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Untitled Discourses on the Eye

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 11Numbered Discourses 11.22–29
  • 0.2PaṭhamapaṇṇāsakaThe First Fifty
  • 0.3SāmaññavaggaSimilarity

0.4~Untitled Discourses on the Eye

1.1PTS 5.359“Ekādasahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato gopālako abhabbo gogaṇaṁ pariharituṁ phātiṁ kātuṁ.“Mendicants, a cowherd with eleven factors can’t maintain and expand a herd of cattle.1.2Katamehi ekādasahi?What eleven?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, gopālako na rūpaññū hoti, na lakkhaṇakusalo hoti, na āsāṭikaṁ hāretā hoti, na vaṇaṁ paṭicchādetā hoti, na dhūmaṁ kattā hoti, na titthaṁ jānāti, na pītaṁ jānāti, na vīthiṁ jānāti, na gocarakusalo hoti, anavasesadohī ca hoti, ye te usabhā gopitaro gopariṇāyakā te na atirekapūjāya pūjetā hoti—It’s when a cowherd doesn’t know form, is unskilled in characteristics, doesn’t pick out flies’ eggs, doesn’t dress wounds, doesn’t spread smoke, doesn’t know the ford, doesn’t know satisfaction, doesn’t know the trail, is not skilled in pastures, milks dry, and doesn’t show extra respect to the bulls who are fathers and captains of the herd.1.4imehi kho, bhikkhave, ekādasahi aṅgehi samannāgato gopālako abhabbo gogaṇaṁ pariharituṁ phātiṁ kātuṁ.A cowherd with these eleven factors can’t maintain and expand a herd of cattle.

2.1Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, ekādasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ aniccānupassī viharituṁ…In the same way, a mendicant with eleven qualities can’t meditate observing impermanence in the eye …3.1pe…

1.1abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ dukkhānupassī viharituṁ…… meditate observing suffering …

1.1abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ anattānupassī viharituṁ…… not-self …

1.1abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ khayānupassī viharituṁ…… ending …

1.1abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ vayānupassī viharituṁ…… vanishing …

1.1abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ virāgānupassī viharituṁ…… fading away …

1.1abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ nirodhānupassī viharituṁ…… cessation …

1.1abhabbo cakkhusmiṁ paṭinissaggānupassī viharituṁ”.… letting go …”