0.3AkusalarāsisuttaA Heap of the Unskillful
1.1PTS 5.146Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.
1.2Tatra kho bhagavā etadavoca:There the Buddha said:
1.3“‘akusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.“Rightly speaking, mendicants, you’d call the five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.11.4Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—pañca nīvaraṇā.For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.1.5Katame pañca?What five?1.6Kāmacchandanīvaraṇaṁ, byāpādanīvaraṇaṁ, thinamiddhanīvaraṇaṁ, uddhaccakukkuccanīvaraṇaṁ, vicikicchānīvaraṇaṁ.The hindrances of sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.1.7‘Akusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime pañca nīvaraṇe sammā vadamāno vadeyya.Rightly speaking, you’d call these five hindrances a ‘heap of the unskillful’.1.8Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, akusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—pañca nīvaraṇā.For these five hindrances are entirely a heap of the unskillful.
2.1‘Kusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno cattāro satipaṭṭhāne sammā vadamāno vadeyya.Rightly speaking, you’d call these four kinds of mindfulness meditation a ‘heap of the skillful’.22.2Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—cattāro satipaṭṭhānā.For these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are entirely a heap of the skillful.2.3Katame cattāro?What four?2.4Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.2.5vedanāsu …pe…They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …2.6citte …pe…They meditate observing an aspect of the mind …2.7dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.They meditate observing an aspect of principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.2.8‘Kusalarāsī’ti, bhikkhave, vadamāno ime cattāro satipaṭṭhāne sammā vadamāno vadeyya.Rightly speaking, you’d call these four kinds of mindfulness meditation a ‘heap of the skillful’.2.9Kevalo hāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kusalarāsi, yadidaṁ—cattāro satipaṭṭhānā”ti.For these four kinds of mindfulness meditation are entirely a heap of the skillful.”
2.10Pañcamaṁ.