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Declarations

Byākaraṇasutta

When people are asked whether they are enlightened, they might answer for different reasons.

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  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.93Numbered Discourses 5.93
  • 0.210. Kakudhavagga10. With Kakudha

0.3ByākaraṇasuttaDeclarations

1.1“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, aññābyākaraṇāni.“Mendicants, there are five ways of declaring enlightenment.1.2Katamāni pañca?What five?1.3Mandattā momūhattā aññaṁ byākaroti;One declares enlightenment out of stupidity and folly.1.4pāpiccho icchāpakato aññaṁ byākaroti;Or because of corrupt wishes, being of wishful temperament.1.5ummādā cittakkhepā aññaṁ byākaroti;Or because of madness and mental disorder.1.6adhimānena aññaṁ byākaroti;Or out of overestimation.1.7sammadeva aññaṁ byākaroti.Or one declares enlightenment rightly.1.8Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca aññābyākaraṇānī”ti.These are the five ways of declaring enlightenment.”

1.9Tatiyaṁ.