Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

7: The Book of the Sevens

78. An Expert in the Discipline (4)

1"Bhikkhus, possessing seven qualities, a bhikkhu is an expert in the discipline. What seven?

"(1) He knows what is an offense. (2) He knows what is not an offense. (3) He knows what is a light offense. (4) He knows what is a grave offense. (5) He recollects his manifold past abodes, that is, one birth, two births … as in 6:2 §4 … he recollects his manifold past abodes with their aspects and details. (6) With the divine eye, which is purified and surpasses the human … as in 6:2 §5 … he understands how beings fare in accordance with their kamma. (7) With the destruction of the taints, he has realized for himself with direct knowledge … the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom … he dwells in it.

"Possessing these seven qualities, a bhikkhu is an expert in the discipline."

1"Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu vinayadharo hoti. Katamehi sattahi?

Āpattiṁ jānāti, anāpattiṁ jānāti, lahukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti, garukaṁ āpattiṁ jānāti, anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati, seyyathidaṁ – ekampi jātiṁ, dvepi jātiyo … pe … iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati. Dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena yathākammūpage satte pajānāti. Āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.

Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu vinayadharo hotī"ti.


Catutthaṁ.

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