Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

6: The Book of the Sixes

99. Suffering

1"Truly, bhikkhus, (1) it is impossible that a bhikkhu who considers any conditioned phenomenon to be pleasurable will possess a conviction in conformity with the teaching. (2) It is impossible that one who does not possess a conviction in conformity with the teaching will enter upon the fixed course of rightness. (3) It is impossible that one who does not enter upon the fixed course of rightness will realize the fruit of stream-entry, (4) the fruit of once-returning, (5) the fruit of non-returning, (6) or arahantship.

"Bhikkhus, (1) it is possible that a bhikkhu who considers all conditioned phenomena to be suffering will possess a conviction in conformity with the teaching. (2) It is possible that one who possesses a conviction in conformity with the teaching will enter upon the fixed course of rightness. (3) It is possible that one who enters upon the fixed course of rightness will realize the fruit of stream-entry, (4) the fruit of once-returning, (5) the fruit of non-returning, (6) or arahantship."

1"So vata, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kañci saṅkhāraṁ sukhato samanupassanto … pe … sabbasaṅkhāre dukkhato samanupassanto … pe … ṭhānametaṁ vijjati".


Catutthaṁ.

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