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Numbered Discourses · AN 7.40

  • Numbered Discourses 7.40Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.40
  • 4. Deities4. Devatāvagga

Mastery of the Mind (1st)Paṭhamavasasutta

“Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it.“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattati. What seven?Katamehi sattahi? It’s when a mendicant is skilled at immersion, skilled in entering immersion, skilled in remaining in immersion, skilled in emerging from immersion, skilled in positivity for immersion, skilled in the territory of immersion, and skilled in projecting the mind purified by immersion.Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu samādhikusalo hoti, samādhissa samāpattikusalo hoti, samādhissa ṭhitikusalo hoti, samādhissa vuṭṭhānakusalo hoti, samādhissa kalyāṇakusalo hoti, samādhissa gocarakusalo hoti, samādhissa abhinīhārakusalo hoti. A mendicant with these seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato bhikkhu cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca bhikkhu cittassa vasena vattatī”ti.

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  1. AN 7.41 Mastery of the Mind (2nd) 0.75near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.41 4. Deities Mastery of the Mind (2nd) “Mendicants, having seven qualities Sāriputta has mastered his mind and is not mastered by it. What seven? Sāriputta is skilled at immersion, skilled in enter…
  2. AN 6.72 Strength 0.68near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.72 7. A God Strength “Mendicants, a mendicant who has six qualities can’t attain strength in immersion. What six? It’s when a mendicant is not skilled in entering immersion, skilled in remaining in…
  3. AN 6.79 Achievement 0.59near 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’…
  4. AN 6.80 Greatness 0.59near 0.1Numbered Discourses 6.80 8. Perfection Greatness “Mendicants, a mendicant with six qualities soon acquires great and abundant good qualities. What six? It’s when a mendicant is full of light, full of practice, full of in…
  5. AN 7.60 Seven Qualities 0.58near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.60 6. The Undeclared Points Seven Qualities “Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities soon realizes the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. They live having achieved wit…