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Numbered Discourses 7.38 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.38

4. Deities – 4. Devatāvagga

AN 7.38 Textual Analysis (1st) – Paṭhamapaṭisambhidāsutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, a bhikkhu with seven qualities will soon realize the four kinds of textual analysis and live having achieved them with their own insight.

“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu nacirasseva catasso paṭisambhidā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyya.

1.2

What seven?

Katamehi sattahi?

1.3

It’s when a bhikkhu truly understands: ‘This is mental sluggishness’.

Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu ‘idaṁ me cetaso līnattan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;

1.4

They truly understand internally constricted mind as ‘internally constricted mind’.

ajjhattaṁ saṅkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ ‘ajjhattaṁ me saṅkhittaṁ cittan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;

1.5

They truly understand externally scattered mind as ‘externally scattered mind’.

bahiddhā vikkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ ‘bahiddhā me vikkhittaṁ cittan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;

1.6

They know feelings as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.

tassa viditā vedanā uppajjanti, viditā upaṭṭhahanti, viditā abbhatthaṁ gacchanti;

1.7

They know perceptions as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.

viditā saññā uppajjanti, viditā upaṭṭhahanti, viditā abbhatthaṁ gacchanti;

1.8

They know thoughts as they arise, as they remain, and as they go away.

viditā vitakkā uppajjanti, viditā upaṭṭhahanti, viditā abbhatthaṁ gacchanti;

1.9

The patterns of qualities—suitable or unsuitable, inferior or superior, or those on the side of dark or bright—are properly grasped, attended, borne in mind, and comprehended with wisdom.

sappāyāsappāyesu kho panassa dhammesu hīnappaṇītesu kaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāgesu nimittaṁ suggahitaṁ hoti sumanasikataṁ sūpadhāritaṁ suppaṭividdhaṁ paññāya.

1.10

A bhikkhu with these seven qualities will soon realize the four kinds of textual analysis and live having achieved them with their own insight.”

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu nacirasseva catasso paṭisambhidā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihareyyā”ti.

1.11

 

Sattamaṁ.