Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

6: The Book of the Sixes

66. Arahant

1"Bhikkhus, without having abandoned six things, one is incapable of realizing arahantship. What six? Dullness, drowsiness, restlessness, remorse, lack of faith, and heedlessness. Without having abandoned these six things, one is incapable of realizing arahantship.

2"Bhikkhus, having abandoned six things, one is capable of realizing arahantship. What six? Dullness … heedlessness. Having abandoned these six things, one is capable of realizing arahantship."

1"Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame cha? Thinaṁ, middhaṁ, uddhaccaṁ, kukkuccaṁ, assaddhiyaṁ, pamādaṁ – ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.

2Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame cha? Thinaṁ, middhaṁ, uddhaccaṁ, kukkuccaṁ, assaddhiyaṁ, pamādaṁ – ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātun"ti.


Dutiyaṁ.

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