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Numbered Discourses 5.98 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.98

10. With Kakudha – 10. Kakudhavagga

AN 5.98 In the Wilderness – Āraññakasutta

 

1.1

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

“Pañcahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu ānāpānassatiṁ bahulīkaronto 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 live in the wilderness, in remote lodgings.

āraññako hoti pantasenāsano;

1.7

They review the extent of their mind’s freedom.

yathāvimuttaṁ cittaṁ paccavekkhati.

1.8

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

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

1.9

 

Aṭṭhamaṁ.