Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
V. Mahāyañña-Vagga

Sutta 42

Satta Samādhi-Parikkhāra Suttaṃ

Seven Prerequisites for Serenity

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

 

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[1][pts][upal] I Hear Tell:

Once upon a time, Bhagava, Sāvatthi-town revisiting.

"Seven, beggars, are the prerequisites for serenity.^[1]

What seven?

2. High thesis,
high principles,
high speech,
high works,
high lifestyle,
high self-control,
high mind.

Whatever then, beggars,
is the unification of the heart by
this seven dimensional prerequisite
this is called, beggars:

"Aristocratic high serenity,
with set-up just so,
with prerequisite just so."

 

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^[1] Samādhi-parikkhāra. Samādhi = serenity; parikkhāra = necessaries, not superfluous extras as is implied by the translation 'adornments.' A bhikkhu's bowl is a 'parikkhara,' 'requisite,'; not an adornment.