Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
10. Kakudha Vagga
Sutta 97
Katha Suttaɱ
Talk
Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Proofed against and modified in accordance with the revised edition at dhammatalks.org
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[1][pts] "Endowed with five qualities,
a monk pursuing mindfulness of breathing
will in no long time
penetrate the Unprovoked [release].
Which five?
"He is a person who imposes only a little [on others]:
one of few duties and projects,
easy to support,
easily contented with the requisites of life.
■
"He is a person who eats only a little food,
committed to not indulging his stomach.
■
"He is a person of only a little sloth,
committed to wakefulness.
■
"He gets to hear at will,
easily and without difficulty,
talk that is truly sobering
and conducive to the opening of awareness:
talk on modesty,
contentment,
seclusion,
non-entanglement,
arousing persistence,
virtue,
concentration,
discernment,
release,
and the knowledge and vision of release.
■
"He reflects on the mind
as it is released.
"Endowed with these five qualities,
a monk pursuing mindfulness of breathing
will in no long time penetrate the Unprovoked."
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