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AN 7.40PTS AN 4.34Vasa 11 min read

Mastery of the Mind (1st)

Paṭhamavasasutta

Seven qualities leading to mastery of meditation.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.40Numbered Discourses 7.40
  • 0.24. Devatāvagga4. Deities

0.3PaṭhamavasasuttaMastery of the Mind (1st)

1.1PTS 4.34“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattati.“Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it.1.2Katamehi sattahi?What seven?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samādhikusalo hoti, samādhissa samāpattikusalo hoti, samādhissa ṭhitikusalo hoti, samādhissa vuṭṭhānakusalo hoti, samādhissa kalyāṇakusalo hoti, samādhissa gocarakusalo hoti, samādhissa abhinīhārakusalo hoti.It’s when a mendicant is skilled at immersion, skilled in entering immersion, skilled in remaining in immersion, skilled in emerging from immersion, skilled in positivity for immersion, skilled in the territory of immersion, and skilled in projecting the mind purified by immersion.1.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattatī”ti.A mendicant with these seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it.”

1.5Navamaṁ.