AN 5.70 The Ending of Defilements – Āsavakkhayasutta

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AN 5.70 The Ending of Defilements – Āsavakkhayasutta

Numbered Discourses 5.70 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.70

7. Perceptions – 7. Saññāvagga

AN 5.70 The Ending of Defilements – Āsavakkhayasutta

 

1.1

Bhikkhū, these five things, when developed and cultivated, lead to the ending of defilements.

“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattanti.

1.2

What five?

Katame pañca?

1.3

A bhikkhu meditates observing the ugliness of the body, perceives the repulsiveness of food, perceives dissatisfaction with the whole world, observes the anicca of all conditions, and has well established the perception of their own death.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu asubhānupassī kāye viharati, āhāre paṭikūlasaññī, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññī, sabbasaṅkhāresu aniccānupassī, maraṇasaññā kho panassa ajjhattaṁ sūpaṭṭhitā hoti.

1.4

These five things, when developed and cultivated, lead to the ending of defilements.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhammā bhāvitā bahulīkatā āsavānaṁ khayāya saṁvattantī”ti.

1.5

Dasamaṁ.

1.6

Saññāvaggo dutiyo.

2.0

Tassuddānaṁ

2.1

Dve ca saññā dve vaḍḍhī ca,

2.2

sākacchena ca sājīvaṁ;

2.3

Iddhipādā ca dve vuttā,

2.4

nibbidā cāsavakkhayāti.