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Numbered Discourses 6.24 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.24

3. Unsurpassable – 3. Anuttariyavagga

AN 6.24 The Himalaya – Himavantasutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, a bhikkhu who has six qualities could shatter Himalaya, the king of mountains, let alone this wretched ignorance!

“Chahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu himavantaṁ pabbatarājaṁ padāleyya, ko pana vādo chavāya avijjāya.

1.2

What six?

Katamehi chahi?

1.3

It’s when a bhikkhu is skilled in entering samādhi, skilled in remaining in samādhi, skilled in emerging from samādhi, skilled in gladdening the mind for samādhi, skilled in the meditation subjects for samādhi, and skilled in projecting the mind purified by samādhi.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samādhissa samāpattikusalo hoti, samādhissa ṭhitikusalo hoti, samādhissa vuṭṭhānakusalo hoti, samādhissa kallitakusalo hoti, samādhissa gocarakusalo hoti, samādhissa abhinīhārakusalo hoti.

1.4

A bhikkhu who has these six qualities could shatter Himalaya, the king of mountains, let alone this wretched ignorance!”

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, chahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu himavantaṁ pabbatarājaṁ padāleyya, ko pana vādo chavāya avijjāyā”ti.

1.5

 

Catutthaṁ.