- 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 1Numbered Discourses 1.268–277
0.221. PaṭhamavaggaChapter One
1.1PTS 1.27“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo kañci saṅkhāraṁ niccato upagaccheyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to take any condition as permanent. That is not possible.1.2Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano kañci saṅkhāraṁ niccato upagaccheyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for an ordinary person to take some condition as permanent. That is possible.”
1.1“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo kañci saṅkhāraṁ sukhato upagaccheyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to take any condition as pleasant.1.2Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano kañci saṅkhāraṁ sukhato upagaccheyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for an ordinary person to take some condition as pleasant.”
1.1“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo kañci dhammaṁ attato upagaccheyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to take anything as self.1.2Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano kañci dhammaṁ attato upagaccheyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for an ordinary person to take something as self.”
1.1“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo mātaraṁ jīvitā voropeyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to murder their mother.1.2Ṭhānañca kho, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano mātaraṁ jīvitā voropeyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for an ordinary person to murder their mother.”
1.1“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo pitaraṁ jīvitā voropeyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to murder their father.1.2Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano pitaraṁ jīvitā voropeyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for an ordinary person to murder their father.”
1.1“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo arahantaṁ jīvitā voropeyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to murder a perfected one.1.2Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano arahantaṁ jīvitā voropeyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for an ordinary person to murder a perfected one.”
1.1“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo tathāgatassa paduṭṭhacitto lohitaṁ uppādeyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to injure a Realized One with malicious intent.1.2Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano tathāgatassa paduṭṭhacitto lohitaṁ uppādeyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for an ordinary person to injure a Realized One with malicious intent.”
1.1“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo saṅghaṁ bhindeyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to cause a schism in the Saṅgha.1.2Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano saṅghaṁ bhindeyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for an ordinary person to cause a schism in the Saṅgha.”
1.1“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ diṭṭhisampanno puggalo aññaṁ satthāraṁ uddiseyya. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for an individual accomplished in view to dedicate themselves to another teacher.1.2Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ puthujjano aññaṁ satthāraṁ uddiseyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for an ordinary person to dedicate themselves to another teacher.”
1.1PTS 1.28“Aṭṭhānametaṁ, bhikkhave, anavakāso yaṁ ekissā lokadhātuyā dve arahanto sammāsambuddhā apubbaṁ acarimaṁ uppajjeyyuṁ. Netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.“It is impossible, mendicants, it cannot happen for two perfected ones, fully awakened Buddhas to arise in the same solar system at the same time.1.2Ṭhānañca kho etaṁ, bhikkhave, vijjati yaṁ ekissā lokadhātuyā ekova arahaṁ sammāsambuddho uppajjeyya. Ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.But it is possible for just one perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha, to arise in one solar system.”
1.3Vaggo paṭhamo.
