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Numbered Discourses 5.61 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.61

7. Perceptions – 7. Saññāvagga

AN 5.61 Perceptions (1st) – Paṭhamasaññāsutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, these five perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They culminate in the deathless and end with the deathless.

“Pañcimā, bhikkhave, saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā.

1.2

What five?

Katamā pañca?

1.3

The perceptions of ugliness, death, drawbacks, repulsiveness of food, and dissatisfaction with the whole world.

Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, ādīnavasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā—

1.4

These five perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They culminate in the deathless and end with the deathless.”

imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā”ti.

1.5

 

Paṭhamaṁ.