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Numbered Discourses · AN 6.93

  • Numbered Discourses 6.93Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.93
  • 9. Coolness9. Sītivagga

Things That Can’t Be Done (2nd)Dutiyaabhabbaṭṭhānasutta

“Mendicants, these six things can’t be done.“Chayimāni, bhikkhave, abhabbaṭṭhānāni. What six?Katamāni cha? An individual accomplished in view can’t take conditions to be permanent. They cannot take conditions to be happiness. They cannot take anything to be the self. They can’t do deeds with fixed result in the next life. They can’t fall back on purification through boisterous, superstitious rites. They can’t seek outside of the Buddhist community for those worthy of religious donations.Abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo kañci saṅkhāraṁ niccato upagantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo kañci saṅkhāraṁ sukhato upagantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo kañci dhammaṁ attato upagantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo ānantariyaṁ kammaṁ kātuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo kotūhalamaṅgalena suddhiṁ paccāgantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo ito bahiddhā dakkhiṇeyyaṁ gavesituṁ. These are the six things that can’t be done.”Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cha abhabbaṭṭhānānī”ti.

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  1. AN 6.92 Things That Can’t Be Done (1st) 0.90near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.92 9. Coolness Things That Can’t Be Done (1st) “Mendicants, these six things can’t be done. What six? An individual accomplished in view can’t live disrespectful and irreverent toward the Teacher, t…
  2. AN 6.94 Things That Can’t Be Done (3rd) 0.90near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.94 9. Coolness Things That Can’t Be Done (3rd) “Mendicants, these six things can’t be done. What six? An individual accomplished in view can’t murder their mother or father or a perfected one. They…
  3. AN 6.95 Things That Can’t Be Done (4th) 0.81near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.95 9. Coolness Things That Can’t Be Done (4th) “Mendicants, these six things can’t be done. What six? An individual accomplished in view can’t fall back on the idea that pleasure and pain are made b…
  4. AN 6.91 Can’t Give Rise 0.61near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.91 9. Coolness Can’t Give Rise “Mendicants, an individual accomplished in view can’t give rise to six things. What six? Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, and f…
  5. AN 6.89 Not Giving Up 0.60near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.89 9. Coolness Not Giving Up “Mendicants, without giving up six things you can’t become accomplished in view. What six? Substantialist view, doubt, misapprehension of precepts and observances, and f…