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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.257–263

  • Numbered Discourses 5.257–263Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.257–263
  • 26. Ordination26. Upasampadāvagga

The Second Absorption, Etc.Dutiyajhānasuttādisattaka

“Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption … or realize the fruit of stream-entry … the fruit of once-return … the fruit of non-return … perfection.“Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme appahāya abhabbo dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …pe… abhabbo tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ … abhabbo catutthaṁ jhānaṁ … abhabbo sotāpattiphalaṁ … abhabbo sakadāgāmiphalaṁ … abhabbo anāgāmiphalaṁ … abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. What five?Katame pañca? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ. Without giving up these five qualities you can’t realize perfection.Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme appahāya abhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ.

But after giving up these five qualities you can enter and remain in the second absorption … third absorption … fourth absorption … and realize the fruit of stream-entry … the fruit of once-return … the fruit of non-return … perfection.Pañcime, bhikkhave, dhamme pahāya bhabbo dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …pe… bhabbo tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ … bhabbo catutthaṁ jhānaṁ … bhabbo sotāpattiphalaṁ … bhabbo sakadāgāmiphalaṁ … bhabbo anāgāmiphalaṁ … bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātuṁ. What five?Katame pañca? Stinginess with dwellings, families, material things, praise, and the teachings.Āvāsamacchariyaṁ, kulamacchariyaṁ, lābhamacchariyaṁ, vaṇṇamacchariyaṁ, dhammamacchariyaṁ. After giving up these five qualities you can realize perfection.”Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca dhamme pahāya bhabbo arahattaṁ sacchikātun”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. AN 5.265–271 Another Discourse on the Second Absorption, Etc. 0.94near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.265–271 26. Ordination Another Discourse on the Second Absorption, Etc. “Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the second absorption … third absorption … f…
  2. AN 5.264 Another Discourse on the First Absorption 0.81near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.264 26. Ordination Another Discourse on the First Absorption “Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption. What five? Stinginess with dwelli…
  3. AN 5.256 The First Absorption 0.81near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.256 26. Ordination The First Absorption “Mendicants, without giving up these five qualities you can’t enter and remain in the first absorption. What five? Stinginess with dwellings, families, materi…
  4. AN 5.251 Who Should Give Ordination 0.52near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.251 26. Ordination Who Should Give Ordination “Mendicants, ordination should be given by a mendicant with five qualities. What five? It’s a mendicant who has the entire spectrum of an adept’s ethics…