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Numbered Discourses · AN 6.95

  • Numbered Discourses 6.95Aṅguttara Nikāya 6.95
  • 9. Coolness9. Sītivagga

Things That Can’t Be Done (4th)Catutthaabhabbaṭṭhānasutta

“Mendicants, these six things can’t be done.“Chayimāni, bhikkhave, abhabbaṭṭhānāni. What six?Katamāni cha? An individual accomplished in view can’t fall back on the idea that pleasure and pain are made by oneself, or that they’re made by another, or that they’re made by both. Nor can they fall back on the idea that pleasure and pain arise anomalously, not made by oneself, by another, or by both.Abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo sayaṅkataṁ sukhadukkhaṁ paccāgantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo paraṅkataṁ sukhadukkhaṁ paccāgantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo sayaṅkatañca paraṅkatañca sukhadukkhaṁ paccāgantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo asayaṅkāraṁ adhiccasamuppannaṁ sukhadukkhaṁ paccāgantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo aparaṅkāraṁ adhiccasamuppannaṁ sukhadukkhaṁ paccāgantuṁ, abhabbo diṭṭhisampanno puggalo asayaṅkārañca aparaṅkārañca adhiccasamuppannaṁ sukhadukkhaṁ paccāgantuṁ. Why is that?Taṁ kissa hetu? It is because an individual accomplished in view has clearly seen causes and the phenomena that arise from causes.Tathā hissa, bhikkhave, diṭṭhisampannassa puggalassa hetu ca sudiṭṭho hetusamuppannā ca dhammā. These are the six things that can’t be done.”Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cha abhabbaṭṭhānānī”ti.

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  1. AN 6.94 Things That Can’t Be Done (3rd) 0.81near 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…
  2. AN 6.93 Things That Can’t Be Done (2nd) 0.81near 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 6.92 Things That Can’t Be Done (1st) 0.79near 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…
  4. AN 6.91 Can’t Give Rise 0.62near 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…