Aṇguttara Nikāya
X. Dasaka-Nipāta
XI: Samaṇa-Saññā-Vagga
The Book of the Gradual Sayings
X. The Book of the Tens
XI: Ideas of a Recluse
Sutta 108
Tikicchaka Suttaṃ
Physic
Translated from the Pali by F. L. Woodward, M.A.
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Once the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying:
"Monks."
"Yes, lord," they replied, and the Exalted One said:
"Monks, physicians administer a purge
for checking sickness arising from bile,
phlegm,
for checking sickness arising from wind.[1]
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This is a purge, monks, but not a wiping out,
I declare.
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Now, monks, I will teach you the Ariyan purge,
a purge which works and fails not;
a purge by which beings subject to rebirth
are released from rebirth;
whereby beings subject to decay
are released from decay;
whereby beings subject to death
are released from death;
whereby beings subject to sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair,
are released from
sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair.
Do ye listen to it attentively and I will speak."
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"We will, sir," replied those monks to the Exalted One,
who said this:
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'And of what sort, monks,
is the Ariyan purge which works and fails not;
a purge by which beings subject to rebirth
are released from rebirth;
whereby beings subject to decay
are released from decay;
whereby beings subject to death
are released from death;
whereby beings subject to sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair,
are released from
sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair?
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For one who has right view, monks,
wrong view is purged away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong view -
those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right view
reach fullness of culture.
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For one who has right thinking, monks,
wrong thinking is purged away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong thinking -
those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right thinking
reach fullness of culture.
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For one who has right speech, monks,
wrong speech is purged away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong speech -
those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right speech
reach fullness of culture.
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For one who has right action, monks,
wrong action is purged away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong action -
those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right action
reach fullness of culture.
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For one who has right living, monks,
wrong living is purged away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong living -
those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right living
reach fullness of culture.
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For one who has right effort, monks,
wrong effort is purged away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong effort -
those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right effort
reach fullness of culture.
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For one who has right mindfulness, monks,
wrong mindfulness is purged away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong mindfulness -
those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right mindfulness
reach fullness of culture.
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For one who has right concentration, monks,
wrong concentration is purged away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong concentration -
those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right concentration
reach fullness of culture.
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For one who has right right knowledge, monks,
wrong knowledge is purged away,
and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong knowledge -
those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right knowledge
reach fullness of culture.
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For one who has right release, monks,
wrong release is purged away,
[219]and those divers evil,
unprofitable states
which come to be because of wrong release -
[154] those also are purged away from him;
while those divers good,
profitable states due to right release
reach fullness of culture.
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This indeed, monks, is the Ariyan purge,
is the Ariyan purge which works and fails not;
a purge by which beings subject to rebirth
are released from rebirth;
whereby beings subject to decay
are released from decay;
whereby beings subject to death
are released from death;
whereby beings subject to sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair,
are released from
sorrow and lamentation,
woe,
dejection
and despair.'
[1] Cf. K.S. iv, 155 and notes; refs, to Mil.P. 134, etc.
