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#### Aṅguttara-Nikāya
II. Duka Nipāta
XV. Samāpatti[1] Vagga

#### The Book of Twos

#### Suttas 162-178

# Steady as She Goes

Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds

#### Sutta 162

[162.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.[2]

What two?

Skill at staying on course
and skill at rising up from the course.[3]

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

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#### Sutta 163

[163.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Uprightness and pliability.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 164

[164.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Forebearance and being sweet-natured.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 165

[165.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Friendliness and welcome reception.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamm,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 166

[166.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Harmlessness and being washed clean.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 167

[167.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Not guarding the forces and
eating without measure.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

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#### Sutta 168

[168.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Guarding the forces and
eating with measure.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 169

[169.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

The ability to reconsider and
the ability to evolve.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 170

[170.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

The ability to remember and
the ability to focus.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 171

[171.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Calm and review.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 172

[172.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Deviant ethics and
deviant point of view.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

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#### Sutta 173

[173.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Ethics that are on track and
point of view that is on track.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

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#### Sutta 174

[174.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Purity of ethics and
purity of point of view.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 175

[175.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Purity of view and
exertion according to view.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 176

[176.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Discontent with skillful things and
unwavering exertion.[4]

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

§

#### Sutta 177

[177.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Misremembering reality and
lack of self-knowledge.[5]

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

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#### Sutta 178

[178.1][pts] "Two, beggars are Dhamma.

What two?

Memory and self-knowledge.

Indeed, beggars, these two are Dhamma,
I say."

[1]Samāpatti PED: (f.) [from saṇ+ā+pad] attainment A 3.5; S II.150 sq.; IV.293
sama = even; a = to; pad = path. "Steady as she goes." "On the right track." "On course."

[2] See: AN 2 86-96 n1

[3] Always translated 'attainment and emergence'; my reading points to skill not only in emerging from jhāna into ordinary life, but in rising above jhāna, breaking free from jhāna. Jhāna, or the course, is not the goal.

[4] Asantuṭṭhitā ca kusalesu dhammesu appaṭivānitā ca padhānasmiṁ. Woodward: Discontent with good states and disinclination for striving. But also the much-heard:
"Two things, monks, I have realized: To be discontented in good states and not to shrink back from the struggle."
See also footnote AN 2 5 n 21
PED: Discontent with good states and the not shrinking back in the struggle.

[5]"To thyne own self be true."

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