Aṅguttara Nikāya
Pañcaka Nipāta
VII: Saññā Vagga

The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Fives
VII: Thoughts

Sutta 69

Nibbidā Suttaṁ

Disgust

Translated by E. M. Hare

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[68]

[1][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, these five things,
when made become,
made an increase in,
lead to complete disgust,
dispassion,
ending,
calm,
knowledge,
enlightenment
and to Nibbāna.^[1]

What five?

Monks, herein a monk abides
perceiving the foulness of the body;
is conscious of the cloying of food;
is conscious of distaste as to the world;
perceives impermanence in all compounded things;
and the thought of death is by him inwardly well established.^[2]

Monks, these five things,
when made become,
made an increase in,
lead to complete disgust,
dispassion,
ending,
calm,
knowledge,
enlightenment
and to Nibbāna.'

 

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^[1] This is stock; Cf. D. i, 189; A. iv, 143; Ud. 36; S. ii, 223; M.ii.82.

^[2] Cf. below V, § 121.