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#### Aṅguttara Nikāya
XI. Ekā-Dasaka Nipāta
I. Nissāya

#### The Book of Elevens

#### Sutta 5

#### Tatiya Upanisa Suttaṁ

# Seating (3)

[1][pts] There then Old Man Ānanda
addressed the beggars:

"Friend beggars!"

And the beggars there responding: "Friend!"
to Old Man Ānanda,
Old Man Ānanda said this to them:

"Being without self-reproach, beggars,
failing to have self-reproach,
the seating is missing for
gladness.

■

Without gladness, beggars,
failing to have gladness,
the seating is missing for
approval.

■

Without approval, beggars,
failing to have approval,
the seating is missing for
impassivity.

■

Without impassivity, beggars,
failing to have impassivity,
the seating is missing for
being pleased.

■

Without pleasure, beggars,
failing to have pleasure,
the seating is missing for
consummate-serenity.

■

Without consummate serenity, beggars,
failing to have consummate serenity,
the seating is missing for
knowing and seeing things
the way they are.

■

Without knowing and seeing things
the way they are, beggars,
failing to have knowing and seeing things
the way they are,
the seating is missing for
wearyness.

■

Without weariness, beggars,
failing to have weariness,
the seating is missing for
dispassion.

■

Without dispassion, beggars,
failing to have dispassion,
the seating is missing for
freedom through knowing and seeing.

§

In the same way, beggars,
as with a tree
which has failed in
branches and leaves
so
the off-shoots
do not come to completion;
the bark,
softwood and
heartwood
do not come to completion.

■

Even so, beggars,
having poor ethical standards,
failing to have ethical standards,
the seating is missing for
being without self-reproach.

■

Being without self-reproach, beggars,
failing to have self-reproach,
the seating is missing for
gladness.

■

Without gladness, beggars,
failing to have gladness,
the seating is missing for
approval.

■

Without approval, beggars,
failing to have approval,
the seating is missing for
impassivity.

■

Without impassivity, beggars,
failing to have impassivity,
the seating is missing for
being pleased.

■

Without pleasure, beggars,
failing to have pleasure,
the seating is missing for
consummate-serenity.

■

Without consummate serenity, beggars,
failing to have consummate serenity,
the seating is missing for
knowing and seeing things
the way they are.

■

Without knowing and seeing things
the way they are, beggars,
failing to have knowing and seeing things
the way they are,
the seating is missing for
wearyness.

■

Without weariness, beggars,
failing to have weariness,
the seating is missing for
dispassion.

■

Without dispassion, beggars,
failing to have dispassion,
the seating is missing for
freedom through knowing and seeing.

§

But for sure, beggars,
the ethical
having won ethical standards
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
being without self-reproach.

■

With being without self-reproach,
having won being without self-reproach
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
gladness.

■

With gladness,
having won gladness
for himself,
he has also won the seating for approval.

■

With approval,
having won approval for himself,
he has also won the seating for impassivity.

■

With impassivity,
having won impassivity
for himself,
he has also won the seating for being pleased.

■

With being pleased,
having won being pleased
for himself,
he has also won the seating for consummate serenity.

■

With consummate serenity,
having won consummate serenity
for himself,
he has also won the seating for knowing and seeing things the way they are.

■

With knowing and seeing things
the way they are,
having won knowing and seeing things
the way they are
for himself,
he has also won the seating for weariness.

■

With weariness,
having won weariness
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
dispassion.

■

With dispassion,
having won dispassion
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
freedom through knowing and seeing.

■

In the same way, beggars,
as with a tree
which has won to
branches and leaves
so
the off-shoots
come to completion;
the bark,
softwood and
heartwood
come to completion.

■

Even so, beggars,
the ethical
having won ethical standards
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
being without self-reproach.

■

With being without self-reproach,
having won being without self-reproach
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
gladness.

■

With gladness,
having won gladness
for himself,
he has also won the seating for approval.

■

With approval,
having won approval for himself,
he has also won the seating for impassivity.

■

With impassivity,
having won impassivity
for himself,
he has also won the seating for being pleased.

■

With being pleased,
having won being pleased
for himself,
he has also won the seating for consummate serenity.

■

With consummate serenity,
having won consummate serenity
for himself,
he has also won the seating for knowing and seeing things the way they are.

■

With knowing and seeing things
the way they are,
having won knowing and seeing things
the way they are
for himself,
he has also won the seating for weariness.

■

With weariness,
having won weariness
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
dispassion.

■

With dispassion,
having won dispassion
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
freedom through knowing and seeing.

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