Aṇguttara Nikāya
Chakka Nipāta
VIII. Arahatta Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
The Book of the Sixes
Chapter VIII: Arahantship
Sutta 75
Dukkha Suttaṃ
Ill at Ease
Translated from the Pali by E.M. Hare.
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[1] Thus have I heard:
Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove,
in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park.
There the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," they replied,
and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, if a monk follow six things,
he will live ill at ease here now,
vexed with himself,[1]
troubled,
fretful;
and, on the breaking up of the body after death,
an ill-faring is to be expected.
What six?
Brooding on sense-desire,
brooding on ill-will
brooding on cruelty;
conjuring up thoughts of lust,
conjuring up thoughts of ill-will
conjuring up thoughts of cruelty.
Monks, if a monk follow these six,
he will live ill at ease at ease here now,
vexed with himself,
troubled,
fretful;
and, on the breaking up of the body after death,
an ill-faring is to be expected.
§
Monks, if a monk follow six things,
he will live happily here now,
neither vexed,
troubled,
nor fretful;
and, on the breaking up of the body after death,
a well-faring may be expected.
What six?[2]
Reflecting on renunciation,
reflecting on freedom from ill-will
reflecting on freedom from cruelty;
conjuring up thoughts of renunciation,
conjuring up thoughts of freedom from ill-will
conjuring up thoughts of freedom from cruelty.
Verily, monks, if a monk follow these six things,
he will live happily here now,
neither vexed,
troubled,
nor fretful;
and, on the breaking up of the body after death,
a well-faring may be expected.'
[1] Sa-vighātaṃ.
[2] Text and S.e. omit.
