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The Boy’s Questions

Kumārapañhā

A list of ten doctrinal factors.

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

  • 0.1Khuddakapāṭha 4Basic Passages 4

0.2KumārapañhāThe Boy’s Questions

1.1Ekaṁ nāma kiṁ?What is the one?11.2Sabbe sattā āhāraṭṭhitikā.All sentient beings are sustained by food.

2.1Dve nāma kiṁ?What is the two?2.2Nāmañca rūpañca.Name and form.

3.1Tīṇi nāma kiṁ?What is the three?3.2Tisso vedanā.Three feelings.

4.1Cattāri nāma kiṁ?What is the four?4.2Cattāri ariyasaccāni.Four noble truths.

5.1Pañca nāma kiṁ?What is the five?5.2Pañcupādānakkhandhā.Five grasping aggregates.

6.1Cha nāma kiṁ?What is the six?6.2Cha ajjhattikāni āyatanāni.Six interior sense fields.

7.1Satta nāma kiṁ?What is the seven?7.2Satta bojjhaṅgā.Seven awakening factors.

8.1Aṭṭha nāma kiṁ?What is the eight?8.2Ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo.The noble eightfold path.

9.1Nava nāma kiṁ?What is the nine?9.2Nava sattāvāsā.Nine abodes of sentient beings.

10.1Dasa nāma kiṁ?What is the ten?10.2Dasahaṅgehi samannāgato “arahā”ti vuccatīti.One endowed with ten factors is called “perfected”.

11.1Kumārapañhā.

Translator’s notes

  1. This catechism helps memorize some fundamental teachings. It applies very simply the numerical method elsewhere elaborated in detail.

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