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Numbered Discourses · AN 7.20

  • Numbered Discourses 7.20Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.20
  • 2. Tendencies2. Anusayavagga

Qualifications for GraduationNiddasavatthusutta

“Mendicants, there are these seven qualifications for graduation.“Sattimāni, bhikkhave, niddasavatthūni. What seven?Katamāni satta? It’s when a mendicant has a keen enthusiasm to undertake the training …Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sikkhāsamādāne tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca sikkhāsamādāne avigatapemo, to examine the teachings …dhammanisantiyā tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca dhammanisantiyā avigatapemo, to get rid of desires …icchāvinaye tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca icchāvinaye avigatapemo, for retreat …paṭisallāne tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca paṭisallāne avigatapemo, to rouse up energy …vīriyārambhe tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca vīriyārambhe avigatapemo, for mindfulness and alertness …satinepakke tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca satinepakke avigatapemo, to penetrate theoretically. And they don’t lose these desires in the future.diṭṭhipaṭivedhe tibbacchando hoti āyatiñca diṭṭhipaṭivedhe avigatapemo. These are the seven qualifications for graduation.”Imāni kho, bhikkhave, satta niddasavatthūnī”ti.

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  1. AN 7.42 Graduation (1st) 0.78near 0.1“No, Sāriputta, we cannot. I make known these seven qualifications for graduation after realizing them with my own insight. What seven? It’s when a mendicant has a keen enthusiasm to undertake the training … to examine t…
  2. AN 7.43 Graduation (2nd) 0.77near 0.1“No, Ānanda, we cannot. These are the seven qualifications for graduation that I make known after realizing them with my own insight. What seven? It’s when someone is faithful, conscientious, prudent, learned, energetic,…
  3. DN 34 Up to Ten 0.58near 0.1<em>What seven things should be directly known?</em> Seven qualifications for graduation. A mendicant has a keen enthusiasm to undertake the training … to examine the teachings … to get rid of desires … for retreat … to…
  4. AN 5.253 Who Should Have a Novice as Attendant 0.53near 0.1Numbered Discourses 5.253 26. Ordination Who Should Have a Novice as Attendant “Mendicants, a novice should attend on a mendicant with five qualities. What five? It’s a mendicant who has the entire spectrum of an adept’s…
  5. AN 6.79 Achievement 0.53near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.79 8. Perfection Achievement “Mendicants, a mendicant who has six qualities is unable to acquire more skillful qualities or to increase the skillful qualities they’ve already acquired. What six? It’…