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Things That Can’t Be Done (1st)

Paṭhamaabhabbaṭṭhānasutta

Things impossible for a stream-enterer.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.92Numbered Discourses 6.92
  • 0.29. Sītivagga9. Coolness

0.3PaṭhamaabhabbaṭṭhānasuttaThings That Can’t Be Done (1st)

1.1PTS 3.439“Chayimāni, bhikkhave, abhabbaṭṭhānāni.“Mendicants, these six things can’t be done.1.2Katamāni cha?What six?1.3Abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo satthari agāravo viharituṁ appatisso, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo dhamme agāravo viharituṁ appatisso, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo saṅghe agāravo viharituṁ appatisso, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo sikkhāya agāravo viharituṁ appatisso, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo anāgamanīyaṁ vatthuṁ paccāgantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo aṭṭhamaṁ bhavaṁ nibbattetuṁ.An individual accomplished in view can’t live disrespectful and irreverent toward the Teacher, the teaching, the Saṅgha, or the training. They can’t establish their belief on unreliable grounds. And they can’t generate an eighth rebirth.1.4Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cha abhabbaṭṭhānānī”ti.These are the six things that can’t be done.”

1.5Aṭṭhamaṁ.