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The Ending of Defilements

Āsavakkhayasutta

The ten path factors lead to the end of the defilements.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.122Numbered Discourses 10.122
  • 0.212. Paccorohaṇivagga12. The Ceremony of Descent

0.3ĀsavakkhayasuttaThe Ending of Defilements

1.1“Dasayime, bhikkhave, dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattanti.“Mendicants, these ten things, when developed and cultivated, lead to the ending of defilements.1.2Katame dasa?What ten?1.3Sammādiṭṭhi, sammāsaṅkappo, sammāvācā, sammākammanto, sammāājīvo, sammāvāyāmo, sammāsati, sammāsamādhi, sammāñāṇaṁ, sammāvimutti—Right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, dasa dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattantī”ti.These ten things, when developed and cultivated, lead to the ending of defilements.”

1.5Dasamaṁ.

1.6Paccorohaṇivaggo dutiyo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Tayo adhammā ajito,2.2Saṅgāravo ca orimaṁ;2.3Dve ceva paccorohaṇī,2.4Pubbaṅgamaṁ āsavakkhayoti.