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Numbered Discourses · AN 10.12

  • Numbered Discourses 10.12Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.12
  • 2. A Protector2. Nāthavagga

Five FactorsPañcaṅgasutta

“Mendicants, in this teaching and training a mendicant who has given up five factors and possesses five factors is called consummate, accomplished, a supreme person.“Pañcaṅgavippahīno, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato imasmiṁ dhammavinaye ‘kevalī vusitavā uttamapuriso’ti vuccati.

And how has a mendicant given up five factors?Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgavippahīno hoti? It’s when a mendicant has given up sensual desire, ill will, dullness and drowsiness, restlessness and remorse, and doubt.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno kāmacchando pahīno hoti, byāpādo pahīno hoti, thinamiddhaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, uddhaccakukkuccaṁ pahīnaṁ hoti, vicikicchā pahīnā hoti. That’s how a mendicant has given up five factors.Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgavippahīno hoti.

And how does a mendicant have five factors?Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato hoti? It’s when a mendicant has the entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics, immersion, wisdom, freedom, and knowledge and vision of freedom.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu asekhena sīlakkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena samādhikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena paññākkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena vimuttikkhandhena samannāgato hoti, asekhena vimuttiñāṇadassanakkhandhena samannāgato hoti. That’s how a mendicant has five factors.Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato hoti.

In this teaching and training a mendicant who has given up five factors and possesses five factors is called consummate, accomplished, a supreme person.Pañcaṅgavippahīno kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu pañcaṅgasamannāgato imasmiṁ dhammavinaye ‘kevalī vusitavā uttamapuriso’ti vuccati.

Sensual desire, ill will,Kāmacchando ca byāpādo, dullness and drowsiness,thinamiddhañca bhikkhuno; restlessness, and doubtUddhaccaṁ vicikicchā ca, are not found in a mendicant at all.sabbasova na vijjati.

That sort are accomplishedAsekhena ca sīlena, in an adept’s ethics,asekhena samādhinā; an adept’s immersion,Vimuttiyā ca sampanno, and freedom and knowledge.ñāṇena ca tathāvidho.

Possessing these five factors,Sa ve pañcaṅgasampanno, and rid of five factors,pañca aṅge vivajjayaṁ; in this teaching and trainingImasmiṁ dhammavinaye, they’re called ‘consummate’.”kevalī iti vuccatī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  2. SN 22.57 Seven Cases 0.61near 0.1That’s how a mendicant examines in three ways. In this teaching and training, a mendicant who is skilled in seven cases and who examines in three ways is called consummate, accomplished, a supreme person.”…
  3. AN 5.18 Welfare of Others (2nd) 0.61near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.18 2. Powers Welfare of Others (2nd) “Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing for the welfare of others, but not their own. What five? It’s when a mendicant is not personally accom…
  4. AN 5.20 The Welfare of Both 0.60near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.20 2. Powers The Welfare of Both “Mendicants, a mendicant with five qualities is practicing for both their own welfare and that of others. What five? It’s when a mendicant is personally accomplished…
  5. AN 10.11 Lodgings 0.59near 0.1Numbered Discourses 10.11 2. A Protector Lodgings “Mendicants, a mendicant with five factors, using and frequenting lodgings with five factors, will soon realize the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. And…