AN 4 The Book of the Fours – Catukkanipāta > AN 4.89 Right View

Numbered Discourses 4.89 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.89

9. Confirmed – 9. Macalavagga

AN 4.89 Right View – Sammādiṭṭhisutta

1.1

“Bhikkhū, these four people are found in the world.

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.

1.2

What four?

Katame cattāro?

1.3

The confirmed ascetic, the white lotus ascetic, the pink lotus ascetic, and the exquisite ascetic of ascetics.

Samaṇamacalo, samaṇapuṇḍarīko, samaṇapadumo, samaṇesu samaṇasukhumālo.

2.1

And how is a person a confirmed ascetic?

Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇamacalo hoti?

2.2

It’s when a bhikkhu has right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samādhi.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo hoti, sammāvāco hoti, sammākammanto hoti, sammāājīvo hoti, sammāvāyāmo hoti, sammāsati hoti, sammāsamādhi hoti.

2.3

That’s how a person is a confirmed ascetic.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇamacalo hoti.

3.1

And how is a person a white lotus ascetic?

Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇapuṇḍarīko hoti?

3.2

It’s when they have right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right samādhi, right knowledge, and right freedom. But they don’t have direct meditative experience of the eight liberations.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, sammāsaṅkappo hoti, sammāvāco hoti, sammākammanto hoti, sammāājīvo hoti, sammāvāyāmo hoti, sammāsati hoti, sammāsamādhi hoti, sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti, no ca kho aṭṭha vimokkhe kāyena phusitvā viharati.

3.3

That’s how a person is a white lotus ascetic.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇapuṇḍarīko hoti.

4.1

And how is a person a pink lotus ascetic?

Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇapadumo hoti?

4.2

It’s when they have right view … and right freedom. And they do have direct meditative experience of the eight liberations.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāvimutti hoti, aṭṭha ca vimokkhe kāyena phusitvā viharati.

4.3

That’s how a person is a pink lotus ascetic.

Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇapadumo hoti.

5.1

And how is a person an exquisite ascetic of ascetics?

Kathañca, bhikkhave, puggalo samaṇesu samaṇasukhumālo hoti?

5.2

It’s when a bhikkhu usually uses only what they’ve been invited to accept … And if anyone should be rightly called an exquisite ascetic of ascetics, it’s me.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu yācitova bahulaṁ cīvaraṁ paribhuñjati, appaṁ ayācito …pe… yañhi taṁ, bhikkhave, sammā vadamāno vadeyya samaṇesu samaṇasukhumāloti, mameva taṁ, bhikkhave, sammā vadamāno vadeyya samaṇesu samaṇasukhumāloti.

5.3

These are the four people found in the world.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin”ti.

5.4

Navamaṁ.