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Numbered Discourses 3.16 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.16
2. The Chariot-Maker – 2. Rathakāravagga
AN 3.16 Guaranteed – Apaṇṇakasutta
1.1
“Bhikkhū, when a bhikkhu has three things their practice is guaranteed, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.
“Tīhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu apaṇṇakapaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti, yoni cassa āraddhā hoti āsavānaṁ khayāya.
1.2
What three?
Katamehi tīhi?
1.3
It’s when a bhikkhu guards the sense doors, eats in moderation, and is dedicated to wakefulness.
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti, bhojane mattaññū hoti, jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti.
2.1
And how does a bhikkhu guard the sense doors?
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti?
2.2
When a bhikkhu sees a sight with their eyes, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cakkhunā rūpaṁ disvā na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī.
2.3
If the faculty of sight were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of desire and aversion would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of sight, and achieving its restraint.
Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ cakkhundriyaṁ asaṁvutaṁ viharantaṁ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṁ tassa saṁvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati cakkhundriyaṁ, cakkhundriye saṁvaraṁ āpajjati.
2.4
When they hear a sound with their ears …
Sotena saddaṁ sutvā …
2.5
When they smell an odor with their nose …
ghānena gandhaṁ ghāyitvā …
2.6
When they taste a flavor with their tongue …
jivhāya rasaṁ sāyitvā …
2.7
When they feel a touch with their body …
kāyena phoṭṭhabbaṁ phusitvā …
2.8
When they know a thought with their mind, they don’t get caught up in the features and details.
manasā dhammaṁ viññāya na nimittaggāhī hoti nānubyañjanaggāhī.
2.9
If the faculty of mind were left unrestrained, bad unskillful qualities of desire and aversion would become overwhelming. For this reason, they practice restraint, protecting the faculty of mind, and achieving its restraint.
Yatvādhikaraṇamenaṁ manindriyaṁ asaṁvutaṁ viharantaṁ abhijjhādomanassā pāpakā akusalā dhammā anvāssaveyyuṁ tassa saṁvarāya paṭipajjati, rakkhati manindriyaṁ, manindriye saṁvaraṁ āpajjati.
2.10
That’s how a bhikkhu guards the sense doors.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu indriyesu guttadvāro hoti.
3.1
And how does a bhikkhu eat in moderation?
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti?
3.2
It’s when a bhikkhu reflects properly on the food that they eat:
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu paṭisaṅkhā yoniso āhāraṁ āhāreti:
3.3
‘Not for fun, indulgence, adornment, or decoration, but only to sustain this body, to avoid harm, and to support spiritual practice. In this way, I shall put an end to old discomfort and not give rise to new discomfort, and I will live blamelessly and at ease.’
‘neva davāya na madāya na maṇḍanāya na vibhūsanāya, yāvadeva imassa kāyassa ṭhitiyā yāpanāya vihiṁsūparatiyā brahmacariyānuggahāya, iti purāṇañca vedanaṁ paṭihaṅkhāmi, navañca vedanaṁ na uppādessāmi, yātrā ca me bhavissati anavajjatā ca phāsuvihāro cā’ti.
3.4
That’s how a bhikkhu eats in moderation.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu bhojane mattaññū hoti.
4.1
And how is a bhikkhu dedicated to wakefulness?
Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti?
4.2
It’s when a bhikkhu practices walking and sitting meditation by day, purifying their mind from obstacles. In the evening, they continue to practice walking and sitting meditation. In the middle of the night, they lie down in the lion’s posture—on the right side, placing one foot on top of the other—mindful and aware, and focused on the time of getting up. In the last part of the night, they get up and continue to practice walking and sitting meditation, purifying their mind from obstacles.
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu divasaṁ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti, rattiyā paṭhamaṁ yāmaṁ caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti, rattiyā majjhimaṁ yāmaṁ dakkhiṇena passena sīhaseyyaṁ kappeti pāde pādaṁ accādhāya sato sampajāno uṭṭhānasaññaṁ manasi karitvā, rattiyā pacchimaṁ yāmaṁ paccuṭṭhāya caṅkamena nisajjāya āvaraṇīyehi dhammehi cittaṁ parisodheti.
4.3
This is how a bhikkhu is dedicated to wakefulness.
Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu jāgariyaṁ anuyutto hoti.
4.4
When a bhikkhu has these three things their practice is guaranteed, and they have laid the groundwork for ending the defilements.”
Imehi kho, bhikkhave, tīhi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu apaṇṇakapaṭipadaṁ paṭipanno hoti, yoni cassa āraddhā hoti āsavānaṁ khayāyā”ti.
4.5
Chaṭṭhaṁ.