Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
V. Akkosa Vagga
Sutta 48
Dasa-Dhamma Suttaṃ
Ten Things
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][piya][olds] "There are these ten things that a person gone-forth should reflect on often.
Which ten?
"'I have become casteless':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
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"'My life is dependent on others':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
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"'My behavior should be different [from that of householders]':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
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"'Can I fault myself
with regard to my virtue?':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
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"'Can my observant fellows in the holy life,
on close examination,
fault me with regard to my virtue?':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
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"'I will grow different,
separate from all that is dear and appealing to me':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
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"'I am the owner of actions (kamma),
heir to actions,
born of actions,
related through actions,
and have actions as my arbitrator.
Whatever I do,
for good or for evil,
to that will I fall heir':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
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"'What am I becoming
as the days and nights fly past?':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
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"'Do I delight in an empty dwelling?':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
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"'Have I attained a superior human attainment,
a truly noble distinction of knowledge and vision,
such that —
when my fellows in the holy life question me
in the last days of my life —
I won't feel abashed?':
a person gone forth should often reflect on this.
"These are the ten things that a person gone-forth should reflect on often."
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