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Numbered Discourses · AN 7.41

  • 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.

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  1. AN 7.40 Mastery of the Mind (1st) 0.75near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.40 4. Deities Mastery of the Mind (1st) “Mendicants, a mendicant with seven qualities masters their mind and is not mastered by it. What seven? It’s when a mendicant is skilled at immersion, skilled…
  2. AN 7.39 Textual Analysis (2nd) 0.55near 0.1Numbered Discourses 7.39 4. Deities Textual Analysis (2nd) “Mendicants, having seven qualities, Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis and lives having achieved them with his own insight. What seven? It’s…
  3. AN 6.72 Strength 0.52near 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…