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Numbered Discourses · AN 2.77–86

  • Numbered Discourses 2.77–86Aṅguttara Nikāya 2

The Chapter with a Basis8. Sanimittavagga

7777

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with a basis, not without a basis.“Sanimittā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no animittā. By giving up that basis, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tasseva nimittassa pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

7878

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with a source, not without a source.“Sanidānā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no anidānā. By giving up that source, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tasseva nidānassa pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

7979

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with a cause, not without a cause.“Sahetukā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no ahetukā. By giving up that cause, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tasseva hetussa pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

8080

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with conditions, not without conditions.“Sasaṅkhārā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no asaṅkhārā. By giving up those conditions, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tesaṁyeva saṅkhārānaṁ pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

8181

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with a reason, not without a reason.“Sappaccayā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no appaccayā. By giving up that reason, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tasseva paccayassa pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

8282

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with form, not without form.“Sarūpā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no arūpā. By giving up that form, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tasseva rūpassa pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

8383

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with feeling, not without feeling.“Savedanā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no avedanā. By giving up that feeling, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tassāyeva vedanāya pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

8484

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with perception, not without perception.“Sasaññā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no asaññā. By giving up that perception, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tassāyeva saññāya pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

8585

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with consciousness, not without consciousness.“Saviññāṇā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no aviññāṇā. By giving up that consciousness, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tasseva viññāṇassa pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

8686

“Bad, unskillful qualities, mendicants, arise with a conditioned basis, not without a conditioned basis.“Saṅkhatārammaṇā, bhikkhave, uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā, no asaṅkhatārammaṇā. By giving up that conditioned basis, those bad, unskillful qualities do not occur.”Tasseva saṅkhatassa pahānā evaṁ te pāpakā akusalā dhammā na hontī”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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

  1. AN 1.61–70 The Chapter on Arousing Energy 0.67near 1.2When you apply the mind irrationally, unskillful qualities arise and skillful qualities decline.” 67 “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that gives rise to skillful qualities, or makes unskillful qualities decline l…
  2. AN 1.306–315 Chapter Two 0.59near 0.1Numbered Discourses 1.306–315 Chapter Two 306 “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that gives rise to unskillful qualities, or, when they have arisen, makes them increase and grow like wrong view. When you have wrong…
  3. AN 1.71–81 The Chapter on Good Friends 0.59near 0.1Numbered Discourses 1.71–81 The Chapter on Good Friends 71 “Mendicants, I do not see a single thing that gives rise to skillful qualities, or makes unskillful qualities decline like good friends. When you have good frien…
  4. MN 78 With Uggāhamāna Samaṇamaṇḍikāputta 0.55near 1.2so that unskillful qualities are given up … so that skillful qualities arise … so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed. Someone practicing like this…