Aṅguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XI: Samaṇa-Saññā-Vagga

X. The Book of the Tens

XI: Ideas of a Recluse¹

Sutta 101

Samaṇa-Saññā Suttaṃ

Ideas

 

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[148] [210]

THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One said this:

2. "Monks, three ideas of a recluse,
if made to grow,
made much of,
complete seven (other) conditions.

What three?

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

[2] 'My life is dependent upon others.'

[3] 'I must now behave myself differently.'

These three ideas of a recluse,
if made to grow,
made much of,
complete seven (other) conditions.

 

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What seven?

[1] He is one who ever and always
makes no pause
in action² or practice of virtue;
[2] he is not greedy or covetous;^ed1
[3] he does no harm to any one;
[4] he is without self-conceit;
[5] he is eager for the training;
[211] [6] as regards the necessaries of life he thinks:

'This is³ my object';
[7] he dwells ardent in energy.

Thus, monks, these three ideas of a recluse,
if made to grow,
if made much of,
complete these seven conditions."

 

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¹ Cf. § 48. 'Recluse' for samaṇa (çramaṇa) is not perfectly fitting, for such were not solitaries. 'Austere' is perhaps nearer the meaning. The usual comment is samita-pāpatta (calmed as to wickedness).

² Satata-kārī ... vuttī.

³ Idam atthan ti'ssa = ime paccayā ti. So also Comy. but text has several v.ll.

 

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^ed1 anabhijjhālū hoti, Omitted by Woodward. Translated here from PED.