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AN 9.62PTS AN 4.456Abhabba1 min read

Impossible

Abhabbasutta

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

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 9.62Numbered Discourses 9.62
  • 0.26. Khemavagga6. A Safe Place

0.3AbhabbasuttaImpossible

1.1“Nava, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.“Mendicants, without giving up nine things you can’t realize perfection.1.2Katame nava?What nine?1.3Rāgaṁ, dosaṁ, mohaṁ, kodhaṁ, upanāhaṁ, makkhaṁ, paḷāsaṁ, issaṁ, macchariyaṁ—Greed, hate, delusion, anger, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, and stinginess.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, nava dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.Without giving up these nine things you can’t realize perfection.

2.1Nava, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.After giving up nine things you can realize perfection.2.2Katame nava?What nine?2.3Rāgaṁ, dosaṁ, mohaṁ, kodhaṁ, upanāhaṁ, makkhaṁ, paḷāsaṁ, issaṁ, macchariyaṁ—Greed, hate, delusion, anger, acrimony, disdain, contempt, jealousy, and stinginess.2.4ime kho, bhikkhave, nava dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātun”ti.After giving up these nine things you can realize the fruit of perfection.”

2.5Ekādasamaṁ.

2.6Khemavaggo paṭhamo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1PTS 4.457Khemo ca amatañceva,3.2Abhayaṁ passaddhiyena ca;3.3Nirodho anupubbo ca,3.4Dhammaṁ pahāya bhabbena cāti.