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Numbered Discourses · AN 11.502–981

  • Numbered Discourses 11.502–981Aṅguttara Nikāya 11
  • The First FiftyPaṭhamapaṇṇāsaka
  • SimilaritySāmaññavagga

Untitled Discourses on the Eye, Etc.~

“Mendicants, a cowherd with eleven factors can maintain and expand a herd of cattle.Ekādasahi, bhikkhave, aṅgehi samannāgato gopālako bhabbo gogaṇaṁ pariharituṁ phātikātuṁ. What eleven?Katamehi ekādasahi? It’s when a cowherd knows form …Idha, bhikkhave, gopālako rūpaññū hoti… pe…

In the same way, a mendicant with eleven qualities can meditate observing impermanence in the eye …Evameva kho, bhikkhave, ekādasahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu bhabbo cakkhusmiṁ aniccānupassī viharituṁ… meditate observing letting go. …”paṭinissaggānupassī viharitunti.

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. AN 11.22–29 Untitled Discourses on the Eye 0.91near 0.1Numbered Discourses 11.22–29 The First Fifty Similarity Untitled Discourses on the Eye “Mendicants, a cowherd with eleven factors can’t maintain and expand a herd of cattle. What eleven? It’s when a cowherd doesn’t know…
  2. AN 11.17 The Cowherd 0.69near 0.1Numbered Discourses 11.17 2. Recollection The Cowherd “Mendicants, a cowherd with eleven factors can’t maintain and expand a herd of cattle. What eleven? It’s when a cowherd doesn’t know form, is unskilled in characteris…
  3. AN 11.406–453 Untitled Discourses on Thoughts About Sights, Etc. 0.63near 0.1Numbered Discourses 11.406–453 The First Fifty Similarity Untitled Discourses on Thoughts About Sights, Etc. … “… thoughts about sights … thoughts about sounds … thoughts about smells … thoughts about tastes … thoughts a…
  4. AN 11.70–117 Untitled Discourses on Sights, Etc. 0.62near 0.1Numbered Discourses 11.70–117 The First Fifty Similarity Untitled Discourses on Sights, Etc. … “… sights … sounds … smells … tastes … touches … ideas …”…
  5. AN 11.310–357 Untitled Discourses on Intention Regarding Sights, Etc. 0.62near 0.1Numbered Discourses 11.310–357 The First Fifty Similarity Untitled Discourses on Intention Regarding Sights, Etc. … “… intention regarding sights … intention regarding sounds … intention regarding smells … intention rega…