AN 5 The Book of the Fives – Pañcakanipāta > AN 5.96 Remembering What You’ve Learned

Numbered Discourses 5.96 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.96

10. With Kakudha – 10. Kakudhavagga

AN 5.96 Remembering What You’ve Learned – Sutadharasutta

1.1

“Bhikkhū, a bhikkhu cultivating mindfulness of breathing who has five things will soon penetrate the unshakable.

“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ānāpānassatiṁ āsevanto nacirasseva akuppaṁ paṭivijjhati.

1.2

What five?

Katamehi pañcahi?

1.3

It’s when a bhikkhu has few requirements and duties, and is unburdensome and contented with life’s necessities.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu appaṭṭho hoti appakicco subharo susantoso jīvitaparikkhāresu;

1.4

They eat little, not devoted to filling their stomach.

appāhāro hoti anodarikattaṁ anuyutto;

1.5

They are rarely drowsy, and are dedicated to wakefulness.

appamiddho hoti jāgariyaṁ anuyutto;

1.6

They’re very learned, remembering and keeping what they’ve learned. These teachings are good in the beginning, good in the middle, and good in the end, meaningful and well-phrased, describing a spiritual practice that’s entirely full and pure. They are very learned in such teachings, remembering them, reinforcing them by recitation, mentally scrutinizing them, and comprehending them theoretically.

bahussuto hoti sutadharo sutasannicayo, ye te dhammā ādikalyāṇā majjhekalyāṇā pariyosānakalyāṇā sātthaṁ sabyañjanaṁ kevalaparipuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ abhivadanti, tathārūpāssa dhammā bahussutā honti dhātā vacasā paricitā manasānupekkhitā diṭṭhiyā suppaṭividdhā;

1.7

They review the extent of their mind’s freedom.

yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhati.

1.8

A bhikkhu cultivating mindfulness of breathing who has these five things will soon penetrate the unshakable.”

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, pañcahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ānāpānassatiṁ āsevanto nacirasseva akuppaṁ paṭivijjhatī”ti.

1.9

Chaṭṭhaṁ.