Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
VII: Saññā Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
VII: Thoughts
Sutta 69
Nibbidā Suttaɱ
Disgust
Translated by E. M. Hare
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Once the Exalted One dwelt near Sāvatthī;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, these five things,
when made become,
made an increase in,
lead to complete disgust,
dispassion,
ending,
calm,
knowledge,
enlightenment
and to Nibbāna.[1]
What five?
Monks, herein a monk abides
perceiving the foulness of the body;
is conscious of the cloying of food;
is conscious of distaste as to the world;
perceives impermanence in all compounded things;
and the thought of death is by him inwardly well established.[2]
Monks, these five things,
when made become,
made an increase in,
lead to complete disgust,
dispassion,
ending,
calm,
knowledge,
enlightenment
and to Nibbāna.'
[1] This is stock; Cf. D. i, 189; A. iv, 143; Ud. 36; S. ii, 223; M.ii.82.
[2] Cf. below V, § 121.
