati (differentiates).

⁵ Quoted Mil. Panh. 392.

⁶ K.S. iv, 208; G.S. i, 7.