- Numbered Discourses 7.41Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.41
- 4. Deities4. Devatāvagga
Mastery of the Mind (2nd)Dutiyavasasutta
“Mendicants, having seven qualities Sāriputta has mastered his mind and is not mastered by it.“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca sāriputto cittassa vasena vattati. What seven?Katamehi sattahi? Sāriputta 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, sāriputto samādhikusalo hoti, samādhissa samāpattikusalo, samādhissa ṭhitikusalo, samādhissa vuṭṭhānakusalo, samādhissa kalyāṇakusalo, samādhissa gocarakusalo, samādhissa abhinīhārakusalo hoti. Having these seven qualities Sāriputta has mastered his mind and is not mastered by it.”Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto cittaṁ vase vatteti, no ca sāriputto cittassa vasena vattatī”ti.