Saṁyutta Nikāya,
V: Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṁyutta
IV. Nīvaraṇa-Vaggo

V: The Great Chapter
46: Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
IV. On Hindrances

Suttas 35-36

Yoniso Suttaṁ

Systematic (a) and (b)

 

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THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One once addressed the monks,
saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"Monks, in him,||
who practises unsystematic attention,¹
sensual desire,
if not already risen,
arises:
and, if already arisen,
sensual desire conduces
to the more-becoming and growth thereof.

So also in him,
who practises unsystematic attention,
malevolence,
if not already risen,
arises:
and, if already arisen,
malevolence conduces
to the more-becoming and growth thereof.

So also in him,
who practises unsystematic attention,
sloth and torpor,
if not already risen,
do arise:
and, if arisen,
sloth and torpor conduces
to the more-becoming and growth thereof.

So also in him,
who practises unsystematic attention,
excitement and flurry,
if not already risen,
do arise:
and, if already arisen,
excitement and flurry conduces
to the more-becoming and growth thereof.

So also in him,
who practises unsystematic attention,
doubt and wavering,
if not already risen,
do arise:
and, if already arisen,
doubt and wavering conduces
to the more-becoming and growth thereof.

 

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But, monks, in him who gives systematic attention,
the limb of wisdom which is mindfulness,
if not yet arisen,
arises:
and, if already arisen,
by cultivation
it goes to fulfilment.

So also in him who gives systematic attention,
the limb of wisdom which is investigation of the Norm,
if not yet arisen,
arises:
and, if already arisen,
by cultivation
it goes to fulfilment.

So also in him who gives systematic attention,
the limb of wisdom which is energy,
if not yet arisen,
arises:
and, if already arisen,
by cultivation
it goes to fulfilment.

 

So also in him who gives systematic attention,
the limb of wisdom which is zest,
if not yet arisen,
arises:
and, if already arisen,
by cultivation
it goes to fulfilment.

So also in him who gives systematic attention,
the limb of wisdom which is tranquillity,
if not yet arisen,
arises:
and, if already arisen,
by cultivation
it goes to fulfilment.

So also in him who gives systematic attention,
the limb of wisdom which is concentration,
if not yet arisen,
arises:
and, if already arisen,
by cultivation
it goes to fulfilment.

So also in him who gives systematic attention,
the limb of wisdom which is equanimity,
if not yet arisen,
arises:
and, if already arisen,
by cultivation
it goes to fulfilment.

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¹ Cf. Expos. ii, 490; supra, 71, n.