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Numbered Discourses · AN 6.94

  • Numbered Discourses 6.94Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.94
  • 9. Coolness9. Sītivagga

Things That Can’t Be Done (3rd)Tatiyaabhabbaṭṭhānasutta

“Mendicants, these six things can’t be done.“Chayimāni, bhikkhave, abhabbaṭṭhānāni. What six?Katamāni cha? An individual accomplished in view can’t murder their mother or father or a perfected one. They can’t maliciously shed the blood of the Realized One. They can’t cause a schism in the Saṅgha. They can’t dedicate themselves to another teacher.Abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo mātaraṁ jīvitā voropetuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo pitaraṁ jīvitā voropetuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo arahantaṁ jīvitā voropetuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo tathāgatassa duṭṭhena cittena lohitaṁ uppādetuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo saṅghaṁ bhindituṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo aññaṁ satthāraṁ uddisituṁ. 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) 0.95near 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 6.93 Things That Can’t Be Done (2nd) 0.90near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.93 9. Coolness Things That Can’t Be Done (2nd) “Mendicants, these six things can’t be done. What six? An individual accomplished in view can’t take conditions to be permanent. They cannot take condi…
  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 0.63near 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 0.57near 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…