Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

6: The Book of the Sixes

76. Arahantship

1"Bhikkhus, without having abandoned six things, one is incapable of realizing arahantship. What six? Conceit, an inferiority complex, arrogance, self-overestimation, obstinacy, and self-abasement. Without having abandoned these six things, one is incapable of realizing arahantship. [n.1430] Mp: "Conceit (māna) is conceiving oneself (to be better) based on birth, etc. The inferiority complex (omāna) is the conceit, ‘I am inferior’ (hīno’ham asmī ti māna). Arrogance (atimāna) is the conceit of self-elevation. Self-overestimation (adhimāna) is imagining oneself to have attained (what one has not really attained). Obstinacy (thambha) is due to anger and conceit. Self-abasement (atinipāta) is the conceit ‘I am inferior’ occurring in one who is actually inferior."

2"Bhikkhus, having abandoned six things, one is capable of realizing arahantship. What six? Conceit … self-abasement. Having abandoned these six things, one is capable of realizing arahantship."

1"Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame cha? Mānaṁ, omānaṁ, atimānaṁ, adhimānaṁ, thambhaṁ, atinipātaṁ. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.

2Cha, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. Katame cha? Mānaṁ, omānaṁ, atimānaṁ, adhimānaṁ, thambhaṁ, atinipātaṁ. Ime kho, bhikkhave, cha dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātun"ti.


Dutiyaṁ.

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