Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

4: The Book of the Fours

92. Concentration (1)

1"Bhikkhus, there are these four kinds of persons found existing in the world. What four? (1) Here, some person gains internal serenity of mind but not the higher wisdom of insight into phenomena. [n.787] Mp: "Internal serenity of mind (ajjhattaṁ cetosamatha) is internal concentration of mind at the level of absorption (niyakajjhatte appanācittasamādhi). Higher wisdom of insight into phenomena (adhipaññādhammavipassanā) is the insight knowledge that comprehends conditioned phenomena (saṅkhārapariggāhakavipassanāñāṇa). This is the higher wisdom that consists of insight into phenomena, that is, into the five aggregates." (2) Some other person gains the higher wisdom of insight into phenomena but not internal serenity of mind. (3) Still another gains neither internal serenity of mind nor the higher wisdom of insight into phenomena. (4) And still another gains both internal serenity of mind and the higher wisdom of insight into phenomena. These are the four kinds of persons found existing in the world."

1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo lābhī hoti ajjhattaṁ cetosamathassa, na lābhī adhipaññādhammavipassanāya. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo lābhī hoti adhipaññādhammavipassanāya, na lābhī ajjhattaṁ cetosamathassa. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo na ceva lābhī hoti ajjhattaṁ cetosamathassa na ca lābhī adhipaññādhammavipassanāya. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo lābhī ceva hoti ajjhattaṁ cetosamathassa lābhī ca adhipaññādhammavipassanāya. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmin"ti.


Dutiyaṁ.

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