Aṅguttara Nikāya
XI. Ekā-Dasaka Nipāta
I. Nissāya

The Book of Elevens

Sutta 4

Dutiya Upanisa Suttaṃ

Seating (2)

 

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[1][pts] There then Old Man Sāriputta
addressed the beggars:

"Friend beggars!"

And the beggars there responding: "Friend!"
to Old Man Sāriputta,
Old Man Sāriputta said this to them:

"Being without self-reproach, beggars,
failing to have self-reproach,
the seating is missing for
gladness.

 

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Without gladness, beggars,
failing to have gladness,
the seating is missing for
approval.

 

■

 

Without approval, beggars,
failing to have approval,
the seating is missing for
impassivity.

 

■

 

Without impassivity, beggars,
failing to have impassivity,
the seating is missing for
being pleased.

 

■

 

Without pleasure, beggars,
failing to have pleasure,
the seating is missing for
consummate-serenity.

 

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Without consummate serenity, beggars,
failing to have consummate serenity,
the seating is missing for
knowing and seeing things
the way they are.

 

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Without knowing and seeing things
the way they are, beggars,
failing to have knowing and seeing things
the way they are,
the seating is missing for
wearyness.

 

■

 

Without weariness, beggars,
failing to have weariness,
the seating is missing for
dispassion.

 

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Without dispassion, beggars,
failing to have dispassion,
the seating is missing for
freedom through knowing and seeing.

 

§

 

In the same way, beggars,
as with a tree
which has failed in
branches and leaves
so
the off-shoots
do not come to completion;
the bark,
softwood and
heartwood
do not come to completion.

 

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Even so, beggars,
having poor ethical standards,
failing to have ethical standards,
the seating is missing for
being without self-reproach.

 

■

 

Being without self-reproach, beggars,
failing to have self-reproach,
the seating is missing for
gladness.

 

■

 

Without gladness, beggars,
failing to have gladness,
the seating is missing for
approval.

 

■

 

Without approval, beggars,
failing to have approval,
the seating is missing for
impassivity.

 

■

 

Without impassivity, beggars,
failing to have impassivity,
the seating is missing for
being pleased.

 

■

 

Without pleasure, beggars,
failing to have pleasure,
the seating is missing for
consummate-serenity.

 

■

 

Without consummate serenity, beggars,
failing to have consummate serenity,
the seating is missing for
knowing and seeing things
the way they are.

 

■

 

Without knowing and seeing things
the way they are, beggars,
failing to have knowing and seeing things
the way they are,
the seating is missing for
wearyness.

 

■

 

Without weariness, beggars,
failing to have weariness,
the seating is missing for
dispassion.

 

■

 

Without dispassion, beggars,
failing to have dispassion,
the seating is missing for
freedom through knowing and seeing.

 

§

 

But for sure, beggars,
the ethical
having won ethical standards
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
being without self-reproach.

 

■

 

With being without self-reproach,
having won being without self-reproach
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
gladness.

 

■

 

With gladness,
having won gladness
for himself,
he has also won the seating for approval.

 

■

 

With approval,
having won approval for himself,
he has also won the seating for impassivity.

 

■

 

With impassivity,
having won impassivity
for himself,
he has also won the seating for being pleased.

 

■

 

With being pleased,
having won being pleased
for himself,
he has also won the seating for consummate serenity.

 

■

 

With consummate serenity,
having won consummate serenity
for himself,
he has also won the seating for knowing and seeing things the way they are.

 

■

 

With knowing and seeing things
the way they are,
having won knowing and seeing things
the way they are
for himself,
he has also won the seating for weariness.

 

■

 

With weariness,
having won weariness
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
dispassion.

 

■

 

With dispassion,
having won dispassion
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
freedom through knowing and seeing.

 

■

 

In the same way, beggars,
as with a tree
which has won to
branches and leaves
so
the off-shoots
come to completion;
the bark,
softwood and
heartwood
come to completion.

■

Even so, beggars,
the ethical
having won ethical standards
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
being without self-reproach.

 

■

 

With being without self-reproach,
having won being without self-reproach
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
gladness.

 

■

 

With gladness,
having won gladness
for himself,
he has also won the seating for approval.

 

■

 

With approval,
having won approval for himself,
he has also won the seating for impassivity.

 

■

 

With impassivity,
having won impassivity
for himself,
he has also won the seating for being pleased.

 

■

 

With being pleased,
having won being pleased
for himself,
he has also won the seating for consummate serenity.

 

■

 

With consummate serenity,
having won consummate serenity
for himself,
he has also won the seating for knowing and seeing things the way they are.

 

■

 

With knowing and seeing things
the way they are,
having won knowing and seeing things
the way they are
for himself,
he has also won the seating for weariness.

 

■

 

With weariness,
having won weariness
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
dispassion.

 

■

 

With dispassion,
having won dispassion
for himself,
he has also won the seating for
freedom through knowing and seeing.