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Numbered Discourses 7.85 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.85

9. An Ascetic – 9. Samaṇavagga

AN 7.85 A Bhikkhu – Bhikkhusutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, it’s because of breaking seven things that you become a bhikkhu.

“Sattannaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ bhinnattā bhikkhu hoti.

1.2

What seven?

Katamesaṁ sattannaṁ?

1.3

Identity view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, greed, hate, delusion, and conceit.

Sakkāyadiṭṭhi bhinnā hoti, vicikicchā bhinnā hoti, sīlabbataparāmāso bhinno hoti, rāgo bhinno hoti, doso bhinno hoti, moho bhinno hoti, māno bhinno hoti.

1.4

It’s because of breaking these seven things that you become a bhikkhu.”

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sattannaṁ dhammānaṁ bhinnattā bhikkhu hotī”ti.

1.5

 

Paṭhamaṁ.