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Seven Qualities

Sattadhammasutta

Qualities required for arahantship.

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.60Numbered Discourses 7.60
  • 0.26. Abyākatavagga6. The Undeclared Points

0.3SattadhammasuttaSeven Qualities

1.1PTS 4.85“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu nacirasseva āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyya.“Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities soon realizes the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. They live having achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.1.2Katamehi sattahi?What seven?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu saddho hoti, sīlavā hoti, bahussuto hoti, paṭisallīno hoti, āraddhavīriyo hoti, satimā hoti, paññavā hoti.It’s when a mendicant is faithful, ethical, learned, secluded, energetic, mindful, and wise.1.4Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu nacirasseva āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyā”ti.A mendicant with these seven qualities soon realizes the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. They live having achieved with their own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.”

1.5Sattamaṁ.