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Temporarily Free (1st)

Paṭhamasamayavimuttasutta

A mendicant who has found only temporary freedom may decline for five reasons.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.149Numbered Discourses 5.149
  • 0.215. Tikaṇḍakīvagga15. At Tikaṇḍakī

0.3PaṭhamasamayavimuttasuttaTemporarily Free (1st)

1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā samayavimuttassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.“Mendicants, these five things lead to the decline of a mendicant who is temporarily free.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Kammārāmatā, bhassārāmatā, niddārāmatā, saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ na paccavekkhati.They relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they don’t review the extent of their mind’s freedom.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā samayavimuttassa bhikkhuno parihānāya saṁvattanti.These five things lead to the decline of a mendicant who is temporarily free.

2.1Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā samayavimuttassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattanti.These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant who is temporarily free.2.2Katame pañca?What five?2.3Na kammārāmatā, na bhassārāmatā, na niddārāmatā, na saṅgaṇikārāmatā, yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhati.They don’t relish work, talk, sleep, and company. And they review the extent of their mind’s freedom.2.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā samayavimuttassa bhikkhuno aparihānāya saṁvattantī”ti.These five things don’t lead to the decline of a mendicant who is temporarily free.”

2.5Navamaṁ.