Aṅguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
IX. Sīti Vagga
Sutta 85
Sīti-Bhāva Suttaɱ
Cooled
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Proofed against and modified in accordance with the revised edition at dhammatalks.org
Provenance, terms and conditons
[1][pts] "A monk endowed with six qualities is incapable of realizing the unexcelled cooled state.
Which six?
There is the case where a monk doesn't rein in his mind when it should be reined in.
He doesn't exert his mind when it should be exerted.
He doesn't gladden his mind when it should be gladdened.
He doesn't watch over his mind when it should be watched over.
He is intent on what is lowly.
And he delights in self-identification.
A monk endowed with these six qualities is incapable of realizing the unexcelled cooled state.
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"A monk endowed with six qualities is capable of realizing the unexcelled cooled state.
Which six?
There is the case where a monk reins in his mind when it should be reined in.
He exerts his mind when it should be exerted.
He gladdens his mind when it should be gladdened.
He watches over his mind when it should be watched over.
He is intent on what is exquisite.[1]
And he delights in Unbinding.
A monk endowed with these six qualities is capable of realizing the unexcelled cooled state."
[1] "(The monk) inclines his mind to the property of deathlessness: 'This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications; the relinquishment of all acquisitions; the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; unbinding.'" — AN 9:36
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