Aṇguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
III: Pañc'aṇgika Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
III: The Fivefold
Sutta 27
Samādhi Suttaṃ
Concentration[1]
Translated by E. M. Hare
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[1][than][bodh][olds] Thus have I heard:
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, being wise and mindful,
make become immeasurable concentration;
for in those who do,
verily in each one of you,
there shall arise a fivefold[2] knowledge.
What fivefold knowledge?
"This concentration is verily
a present ease
and a source of ease for the future"
— even in each this knowledge arises;
"This concentration is Ariyan,[3]
not of the flesh"
— even in each this knowledge arises;
"This concentration
is not the practice of base men"[4]
— even in each this knowledge arises;
"This concentration is the peace,
the excellent thing,[5]
the winning of calm,
the attainment of one-pointedness,
and the restraint that prevails
is not a conscious restraint"
— even in each this knowledge arises;
Self-possessed,
I verily enter upon this concentration,
self-possessed,
I verily emerge from this concentration"
— even in each this knowledge arises.
Monks, being wise and mindful,
make become immeasurable concentration;
for in those who do,
verily in each one of you,
there shall arise this fivefold knowledge.'
[1] Samādhi.
[2] These five recur at D. iii, 278 (Dial. iii, 256), the fifth at G.S. i, 233.
[3] Comy. kilesehi ārakattā ariyo, but see A. iv, 145.
[4] But of Buddhas and great men (Comy.).
[5] Comy. not subject to satiety (atappaniyaṭṭhena).
