AN 5 The Book of the Fives – Pañcakanipāta > AN 5.121 Sick

Numbered Discourses 5.121 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.121

13. Sick – 13. Gilānavagga

AN 5.121 Sick – Gilānasutta

1.1

At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.

Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ.

1.2

Then in the late afternoon, the Buddha came out of retreat and went to the infirmary, where

Atha kho bhagavā sāyanhasamayaṁ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena gilānasālā tenupasaṅkami.

1.3

he saw a certain bhikkhu who was weak and sick.

Addasā kho bhagavā aññataraṁ bhikkhuṁ dubbalaṁ gilānakaṁ;

1.4

He sat down on the seat spread out,

disvā paññatte āsane nisīdi.

1.5

and addressed the bhikkhū:

Nisajja kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:

2.1

“Bhikkhū, if a weak and sick bhikkhu does not neglect five things, it can be expected that

“Yaṁ kiñci, bhikkhave, bhikkhuṁ dubbalaṁ gilānakaṁ pañca dhammā na vijahanti, tassetaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ:

2.2

they will soon realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life, and live having realized it with their own insight due to the ending of defilements.

‘nacirasseva āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissatī’ti.

3.1

What five?

Katame pañca?

3.2

It’s when 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.

3.3

If a weak and sick bhikkhu does not neglect these five things, it can be expected that

Yaṁ kiñci, bhikkhave, bhikkhuṁ dubbalaṁ gilānakaṁ ime pañca dhammā na vijahanti, tassetaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ:

3.4

they will soon realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life, and live having realized it with their own insight due to the ending of defilements.”

‘nacirasseva āsavānaṁ khayā …pe… sacchikatvā upasampajja viharissatī’”ti.

3.5

Paṭhamaṁ.