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Numbered Discourses · AN 5.93

  • Numbered Discourses 5.93Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.93
  • 10. With Kakudha10. Kakudhavagga

DeclarationsByākaraṇasutta

“Mendicants, there are five ways of declaring enlightenment.“Pañcimāni, bhikkhave, aññābyākaraṇāni. What five?Katamāni pañca? One declares enlightenment out of stupidity and folly.Mandattā momūhattā aññaṁ byākaroti; Or because of corrupt wishes, being of wishful temperament.pāpiccho icchāpakato aññaṁ byākaroti; Or because of madness and mental disorder.ummādā cittakkhepā aññaṁ byākaroti; Or out of overestimation.adhimānena aññaṁ byākaroti; Or one declares enlightenment rightly.sammadeva aññaṁ byākaroti. These are the five ways of declaring enlightenment.”Imāni kho, bhikkhave, pañca aññābyākaraṇānī”ti.