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Numbered Discourses 7.48 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.48

5. A Great Sacrifice – 5. Mahāyaññavagga

AN 7.48 Perceptions in Brief – Paṭhamasaññāsutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, these seven perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They culminate in the deathless and end with the deathless.

“Sattimā, bhikkhave, saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā.

2.1

What seven?

Katamā satta?

2.2

The perceptions of ugliness, death, repulsiveness of food, dissatisfaction with the whole world, anicca, suffering in anicca, and not-self in suffering.

Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aniccasaññā, anicce dukkhasaññā, dukkhe anattasaññā.

2.3

These seven perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They culminate in the deathless and end with the deathless.”

Imā kho, bhikkhave, satta saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā”ti.

2.4

 

Pañcamaṁ.